Mrs. Edna Edmonston, widow of M. Edmonston, passed away Saturday night at the Comanche County hospital. She had been in failing health for several years, but it seemed that the shock of her husband's death in 1953 hastened her end. Mr. and Mrs. Edmonston celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary in 1949.

Rev. L. W. Irons and Mr. J. H. Lynch conducted funeral services at the Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon. Three songs, "Going Down the Valley," The Old Rugged Cross" and "Beyond the Sunset" were sung by Mrs. Clifford Sibbitt, Mrs. Albert Holler, Charles Petty and J. D. Rowland. Mrs. Lewis Hopkins was the organist.

Casket bearers were Vernon Klasser, Clifford Sibbitt, Alva Morlan, Howard Tobias, Virgil Harvey and Joy Hendrix. Honorary bearers were Fred Denney, Claude Rowland, Clarence Nichols, Gabe Dorsey, A. B. Shoemaker, Clarence Hendrix, M. D. McDonald, Eugene Bilyeu, Ralph Sangster, W. U. Keltner, W. T. Brewer and Gene Scovell.

Interment was in the Protection cemetery by the side of her husband.

OBITUARY

Edna Snell Edmonston, daughter of Granville Weller and Amanda Snell, was born in Shelby County, Illinois, August 20, 1881, and passed away in the Comanche County hospital on March 19, 1955 at 10:15 p.m. at the age of 73 years and 7 months.

March 16, 1885, she came with her parents to Kansas settling in the Lexington community, Comanche County. She joined the Methodist Church when she was a young girl.

She was united in marriage to Orla M. Edmonston on October 8, 1899 at the home of her parents. After their marriage, they lived in a sod house north of Protection. From there they moved to Kiowa County where they resided until 1907 when they moved to the home place, a farm, five miles north of Protection. In 1949 they moved to the present residence in Protection. After her husband's death in June of 1953, her health became so poorly that she spent much of her time in the hospital, and on July 7, 1954, she entered the Comanche County hospital, where she remained until her death.

She leaves to mourn her passing, one daughter, Mrs. Ivah Rash of Dodge City; four sons, Elmer of Halstead, Granville of Sedgwick, Harold and Paul of Protection. She also leaves nine grandchildren, and one great grandchild; one brother, Harvey Snell of Garber, Okla.; three nieces and two nephews; and a host of friends.

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