Your account does not include highlighter on images.
Searches Highlighted on Image
National Sponsors
| July 11, 2002 Wabaunsee County Signal-Enterprise |  |
|
©
Wabaunsee County Signal-Enterprise. All rights reserved. Upgrade to access Premium Tools
PAGE 2 (2 of 24 available) PREVIOUS NEXT Jumbo Image Save To Scrapbook Set Notifiers PDF JPG
July 11, 2002 |
|
|
Website © 2025. All content copyrighted. Copyright Information Terms Of Use | Privacy Policy | Request Content Removal | About / FAQ | Get Acrobat Reader 
|
Page 2
The Wabaunsee County Signal-Enterprise, Thursday,
JAMES RICHARD
"DICK" BAKER
James Richard "Dick"
Baker, 68, Topeka, Kansas ,
died Thursday, July 4, 2002,
west of Auburn when he was
strickenwhile at a family
outing.
Mr. Baker retired from the
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. in
Topeka, Kansas after 30 years
of service. He had been a
truck driver since 1984 and
operated heavy equipment.
He was born June 25,
1934, in Topeka, Kansas, the
son of John Homer and Irene
Jessop Baker.
He was reared in Topeka
and graduated from Washburn
Rural High School in 1952.
Mr. Baker was a member of
-Rubber Workers Union No.
307 in Topeka.
Survivors include three
sons, Ronald Baker, Lyndon,
Kansas, Brent Baker,
Eskridge, Kansas, and Rodger
Baker, Harveyvflle, Kansas;
three daughters, Donna Robe-
son, Gordon, Texas, Cynthia
Hill, Adrian, Missouri, and
Anita Baker, Topeka, Kansas;
one brother, Robert Baker,
Topeka, Kansas; two sisters,
Betty Smith, St. Charles, Mis-
souri and Linda Kellogg,
Amarillo, Texas; 12 grandchil-
dren; and one great-
grandchild.
Services were at 11:00 a.m.
THE WABAUNSEE COUNTY
SIGNAL-ENTERPRISE
323 Missouri
Alma, Kansas 66401
Phone 785-765-,3327
FAX 785-765-3384
Email: espsbsms@kansas.net
Ervan D. Stuewe, Editor
Ervan D. & Pamela K. Stuewe
Publishers
Published every Thursday
Periodical postage
paid at Altna, Kansas
Subscription Prices
$27.00 a year in Kansas
$29,00 elsewhere
Payable in advance
POSTMASTER: Send
address changes to
The Signal-Enterprise
P.O. Box 158
Alma, KS 66401
7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Monday through Friday
Closed noon hour from 12-1
1 year sub. in Kansas $27.00
1 yea¢ sub. out-of-state $29.00
2 year sub. in Kansas $51.00
2 year sub. out-of-state $53.00
Name and Address
tuesday, July 9, 2002, at the
Auburn United Methodist
Church. Burial was at the
Auburn Cemetery. A family
visitation was held from 6:30
p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Carey
Funeral Home in Burlingame,
Kansas.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Dick
Baker Memorial Fund to be
designated later and sent in
care of the funeral home.
LEONA B. DAGG
Leona B. Dagg, 90, Topeka,
Kansas, died Saturday, July 6,
2002, at a Topeka nursing
home.
She was born September
10, 1911 near Eskridge, Kan-
sas, the daughter of Robert
Henry and Mary Murdie Shu-
mate.
She had lived in the Dover,
Kansas community many
years. She grew up on a farm
southwest of Dover and was
graduated from Dover High
School in 1929. She received
her Normal Training from
Kansas State Agricultural
College ha Manhattan, Kansas.
She taught at District No. 6
and No. 71 schools. She was
a member of the Haskell Creek
Club and had been a 4-H pro-
ject leader.
She married Fred Dagg on
September 16, 1933 in
Topeka, Kansas. He preceded
her in death on December 16,
1990.
Survivors include one son,
Dean Dagg, Manhattan, Kan-
sas; two daughters, Mary Du-
nagan, Maple Hill, Kansas,
and Maxine Campbell, Topeka,
Kansas; her twin sister, Lena
Ginter, Topeka, Kansas; one
brother, Harley Shumate,
Eskridge, Kansas; eight
grandchildren and 12 great-
grandchildren.
Funeral services were at
2:00 p.m. Tuesday, July 9,
2002, at the Dover Federated
Church, Dover, Kansas. Bur-
ial followed in the Dover
Cemetery. A family visitation
was held at the Dover Feder-
ated Church from 7:00 until
8:00 Monday, July 8, 2002.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Dover
Federated Church or to the
charity of the donor's choice
and sent in care of Piper-
Verschelden Funeral Home,
714 Maple St., St. Marys, KS
66536.
JOYCE JACQUELINE
TERRASS
Joyce Jacqueline Terrass,
83, a longtime Manhattan,
Kansas resident, died Sunday,
July 7, 2002, at Valley View
Professional Care Center in
Junction City, Kansas.
She was born April 27,
1919, in Alma, Kansas, the
daughter of Jacob F. and
Pauline Wetzig Terrass. She
loved her family and loved
spending time with them.
Joyce was a member of St.
Luke's Lutheran Church, was~
formerly active with the Ladies
Aide Group, she loved K-Sate
sports, and enjoyed reading
and traveling.
Dr. Terrass graduated from
Kansas State University,
earned her M.S. at Colorado
State University and her PhD
in 1969 from Purdue Univer-
sity. In 1973, she was one of
thirteen Kansas State Univer-
sity alumni to receive the
Home Economics Centennial
Alumni Award. She had been a
c, lassroom teacher in Kansas,
the home economics supervi-
............................ sor in the
New Renewal
Make checks ~ayable to
The Wabaunsee County
Signal-Enterprise
Your subscription
will begin immediately
Wichita, Kansas
Public Schools, and faculty
member at Purdue University,
West Lafayette, Indiana. She
joined the Kansas State Uni-
versity adult and occupational
education faculty in 1973 as
an associate professor. She
served as KHEA President in
i
July 11, 2002
1978. Dr. Terrass authored
"Teaching Occupational Home
Economics" and several publi-
cations. She was promoted to
full professor in 1977. She
had served a total of 45 years
in the education field and had
provided a high degree of lead-
ership to the development of
students in the classroom at
the middle school, secondary
school, and university levels.
She truly dedicated her life to
the improvement of instruction
and to the development of stu-
dents in many traditional and
nontraditional settings.
Through her leadership
roles at the state, regional and
national levels, many educa-
tors have been motivated to
greater achievement and much
incentive has been provided to
upgrade current instructional
programs. She was a strong
promoter of Kansas State Uni-
versity, and many individuals
have enrolled at Kansas State
University because of her na-
tional reputation. She retired
in 1987.
Survivors include three
great-nieces, Valerie Peterson,
Manhattan, Kansas, Nancy
Brisbois and her husband,
Nick, Temple, Texas, and Amy
Kuntz and her husband, Greg,
Leesville, South Carolina; two
great-nephews, Seth Gordon
Kuntz and Nathan Alexander
Brisbois; two great-nieces,
Rachel Alexandra Kuntz and
Nichole Kathryn Brisbois; one
nephew's wife, Kathryn Peter-
son, Keamey, Nebraska; one
step-niece, Sherri Kennedy,
Lawrence, Kansas; one step-
nephew, Phillip Wilkinson of
Florida.
She was preceded in death
by two sisters, Marguerite Pe-
terson Wilkinson on July 11,
1984 and Madeen Pauline
Kimball on June 1, 1996; and
one nephew, Reverend Gordon
Peterson on April 20, 1992.
Funeral services will be
held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday,
July 13, 2002, at St. Luke's
Lutheran Church in Manhat-
tan, with Rev. Dr. Joseph A.
Jones officiating. Interment
will follow in St. John Lu-
theran Cemetery, Alma, Kan-
sas.
The family of Dr. Terrass
will receive friends from 5:30
until 8:00 p.m. Friday, July
12, 2002, at the Yorgensen-
Meloan-Londeen Funeral
Home.
Memorial contributions
may be made to St. Luke's
Lutheran Church, Lutheran
Hour, Alzheimer's Disease As-
sociation or Kansas State Uni-
versityFoundation for the
Joyce Terrass Scholarship
Fund. Contributions may be
sent in care of the Yorgensen-
Meloan-Londeen Funeral
Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue,
Manhattan, Kansas 66502.
ards f
Thanks
The Martin Juergenson
family thanks all that took the
time to show you cared by
your words and deeds during
our husband, father and
grandfather's life and after his
death.
Your thoughtfulness will
always be appreciated.
God be with all of you.
Dorothea Juergenson
Earl & Paula Moege
Eddie & Kim Moege
Jim & Tan'may Heine
Cecil & Phyllis McCoy
Ryan & Monica
Jim & Joyce Tate
Nicole Umseheid
Marty & Sheryl Juergenson
& families
Dear Friends,
Thanks so much for the
love and support that you
shared with us in so many
ways during Jim's illness and
since he went to be with the
Lord.
God bless you.
The Jim Schooler family
*****e*
We would like to thank our
family and friends for cards,
calls, flowers, and visits on our
60th anniversary. Thanks also
to our children for taking us
on such a lovely ride on June
27th.
It all made our day very
special.
Glenn & Helen Lyddane.
******
My heartfelt thanks to
friends and relatives for the
cards, prayers, flowers, phone
calls and food while l was in
the hospital and since re-
turning home.
A special thank you to
Pastor McHenry, Fr. Irwin,
Maple Hill Fire Department
and WabCo Ambulance.
Larry Schulte
We wish to thank everyone
for their visits while Leon was
in the hospital before and after
surgery. Thanks also for the
many cards, calls, flowers and
prayers.
Your thoughtfulness will
not be forgotten.
God bless you all.
Norma Jean & Leon Vilander
Thank you for all the cards
and prayers we received at the
passing of our sister, Myra
WiUe.
God bless you all.
Henrietta & Art Geisler*
My sincere thanks goes out
to the American Legion for the
use of their crutches after
breaking my ankle this spring.
The American Legion provides
crutches and other helpful
equipment for those in need.
Thank you for this won-
derful service for our commu-
nity
Karen Barren*
FREE
FOR
BIRTH TO 5
A free clinic
developmental
children age 0
uled for
Episcopal
located at
Appointments
The clinic ts
the Special
five, the
Wabaunsee
Departments
tawatomie
Infant-Toddler
clinic is open
ages birth to
the following
320 Wamego,
Creek, and
Creek Valley.
Each child
in the areas
language,
skills, and
Health nurses
your
Certified and
members
ministering the
Children
opmental delays
ther
preschool or
services. The
signed to
better prepare
ing school.
through
age appropriate
selected to
school as
The Infant/To,
provides
for children birth
Pott~watomie
Counties who
basis of delays
These services
free of charge for
qualify.
Preschool
at Alma,
George and
toddler services
in the child's
takes at least o~ae
screening
785-456-9195
7989. While
come, it is best to
appointment so
staff/materials will
able. If you are
tend, appointmerits
available upon
time.
RJ Evans-Gentry
Home, we believe it's
more. It is a time to
memories.., and celebr ite
Whether it's making
ments to bring back
moments or having a
song played.., we take t
to find out what made y00f
loved one special.
For many years we have
providing these thou
caring services to families'
Compassion and service,..
More than just words.
FUNERAL HOME
/-
224 Missouri Street • Alma"
Rob Campanella,