Imogene A. Adler and Herman Glen Carkhuff
HERMAN GLEN CARKHUFF, son of HARRIET WINSLOW BLAIR and JAMES HENRY CARKHUFF, was born February 13, 1878 in Solomon, Dickinson, Kansas,56, 8279 and died October 15, 1967 in Delta, Delta, Colorado.56, 8279 He is buried in Olathe Cemetery, Montrose County, Colorado.456, 8279
He married IMOGENE A. ADLER on December 21, 1920 in Olathe, Montrose, Colorado.8261 She was born in 1882,456 and died March 20, 1945 in Montrose, Montrose, Colorado.456, 11276 She is buried in Olathe Cemetery, Montrose County, Colorado.456
Children of IMOGENE A. ADLER and HERMAN GLEN CARKHUFF:
- ROBERTA JEAN CARKHUFF, b. May 12, 1924, Olathe, Montrose, Colorado;8278 d. March 1, 2010, Delta, Delta, Colorado.8278
Personal Information
Herman G. Carkhuff
- graduated from Washburn University, Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas in 190512850
- was a farmer8279
- was a member of the Olathe Methodist Church, Colorado. 8279
Marriage Announcements and News
Montrose Daily Press, December 24, 192012595
CARKHUFF-LANGSTON
One of the first of the holiday weddings was one of importance, owing to the prominence of the couple, was solemnized Tuesday evening very quietly at the bride’s home In Olathe. when Mrs. Imogene Langston became the bride of Mr Herman G. Carkhuff. son of Mrs and Mrs. J. H. Carkhuff, of this city. The Rev. Thompson, pastor of the Olathe Methodist church, officiated, and used the pretty ring service. Mrs. Carkhuff wore a very becoming gown of grey crepe de chine. After the ceremony a dainty luncheon was served. Only a few members of the immediate relatives were present.
Mr. Carkhuff is associated with his brother. W. K Carkhuff, in farming on East mesa, and he and his charming bride will go to housekeeping very soon in a pretty new home on the ranch.
Both are very well known and highly respected residents of Olathe and have hosts of friends at the county seat aa well as in their home city, who unite in wishing them continued happiness, health and prosperity.
Newspaper Articles
Montrose Daily Press, October 11, 191812850
CARKHUFF A MAN OF GREAT VALUE—A SUCCESS
Herman G. Carkhuff, the Republican candidate for county commissioner, was reared on a farm in central Kansas. He worked on the farm while a boy and received his common school education in the country schools and later attended and was graduated from Washburn college, at Topeka, Kansas, from which he received his degree in 1905, and at once was tendered and accepted the position of cashier for a large insurance company in Topeka, which office he filled with credit to himself.
He came to the Uncompahgre valley in 1909, where he has since made his home and during which time he has been and still is engaged in farming.
Mr. Carkhuff has made a success of his own business and, if elected county commissioner, the people may rest assured that he will give the same careful attention to the affairs of the county.
Obituaries
West Plains Weekly Quill, April 19, 194511276
Former W. P. Woman Dies In Colorado
Mrs. Imogene Langston Carkhuff, Former Imogene Adler, Moved From West Plains to Colorado 32 Year Ago
Friends here have just learned of the death of Mrs. H. G. Carkhuff of Olathe, Colo., the former Imogene Adler Langston of West Plains, which occurred Tuesday, March 20, in a Montrose, Colo., hospital, following a long illness.
Mrs. Carkhuff, who was 62, had been ill a number of weeks, and about a month before her death was taken by plane to Mayo Brothers hospital in Rochester, Minn., to receive examination and treatment. However, no hope was given by physicians there and she was taken to Montrose to re-enter the hospital where she had been undergoing treatment.
Besides her husband she is survived by two daughters, Miss Robert Carkhuff of Olathe, and Mrs. Ruth Langston Sullivan of Los Angeles, Calif.; a son, Paul Langston of South Gate, Calif.; a brother, Dr. Robert V. Adler of Montrose, one sister, Mrs. Ethal Hungerford of Kansas City, and one granddaughter, Penelope Sue Sullivan of Los Angeles. Dr. Adler and Mrs. Hungerford both are former well known residents of West Plains.
Mrs. Carkhuff, whose first marriage was to the late Will Langston of West Plains, had lived in Olathe the last 32 years, where, according to the Olathe Criterion, she had long been prominent in community affairs. She was a faithful and active member of the Methodist church in Olathe, where she also served as choir director. She devoted much time to musical activities, and was a member of the Olathe Women's Club.
Daily Sentinel, October 26, 19678279
Herman G. Carkhuff
OLATHE — Services for Herman G. Carkhuff, 89, of Montrose will be at 2 p.m. Friday in the Olathe Methodist Church with the Rev. Eugene Worth officiating. Burial will be in the Olathe Cemetery under direction of the Roberts Funeral Home of Delta.
Mr. Carkhuff died about 3 p.m. Tuesday in Harold's Nursing Home at Delta, where he had been a patient a month.
Coming to the Olathe area in 1910, he had been a farmer on East Mesa until his retirement in 1946. He then moved to Montrose. He was a member of the Olathe Methodist Church and the Golden Age Club of the First Methodist Church at Montrose.
He was born Feb. 13, 1878, at Solomon, Kan. His wife, the former Imogene Adler, whom he married in 1291 at Olathe, died in March 1945.
Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Norman Shetley of Delta; a stepson, Paul Langston of Downey, Calif.; a brother, Elmer Carkhuff of Garden Grove, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Nell Ritzman of Madera, Calif., and Mrs. Nels Jacobson of Montrose; and five grandchildren.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| June 11, 18804748 | Wheatland, Dickinson, Kansas |
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| June 20, 19003202 | Abilene, Dickinson, Kansas | |
| January 19, 19208271 | North Olathe, Montrose, Colorado |
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