Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Eshbaugh, Irene Katheryn Venard Irene Eshbaugh, 86, died
Jan. 18, 2003, at her home in
Cottonwood Falls. A memorial
service was held Jan. 21, 2003,
at the First Presbyterian
Church, U.S.A., Cottonwood
Falls. The Rev. Pat Ireland officiated. Mrs. Eshbaugh has
been cremated. A private family inurnment service at Prairie
Grove Cemetery was held following the service.
Irene Katheryn Venard, the
daughter of James and Cora
Miller Venard, was born Jan.
19, 1916, at Ada. She married
Delbert E. Eshbaugh on Sept.
18, 1935, at Manhattan. He
died Nov. 21, 1991. She and
her husband moved to
Cottonwood Falls in 1945.
They owned and operated the
Eshbaugh Hardware and
Sporting Goods store for 20
years and the Eshbaugh Restaurant for years, retiring in 1975.
She was a member of the
First Presbyterian Church,
U.S.A., Prairie Schooner
Mariners, and Presbyterian
Women, the ABC Bridge Club
(from 1945 until the present),
the Cottonwood Falls Country
Club and a lifetime member of
the Ladies Professional Golf
Association.
She is survived by one sister, Ruth Plunkett of
Cottonwood Falls (formerly of
Gillette, Wyo.) and many
nieces, nephews and friends.
She was preceded in death by
her parents; husband; two sisters, Reva Klotzbach and
Evelyn Barker; and two brothers, Vic Venard and Elton
Venard.
Memorial contributions to
the Hand-in-Hand Hospice
may be sent in care of the
Brown-Bennett-Alexander
Funeral Home, 201 Cherry,
Cottonwood Falls, Kan.l 66845
Chase County Leader-News, Cottonwood Falls, Ks Jan 23, 2003
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