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Michele Hoeger
CEDAR CITY, Utah - Michele Hess Hoeger, 39, of Cedar City, formerly of Cambridge, died Feb. 13, 2000.
Services were held Feb. 17 at Christ the King Catholic Church in Cedar City.
A memorial service is tentatively set for March 28 in Cambridge. More information will be available later.
Hoeger was born Jan. 15, 1961, in Kansas City, Mo., to Tom and Retta (Dining) Hess. She attended schools in California and Cambridge. When her father's work took the family to Athens, Greece, she attended school in Greece and accompanied her parents to Turkey, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
On April 20, 1983, she married Fred Hoeger in Bozeman, Mont.
Since 1990 she had been employed by the National Park Service and was working in Zion National Park in the personnel office at the time of her death.
Survivors include her husband, Fred Hoeger, a daughter, Andrea Hoeger, and a son, Zach Hoeger, all of Cedar City; and a brother, John Hess, and a sister, Lori Hess, Kansas City, Kan.
Eleanor Mangrum
MAPLE CITY - Services for Eleanor Maxine Mangrum were held at 2 p.m. Feb. 19, 2000, in Maple City Community Church. The Rev. Larry Underwood officiated. Burial was in Dexter Cemetery.
Sally Goosey was the pianist. Don Crow sang "The Old Rugged Cross," and Joe Rush sang "Amazing Grace."
Honorary casket bearers were Scott, Jeffrey and Neal Mangrum. Casket bearers were Don Crow, Roy Henderson, Delbert and Donnie Kemp, Russell Pudden and Jake Richardson.
Memorial contributions can be made to the Eleanor Mangrum Scholarship Fund and the Maple City Community Church.
Gladys Bannon
DOUGLASS - Gladys I. Davis Bannon, 90, longtime resident of Douglass, died Feb. 22, 2000, at Medicalodge of Douglass.
Services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Friends Church in Rose Hill. Burial will be in the Rose Hill Friends Church Cemetery.
Friends may call at Miles Funeral Service in Winfield from noon to 9 p.m. Thursday.
Memorials have been established with the Friends Church of Rose Hill and the Friends Disaster Service Fund. Contributions may be made through the church or funeral home.
Bannon was born Oct. 12, 1909, near Ava, Mo., to Olive (Shaver) and Earnest Hamilton. She attended Ozark Holiness Academy at Mount Zion, Mo., and gave private piano lessons as a young woman.
In March 1929 she married Ross Davis in Ava, Mo. In 1935 they moved to Derby where they worked in truck farming. In 1940 they moved to Rose Hill where they continued to farm and run a dairy. Her husband died in 1950.
On Aug. 15, 1955, she married Clarence Bannon in Winfield. They made their home in Douglass throughout their marriage. He died June 26, 1983.
Bannon was a cook at the Rose Hill school for 27 years until retiring at age 72. She had resided at Medicalodge of Douglass since November 1995.
She was a member of the Friends Church in Rose Hill.
Survivors include two daughters, Viola I. Nelson, Chula Vista, Calif., and Cordelia Hinshaw, Rose Hill; a son, Don Davis, Atlanta; 11 grandchildren and 21 great-grandchildren.
A son, Lawrence, died in 1992.
Stanley Mead
BELLE PLAINE - Stanley G. Mead, 66, of Belle Plaine, died Feb. 21, 2000.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Belle Plaine Presbyterian Church. Hatfield-Smith Mortuary is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials have been established with Sumner County Court Appointed Special Advocates, 120 E. Ninth, Wellington, KS 67152 or any charity.
Mead was born March 27, 1933, in Burden, to Juanita G. (Hill) and Lee A. Mead.
On Feb. 7, 1953, he married Anita Robbins in Wichita.
He served in the U.S. Army.
A retired Boeing final assembly lead and supervisor, he was a charter member of the Belle Plaine Kiwanis Club. He was also vice president of the Belle Plaine Chamber of Commerce, a member of the Kansas Trappers Association and National Trappers Association, past president of the Central Kansas Beekeepers Association, past officer of the Kansas Honeymakers Association, a furharvester instructor, a juvenile corrections mentor, a 4-H leader and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include his wife, Anita Mead, Belle Plaine; two sons, Craig Mead, Tulia, Texas, and Eric Mead, Valley Center; two sisters, Lorna Mae Cook, Casper, Wyo., and Lea Anita Lemmons, Pittsburg; a brother, Donald Mead, Wichita; six grandchildren, six stepgrandchildren and 14 stepgreat-grandchildren.
Bill Sober
WELLINGTON - Billy Ray "Bill" Sober, 59, of Wellington, owner of Sober's Jewelry for 32 years, died of pancreatic cancer Feb. 22, 2000, at his home.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at the First Christian Church. Pastor Sallie Shore and the Rev. Ron Keith will officiate. Burial will be in Prairie Lawn Cemetery.
Friends may call at Day Funeral Home, 1030 Mission Road, from 5 to 9 tonight and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday.
Memorials have been established for the restoration of the old town clock and with Hospice Inc. Contributions may be made through the funeral home or mailed to the Bill Sober Clock Restoration Fund, in care of Security State Bank, 101 N. Washington, Wellington, KS 67152, or Hospice Inc., P.O. Box 3267, Wichita, KS 67201.
Sober was born March 9, 1940, in Fay, Okla., to Col. LaFayette and Lucinda (Lord) Sober. On June 10, 1961, he married Laura Potts in Ponca City.
Sober was a master jeweler, past president of the Kansas Jewelers Association and member of Jewelers of America Inc. He won many awards for his jewelry design. He was a charter member of the National Gem and Jewelry Appraisers Association, past exalted ruler of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and a member of the winning team of the Elks National Ritualistic Contest.
He was a master Mason with the Wellington Lodge 150 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, and a member of the First Christian Church and the Wellington Area Chamber of Commerce. He was also a woodworker.
Survivors include his wife, Laura Sober, and a son, Ty Sober, both of Wellington; a daughter, Kristin Lock, Los Angeles; two brothers, Willard Sober, Edmond, Okla., and Frank Sober, Oklahoma City; two sisters, Annabelle Scott, Fay, Okla., and Louise Snodgrass, Altus, Okla.; and three grandchildren.
Earl Sullivan
DOUGLASS - Earl Wayne "Sully" Sullivan, 77, a retired production planner for Beech Aircraft Corp. and farmer, of Douglass, died Feb. 21, 2000.
A Rosary will be said at 7 tonight at St. James Catholic Church in Augusta. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday, also at St. James Catholic Church. Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home of Douglass is in charge of arrangements.
A memorial has been established with the church's building fund.
Sullivan was born Aug. 25, 1922, in Caney, to Willis Earl and Mary Hazel (McClure) Sullivan.
On May 10, 1946, he married Marietta N. Neuwirth in Wichita.
Survivors include his wife, Marietta Sullivan, Douglass; two sons, Michael Sullivan, Rose Hill, and Barry Sullivan, Benton; two daughters, Linda Nelson, Norwalk, Calif., and Kathleen Ellis, San Diego; three brothers, Marvin Sullivan and Robert Sullivan, both of Cold Springs, Texas, and Doyle Sullivan, Peru, Kan.; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Maxine Ryman
ARKANSAS CITY - M. Maxine Vestal Ryman, 75, of Arkansas City, died Feb. 22, 2000, at Good Samaritan Village in Winfield.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the First United Methodist Church. The Rev. Guy E. Rendoff will officiate. Burial will be in Parker Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday.
A memorial has been established with Hospice Inc. Contributions may be made through the funeral home.
Ryman was born June 21, 1924, in Arkansas City to Agnes (Dennett) and Lowell Thomas Coggins. She was raised in the Geuda Springs area and graduated from Geuda Springs High School in 1942.
On May 22, 1942, she married Billy G. Vestal. He died March 6, 1953.
On May 3, 1954, she married Robert F. Ryman in Arkansas City.
Ryman worked for Dr. Yorke at the Ark City Veterinary Clinic for many years and also for the Area Agency on Aging.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Stepping Stones Circle, Prairie View Ladies Aid and Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion auxiliaries. She was also active in 4-H for many years.
She is survived by her husband, Robert Ryman, Arkansas City; three daughters, Billie L. Vestal Swanson, Arkansas City, Judy A. Vestal Learned, Oklahoma City, and Jane G. Ryman Alexander, Shreve, Ohio; a sister, Barbara Branson, Afton, Okla., a brother, Lowell Junior Coggins, Oxford; four grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.
Margaret Lord
ELK FALLS - Margaret Marvel Lord, 81, longtime resident of Elk Falls, died Feb. 23, 2000, at Elk Manor Nursing Home in Moline.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Zimmerman Funeral Home in Howard. Dale R. Burnett will officiate. Burial will be in Elk Falls Cemetery.
A memorial has been established with the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Elk Falls. Contributions may be made through the funeral home.
Lord was born Dec. 17, 1918, on a farm east of Howard, to Dora Estelle (Connley) and William Turley. She attended rural Elk County schools and later received her general equivalency degree at the age of 79.
On Dec. 11, 1937, she married Charles Delbert Lord in Howard. For 11 years they made their home in Wichita where she was employed by Beech Aircraft Co. They returned to Elk County and settled in Elk Falls where they owned and operated a service station for 17 years. She also worked for Automotive Controls Corp. in Independence; as a certified medical aide at Howard Twilight Manor and as a Green Thumb program worker at Elk Manor Nursing Home.
She was a member of the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses in Elk Falls.
Her husband died June 11, 1985.
Survivors include her son, Delbert Lord, and two daughters, Nancy Glass and Charlene Weakley, all of Elk Falls; two sisters, Irene Carey, Florida, and May Straw, Bentonville, Ark.; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
