Greetings! We are seeking an obituary for: Claude Harmon Helman b. 15 January 1875 Kendallville, Noble Co.,Indiana d. June 1965 Topeka, Shawnee Co.,Kansas m. Effie (?) Thanks! Robin Helman

The Topeka Daily Capital Monday March 6, 1961 Robert Adams. Robert ADAMS, 66, of Winchester, died Sunday in a hospital there. he lived in Winchester most of his life. He was born at Thayer, Neb. He is survived by a brother, Elmer Adams of Winchester, and a sister, Mrs. Anne LUCAS of Hot Springs, N.M. Services will be at 2 p.m. tuesday in the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Winchester with burial in the church cemetery. Hampton Funeral Home of Oskaloosa is in charge of arrangements.

The Topeka Daily Capital Monday March 6, 1961 Nora E. Rodecap. Mrs. Nora E. RODECAP, 84, who lived in Meriden for more than 50 years, died in a Topeka hospital Sunday. She was born Jan.25, 1877, and was a member of the Royal Neighbors. Suriving are a son, Marvin Rodecap of Meriden; two daughters, Mrs. Mildred NEIBERGER of Grantville, and Mrs. Erma WARNER, 717 Topeka; a brother, D.A. DARLAND of Buhl, Idaho; seven grandchildre; and seven great-grandchildren. Parker Mortuary will announce services.

The Topeka Daily Capital Monday March 6, 1961 Lula S. Blue. Mrs. Lula S. BLUE, 81, a resident of Carbondale for 65 years, died Sunday in the Masonic Home in Wichita after a long illness. She was born Nov.11, 1879, in Missouri, and was a member of the Carbondale Community Congreagational Church and Order of the Eastern Star. Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Philip FINLAY of Carbondale, Mrs. Charles WATSON, 1214 Warren, and Mrs. Carl DEARDOFF of Seattle, Wash.; a son, Frank HUGHES, of Escondido, Calif.; a sister, Mrs. Jennie GLEASON, 1031 High; 15 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; and six great-great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Community Congregational Church with burial in the Carbondale Cemetery. She will lie in state at the McMichael Memorial Home this evening and until 11 a.m. Tuesday.

The Topeka Daily Capital Monday March 6, 1961 G. Degenhardt Dies at Age 70. George DEGENHARDT, Sr., 70, 944 Jewell, who lived in Topeka 40 years, died Sunday in a local hospital. He was a retired Kansas Power and Light Co. employe. He was born at Alma, Sept. 12, 1890, and lived in Alma and Holton before moving here. He was a member of Holy Name Catholic Church. Suriving are his widow, Mrs. Katherine M. Degenhardt at home; a son, George J. Degenhardt, Jr., 5213 W. 27th Street Terr.; two daughters, Mrs. Virginia K. ELDER, 1433 Lancaster, and Mrs. Wilma Jane ZINN of Eskridge; a brother, Adam Degenhardt of Alma; four sisters, Mrs. Mary KRAUS of Alma, Mrs. Lena DECHAND of San Bernardino, Calif., and Mrs. Margaret DERBING of Cathedral City, Calif., and Mrs. Anna DAVIS of Redlands, Calif.; and seven grandchildren. Brennan Funeral Home will announce arrangements.

The Topeka Daily Capital Monday March 6, 1961 Lillian Russell. A livelong resident of Topeka, Mrs. Lillian RUSSELL, 99, 235 Tyler, died Sunday at home after a long illness. She was bon in Clay County, Mo., Feb. 7, 1862, and is a former employe of the Crane Printing Co. Surviving is a son, Vernon Russell of Seattle, Wash. Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home will announce arrangements.

The Topek Daily Capital Monday March 7, 1961 Harry Gregory, Kansas Loan Official, Dies. The assistant loan commissioner for the State of Kansas, Harry S. GREGORY, Jr., 4825, W. 18th, died Sunday in a Topeka hopsital. He was 61. Formerly with the tax commission, Mr. Gregory's state service totaled 22 years. He was born in Pratt, May 31, 1899. Serving in World Wars I and II, he was a member of the Reno No. 140, AF&AM, of Hutchinson, past exalted ruler of No. 14 of BPOE of Pratt, a member of the Topeka consistory, a life member of the American Legion, District No. 7, and a lay reader of Rural Workers Fellowship of Grace Cathedral. He was a lay reader in the Hiawatha Episcopal Church for two years. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Ava F. Gregory at home; a son, Harry S. Gregory III, a duaghter, Mrs. Francis BAXTER, and a sister, Mrs. Fay SCHMIDT, all of Wichita; and seven grandchildren. Services will be at 8:30 a. m. Tuesday in the Grace Cathedral Chapel in Topeka. The body will lie in state at the Pratt Episcopal Church until 4 p.m. Tuesday. Masonic graveside services will be in the Greenlawn Cemetery in Pratt. Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary is charge of local arrangements.

The Topeka Daily Capital Sunday March 5, 1961 Gustav J. Roglitz. Services for Gustav J. ROGLITZ, 89, 215 N. Broadmoor, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Wall-Diffenderfer Chapel with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. He died Friday in a local hospital and was a resident of Topeka most of his life. Born March 12, 1871, at Manistee, Mich., he came to Kansas at a early age and farmed in the Topeka area. He retired in 1939. Surviving are a son, William S. Roglitz, of Silver Lake; five daughters, Mrs. Florence KLINECT and Mrs. Freida KLINECT, both of Cleveland, Ohio; Mrs. Lydia NELSON, of Valley Falls, Mrs. Clara ROUSH at home, and Mrs. Millie HODGES, 626 Chester; 15 grandchildren, and 23 great-grandchildren.

> Dear Listers: > > I am hoping that someone on this list will be able to do a look up for me. > I have addressed this message to several Lists and I apologize if you > receive more than one of this message. This is my story: > > My grandmother Ethel LAWES b. 1887 in Ontario, Canada travelled to Chicago, > Cook Co., Illinois about 1910 and stayed with her sister until she found a > job. She was hired by the Fred Harvey Restaurant system which operated out > of the Santa Fe Railroad line. As the story goes Fred Harvery hired women > to be waitresses to prepare and serve meals to people who were travelling > westward from the 1880's to 1950's. She was required to sign a contract > stating that she would work for Fred Harvey and that during her contract > that she could not marry, could not become pregnant. At the end of their > contract the Railroad would take them where they wanted to be dropped off. > > My Grandfather Herbert Scott BOYER (s) born in Freedom, Owen Co., Indiana in > 1882 supposedly was also hired by either the Railroad or the Fred Harvey > Restaurant System. He also had signed a contract. > > Now these two people met while employed by Fred Harvey System or Santa Fe > Railroad. At the end of their contract these two people supposedly married > about March to June 1912. They travelled to Douglas, Cochise Co., Arizona > where my father was born May 11, 1913. I found the home in which they were > living, I also found a page from the City Directory of Douglas, Arizona > showing that Herbert S. Boyer and Ethel Lawes Boyer (s) were living on 820 > 13th Street in Douglas. They also had an insurance policy on the home they > were living in at the time. I also found out that Herbert was employed at > the White House Cafe in Douglas, Arizona > > When my father was 10 months old my grandmother asked the local priest to > take her to the train and make sure they got safely onto the train and left > Douglas. She was taking my father and was going back to Inwood, Ontario, > Canada where her family was living. She left my grandfather behind. He > evidently wasn't a very good husband and father. He had extracurricular > activites that were not conducive to a good marriage. My grandmother > divorced him. > > Now Herbert returned home sometime later to his family in Freedom, Owen > Co., Indiana where he lived the rest of his life. He married in 1931 to > another woman and they had no children. He died in September 1960. My > father died in October 1959 and my grandmother died in December 1962. > > I am looking for a marriage license for Herbert Scott Boyer (s) and Ethel > Lawes. Herberts' birthdate was April 26, 1882 and my grandmothers' birth > was May 16, 1887. Herberts' parents were William Scott Boyer(s) and Mary > Elizabeth Perry. My grandmothers' parents were Henry Lawes and Emily Moore. > > According to one of Herbert's descendants Herbert never left home for more > than two days in his whole life so he thinks I may have the wrong one but I > have pictures of him and my grandmother together and my father listed > Herbert as his father on his Social Security Application. I have not been > able to find another Herbert Scott Boyer(s) born in that time frame > anywhere. When I wrote Social Security I was given the information from my > fathers application and this matches this Herbert Scott Boyer(s). > > If there is someone who could do a marriage lookup for me I would be most > grateful as I have been looking for many years and I just came across the > Santa Fe railroad map showing me where all of the train stations were > between 1880 and 1950 and that is why I am writing this message in the hopes > that I might be able to locate the marriage record. > > My grandmother also married a second time to a man from Dupage County, > Illinois about 1916-1918 and I have not been able to locate that marriage > record either. The second husbands name was William H. HAWBECKER. > > > Thank you in advance for reading this long message and I hope someone is > able to help me. > Jean Payton > jeanpayton@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 Topeka Daily Capital Sunday March 5, 1961 Christina M. Allison. Services will be announced for Mrs. Christina Mae ALLISON, 59, 1909 N. Taylor, who died in a local hospital Saturday. She was born Sept. 14 1901, at Ottawa, and has lived in Topeka most of her life. Surviving are three sons, Pete Allison, 3523 N. Central, Jack Allison, 1909 N. Taylor, and George Allison, 1717 N. Ohio; a brother, Bill HOPKINS, 230 Harrison, and nine grandchildren. Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary is in charge.

The Topeka Daily Capital Sunday March 5, 1961 Leona Carlin Dies at Age 93. Mrs. Leona CARLIN, 93, of Hoty, a resident there since 1910, died Saturday in a Topeka hospital. She was born April 16, 1867, at Marcelius, France and was a worker in the WSCS of the Hoyt Methodist Church. Surviving are four sons, Ed Carlin, Mayetta, Harley Carlin, 639 Strait, Lee Carlin of Kansas City and Elmer Carlin of Phoenix, Ariz.; three daughters, Mrs. Emma BIRT, 1114 Oakland, Mrs. Alice ERWIN of Hoyt, and Mrs. Letta WYKERT, 920 Oakland; 14 grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Hoyt Methodist Church with burial in the city cemetery. Davidson-Eslinger-Duff Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.

The Topeka Daily Capital Sunday March 5, 1961 Elva E. Kenna Is Dead at 76; Rites Tuesday. Mrs. Elva E. KENNA, 76, 1617 Randolph, wife of Dr. Alpha H. Kenna, former pastor of the Lowman Methodist Church, died Saturday in a Topeka hospital. She contributed to the field of organ and piano for more than 50 years. She majored in those subjects at Oberlin Conservatory. Born Feb. 27, 1885, at Upland, Ind., she was a member of the First Methodist Church, WSCS, Kiwanitas and Beulah Chapter No. 34 Order of the Eastern Star. Survivors in addition to her widower at home are a son, Harold F. Kenna of Chicago; two daughters, Mrs. Richard M. WHITE of Grangeville, Idaho, and Mrs. Hilton HODGES, 1534 MacVicar; one brother, Kemp K. DEAREN of Toledo, Ohio; six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Penwell0Gabel Chapel with burial in Mount Hope Cemetery.

The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday March 4, 1961 Chester J. Zietelman. Services will be announced for Chester J. ZITELMAN, 49, former teacher at Hoyt, who was found dead Friday in his room at 108 E. 8th. He was born Aug. 25, 1911, at Waelder, Tex., and is survived by his parents, Mrs. and Mrs. Charles Zietelman of Waelder. Smith Funeral Home of Flatonia, Tex., is in charge of services and burial. Davidson-Enslinger-Duff Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.

Dear Listers: I am hoping that someone on this list will be able to do a look up for me. I have addressed this message to several Lists and I apologize if you receive more than one of this message. This is my story: My grandmother Ethel LAWES b. 1887 in Ontario, Canada travelled to Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois about 1910 and stayed with her sister until she found a job. She was hired by the Fred Harvey Restaurant system which operated out of the Santa Fe Railroad line. As the story goes Fred Harvery hired women to be waitresses to prepare and serve meals to people who were travelling westward from the 1880's to 1950's. She was required to sign a contract stating that she would work for Fred Harvey and that during her contract that she could not marry, could not become pregnant. At the end of their contract the Railroad would take them where they wanted to be dropped off. My Grandfather Herbert Scott BOYER (s) born in Freedom, Owen Co., Indiana in 1882 supposedly was also hired by either the Railroad or the Fred Harvey Restaurant System. He also had signed a contract. Now these two people met while employed by Fred Harvey System or Santa Fe Railroad. At the end of their contract these two people supposedly married about March to June 1912. They travelled to Douglas, Cochise Co., Arizona where my father was born May 11, 1913. I found the home in which they were living, I also found a page from the City Directory of Douglas, Arizona showing that Herbert S. Boyer and Ethel Lawes Boyer (s) were living on 820 13th Street in Douglas. They also had an insurance policy on the home they were living in at the time. I also found out that Herbert was employed at the White House Cafe in Douglas, Arizona When my father was 10 months old my grandmother asked the local priest to take her to the train and make sure they got safely onto the train and left Douglas. She was taking my father and was going back to Inwood, Ontario, Canada where her family was living. She left my grandfather behind. He evidently wasn't a very good husband and father. He had extracurricular activites that were not conducive to a good marriage. My grandmother divorced him. Now Herbert returned home sometime later to his family in Freedom, Owen Co., Indiana where he lived the rest of his life. He married in 1931 to another woman and they had no children. He died in September 1960. My father died in October 1959 and my grandmother died in December 1962. I am looking for a marriage license for Herbert Scott Boyer (s) and Ethel Lawes. Herberts' birthdate was April 26, 1882 and my grandmothers' birth was May 16, 1887. Herberts' parents were William Scott Boyer(s) and Mary Elizabeth Perry. My grandmothers' parents were Henry Lawes and Emily Moore. According to one of Herbert's descendants Herbert never left home for more than two days in his whole life so he thinks I may have the wrong one but I have pictures of him and my grandmother together and my father listed Herbert as his father on his Social Security Application. I have not been able to find another Herbert Scott Boyer(s) born in that time frame anywhere. When I wrote Social Security I was given the information from my fathers application and this matches this Herbert Scott Boyer(s). If there is someone who could do a marriage lookup for me I would be most grateful as I have been looking for many years and I just came across the Santa Fe railroad map showing me where all of the train stations were between 1880 and 1950 and that is why I am writing this message in the hopes that I might be able to locate the marriage record. My grandmother also married a second time to a man from Dupage County, Illinois about 1916-1918 and I have not been able to locate that marriage record either. The second husbands name was William H. HAWBECKER. Thank you in advance for reading this long message and I hope someone is able to help me. Jean Payton jeanpayton@earthlink.net

The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday February 12, 1916 Word has been received in Topeka of the death of Mrs. Jennie A. TYLER, who died Tuesday at her home in Fond Du Lac, Wis. She was the aunt of Mrs. F. M. NEAL, of Topeka, and visited at the Neal home last winter.

The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday Feburary 12, 1916 Jeannette TINKER, the 3 1/2 year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. TINKER, died last night at the home of her parents, 424 Woodlawn avenue. The funeral will be held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. from the residence. Burial will be in Topeka cemetery.

The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday February 12, 1916 Harvey S. BENTON, died yesterday at his home on the corner of Third and Monroe streets. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.

The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday February 12, 1916 Births Reported. The following births were reported to the office of the city clerk yesterday: Mr. and Mrs. Raymond BENNETT, 1115 East Third street, a boy, born February 8. Mr. and Mrs. Peter NOLTSMEISTER, 425 Ash street, a boy, born February 7.

The Topeka Daily Capital Friday February 11,1916 Mrs. Mary VESTERING, 44 years old, died Wednesday night in a local hospital. The funeral will be held this morning at 9 o'clock from the Church of the Assumption. The body will be taken to Wichita for burial.

The Topeka Daily Capital Friday February 11, 1916 Mrs. Margaret SHEPARD, 83 years old, died yesterday morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. W.E. ATCHISON, 1324 Tyler street. The funeral will be held Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the residence of her daughter. Burial will be in Topeka cemetery. Mrs. SHEPARD was a pioneer resident of Kansas, having lived in the state since 1857.