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Manhattan Republic, Manhattan, Kansas; Thursday, 2 SEP 1943, page 2 (Newspapers.com):

Welding Plans

Mr. atid Mrs. R. C. Beezley of Girard announce the. approaching marriage of their daughter, Dorothy Grace, to Lieut. Arthur D. Kirk, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. (sic) Kirk of Scott City. The wedding will take place in San Pedro, Calif.. on August 28.

Miss Beezley is a graduate of Kansas State College and holds a masters degree from the University of Wisconsin. While attending Kansas State College, she was president of Mortar Board, senior women’s honorary society. Lieulenant Kirk is also a graduate of Kansas State College where he was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon, social fraternity, and Blue Key, senior men’s honorary fraternity.

Lieutenant Kirk is with the Medical Corps in San Francisco.

Obituary -- The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington; Friday, 2 MAY 2003, page D5 (Newspapers.com):

Arthur Kirk, DVM

Memorial service for retired veterinarian Arthur Durward Kirk, 85, will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church. Thornhill Valley Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements

Dr. Kirk, who was born in Scott City, Kan., died last Friday, He was a 59-year resident of Spokane.

He graduated from Kansas State University where he played fullback on the football team. He later graduated from the university's veterinary school.

While serving with the Army during World War Il, he and his wife were transferred to Spokane.

He opened Valley Veterinary Clinic in 1952 and retired in 1990.

He was a member of First Presbyterian Church for more than 50 years, serving as deacon and elder.

He enjoyed tennis, skiing, camping and hiking and picking huckleberries.

He is survived by his wife of 59 years, Dorothy; four daughters, Mary Kirk of Boulder, Colo., Jane Kirk of Yakima, Pat Gerber of Moscow, Russia, and Ruth Rowse of Spokane; four sons, Jim and Steve Kirk, both of Spokane, David Kirk of Yakima and Andy Kirk of Anchorage, Alaska; and 11 grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to First Presbyterian Church or the Dishman Hills Natural Area Association, 3415 S. Lincoln Drive, Spokane, WA 99203.

Obituary, the Garden City Telegram, Garden City, Kansas, 27 DEC 1972, p.3:

SCOTT CITY -- Mrs. Elsie Kirk, 70, died Tuesday at the Scott County, Hospital, Scott City, after a long illness.

Born June 30, 1902, at Kewanna, Ind., she was married to James Kirk Aug. 6, 1939, at McPherson. He preceded her in death Feb. 23, 1971. She was a retired teacher and had lived here since 1939.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church of Scott City, past president of the WSCS, member of the AAUW Study and Social Club, OES, and Library Board.

Survivors include a son, James Jr., Lakewood, Colo.; a daughter, Mrs. Carolyn Potter, Denver, Colo.; a brother, Russell McConkey, Topeka; three sisters, Mrs. Grace Miller, Oklahoma City, Okla., Mrs Maudie Baldwin, Tempe, Ariz., and Mrs. Dorothy Marchland, McPherson; and one grandchild.

Funeral will be 2 p.m. Thursday at the Scott City United Methodist Church, the Rev. Charles Durham officiating. Burial will be in Scott City County Cemetery. Friends may call until service time at the Weinmann-Price Funeral Home, Scott City.

The family suggests memorials to the Scott County Hospital.

Obituary -- Garden City Telegram, Garden City, Kansas; 28 FEB 1963, page 2 (Newspapers.com):

Former Scott Coach Is Dead

SCOTT CITY — Marvin Bryan Bastin, 57, prominent Scott City resident, died unexpectedly Wednesday night shortly after being taken to the Scott County Hospital.

He was former coach at Scott City High School, and superintendent of schools at Shallow Water. He had operated an accounting office here since 15,

Mr. Bastin was born April 10, 1905, at Belle, Mo, He was graduated from Fort Hays State College in 1929, and joined the Scott City school system that same year, He was married to former Helen Kirk, Dec, 24, 1930, in Scott City.

He was a member of the Methodist Church, Scott County Fair Board, and was active in other civic organizations,

Survivors are the widow of the home; a daughter, Mrs. Danny Hutchins, Scott City; one son, Kirk Bastin, Santa Monica, Calif.; one brother, Everett, Cozad, Nebr.; and two sisters, Mrs, Frank Funk, Newton and Mrs. Buel Bledso, Marion.

Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the First Methodist Church here with the Rev, Elmer Rinkle officiating. Burial will be in the Scott County Cemetery. The Weinmann Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

Obituary -- Price & Sons Funeral Homes, online):

Dan Hutchins

Melvin Dan Hutchins, 86 went to the Heavenly Home prepared for him, April 25, 2022, at Park Lane Nursing Home, Scott City, KS. He was born March 26, 1936, at St. Catherine Hospital in Garden City, KS, to Marion Dorsey Hutchins & Grace Mae (Everett) Hutchins. They lived in Lane County until Dan was 5 when their family moved 15 miles south of Scott City on Dec. 7, 1941.

Dan attended school in Friend, KS, through the 4th grade, then the Shallow Water school for grades 5-8, graduating from Scott Community High School-USD 466. Dan went on to graduate from Kansas State College of Agriculture & Applied Science with a Bachelor’s Degree of Science in Agriculture, returning home to farm with his father. Dan served in the United States Army Reserve.

Dan married Barbara Jean Bastin on March 12, 1961. In 2022 Dan and Barb celebrated 61 years of marriage. They raised their family in the same farm home Dan was raised in, until moving into Scott City in 2005. Dan accepted Jesus as his savior, joining the Scott City First United Methodist Church, and was an active member.

Dan accepted Jesus as his savior, joining the Scott City First United Methodist Church and was an active member.

Having his family participate together in the local Easter Pageant, each year during their impressionable years, was important. For Dan, spending time making special and varied memories with his family was very important. He encouraged Devin & Deb in their 4-H cattle project, in school activities, and even on the ski slopes. Education was also very important to Dan. Giving back to Scott City Dan served on the USD 466 Board of Education from 1973-1981. Building & flying remote-controlled model airplanes found Dan in their farm home basement building the planes he would later fly at the Scott City Airport. Until BIG plane traffic started increasing. Then he & his friend Delmer Watterson found an airstrip in Dighton and another near Jetmore. Dan also enjoyed golf, as one of the charter members of the Scott County Golf Association. Natural Heath was another subject of interest for Dan. As a student of the world, Dan was a man of many interests. If you wanted the latest science fiction book, you’d find a tattered copy in Dan’s hip pocket. Right up until it disbanded a few years ago Dan was among the Charter members of the Scott City Men’s Investment Club. As the 7 grandchildren started arriving on the scene, Dan & wife were found on the road ready to keep making more precious family memories.

Retiring from farming, Dan added a new interest that brought many new friends and enjoyment; playing pool at the Scott City VIP Center. One that then led to being on the VIP Board and later President of the Board. A Stroke (11/1/2019) brought a halt to Dan’s VIP enjoyment and service.

Dan is survived by his wife, Barbara, one son, Devin Hutchins and wife, Dawn, Scott City; one daughter, Deb Talbott, and husband, Matt, Ellsworth, KS; one sister-in-law, Dorothy Hutchins, Scott City; one brother-in-law, Kirk Bastin, and wife, Alicia, St. Peters, MO; seven grandchildren, Alex Hutchins, and wife, Bridgette, Marshal Hutchins and Dylan Hutchins, Hays, KS; Danielle Aspiranti, and husband, Tony, Ellsworth, KS; Koltin Howard-Talbott, and Lindy Farris, Eagle, CO; Paige Talbott and Jaide Talbott, Lindsborg, KS; two great-grandchildren, Cameron James Hutchins, and Nolan Thomas Hutchins, Hays, KS.

Dan was preceded in death by his parents and brother, Kent Hutchins.

Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 30, 2022, at the United Methodist Church in Scott City, Kansas with the Rev. Larry Danforth presiding. Services will be streamed live at www.priceandsons.com. Click the live stream tab on the left side of the obituary.

Memorials in Lieu of Flowers can be written to the Dan Hutchins scholarship fund for SCHS graduates pursuing an Agriculture Degree or First United Methodist Church in care of Price & Sons Funeral Home, PO Box 553, Scott City, Kansas, 67871.

There will be no calling times.

Inurnment will be in the Scott County Cemetery.

Obituary (Findagrave.com):

M. O. Daley was born February 25, 1869, in Union County, Kentucky, moving with his parents to Georgetown, Texas, November 1877, thence to Florence, Texas, December 1878, where he has since resided. He was married November 1, 1887. He and his wife were baptized August, 1889, and in February, 1890, he began preaching. His work as a preacher has been largely confined to his home congregation and the immediate section around his home. He obeyed the Gospel at Florence, and his membership has ever been with the congregation there. For ten years he has been their regular preacher. In protracted meetings he has labored in Burnett, Milam, Travis, lamar, Eastlan, Ellis, Callahan, brown, Runnels, Hill, and Bosque counties, with success--he had made several very successful debates with the Baptists and Adventists. Aside from his work of preaching, has been busy with his farm work and other business enterprises--not only is he a successful preacher, but he is also successful in business. Though for several years he has contributed but little to our papers, he is one our strongest writers. For several years he has been one of the elders in the congregation at Florence, where he is loved for his faithfulness and work. ---Gospel preacher listed in Gospel Preachers Who Blazed the Trail by C.R. Nichol, 1911, 46.

M. O. Daley

Brother M. O. Daley passed on to depart and be with Christ on Tuesday, November 11, at San Antonio, Texas. Interment is announced to be at Florence, Texas, on Thursday, November 13, at 2:30 p.m. The funeral services will be conducted at the church of Christ building by Hugh Clark and G. H. P. Showalter. One of the greatest in the kingdom of Christ is called from time to eternity in the passing of Brother Daley. The wire, message advising of his death, reached our office just as the forms were being closed for the press. Fuller details will follow in an early issue of this paper. ---G. H. P. Showalter, Firm Foundation, Nov. 18, 1952, p. 8.

Tribute to M. O. Daley

Glenn E. Green

I have only recently read or the passing of Brother M. O. Daley. I have known him for about thirty years. I think he is one of the best men I have ever known. We deeply mourn his passing. He was truly a big man in physique, in mental power, and in moral and spiritual force of character. When I was around him in my younger days I could learn more from him accidentally than I could from most men on purpose. In my estimation he was a natural philosopher and by cultivation a profound student of the Bible. He was largely self-taught and therefore accurately informed. The man who "digs out his own stumps" is bound to got well acquainted with them in the process of excavation. His writings and preaching, read and heard by thousands, are sufficient testimonials to his scriptural knowledge and mental powers. I have said I thought he was a big man in every way. I do not mean by that that I thought he was perfect any more than he thought he was perfect. All truly big men know better than that, and are keenly aware of their defects, but I do believe he was incapable or deliberately doing a little, mean or ungenerous deed. He was fair, just, forbearing and considerate of all men regardless of their attitude toward him. He was helpful without being patronizing. He knew how to praise without spoiling and to correct without discouraging. Above all else he loved the truth of God, the souls of men and the church of our Redeemer. He was happy to give and be given for them. Truly we can believe "he rests from his labors and his works do follow him." Because he has outlived most of those who knew him in his prime the good work he did among the churches is largely forgotten. Likely but few remember that during his ministry in Little Rock, Arkansas, in the early twenties, he was largely responsible for securing the old 4th and State property which laid the foundation for the past and present prosperity of the cause in this capitol city. I know because I followed him there, with maybe a year in between. It is therefore both a pleasure and a duty "To render honor to whom honor is due." Our deepest sympathy is tendered to the bereaved family. --- 1402 W. Pikes Peak, Colorado Springs, Colo. Firm Foundation, December 16, 1952, p. 9.

The Passing of Brother M. O. Daley

Marshall Olla Daley was born February 25, 1869, in Union county, Kentucky. He moved with his parents in 1877 when he was about eight years old, to Florence, Texas, and maintained the old family homestead until about five years ago, which was about seventy years. He and his wife were baptized during a meeting held in Florence by Brother J. D. Tant in August of 1888. He preached his first sermon in Florence in February of 1891, and afterward preached for the church in Florence for more than twenty years. Following this, he preached for churches in San Antonio; Little Rock, Arkansas; Comanche and Hollis, Oklahoma; Brownfield and Mission, Texas, and the last eight years of his ministry was at Rock Springs, Texas, from which place he retired from regular preaching at the age of seventy-six. He has held meetings in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and of course, many in Texas. He died in San Antonio, Monday evening, November 10, at about 7:30. Survivors include a son, V. F. Daley, Boerne; four daughters, Mrs. R. E. Kirk, El Campo; Mrs. W. M. Blakey, San Antonio: Mrs. Ken Wallace, Monroe, La., and Mrs. L. P. Kleinoeder, Washington, D.C.; two grandsons and two granddaughters and two great granddaughters. Funeral services were conducted at Florence, Texas, by A. Hugh Clark and G. H. P. Showalter. The following address was delivered by Brother Daley at the Abilene Christian College Lectureship of 1951, and at the request of the family was read in its entirety to the large crowd assembled for the funeral. It was impressive in its content and solemnity. Brother Daley was one of our greatest gospel preachers, and one of my most devoted personal friends. G. H. P. Showalter, Firm Foundation, February 17, 1953, p. 8.