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Index to Locations
Goddard Pleasant Ridge Cemetery
Wichita Calvary Cemetery
Wichita Highland Cemetery
Wichita Maple Grove Cemetery
Wichita Mission Chapel Mausoleum
Wichita Old Mission Cemetery
Wichita White Chapel Memorial
Gardens
Wichita Wichita Park Cemetery
Pleasant Ridge
Cemetery
Goddard, Sedgwick County, Kansas
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
Calvary
Cemetery
610 South Vassar
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
See also Findagrave
page for this location.
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Terence John Scanlon (1931-1992) —
also known as Terry Scanlon —
Born in St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., July 26,
1931.
Democrat. Businessman who owned Pizza Hut restaurant
franchises, a beer
distributorship, and was publisher
of the Wichita Business Journal; Kansas
Democratic state chair, 1977-79.
Irish
ancestry.
Died, of pancreatic
cancer, in St. Francis Medical
Center, Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
15, 1992 (age 60 years, 173
days).
Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
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Highland
Cemetery
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
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William Greiffenstein (1829-1899) —
also known as "Father of Wichita" —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Germany,
July
28, 1829.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1878, 1879-84.
Died September
27, 1899 (age 70 years, 61
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Finlay Ross (c.1847-1933) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
about 1847.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1897-1900, 1905-06.
Presbyterian.
Died February
23, 1933 (age about 86
years).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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William Eugene Stanley (1844-1910) —
also known as W. E. Stanley —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Knox
County, Ohio, December
28, 1844.
Republican. Member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1881; Governor of
Kansas, 1899-1903.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., October
13, 1910 (age 65 years, 289
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Joseph P. Allen (1839-1903) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Elkhart
County, Ind., October
9, 1839.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; druggist; mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1887-88.
Member, Freemasons;
Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., August
17, 1903 (age 63 years, 312
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Edwin Bird Allen (1836-1908) —
also known as Edwin B. Allen —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born near Oberlin, Lorain
County, Ohio, March 7,
1836.
Republican. Physician;
Sedgwick
County Coroner, 1870-71; mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1871-72; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1872-76, 1883-84; secretary
of state of Kansas, 1885-89.
Member, Freemasons.
Died, of a cerebral
hemorrhage, in the State Hospital for
Insane, St. Joseph, Buchanan
County, Mo., March
31, 1908 (age 72 years, 24
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Ralph Carter Harrison (1900-1963) —
of Kansas.
Born in Colwich, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
1, 1900.
Member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1935-36; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1950.
Member, Shriners.
Died of a heart
attack, in Topeka, Shawnee
County, Kan., September
9, 1963 (age 63 years, 251
days).
Interment at Highland Cemetery.
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Maple Grove
Cemetery
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
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Ben F. McLean (c.1859-1930) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Nebraska, about 1859.
Republican. Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1901-04, 1923-24; resigned 1924; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Kansas, 1908.
Died October
13, 1930 (age about 71
years).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Henry Justin Allen (1868-1950) —
also known as Henry J. Allen —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Pittsfield, Warren
County, Pa., September
11, 1868.
Republican. Newspaper
editor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Kansas, 1912,
1936;
Governor
of Kansas, 1919-23; defeated (Progressive), 1914; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1929-30; defeated, 1930.
Methodist.
Member, Delta
Tau Delta; Kiwanis.
Inducted to the Kansas Newspaper Hall of
Fame.
Died of cerebral
thrombosis, in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
17, 1950 (age 81 years, 128
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Lindley M. Cox (c.1840-1913) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Indiana, about 1840.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1893-96.
Died March 7,
1913 (age about 73
years).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Lorenzo Dow Lewelling (1846-1900) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Salem, Henry
County, Iowa, December
21, 1846.
Candidate for secretary
of state of Kansas, 1886; Governor of
Kansas, 1893-95; member of Kansas
state senate, 1896.
Died of heart
disease in Arkansas City, Cowley
County, Kan., September
3, 1900 (age 53 years, 256
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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John Lee Powell (c.1859-1946) —
also known as John L. Powell —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Illinois, about 1859.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1919-20; appointed 1919.
Died October
28, 1946 (age about 87
years).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Frank W. Coleman (d. 1965) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1939-40, 1946-47.
Died February
8, 1965.
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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George W. Clement (1830-1896) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Plaistow, Rockingham
County, N.H., February
22, 1830.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1889-90.
Died January
3, 1896 (age 65 years, 315
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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George E. Harris (c.1833-1915) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born about 1833.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1875.
Died July 8,
1915 (age about 82
years).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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William J. Babb (1846-1923) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in South Carolina, October
28, 1846.
Populist candidate for U.S.
Representative from Kansas 7th District, 1903; mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1913-14.
Died June 15,
1923 (age 76 years, 230
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Walter A. Minnick (c.1855-1925) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born about 1855.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1911-12.
Died April
30, 1925 (age about 70
years).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Wallace C. Kemp (d. 1929) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Indiana.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1921-22.
Died August
30, 1929.
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Jeremiah Simpson (1842-1905) —
also known as Jerry Simpson —
of Medicine Lodge, Barber
County, Kan.
Born in Prince
Edward Island, March
31, 1842.
Served in the Union Army during the Civil War; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 7th District, 1891-95, 1897-99;
defeated, 1894, 1898.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., October
23, 1905 (age 63 years, 206
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Richard Ely Bird (1878-1955) —
also known as Richard E. Bird —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Cincinnati, Hamilton
County, Ohio, November
4, 1878.
Republican. Lawyer;
district judge in Kansas 18th District, 1917-20; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 8th District, 1921-23; defeated, 1922.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners.
Died in Long Beach, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
10, 1955 (age 76 years, 67
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Samuel Barker Amidon (1863-1926) —
also known as S. B. Amidon —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Perry
County, Ohio, May 3,
1863.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1916
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee); member of Democratic
National Committee from Kansas, 1920-21.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., May 8,
1926 (age 63 years, 5
days).
Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
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Mission Chapel
Mausoleum
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
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Edward Ferdinand Arn (1906-1998) —
also known as Edward F. Arn —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Kansas City, Wyandotte
County, Kan., May 19,
1906.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Kansas
state attorney general, 1947-49; resigned 1949; justice of
Kansas state supreme court, 1949-50; Governor of
Kansas, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1962.
Congregationalist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Delta
Theta Phi; Freemasons;
Lions;
Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Forty and
Eight.
Died in a hospital
at Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., January
22, 1998 (age 91 years, 248
days).
Interment at Mission Chapel Mausoleum.
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Old Mission
Cemetery
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
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Andrew Frank Schoeppel (1894-1962) —
also known as Andrew F. Schoeppel —
of Ness City, Ness
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born near Claflin, Barton
County, Kan., November
23, 1894.
Republican. Athletic
coach; lawyer; Governor of
Kansas, 1943-47; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1949-62; died in office 1962; member,
Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 1953-55; speaker, Republican National Convention, 1956.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Nu; Phi
Alpha Delta; Rotary;
Lions;
Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died of abdominal
cancer, at the Bethesda
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., January
21, 1962 (age 67 years, 59
days).
Interment at Old Mission Cemetery.
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William Augustus Ayres (1867-1952) —
also known as William A. Ayres —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Elizabethtown, Hardin
County, Ill., April
19, 1867.
Democrat. Lawyer; Sedgwick
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-12; U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1915-21, 1923-34 (8th District
1915-21, 1923-33, 5th District 1933-34); defeated, 1920; resigned
1934; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas, 1924
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee); member, Federal Trade Commission,
1934-52; died in office 1952; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1937,
1942, 1946.
Christian.
German
ancestry. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Knights
of Pythias; Odd
Fellows.
Died in Washington,
D.C., February
17, 1952 (age 84 years, 304
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Old Mission Cemetery.
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Chester Isaiah Long (1860-1934) —
also known as Chester I. Long —
of Medicine Lodge, Barber
County, Kan.
Born near Millerstown, Perry
County, Pa., October
12, 1860.
Republican. Member of Kansas
state senate, 1889; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 7th District, 1895-97, 1899-1903;
defeated, 1924; U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1903-09; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Kansas, 1908.
Died in Washington,
D.C., July 1,
1934 (age 73 years, 262
days).
Interment at Old Mission Cemetery.
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Victor Murdock (1871-1945) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Burlingame, Osage
County, Kan., March
18, 1871.
U.S.
Representative from Kansas, 1903-15 (7th District 1903-07, 8th
District 1907-15); Progressive candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1914; member, Federal Trade Commission,
1917-24; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1919-20, 1922-23.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., July 8,
1945 (age 74 years, 112
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Old Mission Cemetery.
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Orsemus Hills Bentley (1855-1927) —
also known as O. H. Bentley —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born December
19, 1855.
Lawyer;
rancher;
railroad
promoter; historian;
mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1915-16.
Episcopalian.
Died January
22, 1927 (age 71 years, 34
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Old Mission Cemetery.
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Herman W. Beuttel (d. 1986) —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Mayor
of Wichita, Kan., 1944-45.
Died in 1986.
Entombed in mausoleum at Old Mission Cemetery.
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Garner Edward Shriver (1912-1998) —
also known as Garner E. Shriver —
of Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Towanda, Butler
County, Kan., July 6,
1912.
Republican. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1947-51; member of Kansas
state senate, 1953-61; U.S.
Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1961-77.
Methodist.
Member, Veterans of
Foreign Wars; American
Legion; Freemasons;
American Bar
Association; Moose; Kiwanis.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., March 1,
1998 (age 85 years, 238
days).
Interment at Old Mission Cemetery.
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Joe Skubitz (1906-2000) —
of Pittsburg, Crawford
County, Kan.; Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan.
Born in Frontenac, Crawford
County, Kan., May 6,
1906.
Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from
Kansas, 1960;
U.S.
Representative from Kansas 5th District, 1963-79.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., September
11, 2000 (age 94 years, 128
days).
Interment at Old Mission Cemetery.
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White Chapel
Memorial Gardens
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
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Gerald Burton Winrod (1900-1957) —
also known as Gerald B. Winrod —
Born in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., March 7,
1900.
Republican. One of the founders, in 1925, of the group Defenders of
the Christian Faith; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Kansas, 1938; sympathized with the Adolf Hitler and
the Nazis, and and blamed
the Depression and World War II on Jews, Catholics, and Communists;
indicted
in July 1942, with others, for sedition
over an alleged conspiracy to cause insubordination in the Armed
Forces in wartime; a mistrial was declared and charges were dropped.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., November
11, 1957 (age 57 years, 249
days).
Interment at White Chapel Memorial Gardens.
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Wichita Park
Cemetery
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
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Payne Harry Ratner (1896-1974) —
also known as Payne Ratner —
of Parsons, Labette
County, Kan.
Born in Casey, Clark
County, Ill., October
3, 1896.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; lawyer; Labette
County Attorney, 1923-27; member of Kansas
state senate, 1929, 1937-39; Governor of
Kansas, 1939-43.
Disciples
of Christ. Member, American
Legion; Forty and
Eight; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Delta
Theta Pi; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Order of the
Eastern Star; Shriners;
Kiwanis.
Died in Wichita, Sedgwick
County, Kan., December
27, 1974 (age 78 years, 85
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Wichita Park Cemetery.
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