Obituaries

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Mrs. Alice Davis

The Carthage Press
January 6, 1916
Mrs. Alice Davis died at her home here last Thursday morning of tuberculosis. The funeral was held Friday at 2:30 o'clock at the residence. Burial was a the Weaver cemetery. She leaves six children and many friends to mourn. The children have the sympathy of many.
Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

Elizabeth J. Davis

The Carthage Weekly Press
January 6, 1898
The remains of Elizabeth J. Davis of this city, who died in Kansas City New Year's Eve, of cancer of the stomach, arrived in Carthage on the 1:10 train this morning. Undertaker E. Knell met the train and the remains were at his undertaking rooms until 2 p.m. when the funeral was held in the Macon street Baptist church. The remains were interred at the east cemetery. She was 54 years of age and has several children in the vicinity of Carthage, one son, Frank Hodkins (Hodkin), lives here.
Elizabeth Jane Baldwin Hodkin Davis was the wife of Thomas Charles Hodkin. After Thomas' death, she married Charles Davis.
Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

Ambrose Bramlet Decker

Joplin Globe
Friday, October 1, 1943
Carthage, Mo., Sept. 30.--Ambrose Bramlet Decker, 78 years old, a resident of Carthage nine years, died at 3 o'clock this morning at his home, 517 North Garrison avenue. He had been ill some time. Mr. Decker was born April 8, 1865, in Versailles, Mo. He came to Carthage from Lamar. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Friday afternoon at the Ulmer funeral home. Burial will be in Oak Hill cemetery.
Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

Sgt. Charles L. Decker

Unknown Newspaper, clipping from family papers
about 1947
Former Seattle Police Sgt. Charles L. Decker, 47 of 1476 Elliott Ave. W., a local resident for the past 30 years, died Monday from a heart ailment. He was born in Alba, Mo., was an army veteran of World War I and served with the Seattle fire department for five years before joining the police force in 1926. He attained the rank of sergeant in 1932 and was retired on a disability pension in December, 1945. Services will be held at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Home Undertaking chapel. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery. (survivors names have been omitted to protect the privacy of the living, Charles was born about 1900, son of Alcona and Mary Jane Richardson Decker.)
Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

Granville Decker

Joplin News Herald
April 23, 1930
Decker
Granville Decker, 72 years old, died at 10:30 o'clock this morning at his home, 1308 Iowa avenue. Surviving are two daughters, one son, two brothers, a sister and six grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morning at Hurlbut chapel. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery. (names of suvivors have been omitted to protect the privacy of the living)
Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

Mrs. Mary J. Decker

Joplin News Herald
August 14, 1950
Webb City, Mo., Aug. 14--Mrs. Mary J. Decker, 71 years old, 501 South Elliott street, a resident of Webb City 40 years, died at 9:20 o'clock Sunday night at the home. She suffered a broken back in a fall at her home April 2, and had been bedfast since that time. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Hedge-Lewis funeral home. (Survivors names have been omitted to protect the privacy of the living. Mary is buried in Carterville Cemetery, source is The Joplin Globe, 16 Aug 1950.)
Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

Mary Jane Decker

Joplin News Herald
Saturday, May 19, 1928
Decker Funeral Sunday
Webb City, Mo., May 19.-Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Jane Decker, 69 years old, who died Thursday morning at her home, 123 N. Jefferson street, will be conducted at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the Christian church at Alba. The Rev. A. R. Cameron of Miami, will conduct the services. Burial will be in Purcell cemetery.

The Joplin Globe Saturday, May 19, 1928
Decker Rites Sunday
Webb City, Mo., May 18-Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Jane Decker, who died Thursday morning at her home, 123 North Jefferson street, will be conducted at 2:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the Christian church of Alba. Burial will be in Purcell cemetery. The Rev. A. R. Cameron of Miami will conduct the services. A daughter, Mrs. M. H. Peterson of Sanding, NJ, will arrive here Saturday morning. Mrs. Decker had resided in Webb City the last fifteen years, coming here from Alba, where she had been a resident for many years. She was 69 years old.
Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

Riley Decker

The Carthage Press
Thursday, January 16, 1919
Riley Decker Dies After Being Overcome by Gas Fumes
Riley Decker, eldest son of Herman Decker and wife, was overcome by gas fumes while taking a bath Sunday about 4 o'clock, at Riverton, where he was employed by the Empire company. His cousin, Claude Sponable, of Alba, got uneasy about him being in the bath room so long and on opening the door found his cousin lying almost dead. Dr. Brown, of Galena was called, but owing to a weak heart, nothing could bring life back to Riley. Riley lived here most of his life, moving to Webb City with his parents two years ago. He was 19 years old and is survived by his parents, one brother and two sisters. He is a nephew of Ed Sponable and wife of Alba. The funeral was held at the M. E. Church here Wednesday and burial was the the Purcell cemetery. The body was brought to the home of his parents Monday. The family have the sympathy of their friends in the loss of their boy.
Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

Z. T. Decker

Joplin Globe
April 12, 1925
Webb City, Mo., April 11.--Z. T. Decker, 76 years old, a Civil war veteran, and a resident of this city some twenty years, died last night at Dodge City, Kan., according to information received by a step-son, George Hall, 102 Roane street. The body will arrive here on a Frisco train and will be taken to the Hall home on Roane street. Funeral services will be held from the Latter Day Saints church at 4 o'clock Monday afternoon. Burial will be in Webb City cemetery. Mr. Decker had resided at Dodge City six years. While here he engaged in mining. He served in the 7th Kansas cavalry in the Civil War and was a member of the Webb City G. A. R. post.
Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

Mrs. Minnie DeHart

Unknown Newspaper, clipping from Webb City Library
September 30, 1970
Webb City, MO
Mrs. Minnie DeHart, 82, 220 S. Oronogo St., died at 7:10 p. m. Wednesday in Jane Chinn Memorial Hospital where she had been a patient since July 29.
Mrs. DeHart was born Nov. 7, 1887, in Oronogo and had lived in Webb City 43 years. She was the widow of Clarence DeHart, and a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Dillender.
There are no immediate survivors. Services will be at the Hedge-Lewis Funeral Home. The Rev. Thurman D. Kelley will officiate. Burial will be in the Oronogo Cemetery.
Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

James S. Denney

Joplin Globe
Nov. 21, 1940
Fatal Accident Is Held Unavoidable
Webb City, MO., Nov. 20, - A coroner's investigation this morning into the death of James S. Denney, 72 year old, who was killed instantly at 7:15 o'clock last night when he was struck by a motor car crossing Jefferson street at the Eleventh street intersection, deemed the accident unavoidable. The investigation was conducted by Coroner A.N. Winchester of Joplin at the Hedge-Nelson funeral home. The driver of the car, Neal Selvey, 22, 213 West Austin street, was held a short time last night by police, but was released upon recommendation of the coroner. Denney is survived by a daughter, [name omitted], with whom he made his home; a son, [name and residence omitted], four sisters, [names and residences omitted], a brother, [name and residence omitted], and a grandson. Funeral services will be held at 3:30 o'clock Friday afternoon in the chapel of the Hedge-Nelson funeral home. The Rev. C.J. Metzger will conduct the services. Burial will be in Mount Home cemetery. Pallbearers will be Fred Lands, Roy Hickman, Clarence Roe, Victor Lindsey, Russell Palmer, and Jack Cardwell.
Submitted by: Jenna Snyder

J. M. Denton

Baxter Springs News
December 12, 1907
J.M.Denton, an old soldier, died at his home in this city on Friday night of last week, and was buried Saturday in the Baxter Springs Cemetary under the auspices of the G.A.R., of which order he was an honered member. Mr. Denton was a fine man, and he will be missed in the community. He leaves a widow and several children to mourn his death.
Submitted by: Winnie L Hurst Wiford

Mrs. Louisa Diantha Denton

Joplin News Herald
July 30, 1917
BAXTER SPRINGS WOMAN KILLED WHEN STRUCK BY AUTO AT SHOW GROUNDS
Mrs. Louisa Diantha Denton, 69 years old, of Baxter Springs, Kansas, was struck and killed by an automobile driven by Lee Worley at Twentieth Street and the show grounds at 1:50 o'clock this afternoon. Mrs. Denton had gotten off a west bound street car and started to cross the street to the south side. As she came from behind the street car she was struck by the machine which was going east on twentieth street. She was thrown violently to the pavement, but the wheels of the automobile did not pass over her.
Worley stopped his machine at once, within a few feet of where it struck the woman. She was unconscious but still breathing. He rushed her to St. John's Hospital, but she died on the way. Death came from concussion of the brain. The body was taken to the morgue of the Frank- Sievers Undertaking Company, where the inquest will be held by Coroner R. M. James tomorrow morning.
Burial followed in the Baxter Springs Cemetary.
Submitted by: Winnie L Hurst Wiford

Carl Dillender

Unknown Newspaper
June 1968
Carl Dillender, Webb City, Mo.
Services for Carl Dillender, 91 years old, 214 South Main street, who died at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning in Jane Chinn Memorial hospital, where he had been a patient since january 4, will be at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon in the Thornhill-Dillion chapel, Joplin. The Rev. Gerald Carlin will officiate. Burial will be in the Fairview Cemetery. Mr. Dillender was born January 17, 1877 in Oronogo and worked as a mine operator all of this life. He was a member of the Baptist church. (survivors names have been omitted to protect the privacy of the living)
Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

Krueger Dillinder

Unknown Newspaper, clipping from Webb City Library
February 14, 1970
KRUEGER DILLENDER
Carthage, MO-----An apparent heart attack has been listed by authorities as the apparent cause of the death Saturday night of a Webb City man, whose body was discovered in a restroom at the Carthage Skating Rink at Municipal Park.
Pronounced dead at the scene was Krueger Dillender, 66, 220 S. Oronogo St. Webb City. His body was found at approximately 8:10 p. m. Saturday in a restroom at the city rink. He apparently died only minutes before his body was found.
Dr. Wendel Fuhr, Jasper County coroner, conducted the intial investigation and said Saturday night that there was no evidence that the victim died as the result of an accident or foul play. He said that there were no plans at present to call an inquest or conduct an autopsy in connection with the death.
Mr Dillender was born on May 7, 1903, at Oronogo, MO and had lived in the Webb City area the last 49 years. He was a retired theater manager and a veteran of World War II.
Arrangements will be announced by Hedge-Lewis Funeral Home, Webb City, MO.
Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

Mrs. Lizzie Dillender

Webb City Sentinel
March 22, 1948
A WEBB CITY RESIDENT FOR 27 YEARS DIES THIS MORNING
Mrs. Lizzie Dillender, 87 years old, a resident of Webb City for 27 years until last July when she moved from the city, died at 7:40 this morning in St. John's Hospital where she had been a patient for two days.
Mrs. Dillender was born May 20, 1860, in Missouri, and was the widow of Lorenzo Dillender. She resided in Webb City with her daughter at 424 W. Broadway. Since July of last year she had been living at 314 East Fifth Street, Joplin. The body was returned to Webb City to the Hedge- Lewis Funeral Home. (names of survivors have been omitted to protect the privacy of the living)
Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

Lorenzo Dillender

Joplin Daily Globe
August 2, 1908
Lorenzo Dillender, 73 years old, known all through his section as "Dow" Dillender, died yesterday morning at his home at Oronogo, where he has resided nearly forty years. He was a veteran of the civil war, served through the entire conflict as a member of the Sixth Kansas cavalry, in which regiment he was a comrade of Judge C. E. Elliott and of Thomas E. Sauls, the veteran of three wars, whose death at the age of 103 years occurred about one year ago. Sergeant Dillender was one of the pall bearers at the Sauls funeral, and was at that time in fairly good health, although himself over 70 years old. Sergeant Dillender's death was indirectly the result of an accident last spring. He had for many years followed the business of hauling, and had the misfortune to fall from his wagon, sustaining internal injuries that eventually brought on dropsy and other complications. He had been confined to his house and was seriously ill for about five weeks. His earlier days, while his parents were living, were spent in the vicinity of Turkey creek, not far from the point where the electric railway bridge now crosses that stream. After returning from the war he first located at Tipton, where he married, but very shortly afterwards moved to Oronogo. He was twice married, and is the father of fourteen children, seven of whom survive him, three being the children of his first wife and four of the wife who survives. The children from his first marriage who are still living are all well advanced in years, the youngest of them being 30. The are: Mrs. Ad Van Noy of Delaware, Okla.; Mrs. Ollie Finney of Pendleten, Ore., and Carl Dillender, who resides in Joplin. The children of the later marriage are: Minnie, Vivian, Estelle and Cruger Dillender, whose ages range from 12 to 5 years. The funeral will be held from the M. E. church at Oronogo, at 10 o'clock today. Services will be conducted by Rev. Mr. Barnes. Interment will be at the Oronogo cemetery. (Lorenzo is buried in Carter/Laxton cemetery, southeast of Oronogo, near Carterville)
Submitted by: Kathy Sidenstricker

Harry R. Doan

Miami News Record
December 1951
BRIEF SICKNESS FATAL TO CITY MAN, AGED 64
Rites for Harry R. Doan, Former Drug Store Operator, Set Tomorrow Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon for Harry R. Doan, who died early Tuesday after a brief illness. The long-time Miami businessman was 64 years old.
Doan, who succumbed at 2:30 o'clock at Miami Baptist hopsital had operated the Doan drug store here 35 years at the time of his retirement in 1950. He opened the store upon his arrival in Miami in 1915. The business at 5 South Main street is now owned by Harry T. Dean.
Doan was a 32nd degree Mason and belonged in the Woodfield, Ohio, Methodist Church.
Surviving are his wife of the home, 822 East Central avenue; a son, Harry Kelly Doan of Miami; his mother, Mrs. Minerva Doan, Woodsfield, Ohio; three brothers, C. H. Doan and Howard Doan of Akron, Ohio, and Walter Doan, Ashland, Ohio; three sisters, Mrs. Earl Martin of Woodsfield, Mrs. Hazel Steward, Loudonville, Ohio, and Mrs. Melvin Albert, Kilgore, Texas, and three grandchildren.
Toomorrow's final rites will be held at 1:30 o'clock in the chapel of the Cooper Funeral home. Russell Martin and the Rev. Harry W. Curtis will officiate. Burial will be in GAR cemetery.
Submitted by: Eric Andersen

Mrs. Josephine Ione Doan

Miami News Record
April 10, 1963
DOAN FUNERAL
Funeral services for Mrs. Josephine Ione Doan of 822 East Central will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Cooper Funeral home chapel with minister Russell Martin of the First Christian Church officiating. Burial will be in the GAR cemetery.
Mrs. Doan, 73, a longtime resident of Miami, died Monday night in a local nursing home. Her husband, Harry Doan, died in 1951. he operated a drug store here 35 years. Mrs. Doan was a member of the First Christian church. She was born at Carl Junction, Mo., March 27, 1890.
Survivors are a foster son, Harry F. Kelly of Miami; two sisters, Mrs. Emma Sikes, Baxter Springs, and mrs. Mollie Fagg, Albuquerque, N.M.; three grandchildren and a great-grandchild. Through error, Mrs. Harry Kelly was listed as a foster daughter in the obituary published Tuesday.
Submitted by: Eric Andersen

George H. Downs

Carthage (MO) Evening Press
Mar. 27,1920
GEORGE H. DOWNS DEAT AT 68

Kidney Trouble Fatal to Jasper County Pioneer
George H. Downs, a Jasper pioneer, died at 8:30 o'clock last night at his home, four miles southwest of Carthage. He had been ill five months from kidney trouble.
Mr. Downs was 68 years old. He came to Jasper county when a small boy.
He is survived by a wife, one daughter, Mrs. Frank C. Michaels, one grandson and one granddaughter, who reside at the Downs home.
Two sisters, Mrs. A.B. Lull and Mrs. Mike Borden, both of California, also survive.
The funeral will be conducted from the home at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Burial will be in Park cemetery.
George's parents were William C. DOWNS & Sarah A. TAYLOR.
Submitted by: Fred Downs

W. C. Down

Carthage (MO) Evening Press
Aug 13,1907
OLD RESIDENT PASSES AWAY

Mrs. W. C. Downs Laid to Rest Yesterday Afternoon.
The funeral of Mrs. W. C. Downs, who died Saturday night of paralysis at her home 4 miles southwest of this city, was held yesterday afternoon at the family home. Elder Trowbridge had charge of the services, and at their close the remains were laid to rest in Park cemetery.
Mrs. Downs leaves three children and a husband to mourn her loss. A son, George Downs, lives near the old homestead, and one daughter, Mrs. Love, is in Battle Creek, Mich. Another daughter in California.
The deceased was born 75 years ago in Indiana and was married in 1850. Two years later she was converted and lived as a well-respected member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church until her death.
She had lived in this county for over 30 years, was favorably known, and her many friends join the relatives in their grief.
The following men acted as pall bearers: W.H. Bird, Z. T. Russell, H. C. Curtis, Doc Smith, James Gray and Sylvester Cratley.
[This lady's maiden name was Sarah A. TAYLOR. She was married 18 Oct 1850 Circuit Court, Clinton Co., IN to William C. DOWNS, my GGG uncle.]
Submitted by: Fred Downs

William C. Downs

Carthage (MO) Evening Press
April 5,1909
WILLIAM C. DOWNS DIES
William C. Downs, an old settler living four miles southwest of this city died at 10:30 o'clock yesterday morning as a result of cancer of the stomach. He had been very ill for three weeks preceding his death.
Mr. Downs was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, June 16,1828. When he was two years of age he removed with his parents to Clinton, Ind., where he was reared and educated.
On October 17,1850, he was married to Sarah A. Taylor. Three children survive him.
In 1867 Mr. Downs came to Jasper county and has since resided here, being prominent in his locality. He is a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church, in which he has served as ruling elder for many years.
The surviving children are George H. Downs of Jasper county, Mrs. Mary J. Lull of Orange, Cal., and Mrs. Lucinda Borden of Hansford, Cal.
The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the Downs home and interment will be made in Park cemetery.
Submitted by: Fred Downs

Mrs. W. C. Duval

Joplin Globe
December 13, 1925
Duval Funeral Held.
Webb City, Mo., Dec. 12 - Funeral services for Mrs. W. C. Duval, who died Wednesday night at her home, 903 West Daugherty street, were held at 9 o'clock this morning at the Sacred Heart Catholic church. The Rev. Father Connell officiated. Burial was in Mount Hope cemetery.
Submitted by: Jo Rice

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