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Gladys Davis
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Gladys L. Davis, 64, of Kansas City, died Aug. 2, 2001.
A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Gashland United Methodist Church, 7715 N. Oak Trafficway, Kansas City, MO 64118.
Memorial gifts may be designated for the church.
Cremation was performed by Northland Funeral Care. Organ donation was made.
Davis was born Jan. 6, 1937, on a farm near Atlanta, to Mabel and Calvin Holt.
She attended Emporia State Teachers College and worked as a secretary in Wichita before her marriage to Richard H. Davis on April 9, 1961. They lived in the Chicago area until moving to Kansas City in 1973.
In 1988 Holt received her associate's degree in nursing and worked part time for five years in a doctor's office and at Spelman Hospital in Smithville until cancer forced her resignation in 1993.
Survivors include her husband, Richard Davis, Kansas City, Mo.; two sons, Don Davis, Tulsa, and Scott Davis, St. Joseph, Mo.; five brothers, Raymond Holt, Derby, Leonard Holt and Glen Holt, both of Atlanta, Ralph Holt, Rock, and Eldon Holt, Cheney; a sister, Nancy Finney, Burden; and six grandchildren.
Melba Neff
BUCKLIN - Melba Mae Neff, 89, of Bucklin, formerly of Udall, died Aug. 4, 2001, at Hill Top House in Bucklin.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the Church of Christ in Mullinville. Burial will be Friday morning at Rose Hill Cemetery
in Hazelton.
Friends may call at Fleenor Funeral Home, 200 N. Main, Greensburg, from 4-8 p.m. Wednesday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Clyde and Melba Neff Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Bank of Commerce in Udall. Contributions may also be made through the funeral home, P.O. Box 426, Greensburg, KS 67054.
Neff was born May 20, 1912, in Cherokee, Okla., to Minnie Matilda (Stuckey) and Charles Frank Hamilton. She graduated from high school in Burlington, Okla., in 1930.
On Aug. 20, 1935, she married Clyde Edwin Neff. They lived in various communities in north-central Oklahoma until 1956 when they moved to a farm southeast of Udall. After her husband's death in 1987, Neff moved to Greensburg to be near her son and his family.
Neff received a bachelor's degree from Northwestern State College in Alva, Okla., in 1957. She taught elementary grades and high school home economics for 23 years in Burlington, Okla., Udall and Winfield.
She was a member of the Church of Christ and taught children's Bible classes.
An infant son, Don Allen Neff, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Rex Neff, Lewis; four sisters, Beulah Meyer, Tuttle, Okla., Alta Criswell, Amherst, Va., and Babe Cook and June Daughhetee, both of Pratt; a brother, Mervin Charles Hamilton, Oxford; three grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Tad Swaim
GEUDA SPRINGS - Francis "Tad" Swaim," 87, of Geuda Springs, died Aug. 2, 2001, in Arkansas City.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the Oxford First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Oxford Cemetery.
Friends may call at Oliver-Hawks Memorial Chapel in Oxford until 8 tonight. The family will receive friends between 6 and 8.
A memorial has been established with the Slate Valley Baptist Church Building Fund. Contributions may be sent to the funeral home.
Swaim was born May 11, 1914, at Geuda Springs to Emma (Bottiger) and Melville W. Swaim.
He received his bachelor of science and master of science degrees from Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia in 1936 and 1946, respectively.
On Aug. 4, 1940, he married Marie Eileen Hunter in Lawrence. She died May 28, 2001.
Swaim taught math and science and coached at Dwight, Oxford, Minneapolis and Wyandotte High School in Kansas City, Kan. He primarily coached track and cross county and served as head coach at Wyandotte High. He also coached football and basketball. In 1991 he was inducted into the Emporia State Hall of Honor.
In addition, he farmed in the Geuda Springs area all his adult life.
Swaim was a member of the Oxford Masonic Lodge and served as district deputy grand master and chaplain. He served as Lions Club chaplain and on several committees in the community.
He was a member of Chelsea Baptist Church in Kansas City and Slate Valley Baptist Church near Oxford, serving as deacon and Sunday school teacher at both.
Survivors include two sons, Steven Swaim, Auburn, Ala., and John Swaim, Westerville, Ohio; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Dorothy Long
Services for Dorothy T. Long were held at 10 a.m. Aug. 4, 2001, in Colonial Chapel of Miles Funeral Service. The Rev. Fred Houston officiated. Burial was in Highland Cemetery.
Special music included "Amazing Grace," performed by LeAnn Rimes, and "In the Garden," performed by Loretta Lynn.
Casket bearers were Jim Buterbaugh, Ernie Hensley, Bill Hinkley, Rodney Long, Steve Long, Bill Thornton and Robert Van Fleet.
Memorials have been established with the American Legion Auxiliary and the Good Samaritan Village Activity Fund.
Florence Chambers
OXFORD - Services for Florence Mae "Flossie" Chambers were held at 11 a.m. Aug. 6, 2001, in the Oxford Christian Church. The Rev. Danny Ginn officiated. Burial was in Prairie Lawn Cemetery
at Wellington.
Stacey Rains was the organist, and Jennifer Witte was the vocalist. Music included "On Eagle's Wings" and "How Great Thou Art."
Charles "Chuck" Brock was an honorary casket bearer. Casket bearers were Steve, Robert and Tim Chambers, Michael and Tom Stephan and Chris Beach.
A memorial has been established with the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, 347 S. Laura, Wichita, KS 67211.
Nell Mills
OXFORD - Nell G. Mills, 93, of Oxford, died Aug. 5, 2001, in Wichita.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Oxford Cemetery.
Friends may call at Oliver-Hawks Memorial Chapel until 8 tonight.
A memorial has been established with the Kansas Humane Society. Contributions may be sent to the funeral home.
Mills was born Dec. 17, 1907, in Fairbault, Minn., to Frances (Teply) and Frank Klement. When she was a child, the family moved to Wichita.
She married Ray Farni, and they later divorced.
On Aug. 8, 1936, she married E.L. Mills in Lebanon, Mo. He died April 7, 1969.
A homemaker, Mills lived on her own until she was 90, then moved to Cherry Creek Nursing Home in Wichita.
A daughter, Lois Davis, and a stepdaughter, Corrine Comstock, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Bud Farni, Farmington, N.M.; a daughter, Phyllis Zuendel, Wichita; a stepson, Kenneth Mills, Columbia, S.C.; three sisters, Frances Miller, Mankato, Minn., and Mary DeNeen and Dottye Slaven, both of Wichita; 15 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren.
Wayne Priest
R. Wayne Priest, 84, of 7 Lomond Terrace, Winfield, died Aug. 6, 2001, at his home.
A memorial service will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday in Swisher-Taylor & Morris Memorial Chapel. Burial of the cremains will be in Highland Cemetery.
Friends may sign a book at the funeral home until 5 this evening.
Memorials have been established with the Winfield American Legion Post 10 baseball team and the First United Methodist Church.
Priest was born April 2, 1917, in Tisdale Township, to Lily Fay (Thomas) and Homer Priest. He attended local schools and graduated from Winfield High School in 1935. He attended Southwestern College for a year before going to work at the Winfield Post Office in 1937.
In 1940 he married Nancy Lierman in Abilene.
In 1942 Priest enlisted in the Army Air Force and served in the European Air Service until 1946. He received five bronze stars for campaigns in Rome-Arno, the northern Apennines, the Po Valley, the Balkans and the Rhineland.
Priest then resumed working at the post office and continued to serve his country in the Air Force Reserve. He retired from the reserves in 1970 after attaining the rank of major. He retired from the post office soon after that.
Priest was a life member of the American Legion, a 50-year member of Winfield Lodge 110 Ancient Free & Accepted Masons and a member of the First United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Nancy Priest, Winfield; two sons, Terry Priest, Shell Knob, Mo., and Jeffery Priest, Rose Hill; two daughters, Linda Deal, Toronto, and Laura Christian, Hemet, Calif.; a brother, Floyd Priest, Rolling Hill Estates, Calif.; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
John Redington
DOUGLASS - John J. Redington, 74, of Douglass, died Aug. 5, 2001, at Westview Manor in Derby.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in Greenlawn Cemetery
at Grenola.
Friends may call at Miles Funeral Service from 5 to 9 tonight. The family will greet friends from 7 to 8.
A memorial has been established with the American Heart Association. Contributions may be made through the funeral home.
Redington was born July 8, 1927, on a farm near Grenola, to Olive Margaret (Weaver) and Leonard J. Redington. In 1940 the family moved to Burden where he was educated.
As a young man he worked as a cowboy for Gleason Parsons at Burden. He later worked for Shore and Son Construction Co.
On Jan. 17, 1953, he married Ruth Hawley. They later divorced.
Redington began working as a pumper in various oil fields.
In 1965 he married Alberta Foust and began employment with Grede Foundries in Wichita. The couple moved to Winfield in 1970. His wife died May 29, 1995.
Survivors include a son, John Wayne Redington, Mulvane; a daughter, Peggy Sexton, Haysville; a stepson, Butch Foust, Oklahoma; a stepdaughter, Joann Bowers, Oklahoma City; a brother, Jim Redington, Winfield; a sister, Betty Ann Luce, Greenfield, Mo.; and three grandchildren.
