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Obituary- Howard, Eliphalet

E. J. Howard Dead
Eliphalet J. Howard, 56, passed away Saturday afternoon, Nov. 12, at Excelsior Springs, Mo.

He had been at the Springs for about one month prior to his death taking treatments. The treatments being given for his supposed malady brought out the nature of his real ailment, cancer of the liver, in a series of hemorrhages. He became dangerously ill about 1 p.m. and passed away at 6 o'clock. His daughter, Mrs. Floyd Flanagan of Topeka, was with him for a week preceding his decease.

The news to his Rossville friends was a shock, as few knew he was under treatment.

The body was brought to Topeka where funeral services were held in the Wall Diffenderfer funeral home, Monday morning, Nov. 14, at 10:30 o'clock, conducted by the Rev. Mr. John McAfee of the Westminster Presbyterian church. Preceding the service Mrs. Raymond Gilkerson, pianist, played.

The pallbearers were Messrs. B. H. Stark, Frank Cain, F.J. Flanagan, S.H. Conley, L.R. Jamieson, and W.L. Hook.

Following the funeral service the body was brought to Rossville for burials. Hesperian Lodge, A.F. & A.M. conducted the service at the cemetery.

Mr. Howard spent a large portion of his life as a citizen of Rossville, coming here as a boy of 17 years of age, with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Otis Howard, from their old home in Shaftsbury, Vermont. This was in 1888.In 1896 he was married to Julia E. Wilt of this city and in 1898 they moved to New Mexico and remained five years. The only child of this union, Irene, was born there in 1899. Mr. Howard and his family returned to Rossville in 1903, and this city was again their home until 1918. Shortly after moving to Topeka in 1918, to engage in the implement business, Mrs. Howard passed away.

His second marriage occurred in 1923, when he was united in marriage to Capitola Steele at Topeka. In 1926 they moved to Enterprise, Kansas, where they had built up a fine hotel business.

Mr. Howard was an enterprising citizen and had been honored here by all the civic offices at the command of our people. He served as Mayor of Rossville and as councilman. His business life here was as general merchandiser and later as one of the earliest of our motor dealers and garage owners.
He was a past master of Hesperian Lodge, No. 111, A.F. & A.M., a Knight Templar, Topeka; and a member of Evergreen Camp, M.W.A. of Rossville.

Besides his widow, Mrs. Capitola Howard, of Enterprise, he is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Irene Flanagan, Topeka, and one sister, Mrs. E.G. Griswold, Rossville, and one brother, Otis Howard of Wichita.