Below is a list of some Kansas City area deaths for May 1918. If you would like to see an obit/death notice via e-mail, contact me direct with the name, month, and year at: johnobrien@kc.rr.com (Please include the city and/or state you're writing from.) This list also posted to the Jackson County (MO) and Wyandotte County (KS) Message Boards. Allen, Della A. (45) Anderson, Carl Julius (born Sweden) Anderson, Julia (born Mount Vernon, OH) Armentrout, Lottie Asmuth, Mary (of Louisville) Baker, Adele Huntington (born N.J.) Ballow (see Mrs. Lazora Connelly) Banton, Sophrona Barry, Miss Bessie (born Cobden, IL) Bell, Olivia Bickerman, Mary Bohling, Elizabeth (3) Bonner, Mary Box, Joseph N. Box, Joseph W. Bradley, John Allen (Leavenworth, was KCK) Bray, Minnie Briggs, Herman (former resident) Brignardello, Katherine Bryant, Millie Calvert, Frances Harriett Calvert, Mary Campbell, David A (67 of Independence) Campbell, Dr. Leion Campbell, Margaret (11) Campbell, Mrs. Delia Carpenter, Lucy D. Casey, Anna (7 daughter of John) Chestnut, Lida F. Clark, Anna Lou (wife of William of KCK) Coker, Solomon Connelly, Mrs. Lazora Neola Crane, Katherine (36 born Ireland) Cromwell, Paul Edgar Cronin, Patrick Daley, Frances P. (widow of W. J.) Defeo, Carolina Denzel, Catherine Mueller Dixon, William Donnelly, Mrs. Lelia Cora Duer, Rose Durham, Miss Frances (12) Eagan, Thomas Eaton, Elizabeth Eilers, Herman Feely, Julia Field, Emily Irene Field, Thomas Fifer, Virginia Dorothy Fish, Hattie Fisher, Louise (18 - dad is Frank) Flucht, Mr. B. H. Giles, Mary Margaret (7) Gosling, Alice Graheck, Anna Marie Hale, Mary D. (wife of William) Hamlin, Frank Hanauer, Frank Heath, Frank Heller, James Hibbs, Davis Hickman, Howard (3) Hill, Miss Willie (30 father Arthur) Hillard, Samuel L. (in Albuquerque) Hinkson, Mary E Hoffman, Miss Florence Ann (born Tenn) Holmes, Alvin (3) Houts, Elizabeth Hull, Clara Hummell, Joseph Johnson, Ida (born Bevier, Mo) Johnson, William B. (28 - born Springfield, MO) Jones, Martha Jane (73 born Ohio) Kaplan, Minnie Kent, Daisy May Killiger, Catherine Kramer, Rev. Lawrence Kruse, Frank F Lamon, Margaret (4 months) Lane, Rose Josephine Lay, Mrs. Gilbert Lease, Agnes Leftwich, Maud Alice Leonard, Zana Lewis, William J. (30 - mother Susanne) Lisle, Frank (born Ohio) Longstreth, Mande Loyons, Thomas A Lyddon, Bertha (infant of H. Ray) MacCallun, Gladys Marguerite Manning, Harriet Elizabeth Marquess, William Maxwell, Thomas Mayer, Mary McAllister, Robert (mother is Otteja) McFadden, Christina McGrath, Carnay C McGrath, Frank F. McKenzie, Annie McNutt, Roscoe (of Moreland, OK) Merlino, Miss Frances (15) Meyer, Samuel (55 - wife Lydia) Milks, Louisa Moore, Mrs. Dale Morris, Emily Lee (4) Mueller (See Catherine Denzel) Murphy, John (42) Musselman, David S. Newby, Emma Niles, Mary O'Connor, Kate E. Partonnar, George Pendleton, Dr. E. P. Phillips, Ermetta (4) Pitt, Thomas Purcell, Warren Raber, William Ragland, Martha Jane Ray, Naylor Redding, Michael (of Independence) Reece, Martha (widow of Nathan) Reichert, Helena Richards, Emanuel Richards, Vina Esther Roberts, Mildred Louisa (infant - father Wm) Seematter, John Sefren, James William Seigel, Eda Shanks, Hezekiah Shaw, Rose May Shelton, Elizabeth Angeline Sick, Lula Vivian Slawson, Emma Jane Slusher, Thelma (11) Smack, Armintia Smith, Miss Helen (19 - Rosedale) Sommers, Laura Southard, Victor Speece, Edward Stufflebean, Nancy Sullivan, Miss Hanora Swanson, Miss Ellen Tabor, Holmes (of Sioux Falls - 82) Tatum, John W. Titsworth, John Treat, Bernett F. (in Little Rock, Ark) True, Otho V. Uzelac, Vaja Van Scyoc, Myrtle Victory, William Vogel, Ferdinand Waggoner, Hiram Walker, George T Werhahn, Henry White, Edward (30 born Ireland) Willis, Albert Crittenden Wood, Harry Carter Yates, Ernest Zook, Cyrus Jefferson

Below is a list of some Kansas City area deaths for May 1919. If you would like to see an obit/death notice via e-mail, contact me direct with the name, month, and year at: johnobrien@kc.rr.com (Please include the city and/or state you're writing from.) This list also posted to the Jackson County (MO) and Wyandotte County (KS) Message Boards. Agee, James M. Austin, Susan A. Barral, Caroline Bidwell, Clara Brake, Pearl Bredberg, May Brill, John Brill, Mary Brown, Morris (native of Russia) Burner, Tolly Jane Butterworth, Violet Gertrude Cate, David Walker Chamber, Matilda Jeannette Clark, Hugh F. (19) Clarke, Mrs. Donald A. Cogdill, Effa Cook, Elias P. Cook, Johanna (39 - wife of James) Covell, Marvin Cowick, Cammie Crane, Ethel Crawford, Anneta Maud Crisson, Harry Cundiff, Zona Ellen David, Addie DeFonds, Edward Francis Dick, Della Dobler (see Lena Dobler Welle) Donnivan, Anna M. Downing, Albert Duffy, Mary Geneva Dyer, David Dyer, Letta J. Edelman, James J. Falk, Anton Feldt, Christa (6) Flaherty, Deborah Flowler, Emmett Fluke, Newton Forshaw, Nathan Frampton, Richard (4) Fuller, Leonard Gant, Mr. J.B. Goldberg, Jennie (wife of Aaron) Grimes, Edwin Grimes, Miss Ellen Mary (18) Haag, Therese Hadley, Phillip Halbauer, George Hansen, Mrs. Lars Harroun, Mrs. George Haslett, Charles Hatton, Joseph Hazzard, Elenora Frances Heers, Frances Ellen Helin, Aaron Higgins, Dominick Hines, Alice Hinkle, William Hobson, Mrs. S. C. Hood, Mary Howell, Charles Hyde, Lieut, Harley C. (of Columbia) Jenson, Marie Jenson, Mrs. Fredericke Johnson, Dr. A. B. Jones, Joseph W. (of Guymon, Ok) Jones, Mr. C. R. (79 - wife Felicie) Jones, William T. (wife Cora; mom Nancy) Kambler, Yetta Kennedy, Francis Patrick (d. Colorado Springs) Klein, Mr. J. J. Knox, Miss Bessie Koenigsberger, Johanna Lewis, Mr. W. D. Lobdell, William Longley, Miss Dora McClintock, Julia Bevan McKee, Jennie Messer, Hazel Milton, Mary J. Mitchell, Eluda May Mitchell, Sallie Orr Moore, Frances H. (85- wid of Rev. John Wiles Moore) Morrison, Capitola Myers, Daniel Nettleton, Mrs. William Nichols, Rachel Nichols, Ruth E (5) Noland, Abner O'Grady, Thomas O'Neil, Rose M. Orr, (see Sallie Mitchell) Paige, Minerva (of Manhattan, Ks) Panknin, Flo Pendleton, Andrew Powell, Emma A. Rakestraw, Zola (10) Ramsey, Mary J. Reames, Christine (1) Reed, Mamye (38 - KCK) Reed, Walter Reese, Mrs. M. Alice Ressler, Cornelius (27) Reynolds, George Riedesel, Licholas Robinson, C. Lester (17) Roehr, Georgia R. Rooker, James Arthur Rosenbloom, Abraham Ross, George Washington (of Des Moines) Ryan, Bridget Ryan, Frances Elizabeth Schafer, Lina Schleicher, Sallie Seymour, Calaway Shafer, Phillip Sharpe, Maria L. Simmons, John W. Sloan, Adora Smith, Annie D (wife of Harry) Smith, Charles Smith, Julia A. E. (of Muncie, KS) Spratt, Walter Mills Stader, Father John (priest) Stein, Otto Robert Stephens, James M. Taylor, Susan Tebbetts, Charles Terry, Lucy T. Thomas, Carrie Tourukis, Antonois Troy, Myrtle Whipple Tunstall, Miss Jennie Van Eman, Miss Hattie Veil, Ernest Wade, Blanche Wallace, Charels G. Washburne, Hiram D. Waters, Rose Watkins, Julia Waugh, William T. Welle, Lena Dobler Whipple (See Myrtle Whipple Troy) White, Harriet Ruth (5) Whitted, Dora Williams, Travis A. Williams, William S. (91 born Pike County, MO) Woods, John H. Woods, Mary (57)

Below is a list of some Kansas City area deaths for May 1920. If you would like to see an obit/death notice via e-mail, contact me direct with the name, month, and year at: johnobrien@kc.rr.com (Please include the city and/or state you're writing from.) The list was also posted on the Jackson County (MO) and Wyandotte County (KS) Message Boards. Adams, Bridget Ahern, Thomas (of Ryan, OK) Alley, Anna May Arnona, Giovanni Arrowsmith, Betty Anna (22 months) Baker, Mary Barnard, Ira A. (of La Cygne, KS) Bean. Alice Becker, Henry Benjamin Bice, William M. Bidwell, Joseph Bizal, Mary Blunden, Thomas Bolt, Elmer Boyce, Vida Breneman, Jesse (2) Brouillette, Sarah G. Bryant, Miss Mildred (25) Burnett, Beulah May Burnett, James B. Byerly, Miss Arzelia (19) Campbell, Hannah Carter, Virginia Cleary, Daniel Cochran, Everett Earl (1) Cochran, Mr. T. W. Coleman, Dr. H. B. Condon, William Cottrell, Mary A. Croker, Julia Cruise, Carl Daugherty, Patrick Dawson, Minnie B. Dean, Katherine Deil, Christel Derby, Isabella Derr, John (2) Dodson, James Dolson, Robert Donnerbery, John A. Doris, Grace Dowd, William Drogon, Roseanne Duck, Catherine Dyer, Martha Eadington, Miss Velna (19) Farlen, Anna Maude Faulkner, James Fleming, James Folkedal, William (26) Fox, Sarah E. Frasier, George Friedberg, Benjamin Glenn, John (70) Glenn, Nathan Green, Clementine Guempelein, Miss Josephine (17) Hagen, Mrs. Ines (24) Harlan, Herchel W. Hayes, Anoia Hayes, Frances Jane Hibbs, Frances Boswell Hilburn, Pearl Hill, Dora (18) Holland, Henry Houts, Lon Hudgens, James W. Huggins, John T. Hull, Emma Alice Imler, Dorothy Inman, Katie McLaughlin Jahnke, Kathryn Jones, Hattie (51 - wife of John) Kelsey, Emma B. Keltner, Mr. J. W. Kerns, Ella Keswetr, Miss Alberta Kimerer, Stanza Eva (17) Klepac, Miss Josephine (23) Knauber, Rachel Kuehne, Charles LaFontaine, Lucy Langston, Charles Leavitt, Rev Franklin J. Leftwich, Sylvia Irene Long, Harry (infant) Mallernee, Julia McGeorge, Mary McGinley, Robert (4) McLaughlin, Katie (see: Inman, Katie) Meierarend, Lydia May Minty, Grace A Moore, William Henry (80) Morris, Emma (of Buckner) Morse, John Hale Mullane, Hannah Nagie, William Naylor, Isaac Newtop O'Connor, Dennis Ostertag, Paul E.(infant) Parsons, Henry Edgar Pattee, Charles E (13) Patterson, Anna Patterson, Rudolph Payne, Edward Pool, Lillie Porter, Mary L. Prine, Elbert Quisenberry, Martha J. Reynolds, Maggie Rice, Diana Richards, Elizabeth Riley, Frank T. Ruble, Mrs. Orilla M. Rubow, Roger (17) Ryan, Elizabeth Ryan, James (38) Satterfield, Steve W. Sedgwick, Frank F. Seibold, George (10) Sermon, George Sharp, Ethel Aileen (3) Sherman, Eugene Shiddell, Mary Sorensen, Nancy Spallo, Heostine Stoble, Miss Nancy Stokes, Frank Studt, Kathryn Suddarth, Bertha Tabler, Ida Taylor, James Thomas, Martha E Tucker, Nora Helen Turner, Cordelia Von Unwerth, Bertha Vrooman, Ella M. Wade, Sarah Wandell, Martin Van Buren White, Elizabeth Wilcox, Rosa Lee Williams, Ted (12) Winfrey, Lula Winters, Theresa Wolcott, Charles Wyatt, Glenn Dale Yager, Mrs. Frances Yost, Sarah Elnora Zeiner, Julia

Below is a list of some Kansas City area deaths for May 1921. If you would like to see an obit/death notice via e-mail, contact me direct with the name, month, and year at: johnobrien@kc.rr.com (Please include the city and/or state you're writing from.) The list was posted to the Jackson County (MO) and Wyandotte County (KS) Message Boards. Allen, Diana Anderson, Mary Martha Anderson, Thomas C (45) Andrews, Mrs. Lewis C. Bailey, William E. Barber, Christiana Barlow, John Wood Bates, Edward Bayne, Josephine Bellemere, Amanda Bennett, Mrs. Lue Bergson, Mary Blackburn, Thomas Rankin Blair, Claude Huntington Bratschie, Miss Nellie Francis Briggs, Arthur (21) Brodmerkel, Richard Bryant, Edwin Burch, Frank Lee Burchitt, John W. Burke, Elizabeth of Scammon, KS Burnett, Miss Lola (18) Byrne, Alberta Colcher Cain, Miss Margaret Casey, John P. Casper, Elizabeth Cheasbro, Clara Nancy Cheatham, Dorothy Marian (7 months) Clippinger, Miss Uarda Conant, Mr. M. M. (92) Costello, Kate Dailey, Ruth E Daniels, Mamie Darby, Columbia Davis, Dora D. Davis, John T. (came from Georgia) Davis, Spencer Davis, Thomas W. Denius, William C. Denslow, Jessie Hunt Diechman, John Downs, Mr. J. P. (of LA, was KC) Eckles, Lizzie Ehrnman, Martha Z. Elliott, Jacob Reece Engstrom, Karen Ferreira, John E. Fisher, Dora Gilchrist, John D. Gilligan, Mary Ellen Gold, Abraham Grubbs, Mrs. Hal COKRILL Hammon, Missoura A. Haring, Miss Olive Hayes, Anna M. (11) Heinzelman,John Helsby, John Henica, Margaret Himmel, Mr. H. Hitch, James K. Hoffman, Anna Huner, Mary Alice McClintock Hyser, Clara May Irwin, Arthur J. Jennings, Mary Johnson, Amelia (66 wife of August) Jordan, Mildred Frances Keith, Lamisa Jane Laboi, Carmela Laidlaw, Mr. W. A. Lee, Lilliam Grace Lewis, Ida E. Lodge, Margaret Short Lyon, Emily Magea, Carmela (10) Mangold, William Manion, Phoebe R. in Tulsa Marsteller, Miss Cora Ellen Martine, Francis C. Melich, Henry Minar, William M. Minkimen, Minnie Moore, Carrie M (wife of Charles) Mullin, Eugene Wallace Nabb, Mary E Newkirk, Isaac Nickson, Virginia (3) O'Connor, Margaret O'Harrow, Ephraim Paddock, Eliza Jane Pallette, Elizabeth Pearson, Jane E. Peck, Mary Petullo, Rosa Porter, Benjamine Carter (13) Potter, Erossmay Opbelia Pratt, Irene Elizabeth Puhr, Teresa Putnam, Catherine Isabelle Quevillon, Rene Richards, Mary C. Robertson, Hugh Robinson, Orville Sanderson, Minerva Ellen Semans, Cary A. Sherman, Charles Shropshire, Sarah Simms, Charles S. Simpson, Isabel Cecelia Spencer, Elmer Steward, Mrs. Tolly A. Terrill, George W. Terry, Emeline S. Thomas, Jesse Madison Trotter, Miss Clara Pearl Vaile, Harriet Wallace, Jennie Wallace, Lovina S. Waller, Malcolm Warren, Wilbur Lynn Weaver, Nancy (wife of Jasper) Weaver, Sarah Agnes (in Kincaid, KS) Whisman, Daniel E. Willard, May Wills, Margaret Ora Wyatt, Clay (16)

Below is a list of some Kansas City area deaths for May 1922. If you would like to see an obit/death notice via e-mail, contact me direct with the name, month, and year at: johnobrien@kc.rr.com (Please include the city and/or state you're writing from.) For future reference, the list was also posted on the Jackson County (MO) and Wyandotte County (KS) Message Boards. Allen, Mrs. Vivian May (19) Anderson, Mary (wife of Joseph) Atchison, Henry Thomas Aubley, Jacob Bailes, Vivian L. (infant) Bailey, Joseph Baldwin, Joseph R. Ballentine, Mathew Rippey Barbee, Maria E. Benner, Mrs. Theodocia Bergin, James Bergin, James Biggs, Robert Warren Bischoff, William O. Boyestrom, Mary Charlotta Breniser, Clarence Bridgens, Rebecca D. Brierley, Myrtle Byers, William Calderello, Vitale Caldwell, Bell Case, Schuyler S. Cerak, John Chambers, Lula B. Cipolla, Paolo Cipolla, Teresa (5) Clark, John David (76) Clarke, Esther A. (sisters WILCOX & HUFF) Close, George W. Costello, Frank Crnic, Nicholas Croneis, Anna Curtin, Bertha (2) Daugherty, Arthur Francis Davidson, David E. (KCK) Davidson, Mary Adaline (of KCK) Derby, Caroline Detlefson, George (13) Dodson, Maria Adeline Dormois, Miss Pearl (24) Durkin, Catherine A. Edington, George Edwards, Mrs. Lata M Ekwall, Annie Emmett, Miss Margaret Frances (15) Engler, Clara A. Ewan, Robert B. (born 1842) Farrell, Josephine Fields, Louise C (of KCK) Gallet, Nora Garnett, Mr. Caskie E. Gilchrist, John Francis Gilmore, James Francis Goodwin, Matie B. (b. May 15, 1871) Gould, Frank Grant, John Leslie Green, George W. (of Independence) Greene, Almansa Griffith, Emma Haley, Katherine Hall, Nora Violet (wife of Edward) Hanis, Agnes Harling, Frank George Head, Anna Healy, Katherine Hegarty, Irene Mary (15) Hennessey, Dennis Horton, George Hurlburt, Glenn (18) Ivers, Philip Johnson, Tennie Johnston, Ollie Jones, Ella M. SMITH (45-KCK) Kimlin, Leona Mae Kingman, Ella Mae Koons, John S. Leach, Charles Albert Leonard, Margaret Lerner, Philip Lilleston, Charles Lister, Anna Lisznij, Stephen (KCK) Lyons, Marion (infant) Maggio, Ella Mannason, Anna Martin, Dr. John L. Martin, Edward T. Martin, Ella F. McCay, Paul R. McCluer, Mary Frances McKaig, William McKenzie, Julia (93) McKitrick, James McLaughlin, Miss Mary Emma McLeod, Mrs. John Nelson McNally, Martin Mercet, Ernest (21) Merrell, Sarah E. Mitchell, Bernice (1) Moffatt, Frances Holland Monahan, George H. Morilla, David Mount, Mr. E. V. Mulvany, James H. Murphy, Dr. John Redfield Nagel, Edwin O'Neil (of Waverly, Kas) Oroark, Richard (2) Owens, Frank Pearson, Miss Lillian (21) Plummer, Susana Purcell, Catherine Raines, Mrs. Arty Missie Rees, Lewis Harrison Reynolds, William Rhinehart, Rosetta Richter, Dorothy Louise (3) Richter, Ellen (2) Riley, Edward E. Rister, Maggie May Roberts, William Rooney, Patrick Roth, Bernard (KCK) Sandring, Mary Schille, John Henry Schraeder, William (Rosedale) Selby, Dorris Lavern (4) Semans, Mrs. N. Maria 15 Shafer, Ida Pearl Sigler, Myron (73 - KCK) Smith, Moses (wife is Ruth) Smith, Mrs. Thomas N. (widow of Gray Smith) Snow, Charles Solito, John Spindle, Howell Stach, Anna Steele, Anna (wife of Charles) Stevens, Belinda (KCK) Stewart, George W. Stowe, Mary Jessup Stumpf, Mary A. Sullivan, Lottie Taggart, Robert Taylor, John Wesley Thompson, William Albert (of Hunter, KS) Townsend, Lizzie Bell Walsh, Richard Warmoth, James Weber, Miss Minnie (51-KCK) Wedua, John W. Welsh, Clinton A. Whitaker, Harriet F. Wickwire, Agnes Wiedenmann, Fred Wilson, Lucy J. Wilson, Miss Mary (63) Wilson, Robert Bane Winter, Mrs. Belvedare (KCK) Woodling, Mrs. Frances Young, Eliza Kelly

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Wednesday, January 31, 1912 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. Nancy A. SKINNER, 74 years old, wife of Ira SKINNER, died yesterday at her home, 704 Oakland Avenue, Kansas City, Kas. She had been a resident of Kansas City, Kas., for thirty-five years. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon at Fairweather & Baker's undertaking rooms. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. (I have no connection with this person but let me know if you found this posting helpful.) ----- Original Message ----- From: <judithh3@juno.com> To: <JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 6:11 PM Subject: JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com > Interested in Skinner, Nancy 31

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Thursday, January 25, 1912 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. Albert MAYBERRY, a former employee of the Western Transfer Company, died at the General Hospital yesterday morning. He was 29 years old and had lived in Kansas City twelve years. He lived at 111 East Sixth Street. His relatives live in Moberly, Mo. (I have no connection with this person but let me know if you found this posting helpful.) ----- Original Message ----- From: <judithh3@juno.com> To: <JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 6:11 PM Subject: JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com > Interested in ...thanks > Judy > > Mayberry, Albert 25

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Thursday, January 4, 1912 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. Elizabeth F. BERRY, 69 years old, died yesterday afternoon at the home of her son, Edgar BERRY, 819 Splitlog Avenue, Kansas City, Kas. The body will be sent to Leavenworth, Kas. (I have no connection with this person but let me know if you found this posting helpful.) ----- Original Message ----- From: <judithh3@juno.com> To: <JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 6:11 PM Subject: JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com > Interested in these obits...thanks > Judy > Berry, Elizabeth 4

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Monday, January 8, 1912 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. David Edward BARRY, 59 years old, died early yesterday morning at his home, 434 West Sixteenth Street. He had been in the employ of the McPike Drug Company. The body will be taken to Atchison, Kas., Tuesday morning. (I have no connection with this person but let me know if you found this posting helpful.) ----- Original Message ----- From: <judithh3@juno.com> To: <JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 6:11 PM Subject: JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com > Interested in > > > Barry, David

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Saturday, January 6, 1912 John WHEELER, 51 years old, a huckster, died yesterday at his home, 3103 East Ninth Street. His mother, Mrs. Sarah WHEELER, survives. Funeral services will be held at the home at 3 o'clock this afternoon. Burial will be in Vandalia, Ill. ================================================ "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Wednesday, January 10, 1912 Mrs. Sarah Jane WHEELER, 74 years old, died at 10 o'clock yesterday morning at her home, 3103 East Ninth Street. Mrs. WHEELER was the mother of John WHEELER, a huckster, who died Friday. She was his only survivor. Her only relative in Kansas City, a son-in-law, is in Vandalia, Ill., where the body of the son was taken for burial. The body of Mrs. WHEELER was sent to Vandalia last night. (I have no connection with this family but let me know if you found this posting helpful.) ----- Original Message ----- From: Ralph and Mary Oldham To: John O'Brien Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 6:23 PM Subject: Obits TAYLOR,WHEELER Dear John, I would like to see the obits for: January 1912 WHEELER, JOHN 6 WHEELER, SARA JANE 10 Mary Oldham

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Tuesday, January 9, 1912 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. Susanna TAYLOR, 63 years old, wife of J. H. TAYLOR, died yesterday afternoon at her home, 953 Ohio Avenue, Kansas City, Kas. Besides her husband, she is survived by a daughter and one son. The body will be taken to Blue Rapids, Kas. (I have no connection with this person but let me know if you found this posting helpful.) ----- Original Message ----- From: Ralph and Mary Oldham To: John O'Brien Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 6:23 PM Subject: Obits TAYLOR,WHEELER Dear John, I would like to see the obits for: January 1912 TAYLOR, SUSANNA 9

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, January 12, 1912 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. Cassius M. CLAY, a laborer, died yesterday morning at the General Hospital. He was 29 years old and formerly lived at the Fox Hotel, Fifth and Main streets. His mother, Mrs. Susie CLAY of Versailles, Ky., has been notified. (I have no connection with this person but let me know if you found this posting helpful.) ----- Original Message ----- From: <OzaLucian@aol.com> To: <MOJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [MOJACKSO] Kansas City area deaths - January 1912 > John Could I please see the Obit for > Clay, Cassius 12

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Thursday, January 11, 1912 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. C. O. BOWMAN, 31 years old, died yesterday morning at his home, 505 East Fourteenth Street. He was a bartender and had lived in Kansas City fifteen years; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. BOWMAN, one brother, J. S. BOWMAN, and a sister, Mrs. N. D. THOMAS, all of Manhattan (survive). Funeral services will be held at Muser & Sheehan's undertaking rooms at 9 o'clock this morning. Burial will be in Manhattan. ========= (note: I assume it's Manhattan, Kansas.) (I have no connection with this person but let me know if you found this posting helpful.) ----- Original Message ----- From: <OzaLucian@aol.com> To: <MOJACKSO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [MOJACKSO] Kansas City area deaths - January 1912 > John Could I please see the Obit for > Thank you very much > Rebecca > > Bowman, C. O.

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Friday, January 26, 1912 DEATHS IN KANSAS CITY. William F. JONES, 63 years old, a retired farmer, died yesterday afternoon at his home, 439 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kas. He is survived by a widow and three sons. ========================================== "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Saturday, January 27, 1912 Funeral services for William F. JONES, 63 years old, who died Thursday at his home, 439 Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kas., will be held at 11 o'clock today from the home. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. (I have no connection with this person but let me know if you found this posting helpful.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeanene French" <jrfrench@wbsnet.org> To: "John O'Brien" <JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 6:20 PM Subject: Obit > Please list the followin obit for January 1912. Thanks! Jeanene French > > Jones, William F. (KCK farmer) 26 > > >

I found the following article interesting. I grew up in Pennsylvania and we used coal (anthracite) for heating and cooking. I don't recall "smoke" ever being an issue. ================================================ "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Wednesday, January 31, 1912 THE SMOKE NUISANCE AGAIN. Exit Gas -- Enter High Laundry Bills and Sooty Carpets. "The recent cold spell had a distinct effect upon the smoke nuisance," said Dr. W. S. WHEELER, health commissioner, at the regular meeting of the hospital and health board yesterday afternoon. "More people used coal when the gas gave out, and business and private houses were compelled to use slack in many instances. "Then came the smoke and soot. People don't feed the furnace right in order to keep down the smoke as much as possible. The ordinary man throws in a few scoopfuls of slack, pokes up the fire, and turns on the damper. The result is that much smoke goes up the chimney. Fires properly fed will reduce the amount of smoke and the fuel bill at the same time." A city ordinance provides a penalty for all persons who do not do their best to prevent the issuance of clouds of smoke. The introductory sentence of the smoke ordinance is as follows: Section 1. It is hereby made the duty of every person, firm or corporation, within the limits of Kansas City, to use all reasonable devices which will tend to reduce the volume, density and blackness of smoke emitted from the flues or chimneys, owned or controlled by such person, firm or corporation, and it is further made the duty of every such person, firm or corporation and their agents and servants to so put the fuel into the fires to lessen and decrease in so far as possible the density, quantity and blackness of smoke emitted therefrom.

CROSSWAITE, HUNTER, TAYLOR "The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Monday, January 29, 1912 THE BURGLAR DROPPED HIS LOOT In a bundle dropped by a burglar seen last night coming out of the home of R. C. HUNTER, 2319 Bellefontaine Avenue, the police found 26 neckties, a number of table dollies, a barometer, a razor, a pair of opera glasses, an alarm clock, a folding pocket Kodak, some pearl handled penholders, a scarf pin, a pair of scissors, a fountain pen and other articles, all valued at $111. The HUNTER family is out of the city and when R. TAYLOR, 2323 Bellefontaine Avenue, and D. A. CROSSWAITE, 2325 Bellefontaine, were returning to their homes, they were surprised to see a man carrying a heavy bundle emerge from the HUNTER residence. When they called to him to stop, he ran and they gave chase, TAYLOR drawing a revolver from his pocket and firing five shots at the fugitive. At Twenty-second and Olive streets the thief had not gained on his pursuers and he dropped the bundle to make better time. (Interesting to see what was valuable to this burglar in 1912.) (I have no connection with any of these people but let me know if you found this posting helpful.)

Marijean, I agree totally with John's comments. I, too, have a relative that I just don't understand why there's no obit. She died in the Kansas City area in 1917 or 1918. I believe the main reason for no obit is the family's decision. It really is (was) their choice. If the death was particularly tragic, embarrassing or sudden, I can understand not wanting to make a public notice about it. I think cost was not an issue until recently in Kansas City. Obits were published free of charge. Only in the past 10 years or so I think the Kansas City Star started charging to publish obits. They still print basic information about the date, time and place of funeral for free, I think. Some of the smaller local newspapers still publish obits for free. It would have been great if all our ancestors had been willing to put a lengthy obit in the newspapers. Privacy was important to many people even back in the "good old days". Hope you can find the information you're looking for anyway. Anita in MO --- John O'Brien <JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com> wrote: > Marijean, I'll give you my thoughts, and maybe > others on our Mailing List > can too. > > Your question is a little too general. I could give > you a more concise > answer if I knew the year and location in the Kansas > City area of the > person. Anyway, here are some thoughts: > > 1. Families did not want to (or could not) pay to > have an obit published. > 2. Very few obits published in the 1800's and > early 1900's. Probably not > "fashionable." > 3. Kansas City, Kansas deaths not always in KC, MO > paper. Probably in a > KC, KS paper. > 4. Kansas City (Clay County) deaths not usually in > KC, MO papers. Probably > in Liberty Tribune or other local paper. > 5. Starting about 1970 (and back to 1950's??) odds > are there is an obit in > the KC, MO paper for area deaths. > 6. Person may not have lived in Kansas City > immediate area but it was > easier to say (s)he was from Kansas City rather than > saying from Olathe, KS, > or St. Joseph, or Blue Springs. > > > If you respond with the date, location, and person's > name, maybe we can give > you more thoughts. > > John > Kansas City, MO > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marijean" <missmari@cableone.net> > To: <KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 5:50 PM > Subject: Re: [KansasCity] Kansas City area deaths - > January 1912 > > > > John, I have a question, I am hoping you can > answer it. > > > > If someone was born and raised in Kansas City or > the area, and married and > > died in the area, why wouldn't their obits be in > the newspaper? > > > > Thanks, > > Marijean > > > > > > > > ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== > > KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com > > List Administrator > > Maureen Patt, ListMom > > knitandspin@earthlink.net > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, > go to: > > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== > KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com > List Administrator > Maureen Patt, ListMom > knitandspin@earthlink.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com

Marijean, I'll give you my thoughts, and maybe others on our Mailing List can too. Your question is a little too general. I could give you a more concise answer if I knew the year and location in the Kansas City area of the person. Anyway, here are some thoughts: 1. Families did not want to (or could not) pay to have an obit published. 2. Very few obits published in the 1800's and early 1900's. Probably not "fashionable." 3. Kansas City, Kansas deaths not always in KC, MO paper. Probably in a KC, KS paper. 4. Kansas City (Clay County) deaths not usually in KC, MO papers. Probably in Liberty Tribune or other local paper. 5. Starting about 1970 (and back to 1950's??) odds are there is an obit in the KC, MO paper for area deaths. 6. Person may not have lived in Kansas City immediate area but it was easier to say (s)he was from Kansas City rather than saying from Olathe, KS, or St. Joseph, or Blue Springs. If you respond with the date, location, and person's name, maybe we can give you more thoughts. John Kansas City, MO ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marijean" <missmari@cableone.net> To: <KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 5:50 PM Subject: Re: [KansasCity] Kansas City area deaths - January 1912 > John, I have a question, I am hoping you can answer it. > > If someone was born and raised in Kansas City or the area, and married and > died in the area, why wouldn't their obits be in the newspaper? > > Thanks, > Marijean > > > > ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== > KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com > List Administrator > Maureen Patt, ListMom > knitandspin@earthlink.net > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

"The Kansas City Times" (Missouri) Monday, January 1, 1912 MUST NOT ILL TREAT HORSES. If you have no further use to make of your horses, do not turn them astray to freeze, is the warning of H. O. FULLEN, humane agent. Several horses have been found lately by officers of the Humane Society, who believe that the owners had turned the animals loose to die. The owners of such animals will be prosecuted if found, FULLEN said. Yesterday afternoon he found a horse and a mule tied to a telephone pole on East Independence Avenue. The team had been left out in the snow for six hours.

Below is a list of some Kansas City area deaths for January 1912. (Ignore the numbers after the names; they're my reference numbers.) If you would like to see an obit/death notice via e-mail, contact me direct with the name, month, and year at: johnobrien@kc.rr.com (Please include the city and/or state you're writing from just because I'm curious!) (For your future reference, the list was also posted to the Jackson County (MO) and Wyandotte County (KS) Message Boards.) Addington Mary Lee 8 Addington, Merriam 27 Aitken, Matilda Jane 1 Alston, Virginia 9 Argubright, William 15 Armbruster, Harry 22 Backstrom, Emil 1 Barry, David 8 Beiser, Mrs. Samuel 19 Berry, Elizabeth 4 Bevelle, George Webster (8 yrs) 24 Bickey, T. J. 20 Blalock, Laura Myrtle (8 yrs) 20 Bower, John 1 Bowman, C. O. 11 Breitenstein, Christian 22 Brim, O'Dell 25 Briston, Mrs. N. J. 11 Brown, Alex (of Chamois, MO) 15 Buckingham, Thomas (6 yrs) 26 Bullard, Charles 31 Byer, Lena 23 Cairns, Willaim 3 Campron, Miss May 23 Cannon, Sarah 24 Charpiat, Joseph 31 Claggett, F. G. 5 Clay, Cassius 12 Clement, Thomas B. 5 Clow, Sarah 30 Cole, Frank 19 Collier, Kate 31 Connelly, Michael 10 Connolly, Charles 11 Cons, Gilbert 16 Cook, Mary Bell 5 Cooper, Agnes 20 Cooper, William H. (KCK) 18 Coughlin, Bridget 15 Cowan, Margaret 9 Cowing, May G. (3 yrs) 26 Crawford, N. D. 18 Cropsey, C. M. 22 Crowley, William 11 Cummings, I. Uriah 15 Currie, Carlyle Wallace 25 Curtis, Emily 23 Dalton, William 4 Davis, E. E. (KCK) 16 DeWitt, Milton 15 Dobson, Miss Anna 9 Donan, Thomas 2 Dudfield, Mary 20 Dunn, Margaret 11 Dunn, Mary 24 Eager, Phebe 22 Early, Lewis 25 Edlund, John 4 Edmonson, Col. Robert 16 Elliott, Richard 30 Ellison, Elijah 20 Erickson, Erick Helmar 20 Evanoss, Dimitri 3 Evans, Thomas 23 Farrell, G. R. 19 Fleming, William 1 Foreman, Ada 26 Frainey, John 16 Fuller, Charles 26 Gaffron, William 18 Gent, May 30 Gibbs, Elmira (KCK) 18 Gibson, Elizabeth 9 Gibson, May 27 Gibson, Samuel 8 Given, Rev. George 16 Gleason, Mary 31 Glunt, Phillip 15 Goggin, Agnes 27 Gordon, L. C. 29 Haire, Margaret 25 Haislip, Miss Julia 12 Haley, U. W. 5 Hand, Clara 17 Harper, Emma 20 Heaton, George 30 Hedrick, Bertha 29 Hedstrom, Gustaf 29 Heist, Miss Hattie 1 Hendrickson, Donald (in El Paso) 23 Hendry, Emery 4 Hennessy, Reba (13 yrs) 11 Hindman, Harriet 27 Hood, David F. 19 House, Edwin 22 Hughes, James 13 Hughes, Miss Margaret 27 Jones, William F. (KCK farmer) 26 Keene, Martha 27 Kelly, Ellen 6 Kempton, Clara May (4 yrs) 10 Kitzberger, Mary 9 Klamm, Peter 26 Kleinhoffer, Lawrence 19 Krell, Bert 26 Kuntz, Daniel 29 LaBrie, Miss Rachel 29 Larey, Effie 2 Lillig, John 11 Lippard, Thomas 23 Lucas, Cynthia 19 Lunberg, John 23 Magill, Joseph 13 Mason, Nancy 1 May, Alfine 16 Mayberry, Albert 25 McCann, Edith (16 months) 3 McClintock, Katherine 15 McCullough, William 13 McGuire, Emma 29 McGuire, John 27 Mead, Lee 24 Miller, Ella (KCK) 18 Miller, John A. (KCK) 26 Monahan, Hamilton 26 Monser, Rev. J. W. 1 Mozingo, Esther 13 Norton, Eliza 1 Nugent, Peter 12 O'Donnell, Edward 8 O'Grady, Mary 19 O'Malley, James 9 O'Neill, Bridget 29 O'Riley, Edward 8 Owens, Mary 1 Parker, W. A. 3 Peacher, Miss Josie 18 Peer, Leroy 17 Phillips, Evan 2 Phipps, Nelson 26 Pratch, Miss Thresia 24 Prater, Charles 3 Quinn, Jeremiah 8 Rafdall, William 20 Randall, William 20 Reed, Clarence 17 Reel, Joseph 22 Reid, W. E. 8 Rice, Charles 26 Ricketts, Joseph 26 Rising, Marion Margaret (7 yrs) 19 Robertson, Graham 30 Roe, Amanda 20 Rohm, John 26 Rose, Henry 26 Rymus, Alice 9 Sandridge, Mary 22 Schroer, John G. 4 Shaw, William 31 Shaw. L. D. 18 Shawbaker, Louisa 24 Sheaf, Dr. E. B. 29 Sheahan, Catherine 1 Shore, Joseph 26 Skinner, Nancy 31 Slosson, Mary 6 Smith, Miss Flora (of Chicago) 13 Smith, Miss Maud (nurse of Nevada, MO) 27 Sollers, Thomas 29 Sorley, Mabel (4 yrs) 17 Spader, Frank 1 Stabler, Effie 19 Stalling, Amelia 15 Stark, William 16 Steinbrink, Frank 25 Stevens, L.A.W. 18 Strong, Martha 24 Strous, Evelyn 30 Sullivan, Thomas 2 Taylor, Susanna 9 Thompson, Johannes 18 Tompkins, Margaret 8 Torrence, Andrew 19 Tracy, Thomas 25 Tyler, Ora F. 11 Vanhousc, Mary Violet 24 Vaughan, S. H. 16 Vaughn, Rebecca 24 Vogl, Sister Mary St. Aloysius 4 Vrooman, Clyde & Herbert 29 Wagar, Nathan 22 Warren, Martha 15 Welch, Thaddeus 2 Westerhauf, Katie 29 Wheeler, John (son of Sarah 10) 6 Wheeler, Sarah Jane (mother of John 6) 10 Whiteman, Jeffe 18 Williams, H. H. (from Omah) 10 Winkfield, G. A. 5 Withers, Charles 31 Wood, Lida Jane 1 Wortham, Charles 11 Yunghans, infant (9) Zimmerman, Miles 9