Calvin Race Buried Yesterday

Calvin Race, an old settler and esteemed citizen, was buried yesterday. He died suddenly of heart disease Sunday night at 11 o’clock. He was justice of the peace for Valley Center township, Sedgwick county, and father of A.C. Race, deputy treasurer of your county. He was a member of Valley Center lodge I.O.O.F. The lodge attended the funeral but on account of the storm they were deterred from using the burial services of the order. The Wichita Eagle, Wichita, Kansas. May 12, 1888. Page 1. © Transcribed by Darren McMannis for the Kansas Council of Genealogical Societies, Inc.