Digital Augusta

Augusta, Kansas

2011-08-07
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Title

2011-08-07

2011-08-08

2011-08-11

Subject

Hargus, Elston

Ray, WIlliam, G.

Dunlap, Lora Mae

Description

Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette

Creator

Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]

Source

Augusta Historical Museum, Augusta, Kansas

http://augustahistoricalsociety.com

Publisher

Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA

Date

20114-08-11

2011-08-12

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In Copyright In Copyright

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Format

text/txt

Language

English

Type

Clippings

Identifier

b17#057 2011



Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “2011-08-07,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 25, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/2271.
Text

August 11, 2011


Elston Hargus 88, GREENWICH

Elston Hargus, 88, of Greenwich, retired Beechcraft electrician, passed away Aug. 7, 2011.
Memorial service was held this morning at Baker Funeral Home in Wichita.
Elston was born on Jan. 31,1923, in Seymour, Mo.
Survivors include: sons, Gary of Wichita, Randy of Augusta, and Jeff of Greenwich; 5 grandchildren; 14 greatgrandchildren.
Preceded in death by wife: Louise and granddaughter, Ashley.

Wiliam G. Ray 87, WICHITA

William G. Ray, 87, of Wichita, passed away Monday, August 8, 2011.
Rosary will be held at 7:30 p.m. this evening at Downing & Lahey Mortuary West in Wichita. Funeral mass will be at
10 a.m. Friday, Aug. 12, at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in Wichita.
He was a 1942 graduate of Augusta High School, he served in the Military Police during World War II in Gen. George Patton’s Third Army.
He is preceded in death by his parents,
Carl and Vona Dell Ray; brother, James Carl; sisters, Margaret, Helen and LaVona; wife, Adelia (Evans), and daughter, Mary Anne Sauber.
He is survived by: his children, Terrie Eckberg (Thomas) and Brian Ray of Wichita, and Douglas Ray of Wisconsin Rapids, Wis.; 10 grandchildren; 23 greatgrandchildren.
A memorial has been established with the St. Katherine Drexel Catholic School Fund, c/o Office of Development and Planned Giving, Catholic Diocese of Wichita, 424 N. Broadway, Wichita, KS 67202.

Lora Mae Dunlap 88, Towanda

Lora Mae Dunlap, 88, passed away Thursday, August 11, 2011.
Visitation with the family Lora Mae Dunlap will be from 6-7:30 p.m. on Monday Aug.15; memorial service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. I6t, both at the Kirby Funeral Home Chapel in El Dorado. Interment will follow, at the Walnut Valley Cemetery, just west of El Dorado.
Lora Mae lived all but two years of her life ip the Towanda area. She was born Feb. 16,1923 to George and Myrtle Reed.
She raised her two sons, Richard and Raymond, in Towanda surrounded with family. For 39 years she was employed by Beech Aircraft as a secretary. She enjoyed many activities during her retirement with her present husband, Carol Dunlap. They traveled, participated in Towanda Senior Citizens, attended Towanda United Methodist Church, and spent time with family.
Lora Mae is survived by: husband, Carol Dunlap; sons Richard Taylor, and Raymond Taylor, 4 stepchildren, 14 grandchildren, and 7 greatgrandchildren.
She is preceded in death by husband, Cecil Thompson, stepson, Rex Thompson, five brothers, and a sister.
Arrangements by Kirby Funeral Home, El Dorado.


Original Format

Newspaper clippings affixed to loose-leaf notebook page