INDEPENDENCE EXAMINER Monday, April 3, 1933: Mitchell – Mrs. Mary, age 81 years, of Neosho, Mo., died Sunday afternoon at the home of her son, Mark Dorman, 614 S. Cottage. Survived by two other sons, John and Luke Dorman, and one daughter, Mrs. Benjamin Countess. The body will be shipped to Scammon, Kans., for funeral services and burial. Carson Funeral Home in charge. Tuesday, 9 June 1938: Vincent-Dorman Mr. and Mrs. Frank C. Vincent, 11703 East Twenty-third Street, announce the marriage of their daughter, Theresa, to James Dorman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dorman, 304 South Grand Avenue. The marriage took place on May 31 at the home of the bridegroom’s parents and was performed by Elder James Watson, in the presence of the immediate relatives. Miss Violet Cox attended the bride and Billy McPherson played the music Will Marry Wednesday Miss Velma Scheperclaus, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A.E. Scheperclaus, 716 Procter Place, and the Rev. Edwin Riske, of Herndon, Kans., son of Mr. and Mrs. Emil H. Riske, 113 West Farmer Street, will take place at 8 o’clock on Wednesday evening at St. Luke’s Evangelical Church. The pastor, the Rev. Austin F. Schultz will perform the ceremony. Mrs. Marvin Carl entertained last Wednesday with a line party followed by a shower at her home, 120 East College Street, in honor of Miss Scheperclaus. Swift-Adams The marriage of Miss Beatrice Swift, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl E. Swift, 215 South Jackson Avenue, Kansas City, formerly of Independence, and Wilbur Adams, son of Mrs. Sadie Adams of Leavenworth, Kans., took place at 12:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the home of the bride in the presence of the immediate family and a few friends. The Rev. Lynn Pinkerton performed the ceremony. Floyd Curnutt, uncle of the bride, sang and Miss Olive Baxter played the wedding march. The bride, who was given in marriage by her father, was attended by Mrs. Melva Thomas as matron of honor. Bonnie Lea Curnutt and Helen Louis Chapman were the flower girls and Mary Joan Pridgeon was the ring bearer. Elmo Dunn acted as best man for Mr. Adams. A dinner was served following the ceremony. Mrs. Swift was assisted by Mrs. Sadie Adams, Mrs. S.A. Curnutt, Mrs. Claude Butler, Mrs. Delia Evans and Mrs. Ernest Curnutt. Mr. and Mrs. Adams will live in Kansas City. Brings Home Oklahoma Soil At one side on a counter in the Lee Dooley store on South Main Street is a little pile of red earth and a few red rocks. When Mr. and Mrs. Dooley closed their store Friday, May 29, they decided to take advantage of two free days together and make a run down to Oklahoma City to visit friends. Mr. Dooley, accustomed to the rich black loam of Jackson County, was intrigued with the red soil of Oklahoma and brought home a sample. He saw things growing in red soil which if it was in Jackson County we would call too poor to raise a disturbance on. Reports a Burglary According to a report to the police late Monday, the offices of Dr. W.F. McCarthy, 104 West Maple Avenue, were burglarized late Saturday night or early Sunday morning. Entrance to the office was forced through the transom over a door from the hallway. $22.50 in cash and a $32 check were taken. To Give Recital Friday Mrs. Leonard Lea will present Jean Williams in a dramatic recital at 8 o’clock on Friday evening at the Liberty Street L.D.S. Church. She will be assisted by Miss Emma Jeanne Etzenhouser, pianist. Hostesses at Luncheon Mrs. Jacob Hansen and her daughter, Mrs. Armin Webbink, entertained Monday at Mrs. Webbink’s country home on the Blue Springs Road with a luncheon. Those present were Mrs. J.H. Huffard and son, John Newton, Winfield, Kans., Mrs. J. Hansen, Mrs. M. Bernhardt, and daughter Barbara, and Mrs. B.O. Grimes and daughter, Marjorie. Friday, January 26, 1940: Dorman – William A., age 43 years, died yesterday at the Northeast Hospital. Survived by his wife, Mrs. Grace Dorman of the home, 713 N. Liberty; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Luke Dorman, 1201 ½ W. Lexington, six sisters, Mrs. Anzelle Moerhead, Scammon, Kan.; Mrs. Irene Bloomer, Girard, Kan.; Mrs. Mary Klobfleich, Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. Florence Hall, 1231 Crisp; Mrs. Jeanette Cox, 1201 ½ W. Lexington; Mrs. Pearl Trout, Goodman, Mo.; one brother, James Dorman, 1511 W. Alton. Funeral services 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Cato & Speaks Funeral Home, 300 S. Grand. Burial in Mound Grove Cemetery. Saturday, January 27, 1940: Ayer – Mrs. Alice, age 83 years, died last night at the home of her niece, Mrs. H.M. Nicewander, 1505 Evanston Ave., Fairland Heights. Funeral services 1 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Geo. C. Carson Chapel, 101 N. Pleasant St. Cremation. Dorman – Funeral services for William A. Dorman, will be held at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Cato & Speaks Chapel, 300 S. Grand Ave. Burial in Mound Grove Cemetery. Forrester – Mrs. Amelia, age 68 years, 1651 Bristol Ave., died yesterday at the Conley Clinical Hospital. Survived by two sons, Melvin W. Forrester of the home and Ward M. Forrester, 622 S. Hardesty Ave.; two daughters, Mrs. Maude Smith, 1131 White Ave., and Mrs. Dorothy Senzee, 3324 Cleveland Ave.; two sisters, Mrs. Lizzie Littleford, bigsby, Idaho and Mrs. Daisy Coles, Salt Lake City, Utah. Funeral services 2:30 o’clock Monday afternoon at the Latter Day Saints Church, 302 South Pleasant St. Burial in Mount Washington Cemetery. Geo. C. Carson Funeral Home, 101 N. Pleasant Street. Taylor – Juanita, 12 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar T. Taylor, 2006 Agnes Ave. died last night at the Mercy Hospital. Survived by one sister, Loulla Taylor, and one brother, Clifford Taylor, both of the home; grandmother, Mrs. Tina J. Shannon, 109 S. Spring; two half-sisters, Mrs. Vira Moore, Moundville, Mo., and Mrs. Mildred Odenbaugh, Tulare, Calif. Funeral services 1:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Benton Baptist Church, 25th & Benton. Burial in Salem Cemetery. Geo. C. Carson Funeral Home, 101 N. Pleasant. Monday, 29 January 1940: Dorman Services Held Funeral services for William Alexander Dorman, 43 years old, who died Thursday at Northeast Hospital in Kansas City, were conducted at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Cato & Speaks Funeral Chapel. Elder William Bartel preached the sermon and Elder Herbert Barrett assisted and offered the prayer. The music was by a quartet composed of Mrs. Velma Nunn, Mrs. James Gault, Gordon Resch and Keith Johnston who sang “Nearer My God To Thee”, “Will the Circle Be Unbroken”, and “I May Not Know the Reason Why”. Mrs. Louise Hill Lewis was at the organ. The pall bearers were C.E. Parson, E.F. Elliott, Edie Dechant, Jack Thornhill, Erwin Brooks and Lea Phfsnisel. The burial was in the Mound Grove Cemetery. Reynolds Service Tuesday Funeral services for Mrs. Martha Jane Reynolds, 83 years old, who died Saturday at her home on the Spring Branch Road, a mile east of Independence, will be held at 2:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon at the Spring Branch L.D.S. Church. The burial will be in the Mound Grove Cemetery. Mrs. Reynolds is survived by a son, John Reynolds of the home; three daughters, Mrs. Nora F. Evans, Sandpoint, Ida.; Mrs. Eva Krause, Vesta, Minn,; and Mrs. Mabel Kison of Highway, Alberta, Canada, and two brothers, Lemuel T. Waugh, Niles, Mich., and Robert I. Waugh, state of Washington, and a sister, Mrs. Emily Yaple, Great Bend, Kan. Wednesday, 31 January 1940: Deaths and Funerals Blythe – Mrs. Minnie Prater, age 71 years, died this morning at her home on the Ardyce Road 7 miles east of Independence. Survived by her husband, Oliver Blythe; one daughter, Mrs. Bessie Blythe Rolen; granddaughter, Miss Opal Blythe Rolen, all of the home; one sister, Dr. Lenna Chaffe and one brother, Claude C. Prater, both of Springville, N.Y. Funeral services 10:30 o’clock Friday morning at the Ott & Mitchell Chapel, 310 N. Main St. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery in Kansas City, Mo. Boehmer – Funeral services for Harold R. Boehmer, Jr., who died Monday night at his home, 11323 Standard Ave., Sugar Creek, Mo., will be held at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the Grace Presbyterian Church, 811 Benton Blvd. Burial in Mt. Washington Cemetery. Body will lie in state at the church from 1 to 2 o’clock. Geo. C. Carson Funeral Home, 101 N. Pleasant. McPherson – Jason, age 63, died last night at the Sanitarium from injuries received in wreck at 39th and Noland. Survived by his wife, Mrs. Louise McPherson of the home, 570 Home; three daughters, Miss Roberta McPherson, 706 S. Cottage; Mrs. Johnny Raviell, Warrensburg, Mo.; Mrs. Lawrence Parks, Grand Rapids, Mich.; three sons, Dayton McPherson, 720 W. So. Ave., and Jammie and Billy McPherson, 706 S. Cottage St. Funeral services at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the Geo. C. Carson Chapel, 101 N. Pleasant St. Burial in Mound grove Cemetery. Mikel – Mrs. Loreta Fae, age 31 years, died last night at the home of her sister, Mrs. Allen Bunyar, 1423 N. Main St. Survived by her husband, Paul L. Mikel of the home; her mother, Mrs. Rosa Houston, 1036 West Orchard Street; one brother, Oliver Houston, 600 N. Main St.; two other sisters, Mrs. Rolla Dzan, 1038 W. Orchard and Mrs. James Homan, 626 Fuller Street. Funeral services 2:30 o’clock Friday afternoon at the Cato & Speaks Chapel, 300 S. Grand Ave. Burial in Mound Grove Cemetery. Wright – Ellis, age 71 years, died at 9 o’clock this morning at the Independence Sanitarium where he has been ill since Friday when he suffered a stroke. Survived by two sons, George Ellis Wright, 1319 E. 32nd St. Terrace, Kansas City, and Earle Emmett Wright of des Moines, Ia.; one grandson, Michael Ellis Wright, 1319 E. 32nd St. Terrace, Kansas City; one brother, Maurice Wright, 3014 Virginia, Kansas City; two sisters, Mrs. Lou Anderson, 522 East Kansas Street, and Mrs. Julia Hutchings, Oak Grove, Mo. Funeral setvices at 3:30 o’clock Friday afternoon at the Ott & Mitchell Funeral Home, 310 N. Main St. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Grinter – Funeral services for Lee W. Grinter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Grinter, 916 S. Noland St., who died Sunday in Washington, D.C., will be held at 2:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the Ott & Mitchell Chapel, 310 N. Main S. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Keehnel – Mrs. Nadine, age 40 years, died Tuesday morning at the Sanitarium. Survived by her husband, Roy B. Keehnel of the home, 805 S. Crysler St.; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Kessler; three brothers, Milto and Bobs Kessler, of Pine Bluff, Ark., and Rudolf Kessler, St. Louis; two sisters, Mrs. T.L. Davis, Pine Bluff, Ark., and Mrs. Porter White of Texas. Funeral services 2:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the Cato & Speaks Chapel, 300 S. Grand. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Macklin – Louis W., age 72, died yesterday at his home, 10913 E. 15th St. Survived by his wife, Mrs. Flora Macklin of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Gladys Schowengerdt of Concordia, Mo., Mrs. Fae Shinkle of the home; three sons, Leland Macklin, 1703 Crescent; Waldo Macklin, Russell, Kan.; Melvin Macklin, 1405 Bennington. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Friday afternoon at the Geo. C. Carson Chapel, 101 N. Pleasant St. Burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Campbell – We wish to thank our many friends, relatives and neighbors for their kindness shown in the recent death of our husband and father, W.B. Campbell; also for the many beautiful floral tributes. Mrs. W.B. Campbell & family Dorman – We wish to thank our friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy in the illness and death of our beloved husband, son and brother. Also for the beautiful floral offerings. Mrs. Grace Dorman, Mr. and Mrs. Luke Dorman and family. Monday, February 24, 1941: Celebrate Their Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Luke Dorman, 1201 ½ West Lexington Street, celebrated their forty- fifth wedding anniversary Sunday with a family dinner at their home. Mr. and Mrs. Dorman were married at Cherokee, Kan., and came to Independence seventeen years ago. Present were four of their seven children, Mrs. Florence Hall, 108 South Chrysler Street; James Dorman, 1511 West Alton Avenue; Mrs. Pearl Trout of the home and Mrs. Janet Coxe, 1319 West Walnut street. Three other daughters, Mrs. Charles Kalbfliesch, Louisville, Ky., Mrs. Henry Bloomer, Girard, Kan., and Mrs. Clyde Morehead, Scammon, Kan., were unable to be present. Another son, William Dorman, died here a year ago. The family lived at Arma, Kan., before moving here. Receives Broken Heel Richard Powers Victim of Unusual Injury When Team Runs Away and He Jumps From Wagon Richard Powers, 65 years old, Rural Route No. 3, Box 428, received a crushed right heel last Friday when a team he was working on the farm decided to run away. The team was said to be “frisky” because of the cold weather and having been penned up. When the team started to run Mr. Powers started to jump from the wagon and was thrown to the ground. He is in the Independence Sanitarium under treatment and is said to be slowly improving. Sachs Into New Business Alexander Sachs, retiring highway engineer, and J.E. Schnittger, chief in the office for eight years, have announced the formation of a company for construction and maintenance of roads and streets with offices at 706 Land Bank Building, Kansas City. The title of the company is “Superior, Incorporated, Independence, Missouri”, a corporation which was formed about three years ago under that name, and which has now been taken over by Sachs and Schnittger. Tuesday, October 31, 1944: Sanitarium Notes: Admitted October 30, 1944 Mrs. Joseph Engleman, 609 South Hardy Street, Fairmount Mrs. LeRoy A. Yale, 717 West South Avenue Mrs. Roscoe McDaniel, Lamont, Iowa Mrs. George Stansbury, Pawnee Rock, Kan. Mrs. Charles Ronsley, 920 Ewing Avenue, Kansas City John W. Henderson, 1822 North Liberty Street Otto Novak, 919 Prospect Avenue, Kansas City Earsel V. Atchley, 814 West Twenty-seventh Street, Beverly Hills Wm. C. Hurster, 314 North Drury Street, Kansas City Homer Webb, 1217 South Pearl Street Mrs. Henry H. Graham, 1435 Sterling Avenue Miss Mary Virginia Hargrove, 618 North Union Street John Albert Hargrove, 618 North Union Street Christopher Krusa, 1712 Waubesa Street Mrs. M.W. Williams, 114 South Spring Street Dismissed October 30, 1944 Mrs. Ray B. Lukenbill and baby, 812 South Marion Street Mrs. L.E. Grote and baby, Oak Grove, Mo. Archie Davis, 804 West South Avenue Mrs. Clem Wilson, Odessa, Mo. William J. Rudd, 622 West Alton Avenue Mrs. Walter Wheeldon, 6344 East Eleventh Street, Kansas City Deaths and Funerals Dorman – Mrs. Mary, age 68 years, 1201 ½ W. Lexington, died yesterday at the Sanitarium. Survived by husband, Luke Dorman of the home; 6 daughters, Mrs. Anzella Moorehead, Scammon, Kans.; Mrs. Pearl Trout and Mrs. Florence Hall, Oak Grove, Mo.; Mrs. Irene Bloomer, Girard, Kans.; Mrs. Mary Kaibfleisch, Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. Jeannette Coxe, 426 S. River; son James H. Dorman, 1511 W. Alton; brother, James Watson, 1303 W. Van Horn. Funeral services later. The Roland R. Speak’s Funeral Home, 300 S. Grand in charge. Hagins – Mrs. Bessie Ruth, age 51 years, 509 S. Cedar died last night at the Unviersity of Kansas hospital. Survived by husband, Ernest Hagins of the home; two daughters, Lieut. Eliz. Jane Hagins, Belgium; Miss Winifred Joan Hagins and parents Mr. and Mrs. Doston C. Fairfield all of the home; sister, Mrs. Walter E. Johnson, Rt. 2; brother, Thos. L. Fairfield of Houston, Tex. Funeral services 1 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the Geo. C. Carson Funeral Home, 101 N. Pleasant Street. Burial in Floral Hills Cemetery. Mrs. Mary Dorman Dies Mrs. Mary Dorman, 68 years old, 120 ½ West Lexington Street, died Monday at the Independence Sanitarium and Hospital. She had been ill for several months. Mrs. Dorman is survived by her husband, Luke Dorman of the home; six daughters, Mrs. Anzella Moorehead, Scammon, Kan., Mrs. Pearl Trout and Mrs. Florence Hall, Oak Grove, Mo.; Mrs. Irene Bloomer, Girard, Kan.; Mrs. Mary Kalbfleisch, Louisville, Ky., and Mrs. Jeannette Coxe, 426 South River Boulevard; a son, James H. Dorman, 1511 West Alton Street; and a brother, James Watson, 1303 West Van Horn Road. Mrs. Dorman had lived in Independence for about sixteen years, having come here from Scammon, Kan. She was a member of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Mrs. Bessie R. Hagins Dies Mrs. Bessie Ruth Hagins, 51 years old, 509 South Cedar Avenue, Inter-City District, died unexpectedly Monday night at the University of Kansas Hospital. Mrs. Hagins had gone to see a motion picture showing the activities of the 77th evacuation hospital unit which showed her daughter, Lt. Elizabeth Jane Hagins, who is with the Army Nurse Corps in Belgium, but was stricken before the showing o f the picture. She is survived also by her husband, Ernest Hagins, another daughter, Miss Winifred Joan Hagins, and her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Doston C. Fairfield of the home; a sister, Mrs. Walter E. Johnson, Route No. 2, and a brother, Thomas L. Fairfield of Houston, Tex. The funeral services will be held at 1 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the George C. Carson Chapel. The burial will be in the Floral Hills Cemetery. Son Wounded in Italy Mrs. Roy Strange, 917 West Hayward Avenue, and Earl Thacker, 221 South Glenwood Avenue, Mt. Washington, were notified Sunday by the War Department that their son, Sgt. Gaines L. Thacker, had been wounded in action in Italy, Oct. 14. Mrs. Strange received a cablegram from Sgt. Thacker later saying, “Please don’t worry, Health improved”. Sgt. Thacker has been in the service sine October 1942, and has been overseas wince April. He was fighting with the Fifth Army. Wednesday, November 1, 1944: Arrives in England Pfc. Robert M. Stewart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Milton Stewart, 114 East Linden Avenue, has arrived in England, his parents have been notified. Is Improving Nicely Mrs. Emma M. Sands, 708 West Van Horn Road, who has been ill for the past month at the Independence Sanitarium and Hospital, is now improving nicely at the home of her daughter, Mrs. H.B. Irving, 921 South Main Street. Ray Savage Has Tonsillectomy Ray Savage, 5 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Savage, 620 North River Boulevard, underwent a tonsillectomy Tuesday at the Whetstone Clinic. He returned home today. Miss Jasper Visits Mother Miss Bertha Lee Jasper, who was a teacher of home economics at Smithville last year and is now studying dietetics in the University of Iowa at Ames, spent the day with her mother, Mrs. O.E. Jasper, 1795 Norwood Street. Dorman Services Thursday Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Dorman, 68 years old, 1201 ½ West Lexington Street, will be held at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the Roland R. Speaks Funeral Chapel. The burial will be in the Mound Grove Cemetery. Visiting Her Parents Mrs. Edna McGrath, of Philadelphia is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Phillips of Buckner. His Condition Unchanged L.E. Morris, 116 East Rubey Street, mechanical drawing instructor at William Chrisman High School, who has been seriously ill at the Independence Sanitarium and Hospital is still in an unchanged condition there today. His son, Lloyd C. Morris, a research chemist for the Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, Okla., who came here because of the illness of his father has returned to his work. Mrs. Yost’s Condition the Same The condition of Mrs. W.L. Yost, Lee’s Summit Road, who is a patient at Research Hospital, Kansas City, is reported to be about the same. Mrs. Yost was to have been taken to New York for a major operation, but it has been decided to allow her several weeks’ rest before attempting any further treatment. Miss Green Pledges Sorority Miss Mary Green, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. John R. Green, 915 South Main Street, has pledged Delta Gamma sorority at Washington University in St. Louis. The university has announced that 212 men and women pledged fraternities and sororities during fall rushing this year. James Keal Visits Aunt James Irving Keal, who is in training in the Navy V-12 program at Washburn College, Topeka, Kan., spent last week in Independence at the home of his aunt, Mrs. Allen A. Ackerson, 10736 Van Horn Street. Seaman Keal has been stationed at Topeka for the past eight months. Announcements – Deaths and Funerals Dorman – Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Dorman, 68 years of age, 1201 ½ W. Lexington St., will be held at 3 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the Roland R. Speaks Funeral Home, 300 S. Grand. Burial in Mound Grove Cemetery. Friday, December 1, 1944: Sanitarium Notes: Admitted 30 November 1944 Ernest A. Flack, 11427 East Sixteenth Street Robert M. Lester, 10110 Van Horn Road Mrs. Mabelle Webb, 3731 Woodland Avenue, Kansas City Mrs. Mae Carnes, 1855 Harvard Avenue Mrs. Olle E. Jasper, 1795 Norwood Avenue Mrs. Elizabeth Buzzard, 1427 South Dodgion Street Dismissed November 30, 1944 Mrs. G.E. Burton and baby, 1939 Kenwood Avenue, Kansas City Charles Hoyt, Junction City, Kans. Deaths and Funerals Dorman, Luke, age 69 years, 1201 ½ W. Lexington, died this morning at the home. Survived by 6 daughters, Mrs. Anzella Moorehead, Scammon, Kans.; Mrs. Pearl Trout and Mrs. Florence Hall, Oak Grove, Mo.; Mrs. Irene Bloomer, Girard, Kans.; Mrs. Mary Kalbfleisch, Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. Jeanette Coxe, 426 S. River; son James H. Dorman, 1511 W. Alton; one sister, Mrs. Maggie countess, Wilberton, Ok.; brother, Mark Dorman, 614 S. Cottage. Funeral services later. The Roland R. Speaks Funeral Home, 300 S. Grand in charge. Mrs. Mary E. Cook is Dead Woman, 88, a Resident of Jackson County for Thirty-nine Years, Died Thursday – Has One Great-Great Grandchild Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Cook, 88 years old, for thirty-nine years a resident of Jackson County, died Thursday at her home, 1835 South Noland Street. She is survived by four sons: Willie C. Cook of the home; Charles B. Cook, Lee’s Summit, Guy D. Cook, 1422 West Maple Street, and Ralph L. Cook, Bates City, Mo.; seven daughters: Mrs. Eula M. Roberts, 1827 Northern Boulevard, Mrs. Bessie Hill, Rembrandt, Ia., Mrs. Marjorie Mills, San Francisco, Calif., Mrs. Lillie E. Cooper, 119 South Fuller Street, Mrs. Roxie Casey, Fresno, Calif, and Miss Mary L. Cook and Miss Hattie L. Cook of the home; and one brother, Boswell Howard of Murray, Ky. Twenty-five grandchildren, twenty-three great grandchildren and one great-great grandchild also survive Mrs. Cook. Funeral services will be held at 11 o’clock Saturday morning at the Roland R. Speaks Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mound Grove Cemetery. Salyards Services Held Funeral of Prominent Retired Reorganized L.D.S. Churchman Was Conducted Thursday at Stahl Chapel Funeral services for Richard S. Salyards, a superannuated missionary of the Reorganized L.D.S. Church and general church secretary for more than thirty years, were conducted at 2 o’clock on Thursday afternoon at the H.W. Stahl Funeral Home. Mr. Salyards, who lived at 601 West Farmer Street, died Monday night at the Sanitarium. Bishop A.B. Phillips, assisted by I.A. Smith, was in charge of the services. A quartet composed of Mrs. Shankland S. Arnson, Mrs. Mark Holman, Paul N. Craig, and Evan A. Fry sang “Tenderly, Tenderly, Lead Thou Me On” and “The Old, Old Path”, accompanied at the organ by Mrs. Howard W. Harder. The pallbearers were Clyde Ellis, R.V. Hopkins, J.S. Kelley, Roy Young, Vaughn Valley, and R.J. Lambert. The burial was in the Mound Grove Cemetery. Luke Dorman Dies Luke Dorman, 69 years old, 1201 ½ West Lexington Street, died this morning at his home. His wife, Mrs. Mary Dorman, died Oct. 30. Surviving are six daughters, Mrs. Anzella Moorehead, Scammon, Kan.; Mrs. Pearl Trout and Mrs. Florence Hall, oak Grove, Mo.; Mrs. Irene bloomer, Girard, Kan.; Mrs. Mary Kalbfleisch, Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. Jeannett Coxe, 425 South River Boulevard; a son, James H. Dorman, 1511 West Alton Street; a sister, Mrs. Maggie countess, Welberton, Okla., and a brother, Mark Dorman, 614 South Cottage Street. Levasy Woman’s Will Filed The will of Mary J. Stock of Levasy has been filed for probate in the Independence office of the court. Special bequests are made to John Stock, nephew, and Walter Stock, a nephew, of $300 each. All household goods are left to Eliza Schroer, a sister, and Vera Meinershagen, a niece. The children of a deceased sister are willed $600. To Ella M. Shropshire is left $100 and a bequest of $1,000 is made to the Evangelical Church of North America at Levasy. The balance of the estate is willed to Samuel H. Mennershagen, two-fifths, Eliza Schrorer, one-fifth, Walter Schaberg, one-fifth, and Herman Schaberg, one-fifth. Car Into Light Pole When driving southon Noland Road in the dark at 6 o’clock this morning Louie Stoyko, 61 years old, Sugar Creek, was confronted by the headlights of a parked car facing him and drove to the right of them. According to the police report, Stoyko found himself off the road and in the rough on the west shoulder of the road, and in violent collision with a light pole. His car was damaged about $50 and Mrs. Frances Stoyko, who was riding with him, received a bump on the forehead. He told police officers at the scene of the accident, that he was blinded by lights of the other car. The parked car headed north was on the west side of the road in front of 514 South Noland Road, and was operated by Harry Elliott, 31 years old, 52 East Fair Avenue. It was damaged about $5, according to an estimate by the officers. Saturday, 2 December 1944: Rogers Services Held Funeral of Personnel Director of Sheffield Steel Corporation Was Held Thursday at Ott & Mitchell Chapel Funeral services for Homer L. Rogers, 66 years old, 1708 Arlington Avenue, were held at 2:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon at the Ott and Mitchell Funeral Chapel. Mr. Rogers, personnel director with the Sheffield Steel Corporation since 1907, died Tuesday morning at the Independence Sanitarium and Hospital. Dr. C.C. McGinley was in charge of the services. Mrs. O.H. Eyssell sang “Abide With Me”, playing her own accompaniment. The pallbearers were Judge Allen C. Southern, Con Woodward, W.A. Hewitt, A.D. Hatten, Dr. O.H. Eyssell and Dr. Charles Ruff. The high esteem in which Mr. Rogers was regarded by those with whom he worked was evidenced by the fact that forty ranking officers of Sheffield Steel attended the service in a body. The Masonic ritual, adapted for indoors, was said by W. Lee Whitmire of McDonald Lodge No. 324. Those in charge of the flowers were Miss Rachel Whaley, Miss Grace Rowe, Miss Harriett Grant, Miss Mary Shaw, and Mrs. O.G. O’Maley. The burial was in Woodlawn Cemetery. Dorman Services Monday Funeral services for Luke Dorman, 69 years old, 1201 ½ West Lexington Street, will be conducted at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon, at the Roland R. Speaks Funeral Chapel. The burial will be in Mound Grove Cemetery. 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