Charles E. Warders, Jr. was born near Summerfield, Kansas on July 10, 1896, the eldest son of Charles and Elizabeth Wilson Warders. He died near Blue Rapids, Kansas on October 6, 1950 at the age of 54 years.
He was united in marriage to Margaret Katherina "Kate" Thomson on 21 January 1934 at the Sedgwick County Courthouse in Wichita, Kansas. To this union were born nine children; Norman, Lee, Paul, Mary, Sharon, Joe, Charlene, Karolyn, and Larry.
He enlisted as a Private in the United States Infantry during World War I and was stationed in France. He and his wife spent the first years of their marriage in Irving, Kansas before moving to their home in Blue Rapids, located on the corner of East Avenue and Fifth St. in 1942. Charles, a highly respected citizen of both Irving and Blue Rapids was employed as a barge operator for the Florena plant of the Blue River Sand and Gravel Co. of Blue Rapids.
He lost his life on Oct. 6, 1950 at 4:20 p.m. while he and Floyd Stryker, manager of the Briscoe plant, were in a row boat attempting to connect a sand pipe line about three miles east of Blue Rapids. The boat dipped and caught water. As the boat capsized, Mr. Stryker got hold of the pipe line and turned to see Charles going down. Stryker attempted to help but was unsuccessful and Charles disappeared into the river.
As mysteriously as he disappeared, the boat in which he was working disappeared, but the oars were found a short distance down stream from where the accident happened. For days, men searched the river between the Brisco plant and Randolph, about 25 miles down stream. It wasn't until October 16, ten days almost to the hour after he drowned, that his body was recovered by two of his cousins, Tom Wells and Gerald Pendergast of Bigelow, when they discovered the body about a mile upstream from the river bridge a half mile east of Irving.
The body was brought to the Hill Funeral Home that evening in Blue Rapids and graveside services were conducted the next day in Greenwood Cemetery at Irving. The American Legion Posts at Irving and Blue Rapids performed the Legion burial rites.
He was united in marriage to Margaret Katherina "Kate" Thomson on 21 January 1934 at the Sedgwick County Courthouse in Wichita, Kansas. To this union were born nine children; Norman, Lee, Paul, Mary, Sharon, Joe, Charlene, Karolyn, and Larry.
He enlisted as a Private in the United States Infantry during World War I and was stationed in France. He and his wife spent the first years of their marriage in Irving, Kansas before moving to their home in Blue Rapids, located on the corner of East Avenue and Fifth St. in 1942. Charles, a highly respected citizen of both Irving and Blue Rapids was employed as a barge operator for the Florena plant of the Blue River Sand and Gravel Co. of Blue Rapids.
He lost his life on Oct. 6, 1950 at 4:20 p.m. while he and Floyd Stryker, manager of the Briscoe plant, were in a row boat attempting to connect a sand pipe line about three miles east of Blue Rapids. The boat dipped and caught water. As the boat capsized, Mr. Stryker got hold of the pipe line and turned to see Charles going down. Stryker attempted to help but was unsuccessful and Charles disappeared into the river.
As mysteriously as he disappeared, the boat in which he was working disappeared, but the oars were found a short distance down stream from where the accident happened. For days, men searched the river between the Brisco plant and Randolph, about 25 miles down stream. It wasn't until October 16, ten days almost to the hour after he drowned, that his body was recovered by two of his cousins, Tom Wells and Gerald Pendergast of Bigelow, when they discovered the body about a mile upstream from the river bridge a half mile east of Irving.
The body was brought to the Hill Funeral Home that evening in Blue Rapids and graveside services were conducted the next day in Greenwood Cemetery at Irving. The American Legion Posts at Irving and Blue Rapids performed the Legion burial rites.
Charles E. Warders, Jr. was born near Summerfield, Kansas on July 10, 1896, the eldest son of Charles and Elizabeth Wilson Warders. He died near Blue Rapids, Kansas on October 6, 1950 at the age of 54 years.
He was united in marriage to Margaret Katherina "Kate" Thomson on 21 January 1934 at the Sedgwick County Courthouse in Wichita, Kansas. To this union were born nine children; Norman, Lee, Paul, Mary, Sharon, Joe, Charlene, Karolyn, and Larry.
He enlisted as a Private in the United States Infantry during World War I and was stationed in France. He and his wife spent the first years of their marriage in Irving, Kansas before moving to their home in Blue Rapids, located on the corner of East Avenue and Fifth St. in 1942. Charles, a highly respected citizen of both Irving and Blue Rapids was employed as a barge operator for the Florena plant of the Blue River Sand and Gravel Co. of Blue Rapids.
He lost his life on Oct. 6, 1950 at 4:20 p.m. while he and Floyd Stryker, manager of the Briscoe plant, were in a row boat attempting to connect a sand pipe line about three miles east of Blue Rapids. The boat dipped and caught water. As the boat capsized, Mr. Stryker got hold of the pipe line and turned to see Charles going down. Stryker attempted to help but was unsuccessful and Charles disappeared into the river.
As mysteriously as he disappeared, the boat in which he was working disappeared, but the oars were found a short distance down stream from where the accident happened. For days, men searched the river between the Brisco plant and Randolph, about 25 miles down stream. It wasn't until October 16, ten days almost to the hour after he drowned, that his body was recovered by two of his cousins, Tom Wells and Gerald Pendergast of Bigelow, when they discovered the body about a mile upstream from the river bridge a half mile east of Irving.
The body was brought to the Hill Funeral Home that evening in Blue Rapids and graveside services were conducted the next day in Greenwood Cemetery at Irving. The American Legion Posts at Irving and Blue Rapids performed the Legion burial rites.
He was united in marriage to Margaret Katherina "Kate" Thomson on 21 January 1934 at the Sedgwick County Courthouse in Wichita, Kansas. To this union were born nine children; Norman, Lee, Paul, Mary, Sharon, Joe, Charlene, Karolyn, and Larry.
He enlisted as a Private in the United States Infantry during World War I and was stationed in France. He and his wife spent the first years of their marriage in Irving, Kansas before moving to their home in Blue Rapids, located on the corner of East Avenue and Fifth St. in 1942. Charles, a highly respected citizen of both Irving and Blue Rapids was employed as a barge operator for the Florena plant of the Blue River Sand and Gravel Co. of Blue Rapids.
He lost his life on Oct. 6, 1950 at 4:20 p.m. while he and Floyd Stryker, manager of the Briscoe plant, were in a row boat attempting to connect a sand pipe line about three miles east of Blue Rapids. The boat dipped and caught water. As the boat capsized, Mr. Stryker got hold of the pipe line and turned to see Charles going down. Stryker attempted to help but was unsuccessful and Charles disappeared into the river.
As mysteriously as he disappeared, the boat in which he was working disappeared, but the oars were found a short distance down stream from where the accident happened. For days, men searched the river between the Brisco plant and Randolph, about 25 miles down stream. It wasn't until October 16, ten days almost to the hour after he drowned, that his body was recovered by two of his cousins, Tom Wells and Gerald Pendergast of Bigelow, when they discovered the body about a mile upstream from the river bridge a half mile east of Irving.
The body was brought to the Hill Funeral Home that evening in Blue Rapids and graveside services were conducted the next day in Greenwood Cemetery at Irving. The American Legion Posts at Irving and Blue Rapids performed the Legion burial rites.
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