Adolf Beeler

February 25, 1913
Death of A. Beeler, Sr.
One of the Well Known Men of the County Passes Away

A. Beeler, Sr., aged 74 years, one of the best known farmers of this county, died last evening at his home west of this city. Mr. Beeler had been sick a short time with pneumonia. He is survived by a wife, G. W. Beeler, of Chicago; Henry Beeler, A. Beeler, Jr., O.C. Beeler, Mrs. Ed Reitz of this city and Mrs Edwards of Wreford, on Friday.

Mr. Beeler had resided in this county for 34 years. He was a hard worker, a prosperous farmer, a man that made the friendship of everyone.

Obituary:
Junction City Union, February 26, 1913
Funeral of A. Beeler

The funeral services of Mr. A. Beeler who died Monday night at his home west of the city after a brief illness will be held on Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock from the Beeler home. Rev. Line will be in charge of the ceremony and interment will be made in Highland cemetery.

Adolf Beeler was my Great Great Grandfather. His daughter Hattie was my Great Grandmother Edwards.

Happy 94th Birthday Helen Mae Norman Edwards

My grandmother, Helen Mae Norman Edwards, is celebrating her 94th birthday today! She says that as far as she knows she's made it to be older than any other member of her family. Her grandfather Thomas Burr Williams died at 93 and at the time of his death was the oldest living resident of Chapman, Kansas.

She was born January 9, 1914 in a stone house at the southern end of her families farm in Dickinson County, Kansas. She attended Wesley School for grades 1-8. She graduated from Dickinson County High School in 1931. When she was younger she played the violin and the piano. She loves to sew; has an amazing “green thumb” (you should she her African Violets); and has made several quilts. She is very active, walks every day, is very involved in her town's Senior Center, drives and still lives in her own home. She is an inspiration indeed!

Other family birthdays today: Carl Theodore Williams, son of my grandmother's uncle George Williams, Carl sadly died January 19, 1919 at age 5. Samuel Tuttle, my first cousin 8 times removed, born in 1659. Catherine Ballinger, one of my 7x great aunts, born in 1765. Catherine's sister Hannah is my 6x great grandmother. Her great grandaughter was Nancy Ellen Turner Williams (my great great grandmother and our birthday girl Helen's grandmother).

My Great Aunt Beulah Margaret Williams Rogers

Aunt Beulah and her family including her sister, my Great Grandmother Dela Elnora Williams Norman Neher moved as a small child to Sutphens Mill, Dickinson County, Kansas. She graduated high school from Dickinson County High School. She then taught school for 15 years. She and her husband Clifford moved to Lawrence in 1937. Active in the Rebekah Lodge, she became president of the International Association of the Rebekah Assemblies in 1956-57 holding sessions in Miama, FL. During her term as president she traveled through the US, all providences of Canada and Cuba. Beulah and Clifford retired and 1961 and moved back to Chapman. They took my mother on several vacations when she was a child. I have many of her things including some jewelrey and pieces of pottery. She died when I was only 6 but I have a dim memory of visiting them in Chapman.

 

Obituary - The Reflector Chronicle - June 24, 1963

Mrs. Clifford Rogers

Mrs. Beulah Rogers, 68, wife of Clifford Rogers of Chapman, died at the family home in Chapman Monday morning. She had been ill for the past 18 months.

Mrs. Rogers was a past international president of the Association of Rebekah Assemblies and was an officer of the Kansas assemblies for 30 years. For 24 years she was secretary of the state organization. She was born at Vinland, August 13, 1895. Mrs. Rogers was a member of the Chapman Methodist church.

Surviving with her husband are a sister, Mrs. William Neher of Chapman and two brothers, George Williams and Edward Williams of Junction City.

Funeral arrangements are in charge of the Londeen Funeral home in Chapman.