Arkansas City Daily Traveler
Arkansas City, Kansas
Friday, February 5th, 1960
page 1
W.A. Chapman Dies Thursday
He Had Been Resident of Arkansas City For Many Years.
William Albert Chapman, 118 N. Fifth St., who first came to Arkansas City in 1906, and who celebrated his 90th birthday last summer, died unexpectedly Thursday at 6:30 in Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since December. He was the father of Walter S. Chapman, administrator of Memorial Hospital.
Born Aug. 14, 1869 in Springfield, Ill., he was the son of Stephen Chapman and Ann Oder Chapman. He first came to Kansas in 1906 on a Santa Fe harvest excursion train, costing $5 for the round trip ticket. He returned to the East to marry, and spent the next few years traveling before settling here permanently in 1927.
Chapman's business career was divided between railroading, foundry work and his hobby of woodworking. He worked for the Santa Fe here and also in Pueblo. He was general superintendent in 1915-16 for the Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Co., Minneapolis; holding a similar position in the Pueblo Iron and Foundry Co., and was superintendent of the Western Iron and Foundry Co., Wichita, for several years. It was there he suffered an accident which cost him an eye. He later traveled extensively for the Owatonna Tool Co., selling heavy road building machinery and was well known by city, county and township officials all over this section of the country.
Chapman's hobby was woodworking and during the war he fixed up a shop. He later began repairing furniture and before long his yard was filled with furniture to be "fixed". His hobby had turned into a 12-hour day and a profitable business. He worked at this for about five years, until failing health and bad eye-sight forced him to give it up.
He was married to Ida M. Miller, who died in 1928. He later married her sister, Lizzie E. Miller, Dec. 25, 1929, in Wichita. Mrs. Chapman died July 25, 1955.
Survivors include one son, Walter A. Chapman, 510 South A St., three grandchildren, three great grandchildren, a niece, Mrs. Spurgeon Coleman, St. Louis, and a grand-niece, Mrs. George (Ruth) Archer, Springfield, Ill.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife and one son, Charles Edwin Chapman.
Funeral services will be Saturday, 2:30 p.m., in the Jess Rindt Chapel. The Rev. Harold E. Enz, pastor of the Central Christian church will officiate, and burial will be in Riverview cemetery.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield) July 2022
Arkansas City, Kansas
Friday, February 5th, 1960
page 1
W.A. Chapman Dies Thursday
He Had Been Resident of Arkansas City For Many Years.
William Albert Chapman, 118 N. Fifth St., who first came to Arkansas City in 1906, and who celebrated his 90th birthday last summer, died unexpectedly Thursday at 6:30 in Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since December. He was the father of Walter S. Chapman, administrator of Memorial Hospital.
Born Aug. 14, 1869 in Springfield, Ill., he was the son of Stephen Chapman and Ann Oder Chapman. He first came to Kansas in 1906 on a Santa Fe harvest excursion train, costing $5 for the round trip ticket. He returned to the East to marry, and spent the next few years traveling before settling here permanently in 1927.
Chapman's business career was divided between railroading, foundry work and his hobby of woodworking. He worked for the Santa Fe here and also in Pueblo. He was general superintendent in 1915-16 for the Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Co., Minneapolis; holding a similar position in the Pueblo Iron and Foundry Co., and was superintendent of the Western Iron and Foundry Co., Wichita, for several years. It was there he suffered an accident which cost him an eye. He later traveled extensively for the Owatonna Tool Co., selling heavy road building machinery and was well known by city, county and township officials all over this section of the country.
Chapman's hobby was woodworking and during the war he fixed up a shop. He later began repairing furniture and before long his yard was filled with furniture to be "fixed". His hobby had turned into a 12-hour day and a profitable business. He worked at this for about five years, until failing health and bad eye-sight forced him to give it up.
He was married to Ida M. Miller, who died in 1928. He later married her sister, Lizzie E. Miller, Dec. 25, 1929, in Wichita. Mrs. Chapman died July 25, 1955.
Survivors include one son, Walter A. Chapman, 510 South A St., three grandchildren, three great grandchildren, a niece, Mrs. Spurgeon Coleman, St. Louis, and a grand-niece, Mrs. George (Ruth) Archer, Springfield, Ill.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife and one son, Charles Edwin Chapman.
Funeral services will be Saturday, 2:30 p.m., in the Jess Rindt Chapel. The Rev. Harold E. Enz, pastor of the Central Christian church will officiate, and burial will be in Riverview cemetery.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield) July 2022
Arkansas City Daily Traveler
Arkansas City, Kansas
Friday, February 5th, 1960
page 1
W.A. Chapman Dies Thursday
He Had Been Resident of Arkansas City For Many Years.
William Albert Chapman, 118 N. Fifth St., who first came to Arkansas City in 1906, and who celebrated his 90th birthday last summer, died unexpectedly Thursday at 6:30 in Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since December. He was the father of Walter S. Chapman, administrator of Memorial Hospital.
Born Aug. 14, 1869 in Springfield, Ill., he was the son of Stephen Chapman and Ann Oder Chapman. He first came to Kansas in 1906 on a Santa Fe harvest excursion train, costing $5 for the round trip ticket. He returned to the East to marry, and spent the next few years traveling before settling here permanently in 1927.
Chapman's business career was divided between railroading, foundry work and his hobby of woodworking. He worked for the Santa Fe here and also in Pueblo. He was general superintendent in 1915-16 for the Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Co., Minneapolis; holding a similar position in the Pueblo Iron and Foundry Co., and was superintendent of the Western Iron and Foundry Co., Wichita, for several years. It was there he suffered an accident which cost him an eye. He later traveled extensively for the Owatonna Tool Co., selling heavy road building machinery and was well known by city, county and township officials all over this section of the country.
Chapman's hobby was woodworking and during the war he fixed up a shop. He later began repairing furniture and before long his yard was filled with furniture to be "fixed". His hobby had turned into a 12-hour day and a profitable business. He worked at this for about five years, until failing health and bad eye-sight forced him to give it up.
He was married to Ida M. Miller, who died in 1928. He later married her sister, Lizzie E. Miller, Dec. 25, 1929, in Wichita. Mrs. Chapman died July 25, 1955.
Survivors include one son, Walter A. Chapman, 510 South A St., three grandchildren, three great grandchildren, a niece, Mrs. Spurgeon Coleman, St. Louis, and a grand-niece, Mrs. George (Ruth) Archer, Springfield, Ill.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife and one son, Charles Edwin Chapman.
Funeral services will be Saturday, 2:30 p.m., in the Jess Rindt Chapel. The Rev. Harold E. Enz, pastor of the Central Christian church will officiate, and burial will be in Riverview cemetery.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield) July 2022
Arkansas City, Kansas
Friday, February 5th, 1960
page 1
W.A. Chapman Dies Thursday
He Had Been Resident of Arkansas City For Many Years.
William Albert Chapman, 118 N. Fifth St., who first came to Arkansas City in 1906, and who celebrated his 90th birthday last summer, died unexpectedly Thursday at 6:30 in Memorial Hospital where he had been a patient since December. He was the father of Walter S. Chapman, administrator of Memorial Hospital.
Born Aug. 14, 1869 in Springfield, Ill., he was the son of Stephen Chapman and Ann Oder Chapman. He first came to Kansas in 1906 on a Santa Fe harvest excursion train, costing $5 for the round trip ticket. He returned to the East to marry, and spent the next few years traveling before settling here permanently in 1927.
Chapman's business career was divided between railroading, foundry work and his hobby of woodworking. He worked for the Santa Fe here and also in Pueblo. He was general superintendent in 1915-16 for the Minneapolis Steel and Machinery Co., Minneapolis; holding a similar position in the Pueblo Iron and Foundry Co., and was superintendent of the Western Iron and Foundry Co., Wichita, for several years. It was there he suffered an accident which cost him an eye. He later traveled extensively for the Owatonna Tool Co., selling heavy road building machinery and was well known by city, county and township officials all over this section of the country.
Chapman's hobby was woodworking and during the war he fixed up a shop. He later began repairing furniture and before long his yard was filled with furniture to be "fixed". His hobby had turned into a 12-hour day and a profitable business. He worked at this for about five years, until failing health and bad eye-sight forced him to give it up.
He was married to Ida M. Miller, who died in 1928. He later married her sister, Lizzie E. Miller, Dec. 25, 1929, in Wichita. Mrs. Chapman died July 25, 1955.
Survivors include one son, Walter A. Chapman, 510 South A St., three grandchildren, three great grandchildren, a niece, Mrs. Spurgeon Coleman, St. Louis, and a grand-niece, Mrs. George (Ruth) Archer, Springfield, Ill.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife and one son, Charles Edwin Chapman.
Funeral services will be Saturday, 2:30 p.m., in the Jess Rindt Chapel. The Rev. Harold E. Enz, pastor of the Central Christian church will officiate, and burial will be in Riverview cemetery.
(transcribed by Judy Mayfield) July 2022
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