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Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Rhoads, Dora Gayer
Dora Elizabeth Rhoads, 88, formerly of Neosho Rapids, died June 21, 2004, at the Holiday Resort.
The daughter of Jacob Edward and Tabitha Elizabeth Newman Gayer, she was born Jan. 16, 1916, in Cottonwood Falls. She married Curtis Thaine Rhoads on Sept. 2, 1936, at Cottonwood Falls. He died March 27, 1983.
Mrs. Rhoads was a Baptist. She was a nurse at St. Mary's Hospital for many years before she
retired.
She is survived by a daughter Bonita M. Albin of Emporia; two sons, Eugene A. Rhoads of Emporia and Joseph "Edward" Rhoads of Neosho Rapids; seven grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a daughter, Lilly Elizabeth Rhoads; one sister; one brother; one half brother, three half sisters; and two granddaughters.
The service was June 25, 2004, in Mount Hope Cemetery at Neosho Rapids. The Rev. James Scott of the Cornerstone Baptist Church conducted the service.
Mrs. Rhoads was cremated.
Memorial contributions to the Neosho Rapids Community Building may be sent in care of the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 175, Emporia, KS 66801.
Chase County Leader News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, July 8, 2004.
by Lorna Marvin
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