OBITS OF
WILCOX
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known resident of Neosho county,
died at his
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home last evening at 6:30 o'clock
after a
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sickness of two weeks. The funeral
services
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will be held at the house tomorrow
at 2:30
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p.m. and will be conducted by Rev.
Pullman.
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Interment will be in Elmwood cemetery.
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The deceased has resided in Neosho
county
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over fifteen years, living at Thayer
and
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Chanute. He lives an aged wife and
six
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children. Three of his children
are here to
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attend the funeral, two sons J.
Wilcox of
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Winfield and A. Wilcox of Salina,
and a
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daughter, Mrs. A. Laing of Bruce,
Kan. Two
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grandchildren, Silas Laing and Mrs.
Nellie
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Beatty of Parsons, are also here,
and other
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relatives are expected.
Sarah Ann (Drake) Wilcox
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Grandma Wilcox Dead
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Grandma Wilcox, aged 78 years, died
this
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morning at her home on N. Grant,
of heart
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failure. The funeral will be held
Thursday.
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Mrs. Wilcox was the mother of Mrs.
Rugg of
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this city. She also had an unmarried
daughter
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living with her.
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Pioneer Dies At Home of Daughter
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Jonathan M. Wilcox, 81 resident of Kansas since 1877,
died Tuesday morning at 10:30 o'clock at the home of his daughter, Mrs.
L. E. Watterson, near Belle Plaine. He was born in New Jersey, February
25, 1848. He had resided with his daughter for some time.
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Surviving are: two sons, Bud Wilcox, Belle Plaine and
Alvin Wilcox, Arkansas City; five daughters, Mrs. Hottie Ashwell, Chicago,
Mrs. Glen Brant, Winfield, Mrs. R. J. Golightly, Atlanta, Ks, Miss Sarah
Wilcox, Wichita, and Mrs. Watterson, Belle Plaine, one brother, A. Wilcox,
Salina, and one sister, Mrs. Hattie Ruggs, Chanute, and 12 grandchildren
and two great grandchildren.
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Funeral services will be held Thursday morning at 10 o'clock
from the residence. Burial will be made in the Belle Plaine cemetery with
the Frank Funeral Home in Charge.
(Note: L. E. should read L. A. and Hottie should be Hattie)
Clara Alice (McDonald) Wilcox
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Mrs Cora Wilcox, wife of J.M. Wilcox, of Udall, Kansas,
passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Glen Brant, three miles south
of
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Winfield, at 12:30 o'clock, A. M., Wednesday,
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October 12, 1921, aged 77 years, two weeks and
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six-days. She had been a sufferer of asthma
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practically all her life and an invalid for a year.
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Clara Alice McDonald was born at Urbana, Ohio, Sept. 11,
1844. While still a small child she moved to Dillion, Ill., where she resided
until her marriage. She was married to Jonathan M. Wilcox in October 1868.
They remained in Illinois until the year of 1877 when they came to Kansas
and have resided in this state since that time.
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Her loss is mourned by her husband and children as follows:
Mrs. Harriet Ashwell, Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Glenn Brant, Winfield, Kansas,
Mrs. R. J. Golightly, Winfield, A. F. Wilcox, Udall, Mrs. L. A. Watterson,
Belle Plaine, Miss Maude Wilcox, Wichita, A.C. Wilcox, Arkansas City, Twelve-grand-children
and a host of friends.
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She was a firm believer in the Lord always believing that
his
was right best. Her going leaves a void in the hearts of her husband and
children which can never be filled. Funeral services were held Thursday
at 1:00 P.M. in the home of Mrs. Brant of Winfield, Rev. Harris of Grace
M. E. Church, Winfield officiating. Interment was made at Belle Plaine,
Rev. Cavitt conducting a short service.
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Card of Thanks
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We Wish to thank the friends and neighbors of
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both Belle Plaine and Winfield who so kindly
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assisted with cars in the burial of our beloved wife
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and mother; also for flowers.
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J.M. WILCOX, and children.
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PIONEER RESIDENT DEAD
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Hettie Wilcox (Rugg)
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Mrs. Hettie Rugg Died in Kansas City Last
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Night
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Mrs. Hettie Rugg, 75 years old, died at the home of her
son, Dan Rugg, in Kansas City, Kas., last night. Mrs Rugg went to Kansas
City in August to keep house for her son. According to word received here
last week by Mrs. Adam Chickadonz, she had influenza, which was probably
the cause of her death. Mrs. Rugg visited in Chanute on Armistice Day.
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The deceased was born in Newark, N.J. September, 1853.
She came to Kansas with her husband, L. D. Rugg, from Decatur, Ill. about
fifty years ago. Mr. Rugg died a year ago in October. After his death,
Mrs. Rugg moved from their home at 1002 South Santa Fe to the home of Mrs.
Chickadonz, 214 North Grant, where she made her home until last August
when she went to Kansas City. Surviving her are three children, Dan and
Hugh Rugg, both of Kansas City, Kans., and Mrs. Abbie Bryant of Kansas
City, Mo.
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The body will arrive here tomorrow noon. Funeral services
will be held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock in the Wilson & Johnson
Chapel, with Dr. Talmage D. Fry in charge. Interment will be in Elmwood.
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Rugg-Funeral services for Mrs. Hettie Rugg were held this
afternoon in the Wilson & Johnson Mortuary at 2 o'clock, with Dr. Talmage
D. Fry in charge. The music was furnished by members of the Isabel Cavaness
class, of the Methodist church of which Mrs. Rugg was a memeber. They sang
"What a Friend We Have in Jesus," "Wonderful Words," and aftehr the services
of the Eastern Star, "Nearer My God, to Thee." Miss Adaline Robertson was
the accompanist. The pallbearers were: Lester Rhodes, C. P. Swank, T. M.
Brown, Adam Chickadonz, Charles Waddle and Charles Reynolds. Dan Rugg and
Mrs. Abbie Bryant of Kansas City, were the only out-of-town persons here
for the funeral. Mrs. Rugg died in Kansas City last Friday night. She was
a pioneer resident of Chanute. Burial was in Elmwood.
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L. D. RUGG, PIONEER, DEAD
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Funeral Services from Home, 1002
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South Santa Fe, Sunday at 2:30
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Levi
D. Rugg, 1002 South Santa Fe Avenue,
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Civil War veteran, passed on last
evening at
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8:30 at the family home. Funueral
services
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will be from the residence at 2:30
Sunday, in
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charge of the Rev. H. W. Todd, and
burial will
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be in Elmwood cemetery.
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Mr. Rugg was a member of Troop K,
First
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Mounted Rifles, New York State Volunteers.
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He brought his family west more
than forty
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years ago. In the earlier days Mr.
Rugg ran
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a feed and sales stable back of
what was then
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Wilder's drug store, where the present
Santa
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Fe freight station stands. He was
83 years of
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age and died suddenly last evening,
following
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a cold. He was to have gone to the
annual
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dinner for the Civil War veterans,
given by
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the Legion, but was not able to
leave his home
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and had sent regrets in advance.
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Mrs. Rugg and three children survive.
They
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are Mrs. Abbie Bryant, S. D. Rugg,
and H. A.
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Rugg, all of Kansas City. The children
are
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here having been called last evening.
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CARD OF THANKS
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We wish to thanks our friends for
their many kind expressions of sympathy during our recent bereavement.-Mrs.
Hattie Rugg and Children.
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Note: (Funeral spelled wrong)
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Funeral Services Set For Estelle
Brant, 84
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Funeral services for Mrs Estelle
Brant, 84 of 1520 N. Emporia, who died Tuesday at Wesley Hospital after
a long illness, will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at Hatfield Funeral Home,
Belle Plaine, Kan.
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Mrs. Brant was born in Peoria, Ill.
Sept. 17, 1875. In 1900 her family moved to Belle Plaine where she resided
until her marriage to Glen Brant. Following her marriage, she resided on
a farm near Winfield, Kan. for many years. She was the last of her immediate
family. Her husband, four sisters and three brothers preceded her in death.
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Survivors include a sister-in-law,
Mrs. Alvin Wilcox, Arkansas City, Kan.
Margaret Wilcox (Watterson)
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Watterson, Margaret A. age 78, of 1011 N. Yale passed
away Friday morning August 28, 1959. Funeral services will be held at 2
p.m. Monday, August 31, at the Methodist Church in Belle Plaine, Kansas,
with Rev. Wm. Shuler of Calvary Methodist Church officiating. Hatfield
Mortuary of Belle Plaine is in charge of the services.
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Myrtle Migritt Wilcox (Golightley)
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Mrs. Robert Golightley
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Funeral services for Mrs. Robert
J. Golightly were held from the home Monday, March 27, at two o'clock conducted
by Rev. H. E. Berg, pastor of the Christian Church. The minister read the
25th chapter of Revelations. He spoke comforting words to the bereaved
ones and eulogized the life of a Christian mother in the home. A quartet
composed of Mrs. Bert Smith, Mrs. Emmett Wadsock, C. V. Foust and Lewis
Bickham sag "Beautiful Garden of Prayer," "When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder,"
and "Sometime, Somewhere."
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Myrtle Marie Wilcox, daughter of
Jonthan and Clara Wilcox, was born August 4, 1876 at Parton, Ill., and
departed this life March 25, 1933 at Atlanta, Kan. She was united in marriage
to Robert J. Golightly of Belle Plaine, April 3, 1904. She came with her
parents when a child to Kansas and has resided in different parts of the
state since. Mrs. Golightly was a good Christian woman, a loving wife,
a devoted mother and a true friend. She will be greatly missed, especially
in the home, where she found her greatest joy in service for those dearest
to her. She had been in ill health for years, for two years unable to walk
and confined to her bed the past two months.
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She leaves to mourn her loss her
husband, three sons, Johnny of Wellington, Kenneth of Winfield, Donald
of the home and one daughter, Agnes, also of the home. Three sisters, Mrs.
F. J. Ashwell of Los Angelas, Calif., Mrs. Glen Brant of Winfield, Mrs.
L. A. Ashwell of Belle Plaine, two brothers, A. F. Wilcox, Belle Plaine
and A. C. Wilcox, Arkansas City, six grandchildren and a host of friends
and relatives.
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Burial was made at Belle Plaine,
F. L. Gann of Burden was in charge.
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Note: ( Mrs. L. A. Ashwell should
read Mrs. L. A. Watterson)
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These obits do have mistakes I have
put notes when I found the mistakes after the obit.
