Index to Locations GoddardPleasant Ridge CemeteryWichitaCalvary CemeteryWichitaHighland CemeteryWichitaMaple Grove CemeteryWichitaMission Chapel MausoleumWichitaOld Mission CemeteryWichitaWhite Chapel MemorialGardensWichitaWichita Park Cemetery
Pleasant RidgeCemetery
Goddard, Sedgwick County, Kansas
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CalvaryCemetery
610 South Vassar
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
See alsoFindagravepage for this location.| Politicians buriedhere: | | |  Terence John Scanlon (1931-1992) — also known asTerry Scanlon — Born in St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.,July 26,1931.Democrat. Businessman who owned Pizza Hutrestaurantfranchises, abeerdistributorship, and waspublisherof theWichita Business Journal;KansasDemocratic state chair, 1977-79.Irishancestry.Died, ofpancreaticcancer, in St. FrancisMedicalCenter, Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,January15, 1992 (age60 years, 173days).Interment at Calvary Cemetery.
HighlandCemetery
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | William Greiffenstein (1829-1899) — also known as"Father of Wichita" — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born inGermany,July28, 1829.Mayorof Wichita, Kan., 1878, 1879-84.DiedSeptember27, 1899 (age70 years, 61days).Interment at Highland Cemetery. | | Finlay Ross (c.1847-1933) — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born in Toronto,Ontario,about 1847.Mayorof Wichita, Kan., 1897-1900, 1905-06.Presbyterian.DiedFebruary23, 1933 (ageabout 86years).Interment at Highland Cemetery. | | William Eugene Stanley (1844-1910) — also known asW. E. Stanley — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born inKnoxCounty, Ohio,December28, 1844.Republican. Member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1881;Governor ofKansas, 1899-1903.Died in Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,October13, 1910 (age65 years, 289days).Interment at Highland Cemetery. | | Joseph P. Allen (1839-1903) — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born inElkhartCounty, Ind.,October9, 1839.Served in the Union Army during the Civil War;druggist;mayorof Wichita, Kan., 1887-88.Member,Freemasons;GrandArmy of the Republic.Died in Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,August17, 1903 (age63 years, 312days).Interment at Highland Cemetery. | | Edwin Bird Allen (1836-1908) — also known asEdwin B. Allen — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born near Oberlin,LorainCounty, Ohio,March 7,1836.Republican.Physician;SedgwickCounty Coroner, 1870-71;mayorof Wichita, Kan., 1871-72; member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1872-76, 1883-84;secretaryof state of Kansas, 1885-89.Member,Freemasons.Died, of acerebralhemorrhage, in the StateHospital forInsane, St. Joseph,BuchananCounty, Mo.,March31, 1908 (age72 years, 24days).Interment at Highland Cemetery. | | Ralph Carter Harrison (1900-1963) — of Kansas. Born in Colwich,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,January1, 1900.Member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1935-36; candidate forU.S.Representative from Kansas, 1950.Member,Shriners.Died of aheartattack, in Topeka,ShawneeCounty, Kan.,September9, 1963 (age63 years, 251days).Interment at Highland Cemetery.
Maple GroveCemetery
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Ben F. McLean (c.1859-1930) — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born in Nebraska, about 1859. Republican.Mayorof Wichita, Kan., 1901-04, 1923-24; resigned 1924; delegate toRepublican National Convention from Kansas,1908.DiedOctober13, 1930 (ageabout 71years).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.  | Henry Justin Allen (1868-1950) — also known asHenry J. Allen — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born in Pittsfield,WarrenCounty, Pa.,September11, 1868.Republican.Newspapereditor and publisher; delegate to Republican National Conventionfrom Kansas,1912,1936;Governorof Kansas, 1919-23; defeated (Progressive), 1914;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1929-30; defeated, 1930.Methodist.Member,DeltaTau Delta;Kiwanis.Inducted to the Kansas NewspaperHall ofFame.Died ofcerebralthrombosis, in Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,January17, 1950 (age81 years, 128days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Lindley M. Cox (c.1840-1913) — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born in Indiana, about 1840.Mayorof Wichita, Kan., 1893-96.DiedMarch 7,1913 (ageabout 73years).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Lorenzo Dow Lewelling (1846-1900) — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born in Salem,HenryCounty, Iowa,December21, 1846.Candidate forsecretaryof state of Kansas, 1886;Governor ofKansas, 1893-95; member ofKansasstate senate, 1896.Died ofheartdisease in Arkansas City,CowleyCounty, Kan.,September3, 1900 (age53 years, 256days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | John Lee Powell (c.1859-1946) — also known asJohn L. Powell — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born in Illinois, about 1859.Mayorof Wichita, Kan., 1919-20; appointed 1919.DiedOctober28, 1946 (ageabout 87years).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Frank W. Coleman (d. 1965) — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Mayorof Wichita, Kan., 1939-40, 1946-47.DiedFebruary8, 1965.Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | George W. Clement (1830-1896) — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born in Plaistow,RockinghamCounty, N.H.,February22, 1830.Mayorof Wichita, Kan., 1889-90.DiedJanuary3, 1896 (age65 years, 315days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | George E. Harris (c.1833-1915) — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born about 1833.Mayorof Wichita, Kan., 1875.DiedJuly 8,1915 (ageabout 82years).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | William J. Babb (1846-1923) — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born in South Carolina,October28, 1846.Populist candidate forU.S.Representative from Kansas 7th District, 1903;mayorof Wichita, Kan., 1913-14.DiedJune 15,1923 (age76 years, 230days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Walter A. Minnick (c.1855-1925) — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born about 1855.Mayorof Wichita, Kan., 1911-12.DiedApril30, 1925 (ageabout 70years).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Wallace C. Kemp (d. 1929) — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born in Indiana.Mayorof Wichita, Kan., 1921-22.DiedAugust30, 1929.Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.  | Jeremiah Simpson (1842-1905) — also known asJerry Simpson — of Medicine Lodge,BarberCounty, Kan.Born inPrinceEdward Island,March31, 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,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,October23, 1905 (age63 years, 206days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Richard Ely Bird (1878-1955) — also known asRichard E. Bird — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born in Cincinnati,HamiltonCounty, Ohio,November4, 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 BarAssociation;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Shriners.Died in Long Beach,Los AngelesCounty, Calif.,January10, 1955 (age76 years, 67days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery. | | Samuel Barker Amidon (1863-1926) — also known asS. B. Amidon — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born inPerryCounty, Ohio,May 3,1863.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas,1916(member,Committeeto Notify Presidential Nominee); member ofDemocraticNational Committee from Kansas, 1920-21.Died in Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,May 8,1926 (age63 years, 5days).Interment at Maple Grove Cemetery.
Mission ChapelMausoleum
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Edward Ferdinand Arn (1906-1998) — also known asEdward F. Arn — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born in Kansas City,WyandotteCounty, Kan.,May 19,1906.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;Kansasstate attorney general, 1947-49; resigned 1949;justice ofKansas state supreme court, 1949-50;Governor ofKansas, 1951-55; delegate to Republican National Convention fromKansas,1960;candidate forU.S.Senator from Kansas, 1962.Congregationalist.Member,American BarAssociation;DeltaTheta Phi;Freemasons;Lions;Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Forty andEight.Died in ahospitalat Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,January22, 1998 (age91 years, 248days).Interment at Mission Chapel Mausoleum.
Old MissionCemetery
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Andrew Frank Schoeppel (1894-1962) — also known asAndrew F. Schoeppel — of Ness City,NessCounty, Kan.; Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born near Claflin,BartonCounty, Kan.,November23, 1894.Republican.Athleticcoach;lawyer;Governor ofKansas, 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 BarAssociation;SigmaNu;PhiAlpha Delta;Rotary;Lions;Freemasons;Shriners.Died ofabdominalcancer, at theBethesdaNaval Hospital, Bethesda,MontgomeryCounty, Md.,January21, 1962 (age67 years, 59days).Interment at Old Mission Cemetery. | | William Augustus Ayres (1867-1952) — also known asWilliam A. Ayres — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born in Elizabethtown,HardinCounty, Ill.,April19, 1867.Democrat.Lawyer;SedgwickCounty Prosecuting Attorney, 1907-12;U.S.Representative from Kansas, 1915-21, 1923-34 (8th District1915-21, 1923-33, 5th District 1933-34); defeated, 1920; resigned1934; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kansas,1924(member,Platformand Resolutions Committee); member, Federal Trade Commission,1934-52; died in office 1952; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1937,1942, 1946.Christian.Germanancestry. Member,American BarAssociation;Freemasons;Shriners;Elks;Knightsof Pythias;OddFellows.Died inWashington,D.C.,February17, 1952 (age84 years, 304days).Entombed in mausoleum at Old Mission Cemetery. | | Chester Isaiah Long (1860-1934) — also known asChester I. Long — of Medicine Lodge,BarberCounty, Kan.Born near Millerstown,PerryCounty, Pa.,October12, 1860.Republican. Member ofKansasstate 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 NationalConvention from Kansas,1908.Died inWashington,D.C.,July 1,1934 (age73 years, 262days).Interment at Old Mission Cemetery.  | Victor Murdock (1871-1945) — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born in Burlingame,OsageCounty, Kan.,March18, 1871.U.S.Representative from Kansas, 1903-15 (7th District 1903-07, 8thDistrict 1907-15); Progressive candidate forU.S.Senator from Kansas, 1914; member, Federal Trade Commission,1917-24; chair, Federal Trade Commission, 1919-20, 1922-23.Died in Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,July 8,1945 (age74 years, 112days).Entombed in mausoleum at Old Mission Cemetery. | | | Orsemus Hills Bentley (1855-1927) — also known asO. H. Bentley — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.BornDecember19, 1855.Lawyer;rancher;railroadpromoter;historian;mayorof Wichita, Kan., 1915-16.Episcopalian.DiedJanuary22, 1927 (age71 years, 34days).Entombed in mausoleum at Old Mission Cemetery. | | Herman W. Beuttel (d. 1986) — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Mayorof Wichita, Kan., 1944-45.Died in1986.Entombed in mausoleum at Old Mission Cemetery. | | Garner Edward Shriver (1912-1998) — also known asGarner E. Shriver — of Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born in Towanda,ButlerCounty, Kan.,July 6,1912.Republican.Lawyer;served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; member ofKansasstate house of representatives, 1947-51; member ofKansasstate senate, 1953-61;U.S.Representative from Kansas 4th District, 1961-77.Methodist.Member,Veterans ofForeign Wars;AmericanLegion;Freemasons;American BarAssociation;Moose;Kiwanis.Died in Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,March 1,1998 (age85 years, 238days).Interment at Old Mission Cemetery. | | Joe Skubitz (1906-2000) — of Pittsburg,CrawfordCounty, Kan.; Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.Born in Frontenac,CrawfordCounty, Kan.,May 6,1906.Republican. Alternate delegate to Republican National Convention fromKansas,1960;U.S.Representative from Kansas 5th District, 1963-79.Died in Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,September11, 2000 (age94 years, 128days).Interment at Old Mission Cemetery.
White ChapelMemorial Gardens
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Gerald Burton Winrod (1900-1957) — also known asGerald B. Winrod — Born in Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,March 7,1900.Republican. One of the founders, in 1925, of the group Defenders ofthe Christian Faith; candidate forU.S.Senator from Kansas, 1938; sympathized with the Adolf Hitler andthe Nazis, and andblamedthe Depression and World War II on Jews, Catholics, and Communists;indictedin July 1942, with others, forseditionover an alleged conspiracy to cause insubordination in the ArmedForces in wartime; a mistrial was declared and charges were dropped.Died in Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,November11, 1957 (age57 years, 249days).Interment at White Chapel Memorial Gardens.
Wichita ParkCemetery
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
| Politicians buriedhere: | | | Payne Harry Ratner (1896-1974) — also known asPayne Ratner — of Parsons,LabetteCounty, Kan.Born in Casey,ClarkCounty, Ill.,October3, 1896.Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I;lawyer;LabetteCounty Attorney, 1923-27; member ofKansasstate senate, 1929, 1937-39;Governor ofKansas, 1939-43.Disciplesof Christ. Member,AmericanLegion;Forty andEight;SigmaAlpha Epsilon;DeltaTheta Pi;Freemasons;KnightsTemplar;Order of theEastern Star;Shriners;Kiwanis.Died in Wichita,SedgwickCounty, Kan.,December27, 1974 (age78 years, 85days).Entombed in mausoleum at Wichita Park Cemetery.
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