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MILLIE COLLINS

OXFORD -- The funeral for Millie Davis Collins, 92, will be 10:30 a.m. Thursday in
Oxford First Baptist Church. Glendon Epp, pastor, will officiate. Burial will be in
Oxford Cemetery. Arrangements are by Oxford Funeral Service.

She was born Sept. 27, 1911, on a farm near Jefferson and died Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003,
at William Newton Hospital in Winfield, Kan.

She graduated from Pond Creek High School in 1929 and taught four years in rural
schools of Grant County. She and Clyde Collins were married April 29, 1934, in Pond
Creek. They lived on a farm southwest of Pond Creek for 10 years. They purchased a
farm near Oxford and moved there in 1944. Four years later, they moved to Oxford.
She earned a bachelor of arts degree from Southwestern College at Winfield in 1955
and taught 35 years, 28 of those years in Oxford Schools. She did substitute teaching
after retirement. She was a member of Oxford First Baptist Church.

Surviving is one sister, Goldie Jenkins of Pennsylvania.

She was preceded in death by her husband on April 12, 1986 (note: according to their
tombstone, he died April 17, 1986), eight brothers and two sisters.³

Winton Couple Observe Golden Wedding Date

Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wedel of Winton observed the 50th year of their marriage last Sunday when they met with other members of their church congregation for Sunday morning worship service.

Flowers on the altar of the church and decorations in the Church Hall carried out the theme of the anniversary.

Friends Gather

Rev. J. P. Glanzer chose a sermon topic suitable to the occasion and later spoke briefly of the anniversary when between 75 and 80 friends and church members sat down to lunch in the Church Hall.

Mr. and Mrs. Wedell were married in Houston, Texas, January 23, 1901, in a civil ceremony. Mr. Wedel is a native of Hallstead, Kan., and was born April 17, 1879. His wife is a native of the same state and was born July 14, 1884.

Broom Maker

Mr. Wedell was a broom maker and during the early days of the following of his trade used a wagon for all of his travels. Following his marriage he moved to a farm about 22 miles from Houston where he raised his own broom corn for his products.

About five years later they moved to Fairview, Okla., where Mr. Wedell started in the construction business. They lived there 40 years and during the last six years of their residence also operated and auto court.

Move Here

After selling their property in Oklahoma Mr. and Mrs. Wedell moved to Atwater in 1945. Mr. Wedell once more returned to his construction trade and built about 10 houses in this area.

His strength began to give out and about two years ago he retired. They continued to make their home here until a few months ago when they moved to Winton to make their home with their daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Allen.

Family of Four

Mr. and Mrs. Wedell had four children but lost one as a baby. A daughter, Theresa, who worked in Washington, D.C., was killed in an auto accident when she was 23 and a son, Dennis Clifford, died at the age of 31.

Their other daughter, Maggie Allen, is the mother of their only grandchild, Anita.

Brothers Here

Mr. Wedell was one of nine children with five of his brothers still living. Isaac and Jacob are residents of Winton, also.

Mrs. Wedell has one sister still living in Hallstead, Kan. They were members of a family of four.

In his message to them last Sunday Rev. Glanzer said, "May God continue to guide and bless them in their declining years and give them many more years of happiness."⁴

Former Resident Dies in California

Funeral services for Andrew Wedel, 75, former Fairview resident, were held June 23 at Merced, California. Burial was at Winton.

Wedel, a brother to Dave Wedel, Fairview, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Earl Allen, Winton, June 20. He had been in poor health for several years and had suffered two paralytic strokes prior to the one which caused his death. He had been in the hospital for two weeks, but when his condition seemed improved had been removed to the Allen home.

He was born in Marion county, Kansas, and moved to Fairview in 1902. During his earlier years in this community he taught manual training in the high school, doing carpentry work during the summer. In 1923 he established the Home Equipment company which is now known as the Fairview Lumber company. Three years later his brother Dave became his partner, and the two continued together until he sold his interest in 1932.

For a time he and his family lived in Washington, D. C. Upon his return to Fairview he built and operated the tourist courts on South Main. These were sold in 1947 and the family moved to Atwater and later to Winton, California. Mrs. Wedel died in August 1953.

Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Allen, and one grandchild.²¹

Andrew J. Wedel

Funeral arrangements are pending at the Hann Brothers Mortuary for Andrew John Wedel, 75, a resident of Winton for the past 10 years, who died yesterday morning at his home after a long illness.

The deceased was a native of Marion County, Kansas and was a member of the Bethel Mennonite Church of Winton.

He is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Magnie (sic) Allen, Winton; a grandaughter (sic), Mrs. Anita Baldride (sic), Winton; and four brothers, Isaac and Abraham Wedel, Winton, Enock (sic) Wedel of DeRidder, La., and Dave Wedel of Fairview, Okla.³

WEDEL -- Our father Jacob J. Wedel was born June 5, 1881, at Durham, Kansas, and passed away on May 29, 1952, in the Merced General Hospital, in Merced, California, at the age of 70 years, 11 months, and 23 days.

A year ago father had a light stroke from which he recovered, being able to do light work. On May 27, 1952 he suffered another stroke which left him helpless and speechless, soon going into a coma till on May 29, when he quietly passed away.

In the year 1897 he with his parents moved to Houston, Texas, where he grew to manhood. He felt his lost condition and in the spring of 1899 gave his heart to the Lord, and was baptized and added to the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite, by Min. T. A. Unruh.

He was joined in Marriage to Elizabeth Koehn on October 23, 1910. To this union were born 3 sons and 4 daughters. Father and mother shared joys and sorrows for 24 years, and 6 months, when mother passed away.

Father was of a quiet disposition, ready to testify for the Lord anywhere, also serving as deacon, to which office he was ordained on Dec. 31, 1922, by Min. T. A. Unruh.

Mourning his passing are: 4 daughters: Mrs. Lillie Giesbrecht of Winton, Calif., Mrs. Frances Wine of Delhi, Calif., Mrs. Mary Smith of Montezuma, Kansas, and Mrs. Elsie Koop of Livingston, Calif., 2 sons, William of Dalhart, Texas, and Frank of Livingston, Calif., 27 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild; five brothers: Andrew and Isaac of Winton, Calif., Dave of Fairview, Okla., Abe of Oakland, Calif., and Enoch of DeRidder, La. Also a host of relatives and friends. One son, Edwin, preceded him in death.

We mourn not without a hope, but we are comforted in the conviction that father's life was a faith and hope of eternal life. -- The Family.

Funeral services were conducted at Winton, Calif. on June 1st. Min. Jesse Koehn being in charge. The body was then shipped to Montezuma, Kansas for service and burial, to rest beside the grave of his wife and son.

Services in Montezuma were conducted June 4, with Min. John A. Koehn speaking comforting words from Psa. 90:3; 2 Tim. 4:6 and Rev. 14:13.³