Obituary of Kenneth V. Wright

Wright services held Tuesday

Funeral services for Kenneth V. Wright, 58, were held Tuesday, May 7, 1968 at 2 p.m. at the First Methodist Church in Center, with Rev. Glen R. Barber conducting the rites.

Organist, Mrs. Dick Wilson, accompanied Harold Roberts who sang "How Great Thou Art" and "Just a Closer Walk With Thee."

Pallbearers were his nephews Larry Ray, Edwin Booth, Myron Booth, Richard Finley Jr., Howard Meakins and Ronald Whitsitt. Graveside services were conducted by the Elks Lodge No. 1297 of Alamosa. Burial was held in the Monte Vista Cemetery with W. Edward Sharp in charge of the arrangements.

Kenneth was born Sept 14, 1909, in Chanute, Kansas, the son of Ord Olin Wright and Ivy Lee Burns Wright. He had spent most of his life as a resident of the Center area in the farming and trucking business. He was married March 20, 1933 to Velra Sutley. Kenneth was a member of the Methodist Church and the Elks Lodge No. 1297 of Alamosa. He passed away May 4, in the St. Lukes Hospital in Denver where he had been a patient for the past three weeks.

Survivors include his widow, one daughter, Cleo Ann Wright of Lamoore, Calif., his mother, Ivy Wright of Hayward, Calif., three sisters Evelyn Hage, Oakland, Calif., Clella Turman, Hayward, Calif., and Lois Booth of Mosca.

The family requests that the friends who wish may contribute to the Monte Vista Hospital "Heart Machine" in memory of Kenneth Wright.

Obituary of Velra (Sutley) Wright

Velra Wright, 66, a resident of Center, died in Hanford, Calif., Feb. 28. No details of her death were available except that it was termed a natural death. Mrs. Wright was born Nov. 25, 1910 in Center, the daughter of M. M. Sutley and Annie Chrisman Sutley.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church the American Legion Auxiliary and the Rebakah Lodge all of Center.

Mrs. Wright was a pianist and played for dances, school entertainments and in late years often played for the several Senior Citizen Centers in the San Luis Valley.

She had been visiting her daughter, Cleo Ann Wright in Hanford, Calif., when she died.

In addition to her daughter she is survived by one brother, Melvin Sutley, Pennsylvania and two sisters, Mrs. Thelma Finley of Canon City, Colo., and Mildred Barkley of Kremmling, Colo.

Graveside services will be Friday, March 4 in the Monte Vista Cemetery with arrangements by the Rodgers & Sharp Mortuary of Monte Vista, at 1 p.m.

Those who wish may contribute to the Adams State College Alumni Fund.

Obituary of Charles Deloss Jenkins

Special Dispatch to the World-Herald.

Norfolk, Neb. Oct. 2.--Charles D. Jenkins of this city died at the home of his son, Carl D. Jenkins, on the Jenkins farm in Kalamazoo precinct, this morning at 6:30. He had been in poor health for more than a year and death came as a general breakdown of the system.

Deceased was born in Ohio April 25, 1846, and was therefore in his 61st year. In 1871, in company with his father, Levi Jenkins, and his brother, E. H. Jenkins, deceased came to Madison county and settled on the lands on which he died. Mr. Jenkins was a hard worker and a good business man, and was generally successful in whatever he undertook. He was appointed steward of the Norfolk hospital for the insane by Governor Holcomb, and when he retired from that position, formed a partnership with P. A. Shurtz and they established the Fair store in this city, which they sold about a year ago.

Obituary of Ira Wesley Dantice

Ira Dantice Funeral Held in California

Funeral services for Ira Dantice, formerly of Sargent, were conducted Dec. 9 in Garden Grove, Calif.

Born Feb. 28, 1881, in Dade County, Lamar, Mo., he moved to Monte Vista in March, 1904, with five younger brothers and sisters. On Nov. 25, 1907, he was married to the former Lou Ella Carter of Monte Vista. He was a farmer in the area until his retirement in 1940.

Dantice died Dec. 5 in Orange, Calif. He had been in failing health for several months.

Surviving are his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Max Willson of North Platte, Neb.; four granddaughters, Mrs. Jean Humphrey and Mrs. Betty Humphrey of Garden Grove, Cailf., Jo Anne and Debbie Willson of North Platte, Neb.; four great-granddaughters; three sisters, Mrs. Clara Kelly of Del Norte, Mrs. Mary A. Brown of San Fernando, Calif., and Mrs. Loretta Sanderson of Monte Vista; three brothers, Harve Dantice, Del Norte, Jesse Dantice of St. Louis, Mo., and Andrew Dantice of Garden Grove.

Obituary of Calvin H. Sanderson

Funeral services for Calvin H. Sanderson, 62, Monte Vista, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday in the Sargent Community Church. He died Dec. 14 in his home.

A self-employed farmer, he was born Sept. 19, 1924, in Monte Vista, a son of Vernon and Loretta Dantice Sanderson, who preceded him in death, and was married to Laura Lee Sanderson on Jan. 14, 1946, in Monte Vista. She survives in the family home.

He was a veteran of World War II and a member of the Last Squad, B.P.O.E. Elks, American Legion and the Southern Colorado Consistory AF&AM.

Survivors include a son, Mike Sanderson, Monte Vista; a daughter, Kerri Spencer, Denver; a sister, Wilma Elliot, Monte Vista; and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by one brother.

Memorial contributions may be sent to the Calvin Sanderson Memorial Fund in care of Chambers and Sharp Funeral Home, Monte Vista, and will be given to the Monte Vista Community Hospital.

Burial will be in the Monte Vista Cemetery with arrangements by Chambers and Sharp.

Obituary of Donald Eugene Dantice

Funeral to be Held Tuesday For Farm Youth of Twelve Killed in Accident Saturday

Donald Dantice Fatally Hurt as Automobile Driven by Brother Leaves Highway; Driver Escapes Bad Injury

MONTE VISTA, April 12--(Special)--Funeral services will be conducted at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Methodist church here for Donald Eugene Dantice, twelve-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Dantice who was killed Saturday afternoon in an automobile accident northwest of here.

The boy was fatally injured when the new high-powered car driven by his brother, Kenneth Dantice, fifteen, went out of control at a high rate of speed and overturned twice. Donald was crushed as the car hurtled over.

Suffering from a skull fracture, a ghastly wound in his left chest, badly lacerated right arm, internal unjuries and bruises from head to foot, the child died while he was being rushed to Del Norte hospital by John Drake, a farmer who was first to pass the scene of the accident. Kenneth Dantice was only slightly hurt.

The dead boy was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Dantice, who live northwest of Monte Vista. The accident occurred at a point about eight miles from here while the two boys were driving home after attending a meeting at the schoolhouse.

According to Courtesy Patrol Supervisor Arnold Gulzow, who investigated the accident, the car must have been going at a fast clip when it apparently swung sideways in the road, skidded about 50 feet, then overturned twice. Two tires were blown out, but whether the blowouts occurred before the crash or when the car skidded had not been determined. The car was virtually a total wreck, the entire body being smashed out of shape.

The Rev. A. C. Hoover will officiate at the services Tuesday, and interment will take place in the Monte Vista cemetery. Pallbearers will be Orville Drake, Everett Sanderson, Loren Sanderson, Marvin Plunkett, Carl Devine and Robert Devine. The Home mortuary has charge of the arrangements.

Donald Dantice is survived by his parents, three sisters and two brothers.