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Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Graham, Altha Rowe LIFE LONG RESIDENT DIES
Mrs. Altha Graham, 57, spent life in County.
Mrs. Altha Graham, 57, a well known and life long resident of this
vicinity, died at 6:50 o'clock Thursday morning, June 23, 1939 at the
Columbus hospital after a week's illness. Mrs.. Graham had undergone a
major operation and peritonitis had developed. A blood transfusion was
given on Wednesday but her condition gradually grew worse and death
followed on Thursday.
Funeral services were held at 2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon at the
Christian church, conducted by Rev. L.A. Johnson, who paid a high tribute
to Mrs. Graham's life and influence in our community and in her home. The
large crowd in attendance and many beautiful flowers were also other
expressions of the esteem in which she was held by her many friends and
neighbors.
Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mr. and Mrs. Mont Goldsberry,
Mrs. Sam Meriwether and Billy Hamlet. The pallbearers were Clyde, Evan and
Ralph DeVoe of Columbus, Guy Auman, Loyal Aumon and Robert Hartley of
Baxter Springs, all nephews of Mrs. Graham. Burial was in the Columbus
cemetery.
Mrs. Graham was born near Columbus, October 26, 1881. She was married to
Jack Graham in this city in 1900 and had lived here all of her life. Mr.
Graham preceded her in death on January 20, 1922.
Mrs. Graham was a member of the Christian Church.
Surviving are five daughters, Mrs. Helen Weiss of Baxter and the Misses
Lora, Irene, Eldred and Catherine Graham of the home; two sons, Fred Graham
of Columbus route 2, and Lee of the home.
Also surviving are four
grandsons; four sisters, Mrs. J.A. Stephens of Bowling Green, Ind., Mrs.
Ida Auman of rual Columbus, Mrs. Geo. Gabriel of Enid, Okla., and Mrs. R.B.
Kyler of Monett, Mo.; two half-sisters, Mrs. Calvin Card of Lowell and Mrs.
Lena Rebers of Joplin; two brothers, Abe Row of Weir, and C.M. Row of Ada,
Okla., and nieces, nephews and cousins.
The Modern Light, Jan.29, 1939,
Columbus, Cherokee Co., Kansas.
by your Chase County Host, Lorna Marvin.
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