"Front Street" By the Former Oma Belle Landreth, Selected As Gift

  Mrs. F. N. Barnes of Dodge City, Kans., the former Miss Oma Belle Landreth of this city, again has won recognition as an artist. In a recent edition of the Dodge City Journal a four column picture shows President Harry S. Truman receiving a painting, "Old Front Street", painted by Mrs. Barnes.
  The photograph, taken when the president visited Dodge City on a recent tour, shows President Truman standing on the rear platform of his special train surrounded by young women, one of whom is Mrs. Barnes.
  " Old Front Street", painted after a great deal of research by Mrs. Barnes, shows Dodge City as it looked in 1875. The picture was purchased by the Democratic County committee and then presented to President Truman.

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This story in Marceline Press was written approximately November 1962-63. No newspaper heading or date was attached to clipping.

Origin of Wyandotte Church Typifies Spirit of Early Settlers in Area

  Bro. Cornelius W. Hurley married Mary E. Wyatt, daughter of Sampson Wyatt and it was a rainy day with roads bad at the funeral of Samantha Coulson Newman, April 25, 1894, when Bro. Hurley made the remarking for a church house at the old Wyandotte Cemetery.
  The project was started immediately with donations of time and money coming from the surrounding territory.
Lumber was hauled from Bucklin.
Rock came from Coulson Bridge Quarry.
  Bill Langwell, Bob Harper, and others worked at cutting and spreading the rock and John Burnett furnished a team to help get the rock out and hauled. Bob Harper also helped with the general building as the whole community worked together on the project. Mrs. Bob Harper was the first organist at Wyandotte Church, according to Rowena Harper Branson.
  The first funeral service, according to Elizabeth Jenkins, was that of her mother, Martha Ann Newman, who passed away Wed. Jan. 15, 1896.
  A few years passed. Dedication of the Methodist Episcopal South Wyandotte Church was held July 23, 1897.
  At the dedication Bro. Hurley said, "The debt on the church is $100." Isaac Sights (Ike), rising said, "I will give as much as Bro. Hurley toward the debt." Bro. Hurley stated, "Friends, the debt is paid."
  At the dedication it was stated since Ben F. Sights, Bucklin, Robert L. Anderson, Bucklin and Dr. J.C. Scott from St. Catherine had given the most money for the new church, they should receive choice lots in the new cemetery.
  The dedication was held on Sunday. Ben F. Sights died on July 26, 1897, due to a severe injury on his farm. He was 61.
  Dr. Scott was born June 24, 1840 and died March 15, 1905.
Robert L. Anderson was born May 12, 1848, the first to be born in Wyandotte Hotel, town of Wyandotte. He died June 7, 1923. Bro. Hurley died Feb. 10, 1923.
  This history of Wyandotte community has been pieced together through stories of the early day events and accounts taken from books, and papers published later in the 1800s.   One by one have the old landmarks of the community disappeared until now the Wyandotte 4-H Club feels we must preserve the Wyandotte Church as it is dear to the hearts of many. - by Mrs. Ola Miller, taken from Old Yellow Creek, by Coulson, Ramsey, Burnett.

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This appeared in The Marceline Press, again date unknown.

UNDERGOES SURGERY

Stephen Landreth, father Ben Landreth, underwent major surgery Monday morning. He was transferred to St. Luke Hospital in Kansas City. His room number is 372.

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These obituaries were cut out of newspapers and glued onto colored scraps of paper and neatly tied with a green satin ribbon. It appears as those a booklet was intended. Where a newspaper was cited, I will include, otherwise, I will assume they appeared in the Marceline or Bucklin newspapers.

From The Leader, Thursday, May 14, 1981, Page 10

Robert J. Sights

Funeral services for Robert Jordan Sights, 98, North Hollywood, Calif., were held yesterday (Wednesday) in the Kern- Schneider-Kiesau Memorial Chapel, Clinton, Rev. W.H. Heath, chaplain of the Oklahoma Veterans Center officiating. Burial followed in Clinton Cemetery.

Mr. Sights died in Burbank Hospital, Calif., the previous Sunday. He was born at Bucklin, Mo., near Kansas City, the youngest and last surviving member of a family of eight children of a prominent land owner. In his youth he spent some years in San Francisco. On Jan. 8, 1908, he married the former Cassie Bell.

Mr. and Mrs. Sights followed his older brothers, A.P. and Milton, to Clinton, where he engaged in farming and ranching for over 20 years, at first northwest of Clinton and later in the Indian- apolis-Custer City area. Upon his retirement the Sightses moved to Florida, where Mrs. Sights preceded him in death.

Ten or twelve years ago Mr. Sights moved to California to be near his nieces, Rowena Branson, Thousand Oaks, and Mrs. Ralph Schwarztrauber, Sun City, Ariz. He lived in a retirement home the last few years of his life. Two sons, Richard M. and Tom Bell, preceded him in death.

Survivors include a number of nieces and nephews in the Clinton area, including Opal C. Lee, Sue Nay, Nadene Dewees, A.P. Sights Jr., L.R. Sights Jr., and J.O. Sights Jr.

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From The Marceline Mo. News, April 10, 1958, Page 9

Della Landreth Rites Are Held

Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2:00 p.m., under the direction of James McLaughlin at the McLaughlin Chapel for Della M. Landreth with the Rev. J. Vernon Wheeler conducting.

Mrs. Landreth died Easter Sunday, April 6, at the St. Francis Hospital after a six weeks illness.

Mrs. E.E. Wampler and Mrs. Anna Taylor, accompanied by Mrs. Agnes Moore, sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Beyond the Sunset".

Pallbearers were Gifford Newman, Don Taylor, John Mercer, Lafe Logue, Gilbert Hayes and Howard Freeman.

Burial was in Mt. Olivet cemetery.

Della Marilda was the youngest daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Esther Jane Handy Sights. She was born January 20, 1882 on a farm 6 miles north of Marceline. Her parents, four sisters, Mrs. Ellen Davis, Mrs. Adah Stanley, Mrs. Onie Kyes, Mrs. Emma Langwell and one brother, Orville Sights, preceded her in death.

On April 8, 1900 she was married to Stephen A. Landreth. To this union 3 children were born.

Surviving are her husband of the home, 2 daughters, Mrs. Retha Fries of Madison, Wisc.; Mrs. Omabelle Barnes of Lovington, New Mexico, a son, Ben of Marceline; 2 grandaughters, Susan Fries of Madison, Wisc., and Miss Mary Celene Barnes of Lovington, New Mexico.

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Stephen Landreth Funeral Services Held Monday

Funeral services for Stephen Albert Landreth age 85, a long time resident and businessman of Marceline, were held May 7 at the McLaughlin Chapel at 2:00 p.m. under the direction of the McLaughlin Funeral Home and conducted by the Rev. Harry Rigsby.

Stephen A. Landreth the son of Rush F. and Arena Linberry Landreth was born October 29, 1876 on a farm near Marceline and died May 5 at the St. Francis Hospital after a long illness.

Mr. Landreth and Della M. Sights were married April 8, 1900. They were the parents of three children, who survive Mrs. Retha Fries, Madison, Wisconsin, Mrs. Omabelle Barnes, Lovington, New Mexico and Ben Landreth.

Mr. Landreth, in partnership with his brother Joe, and his father…….…..Coal Co. He was one of the pioneer businessmen and settlers of Marceline, having been here before the railroad went through. He was active in his business until about three years ago, when due to his age and failing health he retired.

Members of the Methodist Church under the direction of Mrs. Ed Wampler, sang "The Old Rugged Cross" and "Going Down The Valley." Mr. Landreth joined the Methodist Church at an early age.

Pallbearers were John Newman, Gifford Newman, Nelson Landreth, Sherman Logue, Lafe Logue and Tom Linberry. Interment was in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.

Mr. Landreth is survived by his children, a sister, Mrs. Luvinia Newman, a brother, Enoch Landreth, two grandchildren, Mrs. Mary Celene Morrison, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, and Mrs. Suzanne Leibetrau, of Colby, Wisc.; a great grandchild Stephanie Ann Morrison, several nieces and nephews.