Virginia Bantleon Brier Virginia Bantleon Brier passed away on June 20th, 2013

Virginia Bantleon Brier Virginia Bantleon Brier passed away on June 20th, 2013 in Topeka, Kansas, at the age of 92. Virginia was the daughter of Clifford and Mary Bantleon, and was born in Kansas City, Kansas on January 26th, 1921. 

Virginia graduated from Wyandotte High School. She attended KU and was accepted in the Pi Beta Phi Sorority. She continued her education at Washburn University and obtained her Master's in Education, which she used to teach in the Richland and USD 501 School Districts. She attended cooking school in Paris and later taught cooking in Topeka. 

Virginia was a world traveler, theater lover, book enthusiast, poet, gourmet chef, painter, wine connoisseur, stock market watcher and very interested in world politics and current events. Virginia was a loving mother, aunt, grandmother and great grandmother survived by her sons John McClure, Henry McClure, step children Jamie Brier-Smith and Peter Brier, son-in-law Marvin Bean, daughter-in-laws Maria McClure and Lesley Brier and Charlie Wilson. Grandchildren Bianca McClure, Philip and Christine McClure, Christopher McClure, Kevin and Kathie McClure, Andr a Garcia, Lindsey Brier-Smith, Page Brier, Shanda Brier, Michel Brier Fox, Marisol and Edward Durkee, Faye Bean, Scott Mecaskey, Fran and Caleb Gardner. Great-grandchildren: Haley, Aubrie, Aiden, Jimmy, Avery, and Trevor. Her nieces and nephews; Austin, Marianna, Harvey, Jill, Marcy, Jim, Virginia and Mike. 

She was proceeded in death by her two husbands, Robert McClure and John Brier, sister Marianna, son Robert McClure, daughter Allison Bean, step-son John Brier, Jr. Memorial services will be held at St David's Church 3916 SW 17th St Topeka, KS 66604 on July 13th at 11:00. Memorial contributions can be made to St David's or Grace Hospice. Virginia Bantleon Brier - See more at: Virginia Bantleon

I thought I had the franchise on the name Henry......

Meet my Cousins........... 

Counts, Abijah Henry (1877 - 1943)

Counts, Albert “Henry” (1880 - 1932)

Counts, Albert Henry (1914 - 1996)

Counts, Albert Henry (1941 - 2001)

Counts, Charles Henry (1875 - 1931)

Counts, Charlie Henry (1890 - 1921)

Counts, Clarence Henry (1912 - 1996)

Counts, Columbus Henry (1904 - 1912)

Counts, Eugene Henry (1904 - 1996)

Counts, George Henry Sr. (1900 - 1975)

Counts, Col. George Henry Jr. (1924 - 2002)

Counts, Harvey Henry (1873 - 1930)

Counts, Henry ( - 1798)

Counts, Henry (~1726 - ~1798)

Counts, Henry (~1746 - 1823)

Counts, Henry (~1765 - ~1839)

Counts, Henry (1793 - 1878)

Counts, Henry (~1794 - 1867)

Counts, Henry (~1797 - ~1851)

Counts, Henry (~1803 - 1856)

Counts, Henry (1854 - 1915)

Counts, Henry (1859 - )

Counts, Henry (1875 - 1916)

Counts, Henry A. (1865 - 1931)

Counts, Henry A. (~1876 - )

Counts, Henry “Amos” (1870 - 1937)

Counts, Henry Andrew Jackson (1878 - 1936)

Counts, Henry Benton “Bent” (1850 - 1905)

Counts, Henry C. (~1835 - 1887)

Counts, Henry C. (~1867 - )

Counts, Henry C. (1890 - )

Counts, Henry Clay (1856 - 1907)

Counts, Henry Clay (1869 - 1946)

Counts, Henry “Dewey”  Sr. (1898 - 1966)

Counts, Henry Dewey  Jr. (1924 - 1964)

Counts, Henry Elmo (1885 - 1970)

Counts, Henry Everett (1883 - 1903)

Counts, Henry Ford (1900 - 1964)

Counts, Henry Franklin (1924 - 1987)

Counts, Henry Henderson (1847 - 1929)

Counts, Henry Herman (1903 - 1986)

Counts, Henry Jefferson “Jeff” (1880 - 1948)

Counts, Dr. Henry Joel  MD. (1856 - 1905)

Counts, Henry Lawson (1947 - 2010)

Counts, Henry Lyde (1821 - 1896)

Counts, Henry Nicholas (1869 - 1934)

Counts, Henry Richard (1875 - 1942)

Counts, Henry Tong (1834 - 1834)

Counts, Henry Warren (~1854 - 1918)

Counts, Henry Warren (1884 - 1971)

Counts, James “Henry” (1844 - 1924)

Counts, James Henry (1866 - 1941)

Counts, James “Henry” (1888 - 1918)

Counts, James Henry “Heck” (1902 - 1964)

Counts, Jasper Henry ”Bud” (~1897 - )

Counts, John Henry (1874 - 1956)

Counts, John Henry (1884 - 1968)

Counts, Maurice Henry (1916 - 2013)

Counts, Richard Henry “Dick” (1882 - 1954)

Counts, Robert Henry “Bob” (1892 - 1954)

Counts, Thomas Henry (1869 - 1964)

Counts, William Henry (1798 - 1846)

Counts, William Henry (1843 - 1922)

Counts, William Henry (~1852 - )

Counts, William Henry Sr. (1920 - 1996)

Counts, William Henry  Jr. (1954 - )

Counts, William Henry “Billy” (1799 - 1864)

Counts, William Henry “Will” (1891 - 1978)

Total: 68

Harvey and Jill

Virginia is my 1st Cousin named after my mom.

Virginia Hoover Foster

6 hrs · 

For those of you who don't know, I have an incredible journey to tell you about.

About two weeks ago I wad diagnosed with lung cancer. I was referred to a thoracic surgeon who saw me right away. After viewing my CT scan he confirmed the cancer diagnosis and said it was stage IV. I immediately was scheduled for a battery of test and procedures, including drawing over a liter of fluid from my lung, which was totally collapsed. Followed by biopsies, a PET scan, MRI, and pulmonary tests.

All these test came up negative for cancer. My doctors,still convinced that I had cancer ordered another biopsy which called for a small incision to retrieve better samples. They were tested in the operating room and came back negative. My surgeon can't believe this outcome.

My reason for Posting this is to tell you my belief.

My faith in God, and letting Him be in charge of this situation, along with the prayers of many warriors has given me new life.

I don't believe I have been healed because of anything I have done or because I deserve to be. It is by the grace and love of God through my Lord Jesus Christ.

My prayer for you that read this is you will have a renewed faith in God, and be watchful, with eager anticipation of the gifts He has for you.

Praising God in all things,

Virginia

Our Cousin

From: hlcounts [mailto:hlcounts@me.com]
Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2015 7:25 PM
To: Martha Ritter
Cc: McClure Henry
Subject: Re: Bantleon

Hello Jim,

My name is Harvey Counts, age 71, Indio, CA.  I am a retired engineer from Pacific Bell Telephone Company and one of my hobbies is Genealogy.  I’ve been researching my family genealogy for about 20 years. Recently, I started back to work on the Bantleon line and managed to find Henry McClure of Topeka, KS and other related families.  Currently, I have nearly 15,000 family records in my genealogy database.

Your wife, Martha Nell Hoover-Ritter, is my 5th cousin.  Her 3rd great-grandmother, Elizabeth Hammer-Kent was a 4th great aunt of mine.  She was married to James Pierce Kent.  Elizabeth’s father was Joel Hammer (1758-1834) who was my 4th great-grandfather.  He was also a 4th great-grandfather of your wife, Martha Nell.

Elizabeth Hammer-Kent (1787-1865) was married to James Pierce Kent (1785-1869).  Their daughter, Elizabeth Kent (1828-1901) was married to Graham P. McNally (1818-1864) on 15 May 1854.  Their daughter, Mary McNally, married Henry Augustus Bantleon on 30 Dec 1880).  Their son, Clifford Augustus Bantleon, in 1922 applied for membership in the SAR (Copy of application attached).

In summary, Martha is descended from Joel Hammer’s daughter, Elizabeth, and I am descended from his daughter Rutha Hammer (1793-1867) who married Aaron Counts 23 Sep 1817 in Grainger County, Tennessee.  Aaron and Rutha were my 3rd great-grandparents.

I’ll be happy to share whatever family info I have if you are interested.

Best Regards to you and yours,

Harvey

hlcounts@me.com

40849 Calle Santa Cruz

Indio, CA 92203

Phone: 760-200-5038

Clifford and Mary go fishing.

By Mary M. Bantleon - A poem to welcome my mom into the world.

Posted By: Henry Austin McClure - mcre@cox.net or 785.383.9994