June 2, 2004
  The ADVOCATE
  Serving Anderson, Southern Franklin and Western Linn Counties
  Volume 8, No. 43
  Transcribed with permission of Vern Brown
  
  Page 5, Column 3:
  
  "Leon D. Eddings
  1932-2004
  Funeral services for Leon D. Eddings, 72, Greeley, KS, were Wednesday, May 26, 2004,
  at Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel, Garnett, with Lloyd Houk officiating.  Interment
  was in Garnett Cemetery.  Military Honor Guard was provided by Garnett VFW Post
  #6397 and American Legion Fuller-Thompson Post #48.  Mr. Eddings died Saturday,
  May 22, at his home near Greeley.
  Leon D. Eddings was born March 1, 1932, at Hasty, AR, the son of Troy C. and Dessia
  C. (Asher) Eddings.  He was raised in Arkansas and graduated from high school in 1949. 
  He attended business college for one year.  Leon served in the United States Marine
  Corps from October 25, 1949, to January 30, 1953.  He then lived in Tulsa, OK, until
  moving to Greeley in 1967.
  Leon and Joyce Burke were married October 19, 1958, at Tulsa.
  Mr. Eddings was preceded in death by his parents, Troy C. and Dessia C. Eddings.
  Leon is survived by his wife, Joyce, of the home; his son, Troy W. Eddings and his wife,
  Connie, Greeley; his daughters, Rebecca A. Teter and her husband, Scott, Ottawa, KS,
  and Lisa M. Eddings, Greeley; his sisters, Jimmie McCutcheon, Nashville, TN, Wanda
  Gregory, Harrison, AR, and Sue Chaffin, Branson, MO; and his grandchildren, Cheyenne
  Eddings and Carston Teter.
  Music selections included 'I Believe', 'Go Rest High On That Mountain', and 'Angels
  Among Us', sung by Becky McFadden.
  Casketbearers were John C. Bowman, Terry Egidy, Ben Katzer, Mike Ohmes, Joe
  Osborn, and Joe Wolken.
  The family received friends on Tuesday, May 25, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. at the funeral
  home.
  Memorials may be made to the Allen County Hospice.
  Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel was in charge of arrangements."
  
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  "Alfred 'Doc' Mathias
  1914-2004
  Funeral services for Alfred 'Doc' Mathias, 89, Ottawa, KS, were Friday, May 28, 2004,
  at 10:00 a.m. at Dengel and Son Mortuary, Ottawa, with Pastor Scott Dickinson
  officiating.  Interment was in Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, KS.  Mr. Mathias died
  Monday, May 24, at Topeka Health Care Center, Topeka, KS.
  Alfred Mathias was born October 27, 1914, at Ottawa, KS, the son of David L. and Mary
  Ada (Kennedy) Mathias.  He was a lifelong resident of Franklin County until moving to
  Tecumseh, KS, in 2002.  Alfred was a lifelong farmer.  He also worked at the Sunflower
  Ordinance Plant in DeSoto, KS, during World War II.  In the early 1950's, he worked for
  the Santa Fe Railroad and, in the mid-1950's, for Osburn's Greenhouse in Ottawa.  He
  was also employed as a machinist for Gulf and Western, now known as Ottawa Truck,
  for eight years, retiring in 1976.
  Doc and Norena Pearl Ritchal were married July 22, 1938, at Ottawa.  She preceded him
  in death on July 21, 2001.
  Mr. Mathias was also preceded in death by his grandson, David Leroy Mathias, Jr.; his
  parents, David L. and Mary Ada Mathias; his brother, John Mathias; and his sister, Edith
  Deaton.
  Doc is survived by his children Jo Ann (Mathias) Harding, Tecumseh, KS, David L.
  Mathias, Carbondale, KS, Leo F. Mathias, Blue Mound, KS, and Marjorie A. Mathias,
  Osawatomie, KS; his sisters, Ruth Rathjen and Mildred Brown, both of Princeton, KS,
  and Nellie Carey, Kansas City, KS; 13 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren, six great-
  great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
  The family greeted friends on Thursday, May 27, from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the funeral
  home.
  Memorials are suggested to the Franklin County Support Group for the American
  Diabetes Association.
  Dengel and Son Mortuary was in charge of arrangements."
  
  "Erma Z. Powell
  1922-2004
  Funeral services for Erma Powell, 82, Stockton, KS, were Tuesday, June 1, 2004, at
  Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel, Colony, KS, with Pastor Hobie Brown officiating. 
  Interment was in Geneva Cemetery, Geneva, KS.  Mrs. Powell died Friday, May 28, at
  Rooks County Health Center, Plainville, KS.  A complete obituary will appear later."
  
  
  Transcribed for 
  Anderson County
  Kansas
  USGENWEB
  By:  Lulu B. Nixon