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THE KANSAS CITY TIMES Wednesday, February 19, 1975 Deaths Additional Deaths on Page 9 The Rev. I L. David Cowie The Rev. L. David Cowie, 64, Malibu.

Presbyterian leader and missionary in southern California and Seattle, died Feb. 12 at the Beach, Memorial Hospital. Mr. Cowie was pastor of the Linwood Presbyterian Church here from 1942 to 1947. He was interim pastor of the Malibu Presbyterian Church at the time of his death.

He was pastor of three other congregations during his 38-year religious career. Mr. Cowie was pastor of the Vermont Avenue Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, years following his ordination there THE REV. L. DAVID COWIE In 1936.

After his pastorship here he served as pastor of the Brentwood Presbyterian Church. Los Angeles, nine years. From 1947 to 1961 Mr. Cowie was pastor of the University Prebyterian Church, Seattle. The congregation there rose from 2,000 to 4,000 persons during his stay.

During the same period the mission program of the church expanded from -000 to more than $100,000 annually. The church sent Mr. Cowie and his wife, Mrs. Ardelle G. Cowie of the home, on a missionary tour of the world in 1953-54.

He visited missionary stations in 21 countries and was received by the late Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. Mr. Cowie was pastor of the Bellflower. Presbyterian Church four years. before he retired in September He was born in Coatbridge, Scotland, and was raised in southern California.

He attended the University of California at Los Angeles and the University of Southern California. He was graduated from Wheaton, College in 1933 and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1936. Mr. Cowie received an honorary doctorate of divinity degree from John Brown University during his tenure here. He was cofounder in 1938 of the Forest Home Christian Conference Grounds, located in the mountains San Bernardino, Calif He was cochairman of the Seattle Billy Graham Crusade in 1951 and an executive and Loan Insurance Corporation.

Washington. He was a past president of the Missouri Savings and Loan League and the Kansas City Savings and Loan League. Mr. Bennett was appointed in 1960 by Gov. James Blair as a charter member of the 5-member Missouri Savings and Loan commission.

Mr. Bennett was elected president in 1949 of the Independence Chamber of Commerce. He also was a member of the Independence Red Cross Board. He was an Army veteran of World War II and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars and the American Legion. Mr.

Bennett was an elder emeritus of the First Christian Church, Independence. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Virginia T. Bennett of the home; son, David Bennett, and a daughter, Mrs. Martha Lawrence, both of Lawrence, another daughter.

Mrs. Mary Johnston, Summit, N.J.. and four grandchildren. MRS. MATTIE M.

BULLOCK Mrs. Mattie Mae Bullock, 86, Norborne, formerly of Kansas City, died Tuesday at a nursing home in Richmond, Mo. She was born in Ray County, Missouri, and lived in Kansas City about 40 years before she moved to Norborne in 1972. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. R.K.

Stephens, Bedford, Iowa, and Mrs. K.S. Neff. Norborne: a brother, L.W. Bowman, Bogard, and a sister, Mrs.

Roxie Wheeler, Carrollton, Mo. Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Gibson Chapel, Norborne: burial in Fairhaven Cemetery, Norborne. Friends may call from 7 to 8:30 p.m. tonight at the chapel.

MRS. MARY E. CARDER Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Carder, 54. Liberty, died Tuesday at Research Medical Center.

She was born in Waldron, and lived in Liberty 20 years. Mrs. Carder was a social worker about 10 years for the Clay County Welfare Department. She was a supervisor in the Liberty office at the time of her death. She was a member of the Liberty United Methodist Church.

She leaves her husband, Guy B. Carder, and a son, B. Guy Carder, both of the home; two daughters, Miss Betty Lou Carder, Forest City, and Miss Mary Carolyn Carder, Albuquerque, and her mother, Mrs. Mamie Johnson, Forest City. Services will be at 10 a.m.

Friday at the church: burial in the Forest City, Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Pasley Chapel, Liberty. The family suggests contributions to the church's Mary E. Carder memorial fund.

STACEY LYNN COX Stacey Lynn Cox, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Cox, 5130 Edith, Kansas City, Kansas, died Sunday at the University of Kansas Medical Center. She also leaves the paternal grandparents. Mr.

and Mrs. William Cox, Kansas City, Kansas, and the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Lewallen, Deepwater, Mo. Services will be at 1 p.m.

Thursday in Maple Hill Ceme tery. SHARON M. DOBELBOWER Sharon Marie Dobelbower, month-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Dobelbower, 113-A Robin Road, Lee's Summit, died Monday at Children's Mercy Hos pital.

She was a lifelong area resi dent. She also leaves a brother, Frank Dobelbower of the home; the paternal grandparents. Mr and Mrs. Charles Dobelbower, Fort Scott, and the mater nal Mr. and Mrs Frank Tate, Blackwell, Tex.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thurs day at the Langford Chapel: burial in Glenridge Cemetery, Liberty. MRS. OSSIE DORSEY Mrs. Ossie Dorsey, 70, of 2737 Troost, died Saturday at the General Hospital.

She was a lifelong area resident. Mrs. Dorsey was a retired maid. She was a member of the Washington Chapel C. M.

E. Church, Parkville. Services will be at 8 p.m. tonight at the Lawrence A. Jones Linwood Chapel and at 9 a.m.

Thursday in Blue Ridge Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. tonight at the chapel. MISS RUBY L. HAYDEN Miss Ruby L.

Hayden, Las Vegas, formerly of Kansas City, died Tuesday at a Las Vegas hospital. She was born in Edgerton in Platte County and lived in Kansas City most of her life. She had lived in Las Vegas two weeks. Miss Hayden was a retired dental nurse. She leaves three sisters.

Mrs. Jean Asbury, 4936 N. Highland: Mrs. Agnes Wallace, 1101 E. 27th Avenue, North Kansas City, and Mrs.

Beatrice Woods, Wichita. Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday in Forest Hill Cemetery. Friends may call at from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Newcomer North Kansas City Chapel.

The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions to the Salvation Army. MRS. URSULA KRAGEL Mrs. Ursula Kragel, 605 Splitlog. Kansas City, Kansas.

died Tuesday at Bethany Medical Center. She was born in Austria and lived in Kansas City, Kansas, the 69 years. Mrs. Kragel was member of the Holy Family Catholic Church. She was a member of the church's Altar Society, St.

Veronica Lodge and Slovenian Women's Union. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Anne M. Klimowicz of the home. MRS.

LILLY M. ROBERTSON Mrs. Lilly Marie Robertson, 78, of 5206 Riggs, Mission, died Tuesday at Shawnee Mission Hospital. She was born in Red Oak, Iowa, and had lived in this area 50 years. Mrs.

Robertson was a member of the Overland Park Christian Church. She was a member of the Morrison Ridge Flower Club. She leaves two sons. Donald Robertson, 6805 Switzer Lane, Shawnee, and Kenneth Robertson, Colorado Springs; daughter, Mrs. Betty J.

Reed of the home: a sister, Mrs. Edna Chambers, 4700 Roanoke Parkway, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Newcomer Overland Park Chapel: burial in Maple Hill Everything for the Bride Stent midals Ardelle C. Short, New Haven, a brother, John Cowie, Los Angeles, and two grandchildren.

Services will be at 10:45 a.m. Sunday at the Linwood Presbyterian Church: cremation. The family suggests contributions to the church. Cowie, Seattle: a daughter, Harvey A. Kantor Harvey A.

Kantor, 31, Stonington, formerly of Kansas City, an assistant professor of American urban history at the University of Rhode Island, Kingston, died Tuesday at a hospital in Westerly, R.I. He was born in Kansas City and was graduated from Marlborough Elementary School and Southeast High School here. He lived in Stonington three years. Mr. Kantor was graduated from University of Missouri-Columbia in 1966 with a bachelor's degree in history and earned a master's degree from U.M.C.

in 1967. He was elected president of the U.M.C. student body in his sophom*ore year. Mr. Kantor was a Woodrow Wilson Fellow at New York University where he received his doctorate in history in 1971.

He currently was director of the Rhode Island State Oral History Project. Mr. Kantor was a coauthor of a recently completed book on American urban history and was a contributor to journals of history. He most recently was published in the Journal of the American Institute of Planners. He leaves his wife, Mrs.

Jayne Blankenship Kantor, and a son. Jordan Benjamin Kantor, both of the home, and his mother. Mrs. Sharlene Kantor, and a sister, Mrs. Harriet Zakoura, both of Kansas City.

Private family services will be today at Kehilath Israel Blue Ridge Cemetery. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Center for the Arts. Westerly. The family requests no flowers and suggests contributions to the Leukemia Aid Society or to the Harvey A.

Kantor Memorial Reading Room in care of the chairman of the history department, University of Rhode Island, Kingston. Howard F. Bennett Howard Franklin Bennett, 62. of 1108 26th, Independence, a former Independence councilman and former president of the Independence Savings and Loan Association, died Tuesday at the Independence Hospital. He was born in Springfield, and lived in Independence years.

Mr. Bennett served in the late 1950s on the Independence city council. He was elected president of the Independence Savings and Loan Association in 1950 and retired in 1969. of the 1965 Mr. Bennett came to Indecommittee member Greater Los Angeles Crusade.

pendence in 1939 as liquidating On the Country Club Plaza 4626 J.C. Nichols Parkway He also leaves a son. David officer for the Federal Savings Open Mon. 1. thru Thurs.

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Reg US Pat Office Cemetery. Friends may call after 5p.m. today at the chapel. MRS. NELL R.

SAUTER Mrs. Nell Ryan Sauter, 85, of 1411 N. 38th, Kansas City, Kansas, died Tuesday at Bethany Medical Center. She was a lifelong Kansas City, Kansas, resident. Mrs.

Sauter was a Methodist. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Helen Ramsey, 7330 Lafayette. Kansas City, Kansas: two sisters. Mrs.

Hazel French of the home and Mrs. Grace Hale. Detroit, and two grandsons. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at the Gibson-Butler Chapel: Burial in Highland Park Cemetery.

Friends may call after 4 p.m. today at the chapel. JOHN W. WORDEN John Wesley Worden, 67, of 6409 Peery, died Tuesday at Research Medical Center. He was a lifelong Kansas City resident.

Mr. Worden was a repairman for the former Keystone Equipment Company 25 years and for the Superior Trailer Manufacturing Company the last year-and-ahalf. He served in the Navy Reserve four years. He was a member of the Independence Masonic Lodge. He attended the Blue Summit Baptist Church.

He leaves his wife, Mrs. Essie M. Worden of the home: two sons, Carl L. Worden, 12907 E. 61st, and Burl D.

Worden, 7012 E. 58th: brother, Carl G. Worden, Hot Springs, six grandchildren and two great Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Floral Hills Chapel: burial in Floral Hills Cemetery. Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m.

tonight at the chapel. JOSEPH J. WRABEC Joseph J. Wrabec, 52, of 11215 Burton, Sugar Creek, died Tuesday at Independence Hospital. He was a lifelong Sugar Creek resident.

Mr. Wrabec retired in 1955 as a maintenance mechanic for the Federal Aviation Agency, where he worked 5 years. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. Mr. Wrabec was a member of St.

Cyril's Catholic Church, 11231 Chicago, Sugar Creek, and the First Catholic Slovak Ladies and' Men's Union and the Croatian Catholic Union. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and the Sugar Creek Veterans of Foreign Wars Post. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Irene M. Wrabec, and son, Paul Joseph Wrabec both of the home: three brothers, Leonard E.

Wrabec, 10812 Scarritt, and Jerome R. Wrabec, 10807 Burton, both of Sugar Creek, and Stanley V. Wrabec, 3822 Virginia: nine sisters. Mrs. Pauline Heckmueller, Chicago: Mrs.

Mildred Kelly. 115 N. Kensington; Mrs. Marsha Hawortt. 10824 Scarritt.

Sugar Creek: Mrs. Frances Enges. Sequim, Mrs. Theresa McAuley. Casper, Miss Agnes Wrabec, Kansas City: Mrs.

Loretta Hey, 6320 Woodward, Merriam: Mrs. Sylvia Begley. Costa Mesa, and Mrs. Carol Clairmont, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Services will be at 10 a.m.

Saturday at the church; burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. V.F.W. services will be at 6 p.m. Friday, the Knights of Columbus rosary will be said at 7 p.m.

Friday and the parish rosary will be said at 8 p.m. Friday, all at the Carson Independence Chapel, where friends may call from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday. The family suggests contributions to the church building fund. Funeral Services Thomas J.

Lewis, 24, who was found shot to death Monday in a house at 4111 Wyoming, at 9: 30 a.m. Thursday at St. Regis Catholic Church: burial in Mount Olivet Cemetery. The rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Carson Blue Ridge Chapel.

Mrs. Anna Lipp, 85, of 9517 Parallel. Kansas City, Kansas, at 8: 30 a.m. Thursday at the Reising Chapel, and 9 a.m. at St.

Anthony's Catholic Church: burial in Mount Calvary Cemetery, The rosary will be said at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the chapel, where friends may call after 4 p.m. Deaths over Missouri A nursing home here. He was born in Woodson County, Kansas, and lived in the Emporia, area before moving here in 1971. Mr.

Powell was motor car mechanic and former garage owner in Allen, before he retired about 1942. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Emporia. He leaves his wife, Mrs. Susie Mary Powell of the home: four sons. Richard A Powell, Clinton: Francis Powell.

5836 Swartz: Leslie D. Powell. Yuma, and Earl D. Powell. Lawrence, five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren Services will be at 2 p.m.

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