Obituary: "FUNERAL FOR C.B. KOONTZ--Former Columbus Man Died at Holton, Kansas, Sept. 25. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Sunday afternoon for C.B. Koontz, 77, familiarly known to his many Columbus friends as Baxter Koontz, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Kenneth C. Harris and Mr. Harris at Holton, Kan. at 9:25 Friday morning. The body was brought to Columbus last night in the Catlett Funeral Service ambulance and will lie in state until time for the funeral service at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H.E. Jeffery and Mr. Jeffery, 210 East country Road. Services will be held at the home, conducted by the Rev. L.A. Johnston, pastor of the Christian church. A male quartet composed of Mr. Catlett, Billy Hamlet, Monte Goldsberry and Millard Knock will sing, and Mr. Catlett will sing a solo, 'I've Done My Work.' Pallbearers will be the two sons-in-law, Mr. Jeffery and Mr. Harris, and four nephews, L.E. Smith of this city, John Koontz of Parsons, Andrew Koontz of Pittsburg and Clarence Worthington of Topeka. Burial will be made in the Park cemetery by the side of his wife, who died May 9, 1911. Baxter Koontz was born on December 20, 1859, at Lexington, North Carolina, the third son of Phillip and Sylvia Koontz. At the age of twelve he came with the family to Kansas, settling near Osawatomie. Here he was married on his 27th birthday, (December 20, 1886) to Miss Rosa Rice, and to them were born two daughters, Pearl and Fern. In the fall of 1899 Mr. and Mrs. Koontz moved to Cherokee county to a farm near Faulkner, and the next spring they moved to Columbus on a farm one mile south of the city park. Mr. Koontz became foreman of the late T.J. Skinner's truck farm that spring, and continued until 1905, when he left Mr. Skinner's employ to engage in a similar business for himself which he operated for fifteen years. In 1920 Mr. Koontz went to Parsons as head gardener at the state hospital, and after three years was transferred to Topeka as head gardener at the state hospital there. The first of this year his health began to break, but he did not give up until the first of May. Since then he has gradually grown worse and the end came yesterday. Death was caused by sclerosis of the liver. Mr. Koontz was a member of the I.O.O.F. and Redman lodges. He is survived by his daughters, Mrs. Jeffery and Mrs. Harris, one granddaughter, Patty Harris, one brother, Jack Koontz of this city, three half-brothers, Wade Koontz of McLeob, Mont., Harry Koontz of Los Angeles, Calif., and Ed Koontz of Parker, Kans., and one half-sister, Mrs. Minnie Whisner of Parker, Kan. Also surviving are two step-sisters, Mrs. Mattie Skeens of Garnett, Kan., and Mrs. Mary Atherton of Dexter, Kan., one step brother, Will Taylor of Hepler, Kan., his brother-in-law and sister-in-law and Mrs. Wallace W. Rice of this city, one niece, Mrs. L. E. Smith of this city, and four nephews, Charlie and Eugene Koontz of rural Columbus, John Koontz of Parsons, and Andrew Koontz of Pittsburg." [The Modern Light, Columbus, KS; Thursday, Oct. 1, 1936, p1 C7; also the same in the Columbus Daily Advocate, 9-26-1936.]
Obituary: "FUNERAL FOR C.B. KOONTZ--Former Columbus Man Died at Holton, Kansas, Sept. 25. Funeral services will be held at 2:30 Sunday afternoon for C.B. Koontz, 77, familiarly known to his many Columbus friends as Baxter Koontz, who died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Kenneth C. Harris and Mr. Harris at Holton, Kan. at 9:25 Friday morning. The body was brought to Columbus last night in the Catlett Funeral Service ambulance and will lie in state until time for the funeral service at the home of his daughter, Mrs. H.E. Jeffery and Mr. Jeffery, 210 East country Road. Services will be held at the home, conducted by the Rev. L.A. Johnston, pastor of the Christian church. A male quartet composed of Mr. Catlett, Billy Hamlet, Monte Goldsberry and Millard Knock will sing, and Mr. Catlett will sing a solo, 'I've Done My Work.' Pallbearers will be the two sons-in-law, Mr. Jeffery and Mr. Harris, and four nephews, L.E. Smith of this city, John Koontz of Parsons, Andrew Koontz of Pittsburg and Clarence Worthington of Topeka. Burial will be made in the Park cemetery by the side of his wife, who died May 9, 1911. Baxter Koontz was born on December 20, 1859, at Lexington, North Carolina, the third son of Phillip and Sylvia Koontz. At the age of twelve he came with the family to Kansas, settling near Osawatomie. Here he was married on his 27th birthday, (December 20, 1886) to Miss Rosa Rice, and to them were born two daughters, Pearl and Fern. In the fall of 1899 Mr. and Mrs. Koontz moved to Cherokee county to a farm near Faulkner, and the next spring they moved to Columbus on a farm one mile south of the city park. Mr. Koontz became foreman of the late T.J. Skinner's truck farm that spring, and continued until 1905, when he left Mr. Skinner's employ to engage in a similar business for himself which he operated for fifteen years. In 1920 Mr. Koontz went to Parsons as head gardener at the state hospital, and after three years was transferred to Topeka as head gardener at the state hospital there. The first of this year his health began to break, but he did not give up until the first of May. Since then he has gradually grown worse and the end came yesterday. Death was caused by sclerosis of the liver. Mr. Koontz was a member of the I.O.O.F. and Redman lodges. He is survived by his daughters, Mrs. Jeffery and Mrs. Harris, one granddaughter, Patty Harris, one brother, Jack Koontz of this city, three half-brothers, Wade Koontz of McLeob, Mont., Harry Koontz of Los Angeles, Calif., and Ed Koontz of Parker, Kans., and one half-sister, Mrs. Minnie Whisner of Parker, Kan. Also surviving are two step-sisters, Mrs. Mattie Skeens of Garnett, Kan., and Mrs. Mary Atherton of Dexter, Kan., one step brother, Will Taylor of Hepler, Kan., his brother-in-law and sister-in-law and Mrs. Wallace W. Rice of this city, one niece, Mrs. L. E. Smith of this city, and four nephews, Charlie and Eugene Koontz of rural Columbus, John Koontz of Parsons, and Andrew Koontz of Pittsburg." [The Modern Light, Columbus, KS; Thursday, Oct. 1, 1936, p1 C7; also the same in the Columbus Daily Advocate, 9-26-1936.]
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