CUNNINGHAM - Albert John Sterneker, 82, died June 9, 1985, at Pratt Regional Medical Center. Born March 14, 1903, near Cunningham, he married Olinda Zenzinger Aug. 18, 1925, at Cunningham. She died Oct. 3, 1963. He was a retired farmer and was a lifetime resident of Cunningham.

He was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Cunningham, and the Knights of Columbus, St. Leon. He had served on the rural township board for many years.

Survivors: sons, Al Joe and Bob, both of Cunningham; sister, Marie Sterneker, Cunningham; eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

Parish Rosary will be at 8 p.m. Monday followed by a Knights of Columbus rosary at the Livingston Funeral Home, Kingman. Funeral mass will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the church, Father Don Thissen. Burial will be at the church cemetery. Friends may call until service time at the funeral home.

NEWTON - H. Roland van der Smissen, 85, died June 9, 1985, at Bethel Home for the Aged, Newton. Born June 2, 1900, at Summerfield, Ill., he married Linda Kliewer Aug. 5, 1925, at Hammon, Okla. She died Dec. 12, 1978. He was a retired public schoolteacher and was a resident of Newton since 1974, moving from Highland Springs, Va.

He was a member of the Bethel College Mennonite Church, the Lions Club, a life member of the Virginia Educational Association, member of the Richmond Area Retired Teachers Association, the Masonic Lodge, Carson City, Nev., and an Honorary life member of the Virginia Congress PTA.

Survivors: daughter, Hope Smook, Richmond, Va.; sister, Hilda Voran and Frieda C. Andreas, both of North Newton, Elizabeth Clemmer, Fort Wayne, Ind., Edna Cowsert, Junction, Texas, Ruth Johnson, Huntington, Ind.; six grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Sister Frieda Chapel, Newton, the Rev. Don Kaufman and chaplin Jim Cox. Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery, Newton. Friends may call all day Monday and until 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Draper-Cannon Funeral Home, Newton. Memorials to the Bethel Home for the Aged in care of the funeral home.

Larry W. Roberts, 37, of 1209 N. Poplar, carpenter, died Monday, March 4, 1991. Service 11 a.m. Thursday, Jackson Mortuary.

Survivors: sons, Innis Orlando, Samelia, daughter, Alecia, parents, William and Barbara Roberts, all of Wichita; brothers, William B. Jr. of El Dorado, Billie Lee of Miami, Okla., Bennie Louis of Ardmore, Okla.; sisters, Wilma Guest, Rochelle Adkins, both of Wichita, Patricia McDaniel of Pine Bluff, Ark.; grandparent, Evelyn B. Mitchell of Wichita.

ULYSSES - Otis Glenn Bowen, 84, died May 30, 1989, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital, Ulysses. Born May 3, 1905, at Cushing, Okla., he married Vera Elizabeth Thompson July 23, 1946, at Parsons. A retired truck driver for Cities Service Gas Co., he was a resident of Ulysses since 1951.

He was a member of Bit and Spur Club, Ulysses, and the International Truckers Union.

Survivors: wife, of the home; stepsons, Jerry Frey and Charles Orr, both of Cincinnati; daughters, Mavis McDowell, Pampa, Texas, Twila Arrelano, Guymon, Okla.; stepdaughter, Sandra Maris, Ulysses; 19 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.

Funeral will be 2:30 p.m. today at the Phillips Chapel, Ulysses, the Rev. Paul Stetz. Burial will be in Ulysses Cemetery. Friends may call from 9 a.m. until service time today at the mortuary. Memorials may go to Western Prairie Care Home, Ulysses.