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Chase County Obituaries
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Mathena, Mary Margaret
Mary Margaret
Mathena, 82, died
Saturday, Dec. 27, 2003, at
the Vintage Manor, where
she was a resident.
Mrs. Mathena owned
and operated the Dinette
Cafe on West Sixth Avenue;
earlier she worked at
Blaylock's Cafe. She retired
several years ago.
The daughter of Thomas
C. and Bessie P Hanks
Phillips, she was born Aug.
25, 1921, in Chase County.
She married Frank J.
"Bud," Mathena on April 3,
1948, in Great Bend. He
died Nov. 5, 1995.
Mrs. Mathena was a
member of the Cornerstone
Baptist Church. She also
was a member of the
Emporia Fireman's
Auxiliary, the Newman
Regional Health Auxiliary
and the American Legion
Post 5 Auxiliary.
She is survived by a son,
Ronald Clark of Emporia,
and a brother, Thomas C.
Phillips Jr. of Texas.
Two sons died in infancy.
A brother and a sister also
died earlier.
The funeral was Dec. 30,
2003, in the Cornerstone
Baptist Church. The Rev.
James Scott of the church
conducted the service.
Burial was in Memorial
Lawn Cemetery, Emporia.
Memorial contributions
to the church may be sent
in care of the Roberts-Blue-
Barnett Funeral Home,
PO. Box 175, Emporia, KS
66801
Chase County Leader News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Jan 01 2004
by Lorna Marvin
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