Peter Sorell died on Friday, May 13, 1938 at his home in Summit township, Cloud County, Kansas. His obituary appeared on May 19 in two local papers: The Concordia Press and the Kansan. These are shown below, replicated as closely as possible to the original pages. (Not all columns were complete in the photocopies of the original pages.) Note that the names for Peter's children are links to their pages; I've simply turned off the normal link highlighting, to keep the replicated pages look as close to the original as possible.
The first replicated page is from the May 19, 1938 issue of the Concordia Press, and appears to be page one of that issue. Note the two different spellings of "Sorell".
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CONCORDIA, CLOUD COUNTY, KANSAS, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1938 |
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CRASH ON U. S. 24 Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Melton, of Topeka, Here in Hospital Topeka are in the St. Joseph hos- pital here suffering from injuries received last Sunday in an auto- mobile accident on U. S. Higheway 24 south of Concordia. Mr. Melton has a skull fracture and cuts about the face and head; Mrs. Melton received severe bruises, back and chest injuries and facial cuts. The accident occurred at the junction of Higheways 24 and 81 near the Downey filling station when the car in which the Meltons were riding collided with a cream truck driven by Wilmur Gibbs of Delphos. The driver of the truck was uninjured. Mr. and Mrs. Melton were taken to the Downney station where State Highway Patrolman J. K. Lane gave them first aid treatment be- fore the ambulance arrived. Peter Sorell, resident of Summit township, died Friday, May 13, at his home. Mr. Sorrell was 80 years old. Surviving are Ed of Dresden, Kan., Mike of Dysart, Ia., Aldemore of Jamestown and Mrs. Adelore Alexander of Wake- field, Neb. Funeral services were held Monday morning and burial was in the Catholic cemetery here. Victor Collins, resident of the Aurora vicinity for forty years, died at his home last Thursday night. Mr. Collins was 63 years old. He is survived by these children: Agnes and Leslie of Aurora; Albert of Miltonvale; and a foster daughter, Aurelia letour- neau of the home; and these |
ELECTION RESULTS OF
COUNTY TEACHERS Year The following is a list of all township school treasurers and teachers who have been elected for the next school term. Salaries of teachers are also given: Dist. 1 -- Loren Finkbeiner, treas., Josephine Rodgers, teacher, $70. Dist. 2 -- W. H. Lowe, treas. Dist. 3 -- C. J. Brown, treas., Norma Granere, teacher, $62.50 Dist. 5 -- Albert Grittman, treas. Dist. 6 -- Will Prochaska, treas., Marvin Prochaska, teacher, $85. Dist. 7 -- M. M. Johnson, treas., June Davidson, teacher, $60. Dist. 8 -- George Frederickson, treas., Eula Porter, teacher, $85. Dist. 9 -- Warren Kline, treas. Dist. 10 -- Earnest L. Swenson, treas., Fern Garlow, teacher, $60. Dist. 11 -- Paul Frederickson, treas., Marvin Riley, teacher. Dist. 12 -- Harry Nelson, treas., Freida Davidson, teacher, $67. Dist. 13 -- Emile Regnier, treas., Cecil Child, $70. Dist. 14 -- D. L. Hanchett, treas., Eloise Flick, teacher, $65. Dist. 15 -- Wilma Resco, treas., Ruth Hampton, teacher, $60. Dist. 16 -- Clarence Widen, treas., Clifford Garlow, teacher, $60. Dist. 17 -- Glen Hoober, treas., El- roy Woodward, teacher, $60. Dist. 18 -- Henry Brunell, treas., Francis Brunell, teacher, $50. Dist. 19 -- Jack Peterson treas., James M. Coate, teacher, $85. Dist. 20 -- Ed Breault, treas., Mrs. Rosella Marcotte, teacher, $50. Dist. 21 -- Ruby B. Carlson, treas., Grace Simpson, teacher, $66. Dist. 22 -- E. W. Wisbey, treas. Dist. 23. Dist. 24 -- Ethel Rose, teacher, |
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The second replicated page is from the May 19, 1938 issue of Kansan; page number unknown. The quality of this photocopy is rough, and the text in the center column was particularly hard to read, so there may be errors in this transcription.
| Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Jones and sons
went to Kansas City Saturday, where they will make their home. Mr. Jones has been a salesman for the Standard Oil Company. Mrs. Frank McLean spent the week end in Manhattan visiting with her son, John McLean, and Mrs. Mc- Lean. Mrs. Oscan Allen, of Pittsburg, Kansas, who has spent the winter in California, is here visiting with her son, Oscar Allen, Jr. and family. Cliff Hall, of Lincoln, Kansas, spent the week end here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles. Hall. ["By F. A. Cooper" cartoon, written by G. W. Houchin Galatia KS ] "In 1870 A. Holm of Illinois lost one ox by overheating and one by cold and exposer in the same day -- One ox died during the sultry hour preceding a storm and the other ox was killed by the rapid change of temperature during the storm -- Little Mysteries -- The Legendary Tin Mine In 1850 the Kanzas Indians claimed to be in possession of a tin mine on the upper Smoky Hill River -- They freely exhibited specimens of this tin but would never tell of its location -- The formation of this region is unfavorable to tin ore - But stranger things have happened -- Is it possible that the legendary tin mine still exist? |
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and peace of its closing was a true protrayal of that life. That Heaven was very near to earth was felt by all who witnessed Sister's death. The prayers of her many friends will follow her, praying, "May her soul rest in peace." who died in Grand Island, Neb., on Saturday evening, Mary 14, was broguht to Concordia early Wednes- day morning, and short funeral ser- vices were held at Pleasant Hill cem- etery, Wednesday afternoon, in charge of Easter Star Chapter of Concordia. Mrs. Mahaffey was an aunt of Mrs. Clyde Short, of Concordia; she was formerly Evilyn Jane Dunn and was born in Pennsylvania in 1869. When she was seven years of age, she came to Washington county, Kansas, and following her marriage in 1891, she engaged with her hus- band in newspaer work in Kansas before going to Nebraska in 1918. Surviving are her husband and two brothers, A. L. Dunn of Grand Island, and R. J. Dunn, of Hoquiam, Wash. Aurora vicinity for many years, died at his home south of Aurora Thurs- day night, May 12. Mr. Collins was 63 years of age. Surviving are these children: Agnes and Leslie, of Aur- ora, Albert, of Miltonvale and a foster daughter, Aurelia Letourneau of the home; and these brothers and sisters: August, of Wyoming; Paul and Jules of Concordia; Mrs. Mose Breault of Aurora; George, of Wap- eta, Wash., and Mrs. C. P. Thomp- son, of Laramie, Wyo. Funeral services were held Satur- day morning at 9 o'clock at St. Peters church at Aurora. township, died at his home there on Friday morning, May 13. Mr. Sorell was born in Canada and was 80 years of age at the time of his death. Surviving are these children: Ed of Dresden, Kan.; Mike of Dysart, Ia.; Aldemore of Jamestown and Mrs. Adelore Alexander of Wakefield, Neb. Funeral services were held Mon- day morning at 9 o'clock at the Cath- olic church here and burial was made in the Catholic cemetery here. mer Cloud county resident, who |
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died at his home in Omaha on Sat- urday was brough to Concordia on Tuesday and burial was made in the Catholic cemetery here on Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Huffman made his home in Cloud county for many years, leaving here about thirty years ago. He was a brother-in-law of Mrs. J. J. Marcotte and Joe Shille, of Concordia, and a cousin of Ed and John Diebel. His widow and his mo- ther Mrs. Louisa Gage, of Downs, survive. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Meadows, of Kackley, were Concordia visitors on Saturday. |