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Mary Jo Williams
Services for Mary Jo Williams were held at 10:30 a.m. May 15, 2002, in Highland Cemetery. The Rev. Jerre Nolte officiated.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Winfield Arts and Humanities Council, 700 Gary, Winfield, KS 67156, or the Cowley County Humane Society, P.O. Box 14, Arkansas City, KS 67005.
Swisher-Taylor & Morris Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Phyllis Stanley
DOUGLASS – Phyllis M. Stanley, 89, a homemaker, of Douglass, died May 15, 1913, in Winfield.
Services will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Douglass United Methodist Church. The Rev. Riet Stonger will officiate. Burial will be in Richland Cemetery. Hilyard-Smith Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorials have been established with the Douglass United Methodist Church, 204 S. Willow, Douglass, KS 67039, and Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, 313 S. Market, Wichita, KS 67202.
Stanley was born May 15, 1913, in Douglass, to Alice (Whitted) and Abraham Shockey. She graduated from Rose Hill High School.
On Jan. 1, 1937, she married Walter F. Stanley in Douglass.
An active member of the Douglass United Methodist Church, Stanley was a former member of the Richland Extension Homemakers Unit and was active with the Douglass Senior Center and as a community volunteer.
Her husband and a son, Robert Stanley, preceded her in death.
Survivors include a son, Wayne Stanley, Wichita; a daughter, Sharon Williams, Independence, Mo.; seven grandchildren and three stepgrandchildren.
W.F. Meisch
CEDAR VALE – Services for W.F. Meisch were held at 1:30 p.m. May 15, 2002, at the First United Methodist Church. The Rev. Gary Parsons officiated, and Shirley Brown was the organist.
Burial was in Southlawn Cemetery
in Severy.
Honorary casket bearers were Paul and Joe Fulsom and Bill House.
Casket bearers were Bob Bailey, Joe Massey, Ed Snyder, Dr. Jerry Mangen, Mark Thompson, Ronnie Rogers and David Ferguson.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society and American Heart Fund.
Wheeler Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Robert McPherson
Robert C. McPherson, 84, of Winfield, formerly of Douglass, died May 15, 2002.
Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at the Douglass Church of Christ.
Memorial contributions may be made to the church, P.O. Box 369, Douglass, KS 67039. Hillside Funeral Home of Augusta is in charge of arrangements.
McPherson, formerly employed at Cessna Aircraft, was a retired sheet metal mechanic.
Survivors include his wife, Lucille McPherson, Winfield; two sons, Robert L. McPherson and Charles R. McPherson, both of Rock; two daughters, Evelyn High, Douglass, and Charlene Crown, Iola; two brothers, William Watson, Camdenton, Mo., and A.B. McPherson, Oklahoma City; a sister, Mary Meek, Mulvane; six grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
John Lowrey
John Bevan Lowrey, 86, of Good Samaritan Village, Winfield, died May 15, 2002, at William Newton Hospital.
Services will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Grace United Methodist Church. Swisher-Taylor & Morris Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Memorial contributions may be made to Grace United Methodist Church, 320 College, Good Samaritan Village, 1320 Wheat Road, or the Cowley County Historical Museum, 1101 Mansfield.
Lowrey was born April 20, 1916, near Kremlin, Okla., to Elsie (Chandler) and Samuel Preston Lowrey. At age two, he moved with his parents to a farm north of Argonia. He graduated from high school in Milton in 1935 and attended Southwestern College for two years.
On Oct. 15, 1939, he married Helen E. Callison in Norwich. They lived on a farm near Argonia until 1942 when they moved to Winfield.
Lowrey was inducted into the Army May 3, 1945, and served as a chauffeur in the Judge Advocate Division of the European theater of the war in Frankfort, Germany. While there, he attended the Nuremberg trials. He was discharged Sept. 12, 1946.
He was employed as a night watchman and boiler fireman at Binney & Smith and as a maintenance worker at the Winfield post office. He was a bus driver for the city and for Winfield Bus Service. At one time he operated a custom ensilage cutting service. He continued to plow gardens and for many years raised sweet corn and tomatoes which the family sold at their barn on 19th Avenue.
Lowrey was known for his toothpick art, including the toothpick barn and other items on display at the Cowley County Historical Museum.
He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church.
Survivors include his wife, Helen Lowrey, 1330 Wheat Road, Apt. 11; a daughter, Lorraine Morton, Winfield; a son, Alvin Lowrey, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; three sisters, Damie Hutson, Olympia, Wash., Elsie Genteman, Harper, and Dorothy Whitley, Mulvane; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Almeda Graves
VALLEY CENTER – Almeda Graves, 82, former Oxford resident, died at her home in Valley Center on May 16, 2002.
Funeral arrangements will be announced.
A memorial has been established with the American Heart Association. Contributions may be sent in care of the Oxford Funeral Service, P.O. Box 123, Oxford, KS 67119.
Graves was born in Oklahoma and moved to the Oxford area with her family when she was three years old.
She attended Wellington schools and graduated from Wellington High School in 1936.
She married Joe R. Graves. They lived throughout their marriage in the Oxford area. He died on June 17, 1984. A few years later Almeda moved to Valley Center.
Survivors include her sons, Dean Graves, Oxford, and Stan Graves, Laguna Woods, Calif.; her daughters, Joyce Smalley, Tulsa, Okla., and Teresa Graves, Valley Center; nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
Ralph Hamlin
JOPLIN, Mo. – Ralph W. Hamlin, 79, of Joplin, Mo., died May 17, 2002, after a long battle with cancer.
Services will be 10 a.m. Monday at Mason-Woodard Chapel. Military and Masonic rites are planned. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery.
The family will receive friends from 4 to 5 p.m. Sunday at the chapel. The family will be at the home of Novella Hamlin, 3208 Delaware, Joplin, Mo. 64801.
Hamlin was born March 15, 1923, in Winfield, to Caroline E. and Ernest W. Hamlin.
He served in the U.S. Army Field Artillery from 1943 to 1949, then served in the Strategic Air Command of the U.S. Air Force. During World War II, he fought in New Guinea and Luzon, Philippines. He served in the Korean War from 1950 to 1953.
Hamlin retired as a master sergeant in 1963. After retirement he attained the rank of captain in the Air Force Reserves. Among the many decorations, awards and battle stars he received were two commendations from the Secretary of the Air Force.
On July 23, 1944, he married Jeanne Novella Stokes. He and his wife have lived in Joplin since 1963.
After retirement he sold real estate for the Glenn E. White Agency and later, as a broker, owned Joplin's first Century 21 franchise. Before he retired from real estate in 1980, he served as chairman of the Real Estate Salesmen's Club and as an officer on the Board of Realtors.
As a member of the First Christian Church of Webb City, he served as an elder and a deacon. He was a 50-year member of Fellowship Lodge 345 Ancient Free & Accepted Masons, Scottish Rite Bodies, Valley of Joplin, Ascension Commandery 39, Knights Templar, Joplin Chapter 91, Royal Arch Masons, Joplin Council 30, Cryptic Masons, Ruth Chapter 177 Order of Eastern Star and Abou Ben Adhem Shrine Temple.
A daughter, Jeanne Renee Hamlin, preceded him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Novella Hamlin, Joplin; two sons, Dr. Gary Hamlin, Webb City, Mo., and Ronald K. Hamlin, Chesterfield, Mo.; a daughter, Debra J. Miller, Granby, Mo.; a brother, Melvin H. Hamlin, Winfield; two sisters, Ruth Bullock, Hesperia, Calif., and Marie Hamlin, Winfield; 10 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
Ruth Moon
MESA, Ariz. – Ruth Spore Moon, 90, formerly of Newkirk and Winfield, died May 15, 2002.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at Tisdale United Methodist Church. The Rev. Ellie Foster will officiate. Burial will be in Newkirk Cemetery.
The body will lie in state at Miller-Stahl Funeral Service in Newkirk from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and at the church Tuesday until just prior to service time.
A memorial has been established with the Tisdale United Methodist Church. Contributions may be made to the church, 17507 U.S. 160 East, Winfield, KS 67156 or through Eastman National Bank, Box 468, Newkirk, OK 74647-0468.
Moon was born Dec. 26, 1911, in Cowley County, to Haidee (Duncan) and Elmer Brooks.
Her first husband, John Franklin “Frank” Spore, died Feb. 16, 1976. Her second husband, James Howard Moon, died Dec. 31, 1997.
Survivors include a daughter, Anna Mae Wiesenburger, Mesa, Ariz.; three stepsons, George Moon, Excelsior Springs, Mo., Roger Moon, Winfield, and Laban Moon, Independence; a brother, James Brooks; three sisters, Thelma Miltimore, Rupert, Ind., Reva Foltz, Crooked River, Ore., and Nina Foltz, Redmond, Ore.; two grandchildren, six stepgrandchildren, two great-grandchildren, three stepgreat-grandchildren and two stepgreat-great-grandchildren.
Almeda Graves
VALLEY CENTER, – Almeda Grace Graves, 82, of Valley Center, formerly of Oxford, died May 16, 2002, at her home.
Services were at 11 a.m. today at Riverlawn Christian Church in Wichita. Pastor Jim Taylor officiated. Burial was in Oxford Cemetery
with the Rev. Danny Ginn officiating.
Maurine Clark was the organist. Stan Graves and Shaun Wilson sang “He Saw Beyond My Fault and Saw My Need.” Ginn sang “Amazing Grace.”
Casket bearers were Mike Graves, Dan Wilson, Doug Smalley, Erik Graves, Trent Hurst, Don Schilling and George Westoff.
Oxford Funeral Service was in charge of arrangements.
Graves was born Aug. 23, 1919, in Alva, Okla., to Grace (Weger) and William Haines. She moved to the Oxford area with her family when she was three years old and graduated from Wellington High School in 1936.
In March 1936 she and Joe R. Graves were married in Wellington. They lived and farmed in the Wellington area throughout their marriage. A few years after her husband's death on June 17, 1984, Graves moved to Valley Center.
She was a member of Riverlawn Christian Church, Wichita, and the Soldenella Club, Oxford. She was a former member of the Oxford Christian Church and had been active in china painting clubs.
Survivors include two sons, Dean Graves, Oxford, and Stan Graves, Laguna Woods, Calif.; two daughters, Joyce Smalley, Tulsa, and Teresa Graves, Valley Center; nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.
