STARKS OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== STARKS, Horatio Nevada 1866 - 1948 Cass County Democrat Missourian, February 26, 1948: Horatio Nevada Starks - Horatio Nevada Starks was born at Terre Haute, Indiana, December 16, 1866. On March 30th, 1890 he was united in marriage with Emily Helen Mitchell. He was baptized in the Christian church at Urich, Mo. He passed away Tuesday, Feb 17 at Memorial hospital at Harrisonville. Mr. Starks was one of a family of eleven children, six boys and five girls. Only one brother, Edward, who lives in Colorado, survives. He is also survived by his wife Emily Helen Starks, a son, Everett B. Starks of Independence, Mo., and a daughter, Mrs. Lottie L. Trow of Kansas City, Mo. He also leaves other relatives and a host of friends to miss his friendly, cheerful disposition. Services were held Thursday afternoon at E. K. George and Sons chapel. Rev. George Adkins officiated. Burial was made at Clinton, Mo. STARKS, Lorenz P. "Buddy" 1894 - 1945 Cass County Democrat Missourian, Nov 29 1945: L. P. Starks Dies Unexpectedly - Death Comes at 11:00 p.m. Monday Night at Home on south Independence Street Following Heart Attack, Funeral This Afternoon - Lorenz P Starks, better known to friends and relatives as "Buddy" Starks, died unexpectedly at 11 o'clock Monday night, November 26, 1945, at his home, 602 South Independence Street, Harrisonville. Mr. Starks, 51 years old, was stricken with a heart attack while in the John V. Carter store at 8 o'clock Monday morning. He made his way to his own place of business on the east side of the square and as his condition did not improve he went to the office of Dr. J. S. Triplett, who took him home. The trouble was diagnosed as coronary embolism, of a blood clot near the heart. He was to have been hospitalized Tuesday morning. A Native Missourian Born October 6, 1894, in Urich, Mo., Lorenz Powers Starks' parents were Benjamin Franklin and Mary A (Oliphant) Starks, who were married November 25, 1891 in Urich and celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in Harrisonville in 1941. The father was a harness maker and he and Mrs. Starks lived in Clinton, Garden City and Butler, Mo., and in Olathe, Kans. Prior to 1934 he established a harness shop in Harrisonville, his son coming here shortly after, using the front of the building for his shoe-repairing business. The father died here December 2, 1942, in his home, 300 East Mechanic Street, at the age of 74 years. Ever since Buddy had looked after the harness shop in addition to his shoe-repairing business. Buddy Starks was reared in Henry and Cass Counties. On March 5, 1917, he was united in marriage with Miss Gladys Maud Hartzler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel J Hartzler of East Lynne. They made their home in Garden City where her death occurred July 16, 1936, at the age of 38 years. On December 25, 1938, Mr. Starks and Miss Helen Kelley, daughter of A. L. Kelley of Harrisonville, were married, the ceremony being performed in New Haven, Mo. They lived several years at 601 East Mechanic Street, moving this summer to the present residence which he and Mrs. Starks purchased from the estate of Mrs. R. W. Austin. Devoted to His Family Mr. Starks was devoted to his family, including his mother, whom he visited daily in her home, 300 East Mechanic Street. He had done much work making his new home what he desired for his wife and their daughter, Edwina Joanne, 4 years old. Most of the work was done in evenings, for his business took most of his daylight hours. Of pleasing personality, always having a cheerful greeting for all, he was universally liked. He had an extreme acquaintance in Cass County, especially in the Garden City and Harrisonville communities. His business was all that he and an assistant could handle. He was a member of the Methodist church and for a long time was a Sunday School superintendent in Garden City. He belonged to the I.O.O.F. Surviving Buddy Starks, besides his wife, daughter of and his mother, is a sister, Mrs. Clarence S (Garnett) Hartzler, four and half miles southeast of Harrisonville. Funeral This Afternoon The funeral for Mr. Starks will be held at 2 o'clock this (Thursday) afternoon in the Harrisonville Methodist Church, being in charge of the pastor, the Rev Charles R Swofford, Miss Elizabeth Idol will sing "Safe in the Arms of Jesus" and "Abide With Me." Casketbearers will be Ben Starks, Clinton, Mo; Allie Starks, Canon City, Colo; Clyde C. Leslie and Charles Gray, Harrisonville; George Leslie and Redmond Breed, Garden City. Buried will be in Urich. STARKS, Mary OLIPHANT 1870 - 1948 Cass County Democrat Missourian, October 7, 1948: Mrs. Ben F Starks, Well known Cass County Resident Passed Away at Her Home Sunday Morning - Mrs. Mary Starks passed away at 11:45 a.m., Sunday, October 3, 1948 at her home, 300 East Washington, Harrisonville. Death was due to a heart attack. She had been in ill health for the past two years. Mary Ann Oliphant was born June 22, 1870 at Osage Mission, Kans, the oldest child of Samuel Joseph and Rebecca Jane Moody Oliphant. She had three brothers and five sisters, the following preceding her in death: Fannie Lee Oliphant, Ida DeWater, Oscar Oliphant, Lula Shaw, Ona Lee Oliphant and Frank Oliphant. Mrs. Starks spent her early girlhood in Urich, where she met Ben F. Starks, the young couple being married November 25, 1891. The following year they began homemaking in Clinton. To this union two children: Lorenz P. Starks, who passed away November 26, 1945, and Mrs. Garnet Hartzler, Harrisonville, were born. The family lived a number of years in Butler and Olathe where Mr. Starks was in the harness business. In 1904 the family moved to Garden City where they lived a happy and prosperous life, making many friends. The Starks family moved to Harrisonville in 1938. In this home the husband and father passed away December 2, 1942. At the death of the youngest sister, Lula Shaw, April 13, 1909, Mrs. Starks took into her home her sister's infant son, Glenn Shaw, and reared him as her own. Mr. and Mrs. Starks were a congenial couple all their married life and in addition to their own children they took into their home at various times other children who needed to be cared for and gave them love and affection. Mr. and Mrs. Starks observed their 50th wedding anniversary at there home here November 23, 1941. Mrs. Starks was a generous and loving woman to all her friends and neighbors. "She went about doing good." In her early girlhood she became a member of the United Brethern church later transferring her membership to the Methodist church in Garden City. In 1938 she became a member of the Harrisonville Methodist church. She was also a member of the local Rebekah lodge. She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Clarence S. Hartzler, and nephew, Glenn Shaw, Harrisonville, and the following grandchildren: Mrs. Lyndell Mayberry, Hickman Mills; Mrs. Leland Roach, Keith, Edward and Willis Hartzler, Edwina Joanne Starks, Laquita, Georgeann and Carol Shaw; two great- grandchildren, Patricia and Estle Roach, all of Harrisonville; a sister, Mrs. Nettie Fisher, Urich; a brother, A. J. Oliphant, Clinton; several nieces and nephews and a host of friends, Funeral services were held in the Runnenburger chapel October 5 at 2:30 p.m. with the Rev. Charles R Swofford, officiating. Miss Elizabeth Idol sang, "Abide With Me." Casketbearers were Dr. Joseph L Fisher, St. Joseph; A. O. Fisherm Kansas City; John J. Oliphant and Sterling E Goddard, Urich; Kenneth Green and Ben I. Starks, Clinton. Burial was in the Urich cemetery. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by the Henry County MOGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~mohenry/henryco.html Contact the Henry County Coordinator for comments or corrections. ====================================================================