Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Jones, Leitha J Brough Leitha J. Jones, 85, of El Dorado, died Thursday, Aug. 17, 2006, at HCA Wesley Medical Center in Wichita.
Leitha, the daughter of Gilbert and Cosette Austin Brough, was born May 29, 1921, near Cottonwood Falls. She married Benjamin Sayre in October 1940; he died in January 1950. She later married Willard L. "Hap" Jones on June 1, 1954 at Scott City. He died on March 23, 2001.
She was a homemaker and also taught at Chase County High School for a year. She later worked as a real estate agent in Cottonwood Falls for four years. She lived in Herington and moved to El Dorado in 1986. She was a member of First United Methodist Church.
She is survived by a
daughter, Ginger Strong, El Dorado; and a grandson.
She was also preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, Gerald and Paul.
Memorials in her memory to the First United Methodist Church or the American Diabetes Association may be left at Carlson Funeral Home, El Dorado.
Chase County Leader News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Aug 24 2006.
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