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Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Peak, Helen L Payton
Helen L. Peak, 84, of
Emporia died at her home
March 5, 2003.
Helen L. Payton, the daughter of Jacob H. and Esther E.
Slabaugh Payton, was born
near Allen on Oct. 10, 1918.
She married Clifford Peak at
the First Methodist Church of
Emporia on Sept. 17, 1955. He
died Oct. 11, 1978.
Mrs. Peak worked for the
Bunge Corporation Soy Bean
Mill in Emporia, retiring in
1992. She began working for
the company when it was
known as the Lord Grain
Company in the 1940s.
She was a member of the
First United Methodist
Church, Emporia, the Topaz
Club and the Circle of Friends
Club, both in Emporia.
She is survived by a sister,
Leona Yenze of Emporia; three
nieces; two great-nieces; and
two great-nephews.
She was preceded in death
by a sister who died at birth,
her parents and her husband.
Funeral services were at
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral
Home, Emporia, March 8,
2003. The service was conduct-
ed by Dr. James Darby, First
United Methodist Church,
Emporia. Interment was in the
Memorial Lawn Cemetery,
Emporia.
Memorial contributions are
with the First United
Methodist Church and may be
sent in care of the funeral
home 605 State, Emporia, KS
66801.
Chase County Leader-News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas Mar 13 2003.
by Lorna Marvin
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