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Kenneth William Kufahl, 71, South Kansas City, Missouri, died January 28, 1999, at a Kansas City, Missouri hospital.
Mr. Kufahl worked for the Social Security Administration in Kansas City, Missouri, for 30 years before he retired. He was an Army veteran of the Korean War.
He was born January 17, 1928, in Duluth, the son of Walter and Grace Kufahl.
Mr. Kufahl was a member of Calvary Lutheran Church, where he served as chairman of the board of Christian Education. He also served on the board of education of Kansas City Lutheran High School, and he was a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
He married Catherine Rise on June 15, 1962, in Topeka. She survives.
Other survivors include two daughters, Amy Pitnick, Prairie Village, and Sarah Wolfe, Urich, Missouri; a brother, Verle Kufahl, Topeka; and a grandson.
Services were Monday, February 1 st at Calvary Lutheran Church.
LeRoy C. Kuehl, 55, Kansas City, Kansas was killed in a house fire at his home Wednesday, June 2, 1999.
Mr. Kuehl had worked in highway construction in the Emporia area and for the American Walnut Company in Kansas City. He was employed by Multi-Foods at Bonner Springs at the time of his death. He served in the Army in France and Germany from 1967 to 1969.
He was born on September 3, 1943, at Onaga, the son of Herman A. and Helen I. M. Perrussel Kuehl. He graduated from Onaga High School.
He married Peggy Jo Kivitter on November 9, 1967, at Lawrence. She died November 26, 1996.
Survivors include a sister, Marie M. White, Onaga; a step-son, Willis E. DeWitt, Loveland, Colorado; and several step-grandchildren.
Mr. Kuehl was cremated. Graveside inurnment services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Burlingame Cemetery in Burlingame.
Lawrence A. Kuehl, 88, Onaga, died Tuesday, April 14, 1998, at an Onaga nursing home.
Mr. Kuehl was a farmer and stockman.
He was born December 27, 1909, on a farm northwest of Duluth, the son of Fredrick C. and Anna Berg Kuehl. He was a lifelong resident of the Duluth and Onaga communities.
Mr. Kuehl was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Duluth, where he served many years on the board of trustees, the cemetery board and the education board. He also was a member of the Parent’s Club and Fellowship Club at the church. He served 10 years on the Mill Creek Township Board.
He married Faye Bosse on February 21, 1940 at Wheaton. She survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Leona Berg, Onaga; a brother, Emil Kuehl, Centralia; and a granddaughter.
Services were held Friday, April 17, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Duluth. Burial was in the church cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made either to St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Duluth or to the charity of the donor’s choice and sent in care of Kufahl Funeral Home in Wheaton.
Herman A. Kuehl, 81, Onaga, died Thursday, May 29, at Golden Acres Nursing Home in Onaga.
He had worked for Union Pacific Railroad.
Mr. Kuehl was born March 14, 1905, in Duluth, the son of Friedrich and Anna Berg Kuehl.
He was confirmed into St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Duluth, April 13, 1914.
He was married to Helen Perrussel April 1925, in Westmoreland. She preceded him in death.
Survivors include a daughter, Marie White, Onaga; a son, Leroy Kuehl, Kansas City, KS; four brothers, Emil Kuehl, Lawrence Kuehl and Carl Kuehl all of Onaga, and Otto Kuehl, Seneca; eight grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.
Services were at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 31, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Duluth. Burial was in St. Paul’s Cemetery, Duluth.
Tessendorf Mortuary, Onaga, was in charge of services.
Edwin Lawrence Kufahl, 89, passed away December 25 th at Community Hospital, Onaga.
Mr. Kufahl was born April 12 th, 1901, the son of Robert and Helena Kolterman Kufahl, near Wheaton, Kansas. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Duluth, Kansas, where he was a member. He attended parochial school at Duluth.
He was united in marriage in February 1929 to Frances Falk. The couple established their home west of Onaga and were engaged in farming, later moving north of Onaga.
His wife Frances Kufahl preceded him in death in 1972. Also preceding him in death were two brothers, Sylvester and Mahlon Kufahl and a sister, Mrs. Lorena Tessendorf.
In 1980, he was married to Gladys Boswell and at that time moved to Onaga.
Survivors include his wife, Gladys, a son, Duane Kufahl, Onaga; a daughter, Marilyn Kufahl, Phoenix, AZ; one brother, Gilbert Kufahl, Moraga, CA; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
A prayer service will be held Friday, December 28, at Tessendorf’s Mortuary in Onaga at 7:00 p.m. Funeral services will be held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Duluth, at 11:00 a.m., Saturday. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
Mrs. Hilda M. Kufahl, 81, rural Onaga, died Tuesday, January 8, 1991, at an Onaga hospital.
She was born April 11, 1909, northeast of Wheaton, one of 11 children of Wilhelm F. and Lena Hinzman Abitz.
Mrs. Kufahl was a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Wheaton and a past member of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League at the church.
She was married to Henry W. Kufahl March 28, 1935 near Wheaton. He died December 27, 1987.
Survivors include two daughters, Orlene Krohn, Blaine, and Nila Haefner, Junction City; three sons, Ardell Kufahl, Wheaton, Delbert Kufahl, at home, and Donald Kufahl, Topeka; six sisters, Lydia Schwant, Blaine, Meta Figge, Wheaton, Selma Wegner, Manhattan, Frieda Abitz, Wichita, Lavina Borderstrasse, Plymouth, Nebraska and Olga Fairbanks, Onaga; two brothers, Almon Abitz, Wheaton, and Chester Abitz, Onaga; 15 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services were at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Wheaton. Burial was in St. Luke's Lutheran North Cemetery in Wheaton.
Walter August Kufahl, 88, of Topeka, died Saturday, October 6, 1990, at a Topeka nursing home.
Mr. Kufahl farmed in the Wheaton and Onaga communities before he moved to Topeka in 1960. He had been a custodian at Topeka Lutheran School several years before he retired.
He was born October 26, 1901, in Wheaton, the son of William F. and Bertha L. Berges Kufahl.
Mr. Kufahl was a member of Faith Lutheran Church in Topeka and a former member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church in the Duluth northwest of Onaga.
He was married to Grace E. Hartwich on September 10, 1922. She preceded him in death. An infant son, Merle Kufahl, also preceded him in death.
Survivors include two sons, Verle W. Kufahl, Topeka, and Kenneth W. Kufahl, Kansas City, MO; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
Services were at 2 p.m. Monday, October 8, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Duluth. Burial was at St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery in Duluth.
Mrs. Ethel F. Kurtz, 91, Onaga, died Monday, July 16, 1990 at Golden Acres Nursing Home in Onaga.
She was born October 16, 1898 in Oklahoma.
Mrs. Kurtz was employed for a number of years at Morrell Packing Co. in Topeka.
She was married to John H. Kurtz in 1971 and for the last several years they had made their home in Onaga and Havensville.
Survivors include her husband, of the home; five step-sons, John Kurtz, Wichita, Dale Kurtz, Lawrence, Don Kurtz, Hutchinson, Larry Kurtz, San Diego, CA and Hank Kurtz, Overbrook; two step-daughters, Mrs. Charlotte Plankinton, Topeka and Jan Brown, Carbondale; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Services are being held at 10 a.m. Thursday, July 19, at Tessendorf Mortuary in Onaga, with burial in Westlawn Memorial Gardens, Topeka. She will lie in state at the mortuary Thursday morning until time for services.
Mrs. Helen Kuehl, 57, of Onaga, was killed instantly late Sunday evening when she was struck by a freight train near the depot at Onaga.
Mrs. Kuehl was born at Neuchatel June 25, 1912 and had lived all her life in the Neuchatel and Onaga communities.
Services were Wednesday morning, July 16, 1969, at the Congregational Church at Onaga.
Burial was in the Neuchatel Cemetery.
Horton—Agnes Kramer, 76, Horton, was killed Sunday, August 30, 1992 in a one-car accident on a blacktop county road just south K-20 about four miles west of here. Brown County sheriff’s officers said.
She was born November 28, 1915 in Lillis, the daughter of John and Philomena McGeeney. She lived in Horton 12 years.
Mrs. Kramer was a member of St. Leo’s Catholic Church in Horton.
Her husband, Adrian Kramer, died in 1980. A son, Eugene Savago, died in 1982.
Survivors include a daughter, Sister Ann Michael, in Illinois; two sons, Gary Savago, Whiting and Jack Savago, Twenty-nine Palms, CA; three sisters, Anna Burton, Frankfort,Mary Hayes, Axtell, and Frances Surdez, Overland Park; two brothers, Charles McGeeney, Emmett, and Harold McGeeney, Cleveland, MO; 16 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. Leo’s Catholic Church in Horton. Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at St. Joseph’s Catholic Cemetery in Lillis. Relatives and friends will meet from 7 until 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at Maple-Cheney Mortuary in Horton, where a rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Multi-County Prevention of Domestic Violence Unit for bettered women and sent in care of Citizens State Bank, Hiawatha, 66434.
Elsie J. Kuehl, 88, Onaga, died Thursday, January 7, 1993 at Onaga Community Hospital.
She was born May 15, 1904, in Leavenworth, the daughter of John and Katie Knapp Phillips. She grew up in Onaga, was graduated from Onaga High School in 1923 and in 1928 from Kansas State Agricultural College at Manhattan.
Mrs. Kuehl taught in White Pigeon School west of Onaga.
She was married May 23, 1928 to Walter L. Kuehl. He died June 8, 1986.
Survivors include two daughters, Roseanne Morris, Ozawkie, and Katie Grossnickle, Kansas City, MO; a son, Phillip W. Kuehl, Manhattan; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Services were at 2 p.m. Saturday in Tessendorf Mortuary in Onaga. Burial was in Onaga Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Golden Acres Nursing Home Activity Fund or American Heart Association in care of the Mortuary.
John Henry Kurtz, 82, Topeka, died Friday, February 28, 1992 at a Topeka hospital.
Mr. Kurtz had been a farmer and worked for the Santa Fe Railroad. He was a truck driver for the Topeka Refuse Department for 12 ½ years before he retired.
He was born August 25, 1909, in Ochiltree County, Texas, the son of Wesley and Edna Martin Kurtz. He lived in Blaine, Irving, Frankfort, Corning, Chase County, Topeka, Havensville and Onaga and returned to Topeka recently.
Mr. Kurtz was a member of the Christian Church and a member of the Onaga Senior Citizens Club.
He was married to Orpha Ruth Tryon. She died. He later married Ether “Peggy” Tillman. She also preceded him in death.
Survivors include five sons, John A. Kurtz, Wichita, R. Dale Kurtz, Lawrence, Don R. Kurtz, Hutchinson, Larry L. Kurtz, San Diego, and Henry W. Kurtz, Overbrook; two daughters, Charlotte R. Plankinton, Topeka, and Janet F. Brown, Carbondale; three brothers, Dave Kurtz and Joseph Kurtz, both of Blaine, and Ray Kurtz, Frankfort, and Nellie Hunter, Auburn; 33 grandchildren; and 45 great-grandchildren.
Services were at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 3 at Parker-Price Mortuary, with burial in West Lawn Memorial Gardens, both of Topeka.
Onaga—Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in the Duluth community near here for Edwin F. Kuehl, 66, rural Duluth, who died Wednesday in a hospital here.
He was born January 2, 1908 in the Duluth community in Pottawatomie County where he spent his life. He was a veteran of World War II. He was a farmer.
Survivors include five brothers, Herman Kuehl, Emil Kuehl, Lawrence Kuehl, Carl Kuehl, and Otto Kuehl, all of Onaga.
Leo A. Kral, 76, Wellington, formerly of Onaga and St. Marys, died Sunday, February 19, 1995 at a rest home in Haysville.
He was born December 18, 1918 in Blaine, the son of Anton and Freda Florence Pendergrast Kral. He spent his early life in St. Marys and Topeka and was graduated from Onaga High School in 1937. He lived in Wichita until 1980 and then lived in Peru in Chautauqua County seven years before he moved to Wellington in 1987.
Mr. Kral served in the Army from 1942 to 1945. While in Wichita, he worked in a grocery store and was employed by the Coleman Co., Cessna Aircraft and Boeing Aircraft before he retired in 1980. While in Peru, he served as mayor. He worked at Dillon’s Store in Wellington and then was a custodian in Wellington schools until last month.
He was a former member of Fairview Christian Church in Wichita and a member of Sunflower Lodge No. 18, AF&AM in Wichita and Tom Schwinn Post No. 90 of the American Legion in Wellington.
He was married to Flora Gene Southwood April 20, 1973, in Moses Lake, Washington. She survives.
Other survivors include a step-son, Marvin Southwood, Jr., Yakima, Washington; a step-daughter Dorothy Harbison, Clearwater; two brothers, Howard Kral, North Kansas City, Missouri and Glen Kral, Sunrise Beach, Missouri; two sisters, Maxine Nelson, Topeka, and Anna Mae Ford, Durango, Colorado; eight step-grandchildren and 14 step-great-grandchildren.
Mr. Kral donated his body for medical research. No services are scheduled.
Mary M. Krouse, 91, Westmoreland, died Sunday, February 13, 1994, at the Westy Care Home.
She was born March 30, 1902 south of Wheaton, the daughter of August C. And Anna A. Jung Zabel, and spent most of her life in the Westmoreland community.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women, and the Auxiliary to Post No. 186 of the American Legion, all in Westmoreland. She was a member of the Rock Creek Historical Society and a 55-year member of the Rock Creek Extension Homemakers Unit near Westmoreland.
She was married to Ernest M. Krouse, February 28, 1921, south of Wheaton. He died April 12, 1945. A daughter, Agnes Whitworth, died April 11, 1993.
Survivors include three daughters, Eunice Ruse, Tecumseh, Minnie Bradshaw, Phoenix, Arizona; and Elizabeth Berens, Topeka; six sons, Raymond Krouse, Donald Krouse, Dale Krouse and Lawrence O. Krouse, all in Westmoreland, Gilbert Krouse, Onaga, and Richard Krouse, Reading, Mass.; 47 grandchildren and 32 great-grandchildren.
Evelyn Lorene Kroemer, 63, rural Seneca, died Tuesday, February 21, 1995, at Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center in Topeka.
Mrs. Kroemer taught school in Pawnee County, Nebraska for one year.
She was born June 1, 1931 in Pawnee City, Nebraska, the daughter of Edwin and Laura Rottman Fritch. She was graduated from Pawnee City High School in 1948.
Mrs. Kroemer was a member of Friedens United Church of Christ north of Seneca.
She was married to Lavern Kroemer on November 26, 1950 in Seneca. He survives.
Other survivors include a sons, Norman Kroemer, Bern; two daughters, Audrey Butler, Onaga, and Vivian Cockrell, Pawnee City, Nebraska; her mother, Laura Fritch, Table Rock, Nebraska; a brother, Arnold Fritch, Virginia, Nebraska; four sisters, Janet Gottula, Bonita Schuster and Shirley Branek, all of Steinaur, Nebraska and Carolyn Graham, Anchorage, Alaska; and four grandchildren.
Services were at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Friedens United Church of Christ north of Seneca.
Carl Kuehl, 82, Onaga, died Sunday, March 19, 1995 in a Topeka hospital where he was admitted March 9.
He was born August 12, 1912, in Onaga, the son of Friedrich and Anna M. Berg Kuehl, and spent his entire life in the Onaga area. He was a farmer and stockman and had worked for the Union Pacific Railroad in construction.
He was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Duluth and the Voters Assembly and Men’s Club at the church.
He was married to Retha M. Baker November 27, 1940, in Duluth. They were divorced. She survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Karen Baar, Topeka; a son, Ed Kuehl, Topeka; two brothers, Emil Kuehl and Lawrence Kuehl, both of Onaga; five grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Esther Kuehl, who died in infancy, and three brothers, Herman Kuehl, Edwin Kuehl and Otto Kuehl.
Funeral services were at 11 a.m. March 22, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Duluth. Burial was in St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery.
Alton H. Kufahl, 89, formerly of Wheaton, died Tuesday, February 20, 1996 at a Topeka hospital.
Mr. Kufahl was part owner and operator of the Wheaton Mercantile from 1925 to 1929 and then worked for Kufahl Hardware in Wheaton from 1920 until he retired in 1987. He and his wife moved to Topeka in 1994.
He was born November 5, 1906 at Wheaton, the son of Ferdinand and Rosa Teske Kufahl. He was graduated from Wheaton High School in 1926.
Mr. Kufahl was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Wheaton and the Lutheran Laymen’s League.
He was married to Margaret Matzke on April 11, 1928 at Duluth. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, Ronald Kufahl, Topeka; a daughter, Carol Mellring, Topeka; a sister, Lorna Abitz, Duluth; and a brother, Vernon Kufahl, Wheaton; eight grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and four step-great-grandchildren.
Mr. Kufahl was preceded in death by a grandson, Ronald Andrew Kufahl, in 1973.
A prayer service was held at 7:00 p.m. Thursday at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Wheaton. Burial was at the St. Luke Lutheran North Cemetery at Wheaton.
Kufahl Funeral Home, Wheaton, was in charge of arrangements.
Don Leslie Kufahl, 57, died Saturday, October 11, 1977, at home. He had cancer.
He was born February 14, 1940, in Onaga, the son of Mahlon August and Grace Christine Henneberg Kufahl. He was graduated from Onaga High School in 1958 and attended the University of Kansas. He was graduated from Dallas Institute-Gupton Jones College of Mortuary Science in 1961.
He worked at the Cooper Warren Mortuary in Lawrence until 1965, Towner Funeral Home in Ottawa 1965-66, Parker Mortuary in Topeka from 1966-68, and Rumsey Funeral Home in Lawrence 1968-1978. He owned and operated Kufahl Excavating from 1978-85 and worked at Lawrence Paper Company 1985-94. He worked at Parker Price Mortuary in Topeka since 1994.
He was a licensed private pilot and a remote control airplane builder.
He was a member of First United Methodist Church in Lawrence and the Kansas Funeral Directors Association.
He was married to Mary Kay Husted July 25, 1965, in Lawrence. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, Kevin Troy Kufahl, Lawrence; a daughter, Kathryn Christine Poteet, Poughkeepsie, New York; a brother, Gary Kufahl, Mission; and a sister, Janet Newcomer, Gladstone, Missouri.
Memorial services were 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, at First United Methodist Church. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery in Lawrence. Mr. Kufahl was cremated.
Laurence E. Krohn, 75, Route 1, Blaine, died Sunday, March 26, 1995, at a hospital in Omaha.
He was born September 9, 1919, northeast of Blaine, the son of Emil and Bertha Marten Krohn, and spent most of his life in the Blaine and Wheaton communities. He was a farmer and stockman many years and was county manager for Arche Petroleum Products for 30 years.
Mr. Krohn had served on the Lone Tree Township board since 1958 and was also a member of the Pottawatomie County Fire District No. 4 for several years.
He was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Wheaton and the Lutheran Laymen’s League.
He was married to Alice Mae Kufahl January 19, 1944, near Wheaton. She survives.
Other survivors include three daughters, Phyllis Ladner, Topeka, Lorraine Conyers, St. George, and Susan Soelter, Lawrence; a son, Gary Krohn, Havensville; a sister, Louise Schwant, Blaine; a brother, Myron Krohn, Blaine, eight grandchildren and five step-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Martha Jenkins, On December 3, 1958.
Services were at 11:00 a.m. Wednesday, March 29, at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Wheaton. Burial was in St. Luke’s North Cemetery in Wheaton.
Contributions may be made to the Lutheran Hour radio program or to the Lawrence Krohn Memorial Fund yet to be designated and sent in care of Kufahl Funeral Home.
Nina Frahm Kufahl, 76, Silver Lake died Sunday, November 5, 1995, at a Rossville nursing home.
She was born October 5, 1909, at Burchard, Nebraska, the daughter of Dell C. and Jessie V. Crawley Finch. She lived near Wheaton before she moved to Silver Lake in 1991.
Mrs. Kufahl was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Wheaton and the Silver Lake Senior Citizens.
She married Ruthger Carl Frahm on February 14, 1929. He died June 12 1973. She later married Philip Stamm. He died in 1977. She later married Loring Kufahl. He died in 1988. Mrs. Kufahl was also preceded in death by two sons, Alan Frahm, in 1971, and Walter Frahm, in 1994.
Survivors include four daughters, Elsie N. Minzel, Lincoln, Nebraska, Martha M. Brodie, Silver Lake, Dorothy M. Gohde, Scottsdale, Arizona, and Viola R. Murray, Auburn; five sons, Albert L. Frahm and Reed A. Frahm, both of Topeka, Edwin G. Frahm, Platteville, Colorado, Henry C. Frahm, Greenfield, Iowa, and Russell C. Frahm, Osceola, Nebraska; 35 grandchildren; 41 great-grandchildren; and many step-great-grandchildren.
Services were at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, November 8, at the Liberty Christian Church in Liberty, Nebraska. Burial was in Liberty Cemetery.
Herman Charles Kufahl, 72, Goodland, died Wednesday, March 8, 1995, at a Goodland hospital.
Mr. Kufahl farmed in Wheaton and later operated heavy equipment for 30 years at Kansas State University.
He was born December 27, 1992(?), in Wheaton, the son of Alfonso and Emma Kufahl.
He was married to Martha Hensley. She survives.
Other survivors include three daughters, Mary Kufahl and Debbie Hood, both of Manhattan, and Joyce Parsons, Lenexa; a son, William Kufahl, Goodland; two sisters, Wilma Abitz, Wheaton, and Henrietta Matzke, Blaine; and two grandchildren.
Services were at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Edwards-Yorgensen-Meloan Funeral Home, Manhattan. Burial was in the Valley View Memorial Gardens Cemetery east of Manhattan.
Otto W. Kuehl, 72, Onaga, died Friday, November` 28, at a Seneca hospital.
Mr. Kuehl farmed in the Duluth area several years. He also worked for Union Pacific Railroad 20 years, before he retired.
He was born August 10, 1914 on a farm near Duluth, the son of Fred and Anna M. Breg Kuehl. He attended Onaga schools and graduated from Onaga High School in 1933. He had lived in Onaga since 1957.
Mr. Kuehl was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Duluth.
He was married to Agnes V. Jonod of Vermillion on February 22, 1940, in St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Duluth. She survives.
Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Joan Kolterman, Havensville, a son, Francis Kuehl, Onaga, three brothers, Emil Kuehl, Lawrence Kuehl and Carl Kuehl, all of rural Onaga, and seven grandchildren.
Services were at 130 p.m. Sunday, November 30, at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Duluth. Burial was in Neuchatel Cemetery north of Onaga.
Onaga—Walter Levi Kuehl, 84, rural Onaga, died Sunday, June 8, at his home.
He was born April 9, 1902, at Onaga, the son of Ferdinand and Anna Linderman Kuehl. He was a retired farmer.
Mr. Kuehl was a member of Onaga Lodge No. 188, AF&AM, International Order of Odd Fellows, Pleasant Valley Grange and the Congregational Church, all at Onaga.
He was married to Elsie J. Phillips May 23, 1928. She survives.
Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Roseanne Morris, Ozawkie, and Mrs. Kate Grossnickle, Onaga, a son, M. Phillip Kuehl, Manhattan; two sisters, Mrs. Wilma Wenzl, Marysville and Mrs. Sophia Littlefield, Kansas City, Kansas; nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Tessendorf Funeral Home on Onaga. Onaga Lodge No 188, AF&AM will conduct graveside services at Onaga Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association.
George Edward Kuhn, 75, Centralia, died Thursday, September 25, at his home.
Mr. Kuhn was a farmer and stockman in the Vermillion community from 1946 until he retired in 1972 and moved to Centralia. He was an Army veteran of World War II and served in the European Theater of Operations.
He was born November 26, 1910 in Westmoreland, the son of John and Ellen Rush Kuhn. He was reared in the Westmoreland area and attended rural schools near Westmoreland.
Mr. Kuhn was a member of Seneca Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 7458 at Seneca and Armstrong-Moyer Post No. 216 of the American Legion of Centralia.
He was married to Anona Junod on February 14, 1942, at Westmoreland. She died August 23, 1982.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Gloria Raub, Centralia; four sisters, Mrs. Bess Wilson, Wamego, Mrs. Alice Benton and Mrs. Bert Atkins, both of Bloomington, California and Mrs. Rose Harrison, Fayetteville, N. C.; and two grandsons.
Services were at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, September 28, at Tessendorf Mortuary in Onaga. Military graveside services were conducted by Seneca Memorial V.F.W. Post No. 7458 and Armstrong-Moyer Post No. 216 at Neuchatel Cemetery north of Onaga.
Henry W. Kufahl, 77, rural Onaga, died Sunday, December 27, 1987, in his home. He had been ill several years.
Mr. Kufahl was a retired farmer. He was born March 19, 1910, on the same farm where he spent his life, son of Albert and Anna Berges Kufahl.
Mr. Kufahl was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Wheaton at St. Luke’s Men’s Club.
He was married to Hilda Abitz March 28, 1935, near Onaga. She survives.
Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Orlene Krohn, Blaine, and Mrs. Nila Haefner, Junction City; three sons, Ardell Kufahl, Wheaton, Delbert Kufahl, at home and Don Kufahl, Topeka; two sisters. Mrs. Otillia Valburg, Vancouver, Washington, and Mrs. Margaret Matzke, Wheaton; 15 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
Services were at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday in St. Luke Lutheran Church at Wheaton. Burial was in St. Luke North Cemetery at Wheaton.
Contributions may be made to the Henry Kufahl Memorial Fund to be designated later by relatives and sent in care of Kufahl Funeral Home, Wheaton, or to the charity of the donor’s choice.
Wheaton —Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in St. Luke's Lutheran Church here for Mrs. Emma d. Kufahl, 86, Wheaton. She died Saturday, March 22, at a Frankfort nursing home where she had been a resident since March 22, 1984.
Mrs. Kufahl was born January 10, 1900, on a farm south of Wheaton, the daughter of Charles and Minnie Kohn.
She was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church and the Ladies Aid of the church of Wheaton.
She was married to Alfonso F. Kufahl June 9, 1919, at Duluth in Pottawatomie County. He died May 17, 1971.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Wilma Abitz, Wheaton, and Mrs. Henrietta Matzke, Blaine; a son, Herman Kufahl, Manhattan; 10 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren.
Burial will be in St. Luke Lutheran Cemetery at Wheaton. Mrs. Kufahl will lie instate from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday at Kufahl Funeral Home, Wheaton, then until service time at the church, where a prayer service will be at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lutheran Hour radio program or to the Emma Kufahl Memorial Fund to be designated by relatives.
Funeral services for Mrs. Anona Kuhn, 75, of Centralia were at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Tessendorf Mortuary in Onaga. Burial was in the Neuchatel Cemetery, north of Onaga.
Mrs. Kuhn died Monday, August 23, at Community Hospital here after an illness of several years. She had earlier been a resident of Golden Acres Nursing Home, Onaga.
She was born April 13, 1907, near Lillis, the daughter of Paul and Laura Villime Junod. She lived in the Lillis community many years before moving into Centralia several years ago.
She was married to George Kuhn February 14, 1942 at Westmoreland. He survives.
Other survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Gloria Raub, Centralia; four sisters, Mrs. Reva Hallier, Centralia, Mrs. Gertrude Howard, Wheaton; Mrs. Agnes Kuehl, Onaga, and Mrs. Maxine Brand, Kearney, Missouri; two brothers, Robert Junod, Sioux City, Iowa, and Walter Junod, Independence, Missouri; and two grandchildren.
Wheaton —Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at St. Luke's Lutheran Church here for Loring H. Kufahl, 89, formerly of Wheaton. He died Saturday, April 2, 1988, at an Onaga hospital.
Mr. Kufahl was a retired farmer.
He was born February 15, 1899, at Wheaton, the son of William and Bertha Berges Kufahl. He lived in Wheaton until 1984 when he moved to Golden Acres Nursing Home in Onaga.
Mr. Kufahl was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Wheaton and St. Luke’s Men’s Club at the church.
He married Irene Bosse September 18, 1920, at Wheaton. She died March 20, 1976. He married Nina Stam April 6, 1978 at Wheaton. She survives.
Other survivors include three daughters, Doris Orr and Vera Teske, both of Wheaton, and Alice Krohn, Blaine; two sons, William F. Kufahl and Lyle L. Kufahl, both of Wheaton; several grandchildren, step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild.
Burial will be in St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Wheaton. A prayer service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tues day at Kufahl Funeral Home in Wheaton. Contributions may be made to the Loring H. Kufahl Memorial Fund yet to be designated by relatives or to an organization of the donor’s choice.
Funeral services for Mrs. Lena Kreth, 85, who died Friday at the Onaga hospital, were held Saturday afternoon at 2:30 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth; conducted by Rev. J.A. E. Bauer. Interment was made in Home cemetery. Pallbearers were: Arthur Teske, H. C. Kolterman, Walter Wegner, Leo Ladner, Rich Tessendorf-Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Onaga and Lloyd Mumaw.
Lena Marie Kreth, nee Ganske, the only child of the late John and Marie Ganske, was born April 2, 1866 on a farm northwest of Onaga. She was baptized in the Christian faith in her infancy and was confirmed on May 20, 1883 in St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth, by the sainted Rev. D. Stemmerman. She attended White Pigeon School and her religious instruction was received at the Lutheran church.
In the year 1887 she was united in marriage to Rev. George Kreth, who was at the time a theological student cicaring during the vacancy of St. Paul’s congregation. During the succeeding years she followed her husband to various pastorates, namely at Herrington, Kansas, Trinidad, Colorado, Houston, Texas, La Mars, Iowa, and Parkston, ???children, all of whom survive their mother. The are: George of Watsonnville, California, Louise of Greeley, Colorado, Lena, of Seattle, Washington, Marie of Vermillion, Kansas and Karl of Fountain Hill, Arkansas.
The father passed away on March 17, 1900, only 35 years of age, when the youngest child, Karl, was but six weeks old. On his way to Minot, S. D. to make improvements on a claim of land, he was stricken with a serious illness which caused his untimely death. The bereaved mother and children came back to Kansas and located in Onaga, where she reared them under hardship. One half-brother, Albert Kolterman, one half-sister, Auguste Scheel Hubert and her parents preceded her in death. Besides her five children, she is survived by 13 grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren, nephews and nieces, and many friends. Several months ago she entered the hospital with an internal ailment which often caused her great pain. This suffering increased as the days passed and she longed to be delivered from all evil. She carried her cross patiently for His sake in whose promise she trusted: “Be thou faithful unto death”.
She passed away at 3 a.m. August 24, 1951, at the Onaga hospital where she was constantly under the doctor’s observation and the kind and unselfish care of the nurses during her long illness. She attained the age of 85 years, 6 months and 20 days.
Mrs. C. L. Krouse Dies Unexpectedly—A stroke of Apoplexy Results In Untimely Death Of Wife Of Our State Senator—Mrs. Chas. L. Krouse passed away very unexpectedly from a stroke of apoplexy, last Monday evening, and her going has spread a wave of sadness over the entire community. It is hard to understand why a woman of such extraordinary character and friendliness must be taken in the prime of life. Mrs. Krouse gave much time and energy to community affairs. For many years she has taken an active part in the Royal Neighbor lodge, and has held office from time to time in the county organization. She was superintendent of the Fine Arts department of the Pottawatomie County Fair, year after year. She was a hearty worker in the Eastern Star Lodge and also belonged to several ladies clubs of the community. Her place in the community life will be mighty hard to fill.
She leaves to carry on a grief-stricken husband who was called home from his work in the state senate, and one son, Gail, who is a member of this year’s senior class of the Onaga Rural High School. To them the heart of the community goes out in sympathy.
Bessie Krouse, the daughter of O. P. and Anna Crumbaker, was born at Onaga, Kansas on April 30, 1884 and passed away February 7, 1933, at her home in Onaga, being 48 years, 10 months and 20 days old.
She was married to Charles L. Krouse on March 5, 1905. To this union was born one son, Gail.
She leaves to mourn, besides her husband and son, her father, O. P. Crumbaker, and one brother Earl, both of whom reside in Denver, Colorado, together with many friends.
With her family, she united with the Congregational Church and was a loyal worker in the Ladies Aid society of that church.
Funeral services were held at the Congregational Church, yesterday afternoon at two o’clock, in charge of the pastor, Rev. J. H. Cone. The church was filled to overflowing and the floral offerings were very beautiful. The business houses of the city were closed during the funeral hour. Interment was made in the Onaga Cemetery.
Oldest Citizen Passes Away—Henry Krouse Saw Many Early Day Experiences In His Extensive Travels West—Henry Krouse, Onaga’s oldest citizen passed away last Thursday at the home of his son, Chas. L. Krouse, at the ripe old age of ninety years.
Henry Clay Krouse was born at Camden, New Jersey, September 28, 1843, and departed this life December 28, 1933 at the age of 90 years and three months. He was united in marriage to Sarah Elizabeth Winstead on January 21, 1870. To this union were born six children: Leonard J., Arthur H., Walter M., Charlie L., Ada May and Ida Nellie. Leonard J., Arthur H. and Ida Nellie preceded him in death. His wife, Sarah Elizabeth, passed away on November 5, 1933.
Mr. Krouse lived a unique and unusual life. He knew life in the primitive as well the modern. He left his home in New Jersey when a small lad, coming “west” as it was known then, but Missouri and Kansas as called now, and stopped at what is now Baxter Springs, Kansas. He joined the militia and played his part during the border warfare between Missouri and Kansas. The events and principal characters of this time were all known by him personally. After Kansas became a state and the Civil War closed, he walked to Omaha, Nebraska. He drove a team of oxen hauling freight from Omaha to Cheyenne, Wyoming. He also freighted from Cheyenne to Salt Lake City, Utah, hauling material for the Mormon temple. While in this occupation he became acquainted with the various tribes of Indians and learned their language and customs, making himself known as the Indians’ white friend. He was the Indians in peace and also when on the war path.
Tiring of life at Salt Lake City, he went to the gold fields in Nevada. Carson City, Virginia City and Goldfield, Nevada were all familiar places to him. At one time he owned mines at Virginia City. Later he returned to Kansas, settling in Neosho County. It was here that he met and married Sarah Elizabeth Winstead. One child was born at Chanute, Kansas.
In 1874 the family came to Pottawatomie County, settling near Belvue. He and his brother, Lorenzo (Bub) drove their herd of cattle, and the family traveled in a covered wagon. The family lived near Belvue two years, then moved to the Cross farm north of Onaga. It was while farming the Cross farm that we had the grasshopper invasion. His team became so poor that it was necessary to use a pitchfork to urge the horses to go. Later he bought a farm in Vienna Township where he resided until 1901 when he moved to Onaga.
He leaves to mourn his death three children, seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren: Charley and a son, Gale, of the home address, Walter and family, of Miami, Florida, and Ada Sidell and family of Wichita, Kansas.
Funeral services were held at the home Saturday afternoon, in charge of Rev. J. H. Cone, and burial made in the Onaga Cemetery.
Mrs. Henry Krouse passed away Sunday morning after a prolonged illness, at the home of her son, Charles. Mrs. Krouse has been a resident of this community for many, many years and her demise removes one of the pioneers of the community.
Sarah Elizabeth Garoutte was born July 2, 1848 near Springfield, Missouri. She departed this life November 5, 1933 at the age of 85 years, 4 months and 3 days.
She was united in marriage to James Winstead, in Neosho County, Kansas. To this union two children were born, Harvey and John, the latter dying in infancy. Harvey survives his mother, now living in Tucson, Arizona.
Her husband died in 1871. She was united in marriage to Henry Krouse, at Chanute, Kansas, on January 21, 1872. To this union six children were born: Leonard E., Arthur H., Walter M., Charley L., Ada May and Ira N. Keonar, Arthur and Ida preceded their mother in death.
She leaves to mourn her departure, her husband and son of the home address, Walter M., of Miami, Florida, and Ada Sidel, of Wichita, Kansas.
She united with the Methodist Church in her girlhood. Later she united with the Baptist Church, of Onaga, of which she was a faithful member until the time of her death.
Funeral services were held at the home Monday afternoon, Rev. John Cone, pastor of the Federated Church, officiating. Interment was given in the Onaga Cemetery.
Mrs. Myrtle Kreth, 82 years, nine months and five days, passed away Tuesday evening, April 11, at the Onaga Community Hospital where she had been a patient since February 2.
She was born July 6, 1884, nine miles north of Abilene, Kansas in Dickinson County. Her parents Abigail Crary and Joseph P. Cress were among the first pioneer settlers to homestead in Dickinson County. She was the fifth child in a family of nine.
She attended Glenwood School, graduating from the 8 th grade. She grew to young womanhood on the family farm and on January 22, 1908 was united in marriage to Ralph B. Cooley. To this union were born eight children, five daughters and three sons.
She was a kind and loving wife and mother who devoted her entire life to the husband, family and friends. Her great love for flowers and music was an endless source of joy over her entire lifetime. Her busy, creative, talented hands were never idle. She will long be remembered by many for her outstanding accomplishment of quilt making.
As a young girl she professed her faith in God and over the years attended church as long as her health permitted. Her deep faith was an inspiration to all who became acquainted with her.
She was preceded in death by her husband January 16, 1951; one son, Oliver Raymond, May 1942, who gave his life for our country, and one son-in-law, Russell H. Ballentine, July 9, 1962.
On June 13, 1960 she was married to A. C. Kreth of Coralville, Iowa. They made their home there until the time of his death on April 4, 1963. She returned to Kansas, living on her farm near Lawrence until May 1966, when she came to the home of her daughter, Pauline Ballentine, near Onaga where she lived until her last illness.
She was also preceded in death by her father and mother, four brothers and two sisters. She leaves to mourn her passing her five daughters, Mrs. Pauline Ballentine, Onaga; Mrs. Ruth Cramer, Manhattan; Mrs. Frances Schmoe, Ottawa; Mrs. Helen Walker, Wamego, and Mrs. Bessie Schwandt, Osage City; two sons, Verl Cooley, Wamego, and Joe Cooley, Lawrence; 11 grandsons; three granddaughters, four great-granddaughters; five great-grandsons; four sons-in-law; two daughters-in-law; one sister Mrs. ************
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence F. Kral, 86, of Topeka were at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Verschelden Funeral Home at St. Marys, with interment in Valley View Cemetery at St. Marys.
Mrs. Kral died Saturday in a Topeka nursing home where she had been several years, following a stroke.
She was born January 16, 1892 at Liberty, Missouri. She was a member of the Onaga Congregational Church and the Royal Neighbors of America.
She was married to Anton Kral in 1913 and they made their home on a farm near Onaga from 1918 until Mr. Kral’s retirement in 1963, when they moved to St. Marys. Mr. Kral died in 1969.
Survivors include three sons, Howard Kral and Glen Kral, both of Kansas City, and Leo Kral, Wichita; two daughters, Mrs. Maxine Nelson, Topeka, and Mrs. Anna Mae Ford, Wichita; 12 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren and a great-great-grandchild *******
Robert Frederick Kufahl, son of August Frederick and Sophia Kufahl, was born January 20, 1875 near Duluth, Kansas. He was baptized April 10, 1875 and confirmed on March 25, 1888 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth and was a faithful member of this church throughout his many years.
In the year of 1897 on February 25 he was united in Holy Wedlock with Helena Kolterman. Until 1913 they farmed northeast of Wheaton, Kansas and then moved to their farm three miles north of Onaga. In 1939 they retired from the farm and lived in Onaga.
He fell asleep in Jesus on Monday, October 22, shortly after noon at his home.
His wife preceded him in death on January 5, 1953, and a son Mahlon passed away on April 14, 1955.
Those left to mourn his death are his children: S. W. Kufahl, Emporia, Kansas, Edwin of Onaga, Lorena Tessendorf, Onaga, and Gilbert of Oakland, California; seven grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and many relatives and friends.
His span of life on earth was 87 years, 9 months and 2 days.
He was a kind father, grandfather and great-grandfather, always ready to help his children, neighbors and friends whenever he could.
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon, October 25 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth with interment in the church cemetery, the Rev. J. W. A. Becker officiating.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the United Methodist Church at St. Marys for Anton Kral, 89, St. Marys, who died Sunday night in a Topeka hospital where he was admitted November 28 after he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.
He was born August 11, 1880, at Vermillion in Marshall County, where he spent his early life.
He lived at Frankfort about two years and lived near Onaga 43 years before he moved to St. Marys six years ago. He was a retired farmer.
He was married to Florence Perdergrast November 27, 1913, at Frankfort.
Besides his wife, survivors include three sons, Howard Kral and Glen Kral, both of Kansas City and Leo Kral, Wichita; two daughters, Mrs. Maxine Nelson, 2216 Westridge Drive, and Mrs. Anna Mae Ford, Wichita; two sisters, Mrs. Tillie Choquette and Mrs. Mary Gregson, both of Sacramento, California; 14 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren.
Burial will be in Valley View Cemetery, St. Marys. Mrs. Kral will lie in state after 2 p.m. Tuesday at Verschelden Funeral Home, St Marys. Memorial contributions may be made to the United Methodist Church, St. Marys.
Joseph Kramer, 73, Lillis, dies Monday in community hospital here after an illness of several weeks. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.
He was born September 10, 1896 in Germany and lived in the Lillis community for many years. He was a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus, both at Lillis. He was a farmer.
Survivors include four sons, Wilbert Kramer, at home, Eugene Kramer, Lillis, Ft. Col. Leslie J. Kramer, Fort Hood, Texas; and Joseph H. Kramer, Indianapolis, Indiana; two daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Brown, Lillis, and Mrs. Ernestine Nolan, Kansas City, KS; and 25 grandchildren.
Services were at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Lillis with burial in the church cemetery.
Blaine —Mrs. Bertha W. Krohn, 94, formerly of Blaine, died Friday, August 10, at a Westmoreland hospital after an extended illness. She lived at the Westy Care Home in Westmoreland about three and one-half years.
She was born January` 8, 1890, on a farm near Wheaton, the daughter of Gottfield and Wilhelmine Abitz Marten. She lived in the Wheaton and Blaine communities all her life.
Mrs. Krohn was a member of St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Wheaton.
She was married to Emil Krohn April 17, 1912, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth. He died in 1966. A daughter, Mrs. Martha Jenkins died in 1958.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Louise Schwant, Blaine; two sons, Myron Krohn and Laurence Krohn, both of Blaine; a sister, Mrs. Marie Teske, Wheaton; 12 grandchildren; and 23 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Wheaton. Burial will be in St. Luke’s Lutheran Cemetery at Wheaton. Mrs. Krohn will lie in state from 2 p.m. today until noon Sunday at Kufahl Funeral Home, Wheaton, and at the church before service time. A prayer service will be held at 7:30 p.m. today at the funeral home where contributions may be made to Mrs. Bertha Krohn Memorial Fund or to the charity of the donor’s choice.
Charles L. Krouse Dies In Topeka Hospital—Mr. Charles L. Krouse, 88, of Onaga, died Tuesday, December 1 in a Topeka hospital where he had been a patient for about a week. He had been transferred from Community Hospital to St. Francis Hospital on November 23 for treatment of a broken hip.
He was born November 15, 1882 on a farm southwest of Onaga and spent his entire life in the Onaga community. He had been a farmer and at one time operated a livery service in Onaga. Before his retirement, he was in the real estate and insurance business.
Mr. Krouse was an active member of the Democratic Party and served in the Kansas State Senate from 1932 to 1936, representing the old 18 th District. He also served as postmaster at Onaga and was a member of the city council and city clerk for a number of years. He was a charter member of the Pottawatomie County Fair Assn. and a member of the Onaga school board.
He was a member of the Onaga Congregational Church; a 50-year member of Onaga Lodge No. 188, AF&AM; the Abdullah Temple Shrine and Scottish Rite Bodies, both in Leavenworth.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Iva Krouse, El Paso, Texas; a son, Capt. Gale E. Krouse, USN, Arlington, Virginia and a granddaughter.
Funeral services were at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at the Onaga Congregational Church. Masonic graveside services were held at Onaga Cemetery.
Mrs. Rollo Krouse—Mrs. Theresa Krouse, wife of Dr. Rollo B. Krouse of Onaga, Kansas died suddenly on Tuesday, June 5, while at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. The funeral was held on Saturday, June 9, at St. Dominic Catholic Church in Shaker Heights, Ohio with burial in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
Mrs. Krouse is survived by her husband; one daughter, Mrs. F. J. Callahan of Chagrin Falls, three grandchildren; two brothers, Harry of Detroit, and Fred of Cleveland, and one sister, Catherine, also of Cleveland.
Charles Frederick Kuehl was born November 11, 1863 two miles northwest of Duluth, Kansas. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith and all his life was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth.
On February 18, 1890 he was united in holy wedlock with Ana Augusta Gerlach and lived in happy marriage with her for nearly 55 years. Though they had no children of their own they cared for and reared a number of children.
Mr. Kuehl had been ailing in health for some time, but not seriously until just before Christmas. Then he was taken to the hospital in Topeka, where on January 13 th he fell quietly asleep in faith in the Savior Jesus Christ, at the age of 81 years, 2 months, and 2 days. He leaves to mourn his departure his sorrowing widow, Mrs. Anna Kuehl of Onaga; a foster daughter, Mrs. Anna Rahmeier of Topeka; a niece, Mrs. John Zabel of Onaga; many other relatives and a host of friends.
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth, Rev. R. Hildebrandt officiating, using for the funeral text 2 Cor. 12, 9; “My grace is sufficient for thee for my strength is made perfect in weakness”. The remains were laid to rest in the Home cemetery south of Duluth.
Wilhemine K. Kuehl, daughter of Frederick and Dorathea Kuehl, was born January 22, 1866, and passed away May 11, 1939, at the age of 73 years, 3 months and 19 days, at the old home place near Duluth where she was born. She was baptized soon after birth and confirmed on March 21, 1880 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth.
After the death of her parents she remained with her brother Frederic’s family where she will be greatly missed. She leaves to mourn her departure one brother, Charles Kuehl, of Onaga; four sisters-in-law, Mrs. Anna Kuehl and Mrs. Anna M. Kuehl, both of Onaga, Mrs. Anna Paxton, Wamego, and Mrs. Emilie Pfeifer, of Texas; 3 nieces, 7 nephews and a number of other relatives and friends. One sister and three brothers have preceded her in death.
The funeral service was in charge of Pastor O. H. Hornbostel on Saturday afternoon at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth. Interment was made in the Lutheran cemetery near Duluth.
Bertha Louise Kufahl, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Berges was born on a farm west of Onaga, Kansas on July 10, 1874. She was baptized by Pastor H. C. Senne. On April 14, she was confirmed by Pastor Adolph Schmid. To this union were born three sons: Alfonso F. and Loring H. of Wheaton, and Walter A. of Topeka. He husband was taken from her side on September 20, 1920. She remained a widow over 43 years.
Survivors include her three sons; three daughters-in-law, Mrs. Emma Kufahl, Mrs. Irene Kufahl and Mrs. Grace Kufahl; ten grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild; two sisters, Mrs. Anna Kufahl and Mrs. Marie Hetzler of Wheaton; three brothers, Ernest, Louis and Otto Berges of Onaga; one brother-in-law, Fred Hetzler of Wheaton; one sister-in-law, Mrs. Effie Berges, Onaga, and a host of other relatives and friends.
Mrs. Kufahl was a charter member of the Ladies Aid in St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth, Kansas which was organized over 50 years ago. In 1948 she had her membership transferred to St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Wheaton.
Mrs. Kufahl passed away in Dechairo Hospital February 2, 1964, at the age of 89 years, 6 months and 22 days.
Mrs. Frances J. Kufahl, 68, of Onaga, died Tuesday, January 9 at Golden Acres Nursing Home after a long illness.
She was born near Wheaton July 17, 1904 and spent all of her life in the Wheaton and Onaga communities. She was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth and a member of the Ladies Aid Society of the church.
Survivors include her husband, Edwin Kufahl, of the home north of Onaga; one son, Duane Kufahl, Onaga; one daughter, Marilyn Kufahl, of Phoenix, Arizona; five brothers, Arthur Falk, Wheaton; Lester Falk, William Falk and Oscar Falk, all of Onaga, and Al Falk of Topeka; and two grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth. Interment will be at St. Paul’s Cemetery.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Lutheran Hour.
Alfonso Fredrick Kufahl, age 76, Wheaton, Kansas, died early Monday morning, May 17, 1971, at the Dechairo hospital, Westmoreland, Kansas. He was born September 21, 1894 near Wheaton, the eldest son of William and Bertha Kufahl. He was baptized November 14, 1894 by Pastor Adolph Schmid. He attended St. Paul's Lutheran Christian Day School at Duluth and was confirmed April 12, 1908 in St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth by Pastor Theodore H. Juengel. When St. Luke's Lutheran congregation built a new church at Wheaton in 1948 he transferred his membership to the Wheaton congregation and remained a member for the rest of his life.
He was a funeral director at Wheaton for many years and was associated with Kufahl Hardware at Wheaton for more than 50 years, serving as president and manager of the firm since 1936. Included in his many other activities were farming, serving as Mayor of the City of Wheaton for 36 years, serving on the Wheaton school board, working with the Lutheran Laymen’s League and taking an active part in the work of his church, both in the local congregation and in the Kansas district.
He was a member of the American Legion Post in Westmoreland and in World War I he served overseas for almost a year and received his honorable discharge on June 2, 1919.
On June 9, 1919 he was united in marriage to Emma D. Kohn, daughter of Charley and Minnie Kohn, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth with Pastor A. G. Degner officiating. To this union were born three children, Mrs. Wilma Abitz, of Wheaton, Herman Kufahl of Manhattan, and Mrs. Henrietta Matzke of Blaine.
He was preceded in death by his parents. Survivors include his wife, his 3 children, 10 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one daughter-in-law, Mrs. Martha Kufahl; two sons-in-law Almon Abitz and Melvin Matzke; two brothers, Loring H. Kufahl, Wheaton, and Walter Kufahl, Topeka, and three sisters-in-law, Mrs. Loring H. Kufahl, Mrs. Walter Kufahl and Mrs. Nina Kohn Simpson and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services were May 20 at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church with burial in St. Luke’s Cemetery.
Mrs. Anna K. Kufahl, Wheaton, died February 7 in the Dechairo Hospital at Westmoreland at the age of 91 years, two months and one day.
She was born December 6, 1878 at Onaga. On September 8, 1897 she was married to Albert F. Kufahl, who preceded her in death. Three children also preceded her in death.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Otillia Valburg of Vancouver, Washington and Mrs. Margaret Matzke of Wheaton, one son, Henry Kufahl of Onaga; two brothers, Ernest Berges and Otto Berges, both of Onaga, ten grandchildren , 26 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild.
Funeral services were at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Wheaton with interment at St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery at Duluth.
Services Were Tuesday For Mrs. Irene Kufahl—Funeral services for Mrs. Irene Christine Kufahl, 74, were at 2 p.m. Tuesday, March 23, at St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Wheaton, with burial in St. Luke’s North Cemetery. Mrs. Kufahl died early Saturday morning at her home about one and one-half miles south of Wheaton of an apparent heart attack.
She was born September 26, 1901 south of Wheaton and spent all of her life in the Wheaton community. She was a member of St. Luke’s Lutheran Church and the Ladies’ Aid at the church. She was also a member of the Wheaton Senior Citizen’s Club.
She was married to Loring H. Kufahl in September 1920, and they were the parents of three daughters, Mrs. Doris Falk and Mrs. Vera Teske of Wheaton and Mrs. Alice Krohn of Blaine; and two sons, William Kufahl and Lyle Kufahl, both of Wheaton. Her husband and all of her children survive. Other survivors include two brothers, Edward Bosse of Wheaton and Leo Bosse of Colorado; 20 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
Virgie Lorena Kufahl, the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kufahl was born April 18, 1918 near Duluth. She was baptized May 26, 1918 and after having been instructed in the fundamental doctrines of the Bible was confirmed March 20, 1932. She passed away at St. Francis hospital, Topeka, on April 4 th at the age of 14 years, 11 months, and 16 days. Her departure is mourned by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Kufahl; one brother, Henry; two sisters, Mrs. Ottilie Valburg, of White River, S. D., and Mrs. Margaret Matzke of Wheaton; her grandmother, Mrs. Wilhelmine Berges, and a large number of relatives and friends.
Funeral services were held on Friday afternoon, April 6 th, at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth, Rev. O. H. Hornbostel officiating. The mortal remains were laid to rest in St. Paul’s Cemetery.
Rosa Pauline Kufahl, daughter of Albert Teske and Margaret Wagoner, was born on November 23, 1883 near Wheaton, Kansas. She was baptized November 11, 1894 at the home of her parents by Pastor Adolph Schmid. She was instructed in the Lutheran faith and confirmed on April 8, 1901 in St. Luke’s Lutheran Church near Wheaton by Pastor Theo. H. Juengel.
On November 29, 1905 she was united in holy wedlock with Ferdinand F. Kufahl, who preceded her in death on February 26, 1927.
She fell asleep in Jesus April 19, 1961 at the Community Hospital, Onaga, Kansas at the age of 77 years, 4 months and 26 days. She is survived by two sons, Alton and Vernon of Wheaton; one daughter, Mrs. Lorna Abitz of Duluth, Kansas; also two daughters-in-law, Mrs. Margaret Kufahl and Mrs. Elvera Kufahl; one son-in-law, Richard Abitz; three brothers, Otto Teske of Onaga; Edward and Arthur of Topeka; and one sister, Mrs. Marie Stelter of Onaga; eleven grandchildren; six great-grandchildren and many other relatives and friends. One granddaughter, Linda Abitz, passed away October 12, 1952.
Funeral services were held Saturday, April 22, 1961 at two o’clock in the St. Luke's Lutheran Church in Wheaton. Interment was in St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth.
The Rev. H. A. Middendorf of Wheaton officiated. Pallbearers were Alvin Teske, Arnold Teske, Sheldon Teske, Oswald Stelter, Edwin Kufahl and Henry Kufahl.
Card of Thanks—We wish to thank everyone for their cards and visits, also the hospital staff and doctors for the tender care given our mother.
Thanks to Rev. Middendorf, the choir, St. Luke Ladies Aid, and our many relatives, friends and neighbors for their kindness and sympathy.
The Rosa Kufahl family
Herman Kufahl, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Kufahl, was born January 3, 1871, a short distance west of Duluth, and died at Winfield, Kansas, Wednesday, August 22, 1936, at the age of 65 years, 6 months and 16 days. His parents soon after his birth brought him to holy baptism and later on after he had been duly instructed in the Word of God he was confirmed on April 20, 1884, in St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth. On October 20, 1897 he was united in holy wedlock to Miss Alice Brannan of Wheaton. This union was blessed with two children, one son, Louis, and One daughter, Gerva, who preceded her father in death on April 20, 1916 at the age of 16 years.
When Mr. Kufahl was 18 years old he entered the hardware business at Wheaton with J. N. Wilson. This partnership was later on dissolved, Mr. Kufahl taking over the entire business and organizing the Kufahl Hardware Company of which he was president at the time when he passed away. He was the oldest business man in Wheaton having been in business 47 years. Through honesty and integrity he had gained the confidence and respect of the entire community, and his familiar figure will be missed for a long time by the large circle of friends and acquaintances.
With Pastor O. H. Hornbostel he left Tuesday evening for Winfield to attend the sessions of the Lutheran Church held in that city. Apparently in fairly good health he attended the opening service and also part of the afternoon session on Wednesday afternoon. Beginning to feel ill he went to his room to rest. About an hour later a doctor was called who diagnosed his sickness as intestinal flu accompanied by high blood pressure. He passed away Wednesday evening at 8:30, death being caused by a cerebral hemorrhage. His passing is mourned by his beloved wife, Mrs. Alice Kufahl, his son, Louis, of Mesa, Arizona, his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Louis Kufahl, two brothers, Albert Kufahl of Wheaton and Robert Kufahl of Onaga and a large number of other relatives and friends.
The funeral service was conducted by Pastor O. H. Hornbostel on Sunday afternoon at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth. A large number of friends and acquaintances accompanied the moral remains to their last resting place in St. Paul’s cemetery.
Funeral services were held at St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth, Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o’clock for Mr. Mahlon Kufahl who passed away last Thursday at his home. The Rev. J. A. E. Bauer, pastor of St. Paul’s officiated. Some seven hundred friends and neighbors accompanied the deceased to his last resting place at the Lutheran cemetery at Duluth.
Mahlon August Kufahl, second youngest son of Robert and Helene Kolterman Kufahl, was born August 8, 1907 near Wheaton. Soon after, his parents brought him to the House of God, where he received Holy Baptism by the Rev. Theo. Juengel. He attended Pleasant Valley public school and several years St. Paul’s Lutheran parochial school at Duluth. Here he received his religious training and on April9, 1922 he renewed his promise of faithfulness to His Lord. In the spring of 1926 he graduated from the Onaga High School and for one year he studied at Emporia State College.
In Grace Henneberg of Wheaton he discovered a faithful companion and the two young folks were married at the home of the bride’s parents by the Rev. Hornbostel June 2, 1935. The Lord blessed them with three children: Gary, Don and Janet, all three at home. Throughout their married life they lived in the Onaga, Laclede and Cloverleaf neighborhood.
Mahlon passed away suddenly. He was a faithful husband and father, a good neighbor and friend, and a true Christian. He was a member of St. Paul's Lutheran Church at Duluth all his life. AT the time of his death he was serving as director of the Cloverleaf school district. His early departure will be keenly felt by his many friends and acquaintances.
He is survived by his beloved companion, Mrs. Grace Kufahl; two sons, Gary Max and Don Leslie, and one daughter, Janet Kay, all still at home. By his bereaved father, Mrs. Robert Kufahl of Onaga; three brothers, Sylvester of Emporia, Edwin of Onaga, and Gilbert of Oakland, California; one sister, Mrs. Roy Tessendorf, Onaga; brother-in-laws Roy Tessendorf, Doyle Taylor of Summerfield, and Herbert Berg of Blaine; sister-in-laws Mrs. Sylvester Kufahl, Mrs. Edwin Kufahl, Mrs. Gilbert Kufahl, and Mrs. Doyle Taylor; he had seven nieces and 11 nephews whom he dearly loved, and a number of uncles and aunts, numerous cousins, relatives and a host of friends. His mother passed away January 5, 1953. He attained the age of 47 years, 8 months and 6 days. Words of comfort were spoken on I Cor. 13.12.