Cecil VanDruff Davis Obituary
Cecil VanDruff Davis
Cecil VanDruff Davis, 89, of 716 Brookside Drive,
died April 8, 1997, at Hutchinson Hospital.
He was born Nov. 2, 1907, in Jefferson County,
Kan., the son of John and Edyth Bell VanDruff Davis. He had lived in
Hutchinson since 1966, moving from the McPherson and Marion communities,
where he was an oilfield driller. For 16 years, he was the maintenance
manager at the Reno County Courthouse, retiring in 1982.
He was a member of Mitchell United Methodist
Church and a life member of the Salt City Rabbit Club, the American Rabbit
Breeders Association and other rabbit clubs.
On April 3, 1937, he married Minnie Wiederstein
at Inman. She survives.
Other survivors include: a daughter, Linda Lee
Lamb, Hutchinson; a brother, Harold Alvin Davis, Inman; a sister, Helen
Gaede, Little River; and two grandsons, Ron Lamb, California, Mark Lamb,
Hutchinson, and numerous nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a sister Mildred
McCants.
Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday at
Elliott Mortuary Chapel, Hutchinson, with the Rev. Jeff Miller
Presiding. Friends may call from 1 to 9 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Thursday and until noon Friday at the mortuary. There will be a graveside
service at 3:30 p.m. Friday in the Empire Cemetery, Galva.
(photo of Cecil VanDruff Davis)
B: 02-11-1907
D: 08-04-1997
(Hutchinson Newspaper obit on an index card on
file at the Hutchinson Public Library)
06/09/24
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