Butler County KS Archives Obituaries.....Waldorf, Phoebe July 16, 1933
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Butler County News, July 121, 1933
Mrs. Phoebe, Waldorf, R. 1, passed away at her home near the Skelly Refinery, 
Sunday morning, July 16 after an illness of a year.

Mrs. Waldorf was born in Wood County, Ohio on Dec. 14, 1855, and was married in 
Towanda, Kansas on Oct. 21, 1873. She came to Kansas in 1870 and resided near 
Towanda until her marriage in 1873, when they moved to Moundridge. They lived 
there until 1903 when they returned to Butler county. Mr. Waldorf died in 1929 
and Mrs. Waldorf had made her home with Mr. And Mrs. M. J. Waldorf since.

Surviving are two sons, M.J. and Charles of El Dorado; four daughters, Mrs. Ola 
Parks of Arkansas City, Mrs. Gus Banjamine of Minterne, Colo., Mrs. E. C. 
Batman, of La Fontaine, and Mrs. O. A. Malcolm of Arkansas City, two half-
sisters, Carrie and Anna Appleman of St. Louis, Mo.; two half-brothers, John 
and Milo Appleman of St. Louis; 22 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

One son, Harry R. Waldorf died in 1906 and another son, Burton, died in 
infancy, and two daughters, Laura and Mabel.

Funeral services were held at the Byrd Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon, with 
Rev. Fred W. Condit officiating.

Mrs. Ed Detwiler and Mrs. Roy Morris sang “Under His Wing,” “The Clasp of His 
Hand on Mine,” and “Saved By Grace.”  Pallbearers were grandsons of Mrs. 
Waldorf. They were: Russel Parks, Graydon Waldorf, M. J. Waldorf, Cecil 
Waldorf, William Waldorf and Earl McGowan. Interment was in West Cemetery.

Members of the Friendship Sunday School Class of the Christian Church, the 
Women’s Relief Corps and the Vanora Farm Bureau attended in a body.

The El Dorado Times
WALDORF RITES HELD YESTERDAY

Funeral services for Mrs. Phoebe Waldorf, who died at her home on Route 1, 
Sunday, were held at the Byrd Funeral Home yesterday afternoon with Rev. Fred 
W. Condit pastor of the Christian Church officiating.

A large group of friends and relatives of the Butler county pioneer woman were 
present while members of the Friendship Sunday School class of the Christian 
Church, the Women’s Relief Corps and the Vanora Farm Bureau attended in a body.

Mrs. Roy Morris and Mrs. Ed Detwiler sang “Under His Wing,” “The Clasp of His 
Hand on Mine,” and “Saved by Grace.” Pallbearers were grandsons of Mrs. 
Waldorf. They were: Russel Parks, Graydon Waldorf, M. J. Waldorf, Cecil 
Waldorf, William Waldorf and Earl McGowan. Interment was in West Cemetery.


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