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Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Reyer, Berniece Elizabeth Reufener Berniece Elizabeth Rufener
Reyer, 82, of rural Strong City
died Aug. 6, 2002, at Newman
Regional Health in Emporia.
She was a homemaker and
helped her husband farm.
The funeral was Aug. 10,
2002, at the United Methodist
Church in Cottonwood Falls.
The Revs. James Patterson,
Loy Mitchell and Harold
Mitchell officiated. Burial was
in Prairie Grove Cemetery.
She was born Berniece
Elizabeth Rufener on Dec. 16,
1919, at Cottonwood Falls, the
daughter of Bernard B. and
Rosa Piel Rufener. She graduated from Chase County
Community High School in
1938. She worked five years at
Kuhl's Drug Store.
She married Darwin K.
Reyer on Dec. 16, 1944, in
Emporia. He survives.
She is also survived by two
sons, Craig Reyer of Elmdale
and Kim D. Reyer of Strong
City; a daughter, Sidney
Suzann Formaz of Gunnison,
Colo.; and a brother, John
Rufener of Cottonwood Falls;
eight grandchildren; and one
great-grandchild.
Three brothers, Sidney
Rufener, Quinten Rufener and
Woodrow Rufener, died earlier.
Mrs. Reyer was a member of
the United Methodist Church
in Cottonwood Falls.
Memorials in her name to
the Chase County 4-H Council
or the Chase County EMS can
be sent to Croy Funeral Home,
27 Maple St., Cottonwood
Falls, KS 66845.
she lived for over 64 years. She
was a partner in farming with
her husband. She was a mem-
ber of the First Friends
Church, Emporia.
She is survived by three
sons, Ervin Homer Hancock,
Hugoton, Gail Wayne Hancock
and Paul Duane Hancock,
Elmdale; two daughters,
Margaret Esther Noller, Derby
and Naomi Ruth Starkey,
Emporia; nine grandchildren;
three step-grandchildren; 12
great grandchildren; three
step-great grandchildren; sev-
eral nieces and nephews; and
special caregiver, Carlene
Pitts, Emporia.
She was preceded in death
by her parents, two brothers,
four sisters and one great
granddaughter.
The funeral service was at
the Roberts-Blue-Barnett
Funeral Home, Emporia, on
Aug. 10, 2002. Interment was
in the Hillside Cemetery,
Saffordville.
Memorial contributions
either to the Friends Missions
or Hand in Hand Hospice,
Emporia, may be sent in care
of the funeral home.
Aug 16, 2002
Chase County Leader-News, Cottonwood Falls, Kans., Aug 16, 2002
by Lorna Marvin
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