Samuel Brown Magner

Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children
Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner, husband Fred Charles Clark

Funeral Service Bulletin - United Methodist Church
FRED CHARLES CLARK
July 7, 1905                                                                          November 11, 1982
Fred Charles Clark was born July 7, 1905 in St. Paul, Kansas.  He graduated from high school in Erie, Kansas and received his A.B. Degree in 1935 from Kansas State Teacher's College in Pittsburg, Kansas.  Reverend Clark received the Master of Theology Degree in 1938, from The Iliff School of Theology.  In 1950 he earned the degree of Doctor of Theology from Iliff in Denver, Colorado.

Doctor Clark served Methodist churches in Kansas, Colorado and Cheyenne, Wyoming before becoming superintendent of the Greeley, Colorado District in 1961.  From 1963 to 1966 he served as District Superintendent in Denver, Colorado.  In 1966 Doctor Clark became Director of Field Education for The Iliff School of Theology.  During his forty- three years in the ministry, Doctor Clark served on numerous boards and agencies.  He was a Thirty-Second Degree Mason and a Rotarian.  Upon retirement from the Rocky Mountain Conference in 1970, the Clarks moved to Lynnwood, Washington. 

From 1970 to 1975 Doctor Clark served as Minister of Visitation for the Edmonds United Methodist Church.  Since moving to the Hearthstone Retirement Home in July 1981, Sand Point has been Fred and Mildred's church home.

Fred was the son of Charlie and Winifred Clark.  He was the second of five children.  His sister Cleora Neely makes her home in Chapman, Kansas.  Fred has two brothers who are retired Methodist ministers: Doctor Alva Clark, living in Omaha, Nebraska; and Reverend Leonard Clark who resides in Thayer, Kansas.  His brother Lloyd Clark is deceased.

Fred and Mildred Anna Magner were married on Christmas Day, 1933.  To this union were born two children, Marilyn Clark Kraft and Burnill Fred Clark.  Marilyn is married to Kenneth A. Kraft.  They are parents of Karla Kraft Clogston and Linda Marie Kraft.  Burnill is the husband of Diane Rae (Oswald) Clark.  Their three daughters are Michelle Rae, Marcie Diane and Melissa Esther Clark. Gifts in memory of Doctor Clark may be given to the Sand Point or Edmonds United Methodist Churches.

Source: Fred and Mildred Clark Children: Burnill Clark and Marilyn Kraft

Samuel Brown Magner

Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children
Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner, husband Fred Charles Clark

The Sand Point United Methodist Church Bulletin
Fred Charles Clark was born July 7, 1905 in St. Paul, Kansas and spent his childhood in Erie, Kansas, where he graduated from high school.  On Christmas Day in 1933, he and Mildred Anna Magner were married.   [Correction, they were married on Christmas Eve in 1933]

In 1935 he received his A.B. degree from Kansas State Teacher's College; in 1938 he received his Master of Theology degree from the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, Colorado.

Fred Clark served Methodist churches in Kansas, Colorado and Cheyenne, Wyoming before becoming District Superintendent of the Greeley, Colorado District in 1961. In 1966 Doctor Clark became Director of Field Education for the Iliff School of Theology.  During his forty-three years in the active ministry, he served on numerous boards and agencies.

He was a Thirty-Second Degree Mason and a Rotarian.  Upon retirement from the Rocky Mountain Conference in 1970, the Clarks moved to Lynnwood, Washington.  From 1970 to 1975 Fred served as Minister of Visitation for the Edmonds United Methodist Church.  Since moving to the Hearthstone Retirement Home in July, 1981, Sand Point was Fred and Mildred's church home.

Fred is survived by his wife, Mildred; two children, Marilyn Clark Kraft and Burnill Fred Clark; and five grandchildren.  He is also survived by a sister, Cleora Neely and two brothers, Dr. Alva Clark and the Reverend Leonard Clark, both retired Methodist clergymen.

Fred Clark was a loving, caring husband, father and friend.  Because the health of his wife was always frail, Fred helped in many ways that made him exceptionally close to his wife and children.  As a preacher he was scholarly and inspirational.  Many people grew because of his nurture and care.  As a pastor and friend he dispensed light and warmth.  His religion was part of his living.  In his friendships he was courageous and helpful and could always be depended upon.  Fred Clark was so full of fun and good humor that it was a joy to be with him.  He was truly a beautiful person.

Source: Fred and Mildred Clark Children: Burnill Clark and Marilyn Kraft

Samuel Brown Magner

Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children

Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner, husband Fred Charles Clark


Fred Charles Clark Obituary
The Seattle Times Newspaper
Tuesday, November 16, 1982

SERVICE SET FOR FRED C. CLARK, RETIRED PASTOR

A memorial service for Fred. C. Clark, 77, a retired United Methodist Church minister, will be at 3 p.m. tomorrow at the Sand Point Community United Methodist Church.  There will be cremation.  He died Thursday.

Born in St. Paul, Kansas, he had served pastorates in Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming.  He later served as a Methodist District Superintendent and was on the faculty of Iliff School of Theology in Denver where he also received his doctorate.  He retired and moved to Seattle, Washington in 1970.

He recently served as an associate pastor of Edmonds United Methodist Church.

Clark is survived by his wife, Mildred; a daughter, Mrs. Marilyn Kraft and a son, Burnill Clark, both of Seattle.

Remembrances are suggested to the Sand Point Methodist Church or Edmonds United Methodist Church.


Source: Fred and Mildred Clark Children: Burnill Clark and Marilyn Kraft

Samuel Brown Magner

Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children

Daughter, Mildred Anna Magner, husband Fred Charles Clark


1930 United States Federal Census
Residence: Stark, Kansas - Neosho County
Head of House: Fred C. Clark
Birth Year: About 1906
Race: White
Birthplace: Kansas
Marital Status: Single
Father's Birthplace: Kansas
Mother's Birthplace: Indiana
Occupation: Purchaser
Age: 24


1940 United States Federal Census
Residence: Cherokee, Kansas - Crawford County
Head of House: Fred C. Clark
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Inferred Residence in 1935: Rural, Douglas, Colorado
Residence on farm in 1935: No
Occupation: Minister
Home Own or Rent: Rent
Highest Grade Completed: College, 5th or subsequent year
Income: 1200
Income Other Sources: Yes
Household Members:
Fred C. Clark        Age: 34
Mildred Clark        Age: 32
Marilyn Clark        Age: 1

Samuel Brown Magner

Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children

Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner, husband Fred Charles Clark


Fred Charles Clark Parents:    (continued)
Father: Charles Stephen Clark

Married: November 12, 1902
The groom (26) living in St. Paul Kansas and bride (25) residing in Erie, Kansas.
SOURCE: Kansas, County Marriages, 1811-1911

Mother: Winifred (Baldwin) Clark
Born: July 1877 - Indiana
Died: 1959 - Kansas
Interment: South Mound Cemetery, South Mound, Kansas - Neosho County
NOTE: 1900 US CENSUS
Winifred was a music teacher and living in Centerville, Kansas - Neosho County


1920 U.S Census -- Charles and Winifred Clark Family
Home: Lincoln, Kansas - Neosho County
Children: Five

Son: Lloyd Clark - Age 16
Son: Fred Clark - Age 14
Daughter: Cleora Clark - Age 12
Son: Alva Clark - Age 4
Son: Leonard Clark - Age 1

Samuel Brown Magner

Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children

Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner, husband Fred Charles Clark

Fred Charles Clark
Born: July 7, 1905 - South Mound, Kansas - Neosho County
Died: November 11, 1982 - Edmonds, Washington - Snohomish County
Interment: Acacia Memorial Park - Lake Forest Park, Washington - King County
G17 Terrace Memorial Section - Rhody Terrace - Lot G - Space 55
Age: 77


Fred Charles Clark Parents
Father: Charles Stephen Clark   "Charlie"
Born: February 20, 1876 - Kansas
Died: February 15, 1946 - Neosho County, Kansas
Interment: South Mound Cemetery, South Mound, Kansas - Neosho County

Other Information: 
Enlistment: September 30, 1899 - Girard, Kansas
Rank: Private - M Company, 40th U.S. Infantry
Honorable Discharge: June 24, 1901 - Presidio, California
Domestic History: Age 50 - Height 5' 3 1/2 " - Farmer -
Residence: St. Paul, Kansas - Married to Winifred B. Clark


MIDDLE NAME AND DATE/PLACE OF BIRTH SOURCE: 
U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 

DATE OF DEATH SOURCE:
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
Charles Home Address: 915 S. Lincoln - Chanute, Kansas - Neosho County

ADDITIONAL SOURCE:
U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938

Samuel Brown Magner

Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children
Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner

CHURCH SERVICE BULLETIN  (continued)

NEW TESTAMENT        Romans 8:31-39            Marcie Clark (granddaughter)
                                     John 14: 1-4, 27      Melissa Stepanuik (granddaughter)

MEMORIES OF GRANDMOTHER
                                 Introduced by Karla Clogston (granddaughter)

SERVICE OF THE WORD

EULOGY                                                                              Burnill Clark (son)

SHARED MEMORIES

PASTORAL PRAYER AND LORD'S PRAYER

HYMN #358                                                 "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind"

BENEDICTION

POSTLUDE

Following the service, everyone is invited to greet the family in Perry Hall.
The family wishes to give heartfelt thanks for the loving care that Mildred received for so many years at the Hearthstone Health Center and most recently, at the Morning Glory Adult Family Home in Edmonds.

Memorials may be given to Sand Point Community United Methodist Church or Medic One.

                                Worship Assistants
Pastor: the Rev. Dr. Bill D. Smith
Organist: Pat Hoffer
Ushers: Jerry Sheller and Vernon Smith
Reception: United Methodist Women

SAND POINT COMMUNITY UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
                               SEATTLE, WASHINGTON

SOURCE: Fred and Mildred Clark Children: Burnill Clark and Marilyn Kraft

Samuel Brown Magner

Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children

Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner

CHURCH SERVICE BULLETIN
May 25, 2000                                                                                        1:00 PM
                                           A Service of Worship to
                                 Remember and Celebrate the Life of
                                      Mildred Anna Magner Clark
                                   February 19, 1908 - May 20, 2000

PRELUDE

CALL TO WORSHIP (responsive)
Loving God, our Creator and sustainer, in you we live, and move, and have our being.
You, O God, have been our refuge and strength from generation to generation.
You, O Christ, are our hope and salvation; in you, death has been swallowed up in victory, and we have an inheritance which is imperishable and unfading.
Alleluia!  The Lord God Almighty reigns.  Let us rejoice, and give thanks to God for the victory.

FLUTE-PIANO DUET          "It is Well With My Soul"                    Philip Bliss
             Linda Shatto (granddaughter) -- flute;   Marilyn Kraft (daughter) -- piano

GREETING                                                                   the Rev. Dr. Bill D. Smith

HYMN #64                                            "Holy, Holy, Holy!  Lord God Almighty"

PRAYER OF INVOCATION  (unison)
Almighty and Eternal God, You who love us with an everlasting love and have continued faithful to us through all our days, help us now to wait upon You with reverent and open hearts, that through patience, hymns and scripture, we may have our hope and faith strengthened and be lifted above our sorrow into the light and peace of your presence.  Amen

OLD TESTAMENT           Psalm 23            Michelle Hopstad (granddaughter)

 

Samuel Brown Magner

Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children

Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner


MILDRED ANNA MAGNER CLARK   (continued)

Mildred was active in church and community all of her life and made many friends wherever she lived.  But it was as a mother where she distinguished herself with her absolute faithfulness in time and spirit to the needs of her two children -- Marilyn and Burnill.  All through their childhood and school years she devoted herself to their welfare teaching the way of the Christian life by precept and example.

She knew disappointment and sorrow in life, having suffered from tuberculosis while the children were small.  She spent fifteen months in the hospital before a cure for that dreaded disease was discovered and developed.  Following Mildred's release from the hospital, she spent several years at home regaining her health.  In 1948 the family moved to Wheat Ridge, Colorado so that Mildred could benefit from a better climate.

In 1954, Fred and Mildred moved their family to a pastorate in Cheyenne, Wyoming.  This was followed by assignments in Greeley and Denver, Colorado.

They retired to the Seattle area in 1970 and bought a home in Lynnwood.  Fred served as Minister of Visitation at Edmonds United Methodist Church.  In 1980 Mildred and Fred moved to the Hearthstone Retirement Home on Greenlake.  Following Fred's death in 1982, Mildred continued to live at the Hearthstone until 1995.  She spent her final years in Edmonds Rehabilitation and the Morning Glory Adult Family Home.

A BIG thank you! 

SOURCE: Fred and Mildred Clark Children:  Burnill Clark and Marilyn Kraft
       

Samuel Brown Magner

Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children

Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner

                             MILDRED ANNA MAGNER CLARK

 

                              February 19, 1908 - May 20, 2000

 

Mildred Anna Magner was born February 19, 1908 on a farm near Galesburg, Kansas.  This was her address for the next fourteen years.  Her parents then moved to another farm just outside the city limits of the small town of Galesburg, which Mildred considered to be her home until she and Fred C. Clark were married in 1933. 

 

Mildred was graduated from Galesburg High School.  Following two years of college she received a life certificate to teach in the Kansas Elementary Schools, where she taught for seven years prior to her marriage.

 

She was the youngest of four children of Sam and Etta Magner.  Mildred had two brothers -- Ralph and Albert Magner -- both of whom preceded her in death.  Both brothers died after reaching retirement age and she felt their loss keenly.

 

Her sister, Audlene, also preceded her in death.  She felt very close to Audlene and lived with her and her husband, D.G. Springer for four years.  This was done to provide Mildred access to a better school for the seventh and eighth grades, and the opportunity of attending the first two years of high school in Galesburg.  Living with her sister gave Mildred the advantage of a nine-month urban school, compared with the eight-month rural school year.

 

Mildred and Fred were married on Christmas Eve, 1933 in Galesburg.  Much of their married life was spent serving Methodist churches in Kansas, Colorado, Wyoming and Washington.  She was baptized into the Christian Church as a young girl, so Mildred early was led to make her commitment to Christ and the Church. 

 



Samuel Brown Magner

Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children

Daughter: Mildred Anna Magner

Born: February 19, 1908 - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County
Died: May 20, 2000 - Edmonds, Washington - Snohomish County
Age: 92 years 

Interment: Acacia Memorial Park - Lake Forest Park, Washington - King County

Mildred Magner married Fred Charles Clark Christmas Eve, December 24, 1933 at her parent's, Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner's home in Galesburg, Kansas.

This union was blessed with two children; one daughter and one son.

Daughter: Marilyn Jeanette Clark

Son: Burnill Fred Clark

Samuel Brown Magner

Samuel and Etta (Boje) Magner Children

Son: Albert Lanville Magner

Born:  July 20, 1901 - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County
Died:  September 23, 1971 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Age: 70 years

Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County

Albert Lanville Magner married Jennie Doris Gager July 7, 1923 at Girard, Kansas in Crawford County.  Jennie Doris Gager is the daughter of Jesse Jay Gager and Nora Mae Hughes of Thayer, Kansas - Neosho County. 



Albert and Jennie (Gager) Magner Children: Six

Daughter: Luretta Doris Magner
Son: Albert (no middle name on birth certificate) Magner
Daughter: Noretta Blanch Magner
Son: Irvin Lee Magner
Son: Elford Neil Magner
Son: Lyle Treece Magner


I do not have a birth certificate for Albert Lanville Magner so I cannot properly address the debate about his actual name.  Was it Albert Lanville or Lanville Albert Magner?  Earlier signatures at bank and on farm deeds were L.A. Magner, but in later years he changed to Albert L. Magner.

Albert Lanville Magner is my grandfather and has his own Label on the Blog.  As I continue to post you will find Albert's life story along with his wife and children. Stay tuned.

Samuel Brown Magner

Daughter: Audlene Mae (Magner) Springer, husband Lawrence Matson


LAWRENCE DEAN MATSON

Lawrence Dean Matson age 89 passed away at the Olathe Medical Center Hospice House on February 23, 2015 following a stroke.  Larry was born January 23, 1926 to his parents Wilbur Lynes Matson and Fanny Fern Traylor Matson in Smith Center, Kansas.  Following service in the Navy, Larry graduated from Kansas State University in Manhattan, Kansas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Statistics.  While at K-State he met his wife of 66 years, Neola Mae Springer.  They were married June 6, 1948.

Larry is survived by his wife, Neola; daughters Eliese (Paul) Holt, Shawnee, Kansas and Laurie (Homer) Matson-Ritter, Merriam, Kansas; and two sons, Dean (Dixie) Matson, Roseville, California, and Doug (Brenda) Matson, Norton, Kansas.  Other survivors include his eight grandchildren Britta Bustamante, Andrew Ritter, Kari Garison, Ashley Hughes, Lynn Matson, Lindsey Hunter and Wes Matson and 12 great-grandchildren.  He is preceded in death by his parents, his sister Rhea Lou Rohrer and brother, Robert Mead.

Larry was manager of the grocery store, Matson Boogaarts in Smith Center, retiring in 1981.  Larry had many hobbies but especially enjoyed square dancing, flying, RVing, and using his electrical and carpentry skills on Volunteers in Mission (VIM) projects throughout Kansas, South Dakota, Arizona, Texas and Tennessee.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, February 28, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in the Wesley Chapel of the United Methodist Church of the Resurrection (COR), Leawood, Kansas (135th & Roe.)  After moving to Shawnee, Kansas, Larry and Neola did not miss a Sunday watching COR's streamed church services from their residence at Clover Care Home. A graveside service will be held in Smith Center, Kansas at a later date.  Funeral arrangements are being coordinated by Amos Family Funeral Home, Shawnee, Kansas.

In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial gifts to be given to support VIM's work at Camp Lakeside with checks payable to Camp Lakeside, 300 E. Scott Lake Road, Scott City, Kansas  67871.

Samuel Brown Magner

Daughter: Audlene Mae (Magner) Springer

Audlene (Magner) and Douglas Springer Children

Samuel Brown Magner

Daughter: Audlene Mae (Magner) Springer

Audlene (Magner) and Douglas Springer Children
Daughter: Neola Mae Springer
Born: August 6, 1927 - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County
Married: June 6, 1944
Spouse: Lawrence Dean Matson
Born: January 23, 1926 - Smith Center, Kansas - Smith County
Died: February 23, 2015 - Olathe, Kansas - Johnson County
Age 89

My dad's cousin, Burnill Clark gave me contact information about Neola in 2011.  We shared some emails after I asked her about memories she had about growing up in Galesburg.

July 26, 2011 - I do not remember a lot about my Grandfather, Samuel Magner, but one distinct memory I have is when he would bring my Grandmother Etta Mae Magner to our country farm house.  He was always very impatient when he would come back to pick her up.  Usually he would go each morning to Uncle Albert's house just down the road from us as it had been his farm and would drop off Grandmother at our house.  He would return each afternoon and take her home. When he returned and got just south of our house, he would start honking and she was to be at the mailbox when he got there.

I have more memories of Aunt Jennie, Uncle Albert's wife. She and Uncle Albert lived on a farm about 2 miles west of us, back towards Galesburg.  I remember Jennie as a very happy person.

I also have memories of my cousin- your Aunt Luretta.  Luretta would ride a horse to our house and then ride to school with us in the car. She was just a little older than me I think. Sometimes we would ride the pony and sometimes our bikes, but usually Dad took us.

Another memory I have about being in school was driving our Model-T car to the school festival in Erie, Kansas. It was fairly warm so Mother and I left our new spring coats in the car. We went to the carnival and came back and someone had stolen our coats. This was probably in the late 1930s and it was often that cars were stolen and stripped for parts.

My favorite memory of the festival was winding the May Pole. I don't think we ever won but it was always great fun to learn how to do it just so.

Samuel Brown Magner

Daughter: Audlene Mae (Magner) Springer

Audlene (Magner) and Douglas Springer Children

Son; Eldon Ray Springer

Parsons (Kansas) Sun Newspaper
Monday, October 31, 1994 - Page 4

ELDON R. SPRINGER
THAYER -- Eldon R. Springer, 70 of Thayer, Kansas died at 4:55 p.m. Sunday, October 30, 1994 at St. Francis Hospital, Tulsa, Oklahoma where he entered earlier that day.  He had been ill for a short time but his death was unexpected.

He was born June 10, 1924 in Galesburg to Douglas and Audlene (Magner) Springer.  He grew up in the Galesburg area, graduating from Galesburg High School in 1942.  He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II then returned to the Galesburg area, where he worked in construction and farming.  In 1966 he moved to Thayer, where he owned and operated Fireside Inn.

Mr. Springer was a member of the George L. Hendricks Post No. 102, American Legion in Erie and the Cecil J. Meeker Post 1654, Veterans of Foreign Wars in Chanute.  He was an avid camper and fisherman and enjoyed traveling.

Survivors include two sons; Richard of Girard, Kansas and Ernie of Haysville, Kansas; three daughters, Donna Graham of Goddard, Kansas, Vickie Trembly of Chanute, Kansas and Cindy Johnson of Wichita, Kansas; 12 grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, a friend and companion, Eutha (Heck) Turley of the home; a brother, Jean of Grove, Oklahoma and a sister, Neola Mae Matson of Smith Center, Kansas.

The service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Pierce-Carson-Wall Funeral Home of Erie, Kansas with Darin Mabe, pastor officiating.  Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery at Galesburg with military rites conducted by the Chanute VFW Post 1654.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.  The family suggests memorials to the American Cancer Society.

Headstone Note: CM3 US Navy - WWII

Samuel Brown Magner

Daughter: Audlene Mae (Magner) Springer

Audlene (Magner) and Douglas Springer Children

Son: Jean Douglas Springer


Parsons (Kansas) Sun Newspaper
Wednesday, December 6, 2000 - Page 4

JEAN D. SPRINGER
GROVE, OKLAHOMA -- Jean Douglas Springer, 78 of Grove, died Monday, December 4, 2000 at the Grove General Hospital.

He was born March 4, 1922 at Galesburg to Douglas Granville and Audlene Mae (Magner) Springer.  He served in the United States Navy in Atlantic and Pacific campaigns, during World War II.  He was a self-employed auto mechanic and a farmer.

He married Iris Imogene Crumrine on December 2, 1946 at Ketchum, Idaho.  They moved to Grove in 1978 from Cherryvale, Kansas.  She survives of the home.

He was a member of the Lions Club, Kiwanis Club, Veterans of Foreign Wars and was a deacon of the First Christian Church of Grove and Cherryvale.

Other survivors include two sons; Jerry Douglas Springer of Tulsa, Oklahoma and Scott Springer of Joplin, Missouri; one sister Neola M. Matson of Smith Center, Kansas; four grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

The service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home in Grove with Wayne Shaw officiating.  There will be a graveside service at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Mount Hope Cemetery at Galesburg, Kansas.

Memorials to the American Cancer Society may be sent to the Worley-Luginbuel Funeral Home, 711 South Main, P.O. Box 450460, Grove, Oklahoma, 74345-0460.

Samuel Brown Magner

Daughter: Audlene Mae (Magner) Springer, husband Douglas G. Springer


Chanute (Kansas) Tribune Newspaper
Friday, May 8, 1970 - Page 6

DOUGLAS G. SPRINGER

Douglas G. Springer, 76, Galesburg died Thursday night at the Labette Medical Center at Parsons.  He had been ill since Sunday when he suffered a fractured hip.

Born September 28, 1893, at Chanute.  He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John S. Springer.  He had lived in the Galesburg community since moving there with the family as a boy.

He married Audlene Magner April 30, 1919.

He was a member of the Galesburg Christian Church; a veteran of World War I and a member of the World War I Barracks of Chanute and the Erie American Legion.

Survivors include his widow, of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Larry (Neola Mae) Matson, Smith Center, Kansas; two sons, Jean Springer, Cherryvale, Kansas and Eldon Springer, Thayer, Kansas; 11 grandchildren and a great-grandchild and two sisters; Mrs. Rena Crumrine, Hazelton, Idaho and Mrs. J. B. Brown, Dearing, Kansas.

The funeral will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Galesburg Christian Church with the Rev. Allen Hannaford officiating.  Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Galesburg.

Pierce Funeral Home at Erie, Kansas is in charge.


A BIG thank you to Cheryl (Brooks) White for this obituary! 

Samuel Brown Magner

Daughter: Audlene Mae Magner Springer, husband Douglas G. Springer

Douglas Granville Springer

U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Age 23                      Residence: R.F.D. #1  Galesburg
Born: 28 September 1884
**Birth Year Above is Incorrect - Source: Social Security Death Index   

Single            Farmer          Ladore Township - Neosho County, Kansas
Caucasian       Tall     Medium Build    Light Grey: Eyes      Hair: Light Brown

Stamped June 5, 1917
Precinct: Ladore              County: Neosho          State: Kansas


U.S. World War II Registration Cards, 1942
Age: 48             White         Self-Employed
6 feet tall       200 lbs.        Eyes: Gray       Hair: Brown         
Birth: 28 September 1893       Chanute, Kansas


Douglas Granville Springer in Kansas Enrollment of World War I Veterans, 1930
Residence:  Ladore, Kansas    Neosho County
Branch of Service:  Army
Rank at Discharge:  Pvt. 1st Class
Volume Description:  Volume 24 -- Nemaha - Neosho - Ness

Samuel Brown Magner

Daughter: Audlene Mae (Magner) Springer, husband Douglas G. Springer


Douglas Granville Springer
Born: September 1893 - Chanute, Kansas - Neosho County 
Source: U.S. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

Died:  May 7, 1970 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Age: 76 years
Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County


Douglas Springer Parents:
Father: John Samuel Springer
Born: January 18, 1866 - Grand Castle, Indiana
Died: March 3, 1937 - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County
Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County

Mother: Kathleen Parsons Harlan   "Kate"
Born: February 14, 1868 - Virginia
Died: July 6, 1926 - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County
Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County

Samuel Brown Magner

Daughter: Audlene Mae Magner


Chanute (Kansas ) Tribune Newspaper
Friday, September 7, 1990 - Page 8

AUDLENE SPRINGER
GALESBURG -- Audlene Springer, 94, a life-long resident of the Galesburg area, died early today, September 7, 1990 at the Good Samaritan Nursing Home in Parsons, Kansas.  She had been in failing health for several years and a resident of the nursing home since October 1985.

The daughter of Samuel B. and Etta M. (Boje) Magner, she was born June 14, 1896 in her parent's home in rural Galesburg.  She grew up in Galesburg and attended school at the Sandy Hill Country School southeast of Galesburg and also the Chanute Business College.  Prior to her marriage she was employed as a secretary by the Shaw Manufacturing Company.

On April 30, 1919, she was married to Douglas G. Springer at her home in rural Galesburg.  He preceded her in death May 7, 1970.

She was a member of the Galesburg Christian Church and in earlier years had been very active in church's quilting group, the Ladies Aide group and other church activities.  She was also a member of the Home Demonstration Unit in Galesburg and the World War I Barracks in Chanute.

Survivors include two sons, Jean Springer, Grove, Oklahoma and Eldon Springer, Thayer, Kansas; a daughter, Neola Matson, Smith Center, Kansas; a sister, Mildred Anna Clark, Seattle, Washington; 11 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by two brothers.

Funeral will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Galesburg Christian Church with the Rev. David Neiss officiating.  Burial will be in the Mount Hope Cemetery at Galesburg.

Friends may call at the Burris-Carson-Wall Funeral Home in Parsons anytime after 10 a.m. Saturday or from 12:30 p.m. until funeral time Sunday.  Memorials may be made to the church.

A big THANKS to Cheryl (Brooks) White for locating this obituary for me!

Samuel Brown Magner

Daughter:  Audlene Mae Magner


Audlene Mae Magner
Born:  June 14, 1896 - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County
Died:  September 7, 1990 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Age:  94 years
Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County 


Audlene Mae Magner married Douglas Granville Springer April 30, 1919 in Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County. The bride, Audlene was 22 and the groom, Douglas was 25 years old.

Source: Neosho County Kansas Marriage Records 1915-1948 - Book P - Page 130. 


Audlene and Douglas Springer Children:  Three
Son:  Jean Douglas Springer
Son:  Eldon Ray Springer
Daughter:  Neola Mae Springer

Samuel Brown Magner

Ralph Jerald and Dica Belle (Brooke) Magner Children

Daughter: Estel Ann Mudd   "Ann" 

Chanute Tribune Newspaper
May 2-3, 2009 - Weekend Edition

Estel Ann Mudd  1929 - 2009
Estel Ann Mudd, 79, Chanute, died Friday May 1, 2009 at her home.

Ann was born in Galesburg, Kansas on July 13, 1929, the daughter of Ralph and Dica (Brooke) Magner.  She graduated from Galesburg High School in the Class of 1947, and graduated from the Pittsburg Teacher's College and taught in several area county schools.

She was united in marriage to Joe Mudd on December 22, 1950 in Galesburg.  He survives.

Shortly after teaching, Ann served as the Neosho County Treasurer.  Later she owned and operated a clothing store in Chanute and wrote articles for the Chanute Tribune.

She was a life-long member of the Christian Church.

Ann is survived by her husband, Joe, of the home; a son, Wayne E. Mudd and his wife, Peggy, Chanute; a daughter, Ronda A. Howerter and her husband, Bernard, Coffeyville; four grandchildren, Chris and Stephanie Edwards, Bella Vista, Arkansas; and Erica and Conner Mudd, Chanute; a great-grandson, Cason Harris; and two sisters; Corenne Simmons, Erie and Adalyn Indihar, Milpitas, California.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Jerald Magner.

Funeral will be 10 a.m. on Monday, May 4 at the First Christian Church in Chanute.  Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery - Chanute, Kansas - Neosho County.

The family will receive friends on Sunday from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Penwell-Gabel Gibson Chapel.

Memorials in her name may be made to the First Christian Church Memorial Fund and may be left with the funeral home.

Memorial Park Cemetery - Chanute, Kansas - Neosho County

                                         My Personal Photo Taken - September 2017


Ralph Jerald and Dica Belle (Brooke) Magner Children

Daughter: Estel Ann Mudd   "Ann" - husband Bernard Joseph Mudd


Find-a-Grave Memorial Page

Bernard "Joe" Joseph Mudd, age 87 of Chanute, KS passed away on Saturday, October 22, 2016 in Chanute.  Joe was born on August 18, 1929 on a farm near Walnut, Kansas, the son of Theodore and Ada (Watts) Mudd.

On December 22, 1950, Joe married Estel Ann Magner in Galesburg, KS where they lived together before moving to Chanute in 1960.  Estel preceded Joe in death on May 1, 2009.

Joe grew up in rural Galesburg and graduated from Thayer High School in 1947.  He worked as a Production Manager for GEO Churchill for over 30 years before his retirement.  After his retirement he worked part-time as an inspector for Young's Welding and for Chase Contractors doing maintenance work.  He also volunteered his time as a reserve police officer and instructor for many years.

Joe was a former member of the Mirza Shriners of Pittsburg, KS and a former member of MG Club.  He was also a former member of the Scottish Rite Cedar Lodge #103.  In his free time he enjoyed collecting antique cars, going to car shows and following his grandkid's activities.  He was a member of the First Christian Church in Chanute and was for a time, a volunteer with the food pantry there.

Joe was preceded in death by his parents, his wife Estel and his brother, Eugene Mudd.

A funeral service will be held Thursday, October 27, 2016 at 10:30 a.m. at the First Christian Church in Chanute.  A visitation will be held on Wednesday, October 28, 2016 from 5-7 p.m. at Countryside Funeral Home, Gibson Chapel.  Online condolences may be left at: wwwcountrysidefh.com
Families request memorials to the First Christian Church Food Pantry and may be left with or mailed to the funeral home.  Services have been entrusted to: Countryside Funeral Home - 16 North Forest - Chanute, Kansas - 66720.

Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery - Chanute, Kansas - Neosho County

My Personal Photo Taken - September 2017   

Samuel Brown Magner

Ralph Jerald and Dica Belle (Brooke) Magner Children


Daughter: Estel Ann Magner      Nickname "Ann"
Born:  July 13, 1929 - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County
Died:  May 1, 2009 - Chanute, Kansas - Neosho County
Interment:  Memorial Park Cemetery - Chanute, Kansas - Neosho County

Married:  December 22, 1950 - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County
Spouse:  Bernard Joseph Mudd          Nickname "Joe"
Born:  August 18, 1929 - Walnut, Kansas - Crawford County
Died:  October 20, 2016 - Chanute, Kansas - Neosho County
Interment:  Memorial Park Cemetery - Chanute, Kansas - Neosho County

Joe Mudd Parents:
Father:  Theodore Augustus Mudd     Nickname "Ted"
Born:  December, 1889
Died:  June 8, 1972
Interment:  Saint Patrick's Catholic Cemetery - Walnut, Kansas - Crawford County

Mother: Ada D. Watts
Born: November 21, 1903
Died:  March 28, 1991
Interment:  Saint Patrick's Catholic Cemetery - Walnut, Kansas - Crawford County

Ada D. (Watts) Mudd Parents:
James B. Watts        August 27, 1879 - 1959
Blanche E. Pittser    September 1879 - 1963
Interment: Bethel Cemetery - Erie, Kansas - Neosho County

Estel Ann (Magner) and Joe Mudd Children: 2
Son:  Wayne E. Mudd            Born: August 31, 1952 - Chanute, Kansas
Daughter:  Ronda A. Mudd

Samuel Brown Magner

Ralph Jerald and Dica Belle (Brooke) Magner Children

Daughter: Adalyn Elvina Magner, husband, Ludwig Patrick Indihar Obituary (continued)

Ludwig is survived by his wife, Adalyn; three sons, Jerry, Michael and Phillip Indihar and daughter, Debbie Indihar Giordano.  Ludwig has six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.  Lud will be missed by all for his fun-loving spirit of adventure and his zest for life!

Friends are invited to attend Vigil Service at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 26, 2017 at the Lima Family Memorial Chapel, 48800 Warm Springs Blvd., Fremont, California.  Funeral Mass on Monday, November 27, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Elizabeth's Church, 750 Sequoia Avenue, Milpitas, California.  A reception will follow at 12:30 p.m. at the Milpitas Community Center, 457 E. Calaveras Blvd., Milpitas, California.

 

Samuel Brown Magner

Ralph Jerald and Dica Belle (Brooke) Magner Children

Daughter: Adalyn Elvina Magner husband, Ludwig Patrick Indihar Obituary

In Memory of Ludwig Patrick Indihar    October 14, 1923 - November 13, 2017

  

Ludwig Patrick Indihar passed away peacefully at the age of 94 in his home he built in the Milpitas foothills, on Monday, November 13, 2017.  A resident of Milpitas since 1958, Ludwig was one of three children born in Cherokee County, Kansas, raised by immigrant parents, Antone J. "Tony" and Pauline (Dernovish) Indihar on a farm.

Ludwig joined the United States Army on December 23, 1943 at Leavenworth, Kansas and was honorably discharged on November 4, 1945.

While working at Boeing after World War II, he met and married the love of his life for 72 years, Adalyn Elvina Magner.  Their union would bring them a full family and loads of adventure.

Ludwig graduated from Kansas University (Lawrence, Kansas) in 1949, with a Mechanical Engineering Degree and the Indihar family set out for Poughkeepsie, New York as Ludwig took a job with IBM.  Then in 1955, they relocated to Livermore, California where Ludwig took a job with the Livermore Lab.  In 1958, the family set their permanent roots in the new town of Milpitas, California when Ludwig was hired by Lockheed and eventually retired 25 years later.

Ludwig "Lud" loved square dancing with Adalyn, "Ad" traveling all over the country as a private pilot, volunteering with the church, car clubs and lots of family adventures.

Among his many achievements and accomplishments, he notes his greatest, is the building of the family home in the Milpitas hillside, as he also used his mechanical design knowledge to draft the design for the home.  Adalyn still resides there today!

Tom Brokaw in his book, "The Greatest Generation" describes Ludwig Indihar..."They came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World War and went on to build modern America - men and women whose everyday lives of duty, honor, achievement and courage gave us the world we have today."

Samuel Brown Magner

Ralph Jerald and Dica Belle (Brooke) Magner Children

Daughter: Adalyn Elvina Magner

"My Favorite Person in the Pedigree Chart"
By Adalyn Indihar --- January 23, 1997

      Some years ago, I asked my mother to tell me about my paternal great grandmother, Elvina Fritz Boje.  Indeed I am most grateful to my mother as she described the life of Elvina Boje which I had written down to treasure in my memories.
      Elvina Fritz, was born in Prussia, June 1st, 1848 and came to America in 1857 with her parents to settle in Ottawa, Illinois.  She was married to Christopher Boje in 1863 and started westward to Kansas in 1869.  On the trip westward, the grass was tall and the trails were rough.  She related the dishes were packed in boxes and put on the bed during the day's travel.  They crossed rutted trails throwing the boxes to the floor of the wagon and thus a shattered dream of dishes for their new home.
      They homesteaded and lived in a sod house in Galesburg, Kansas.  She told of the Indians coming peacefully to water their horses at a spring close to their home.  Great Grandma Boje would tell of how strong the wind would blow across the open plains.  The doors on their leather hinges would creak and the windows would shake.  When Great-Grandpa Boje was working the ground to plan corn, she would take her small children and sit on the woodpile to quiet their fears.
      In their marriage, they had the following children: Minnie (who died in infancy), Will, Etta, Iona, Mollie and Henry.
      Great Grandpa Boje passes away at the age of 42 years leaving her with five young children to rear, which she did in the traditional early days of hard work and devotion to her children.
      I remember her always having some kind of hand work in her hands such as piecing and quilting quilts, embroidery and crocheting.
      She passed away on Thursday morning at 2:15 o'clock, December 29, 1938 after one day of illness. 
      She was a member of the Galesburg Christian Church and was buried from there.  Burial is in Mount Hope Cemetery in Galesburg, Kansas.
      My mother must have admired my paternal Great Grandmother Boje very much as she gave me the middle name of Elvina.

Thank you, Adalyn for allowing me to share this loving article.

Samuel Brown Magner

Ralph Jerald and Dica Belle (Brooke) Magner Children

Daughter: Adalyn Elvina Magner


I had the pleasure of meeting Adalyn, my dad's cousin via email and now telephone calls since July 2011.  Adalyn and I met through another one of my dad's cousins I met online, Burnill Clark, son of Mildred Anna (Magner) and Reverend Fred Charles Clark.  Thanks Burnill~ 

Adalyn is a sharp, sweet and kind lady.  I enjoy our conversations very much.  One of the first things she told me was that Elvina (Fritz) Boje was her favorite person and shared with me this picture and the story that follows on my next Blog today.

Source: Below is the photograph that she shared with me, thank you Adalyn!

                    

Samuel Brown Magner

Ralph Jerald and Dica Belle (Brooke) Magner Children

Daughter: Adalyn Elvina Magner

Cherokee Sentinel Newspaper
February 23, 1945 - Page 1

Miss Adalyn Magner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Magner of Galesburg, Kansas and Aviation Cadet Ludwig Indihar, son of Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Indihar of No. 9, were married February 15th at St. Mary's Cathedral in Wichita.  Father A.J. Felling read the double ring ceremony.

The bride wore a frock of aqua with navy blue accessories.  She carried a white Bible. Her corsage was of white gladioli lilies.  Miss Virginia Indihar and Francis Indihar, sister and brother of the groom, were the couple's attendants.

Following the ceremony a wedding breakfast was served at the Commodore Hotel.

Mrs. Indihar is a graduate of the Galesburg High School and has been employed for the past two years at Boeing Aircraft in Wichita. Cadet Indihar graduated from the Crawford Community High School in Cherokee and prior to entering the air corps was also employed at Boeing.  He is now stationed at Carlsbad, New Mexico.

Thank you to Cheryl (Brooks) White for this Wedding News article! 

            
              1945 - Wedding Photo


Now google this newspaper item when Adalyn and Ludwig celebrated 71 years of marriage; The Mercury News - Milpitas Post -- February 12, 2016

Samuel Brown Magner

Ralph Jerald and Dica Belle (Brooke) Magner Children

Daughter: Adalyn Elvina Magner
Born: July 24, 1924 - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County

Married: February 15, 1945 - Wichita, Kansas - Sedgwick County
St. Mary's Cathedral - Father A.J. Felling performed the service

Spouse: Ludwig Patrick Indihar     Nickname "Lud"
Born: October 14, 1923 - Cherokee, Kansas - Crawford County
*Ludwig is named after his Uncle Ludwig John Indihar

Ludwig Patrick Indihar Parents:
Father: Antone J.  Indihar        "Tony"
Born: April 11, 1897 - Yugoslavia
Married: Pauline Dernovish - 1921 in Chicopee, Kansas - Crawford County
Died: March 21, 1971 - Cherokee, Kansas - Crawford County
Interment: Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery - Pittsburg, Kansas - Crawford County

Interesting Note: Mildred (Magner) Clark, Adalyn's aunt taught Ludwig in school, a one-room school house teaching all eight grades near #9 close to Cherokee, Kansas.

**Antone J. Indihar parents: Anton Indihar [1870-1925] and Antonia Angel Indihar [1877-1952] are also buried at the Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery - Pittsburg, Kansas - Crawford County

Mother: Pauline Dernovish
Born: 1902
Died: 1963
Interment: Saint Marys Catholic Cemetery - Pittsburg, Kansas - Crawford County


Adalyn Elvina (Magner) and Ludwig Patrick Indihar Children: 4
Son: Jerry Francis Indihar
Son: Michael Eugene Indihar
Daughter: Deborah Jo Indihar
Son: Phillip Patrick Indihar

Son of Jerald Brooke and Carolyn LaVonne (Gibbs) Magner

Daughter of Jerald Brooke and Carolyn LaVonne (Gibbs) Magner

Samuel Brown Magner

Son: Ralph Jerald and Dica Belle (Brooke) Magner Children

Son: Jerald Brooke Magner
Newspaper Obituary - Newspaper Name and Date Unknown


Jerald Brooke Magner  1922-2006

      Jerald Brooke Magner, 84 of Chanute and former rural Galesburg resident, died at 7:30 p.m. Monday, September 25, 2006 at the Pittsburg Health and Rehabilitation Center.
      He was born on September 3, 1922 at Galesburg to Ralph and Dica (Brooke) Magner.  He grew up and attended schools at Galesburg.  He served in the United States Navy as a Machinists Mate First Class from 1942 to 1946 during World War II in the Pacific Theatre.  He earned the Good Conduct and Victory Medals.
      He and LaVonne Gibbs were united in marriage on January 20, 1948 at Iola.  She survives of the home.  He owned and operated a gas station from 1946 to 1951 at Neosho Falls.  They moved to rural Galesburg where he operated a farm from 1951 to 1986.  They also had a dairy operation during that time.  He and his wife managed a motel in Branson (Missouri) from 1987 until his retirement in 1998.  He has resided in Chanute since that time.
      He was a member of the Galesburg Christian Church and the George L. Hendricks Post. No. 102 American Legion of Erie.  He was chairman of the Neosho County Rural Water District No. 4 for four years.  He also served on the CUSD 101 School District Board.  He enjoyed hunting, gardening, but most of all his grandchildren.
      Survivors include two sons; Galen Magner and his wife, Judy of Erie; Leon Magner of Greenville, Texas; one daughter, Leita Thurman and her husband, Mick of Erie; nine grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; three sisters, Corenne Simmons, Erie; Adalyn Indihar, Milpitas, California and Ann Mudd of Chanute, Kansas.
      He was preceded in death by a daughter, Cleita Magner, May 6, 1976.
      Graveside services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, September 28, 2006 at the Mt. Hope Cemetery with military honors conducted by the George L. Hendricks Post No. 102 American Legion of Erie.  Friends may call the Pierce-Carson-Wall Funeral Home at their convenience.  Memorials are suggested to the George L. Hendricks Post. 102 American Legion of Erie and these may be left at or mailed to the Pierce-Carson-Wall Funeral Home, PO Box 182, 303 N. Grant Street, Erie, Kansas 66733.  Arrangements are under the direction of the Pierce-Carson-Wall Funeral Home of Parsons. 

A BIG thank you to Corenne (Magner) Simmons for this obituary.

 Thank you to my parents,  Albert & Dollie Magner for the Funeral Program

Samuel Brown Magner

Son: Ralph Jerald and Dica Belle (Brooke) Magner Children


Son: Jerald Brooke Magner 
Born: September 3, 1922 - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County
Died: September 25, 2006 - Pittsburg, Kansas - Crawford County
Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County

Married: January 20, 1948 - Iola, Kansas - Allen County

Spouse: Carolyn LaVonne Gibbs        Nickname "LaVonne"
Born: June 3, 1931


This union was blessed with four children; two sons and two daughters.


Son: Galen Ralph Magner
Born: May 8, 1949 - Iola, Kansas - Allen County
Died: December 3, 2022 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County

Son: Leon L. Magner

Daughter: Leita Carolyn Magner

Daughter:Cleita Irene Magner
Born: July 12, 1957 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Died: May 6, 1976 - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County 
Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County

Samuel Brown Magner

Son: Ralph Jerald and Dica Belle (Brooke) Magner Children

Daughter: Corenne Dica Magner, Obituary 


 
Corenne Simmons, 98, longtime Erie resident died at 12:15 p.m. Friday April 5, 2019 at the Prairie Mission Retirement Village in St. Paul, where she entered April 2.  For several years she had resided at the Guest Home Estates in Erie, Kansas.

She was born January 14, 1921 at Galesburg, Kansas to Ralph Jerald
and Dica Belle (Brooke) Magner.  Corenne attended schools in Galesburg, graduating from Galesburg High School in 1939.  She attended the Parsons Business College and was employed at the A.S.C.S. office in Erie before her marriage.

On April 18, 1941 she and Herman C. Simmons were married at Valley
Falls, with the ceremony performed by an uncle, Fred Clark. The couple lived in Erie after their marriage and Herman preceded her in death on February 14, 1995.

Corenne was a member of the First Christian Church in Erie, the Southeast Kansas Bottle and Relic Club and of the former Lively Learners Unit.  She enjoyed gardening, fishing and reading.  She had worked as a Stanley Home Products dealer.

Survivors include four sons; Larry Simmons (Beverly) of Erie, Kenneth Simmons (Paula) of Piedmont, MO, Gene Simmons of Surprise, AZ and Stanley Simmons (Francie) of Topeka; six grandchildren, Laurie Mendon (Todd) of Kansas City, MO, Shelly Hamilton (John) of Eudora, Michael Simmons (Nikki) of Topeka, Todd Simmons (Megan) of Ft. Collins, CO, Christian Simmons of Chanute and Kenneth Lee Simmons of Anchorage, AK; eight great-grandchildren, Erinn Fischer (Shine) of Miami, FL, Ryan Mendon of Vail, CO, Jacob Simmons of Topeka, Leo Simmons and Harper Simmons of Ft. Collins, CO, Alissa Hamilton of Lawrence, Brynn Griffin (Chad) of Hockley, TX and Clay Hamilton (Nikki) of Lawrence; four great-great grandchildren, Rhett Griffin of Hockley, TX, Oakley Fischer of Miami, FL, Rylan Hamilton and Gentry Hamilton of Lawrence; and a sister, Adalyn Indihar of Milpitas, CA.

Besides her husband, Herman Cecil Simmons, she was preceded in death by a brother, Jerald Brooke Magner and a sister, Estel Ann Mudd.

Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, at the First Christian Church in Erie, with Rev. Michael Haggard officiating.  Burial will be in East Hill Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m., Tuesday at the Pierce-Carson-Wall Funeral Home in Erie, where friends may call after 1 p.m., Tuesday.  Memorials are suggested to the First Christian Church of Erie.  They may be left at or sent to the funeral home at Box 182, Erie, KS 66733.  Online messages may be left at www.wallfuneralservices.com

Samuel Brown Magner

Son: Ralph Jerald and Dica Belle (Brooke) Magner Children

Daughter: Corenne Dica Magner, husband Herman C. Simmons

Parsons (Kansas) Sun Newspaper - February 15, 1995 - Page 4

Obituaries
ERIE - Herman Simmons, 76 of Erie died at 11:09 p.m. Tuesday, February 14, 1995, at the Labette County Medical Center, where he was admitted earlier in the day.

The service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First Christian Church in Erie with the Rev. Jere Wells officiating.

Further obituary details and arrangements will be announced by the Pierce-Carson Wall Funeral Home of Erie.

The Erie (Kansas) Record Newspaper
Thursday, February 23, 1995 - Page 3

Herman Cecil Simmons
Herman C. Simmons, 76, of 203 West Wilson, Erie, died at 11:09 p.m. Tuesday, February 14, 1995 at the Labette County Medical Center in Parsons where he was admitted earlier in the day.  He had been in declining health for the past two years, however his death was unexpected.

He was born April 18, 1918 near Kimball, a son of Lee R. and Cena (Gown) Simmons.  He grew up in the Kimball area and attended Pleasant Ridge Elementary School.  In 1936, he graduated from Grant Township High School at Stark.  He was employed at the Neosho valley Cooperative Creamery, which later became the Mid-America Dairymen Association, until retiring as a supervisor in 1975.  From 1975 to 1978, he worked at the Western Auto Store in Erie.  From 1978 to 1983, he worked at the Erie Auto Parts Store with his son, Larry.

Simmons was a member of the First Christian Church in Erie.  He was also a member of the Southeast Kansas Bottle and Relic Club.  He was an avid fisherman and enjoyed gardening and woodworking.

He and Corenne D. Magner were married April 18, 1941 at Valley Falls, Kansas.  She survives of the home.

Other survivors include four sons, Larry and Kenneth, both of Erie; Gene of Augusta, and Stanley of Chanute; six grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; two brothers, Thomas Simmons, Galesburg and Jesse Simmons, Erie; and two sisters; Mildred L. (Claud) Walker of Perry, Georgia and Ida N. (John) Ritchards of Thousand Oaks, California.  Three brothers and a sister preceded him in death.  Burial was in East Hill Cemetery, Erie, Kansas - Neosho County.

Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., Saturday, February 18 at the First Christian Church in Erie with Dr. Jere Wells officiating.  Burial was in the East Hill Cemetery with Pierce-Carson Wall Funeral Home of Erie in charge of arrangements.

Memorials are suggested to the First Christian Church of Erie.

Samuel Brown Magner

Ralph Jerald and Dica Belle (Brooke) Magner Children

Daughter: Corenne Dica Magner
Born: January 14, 1921 - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County

Married: April 18, 1941 - Valley Falls, Kansas - Jefferson County
The following note is from Burnill Fred Clark, son of Fred and Mildred (Magner) Clark.  Burnill's father, a pastor  performed the marriage ceremony.
The groom, Herman C. Simmons was 25 years old and worked at a creamery in Erie, Kansas.  The bride, Corenne D. Magner was 20 years old and a secretary from Galesburg, Kansas.

Spouse: Herman Cecil Simmons
Born: April 18, 1918 - Rural Kimball, Kansas - Neosho County
Died: February 14, 1995 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Interment: East Hill Cemetery - Erie, Kansas - Neosho County

Regarding the Herman's place of birth, Kimball was originally spelled with one "L" Kimbal, but was changed in 1950.  The town was platted as a town in 1888 with its first post office established that May.  The post office closed in 1956.


Herman Cecil Simmon's parents: 
Father: Ralph Lee Simmons
Born: June 24, 1882
Died: October 22, 1953
Interment: Bethel Cemetery - Erie, Kansas - Neosho County

Mother: Cena D. (Gown) Simmons
Born: June 2, 1885
Died: December 30, 1949
Interment: Bethel Cemetery - Erie, Kansas - Neosho County