Helen M. Gaede Obituary
Helen M. Gaede
LITTLE RIVER Helen M. Gaede, 96, died Dec. 29,
2005, at Sandstone Heights Nursing Home, Little River.
She was born April 18, 1909, in McPherson, the
daughter of John F. and Edith Bell VanDruff Davis. She graduated from
Little River High School in 1929 and attended Hutchinson Junior College. A
longtime area resident, she was a homemaker and seamstress.
She belonged to United Methodist Church and the
E.H.U., both in Little River and was a 4-H Leader for Galt Live Wires.
On Oct 29, 1933, she married Ruben Gaede in
Geneseo. He died Jan 11, 1989.
Survivors include : a son, Byron L., Berthough,
Colo.; two daughters, Edythe Vibbert, Hutchinson, and Kay Purkapile, DeBarry,
Fla.; a brother; H. Alvin Davis, Mount Hope; 11 grandchildren; and 18
great-grandchildren.
She was precede in death by a brother, Cecil
Davis; a sister, Midred McCants; and a grandson.
Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at United
Methodist Church, Little River, with the Rev. Adelia Hooley
presiding. Visitation will be from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday at Sillin Funeral
Home, Lyons. Burial will be in Bean Memorial Cemetery, Little River.
Memorials may be sent to Sandstone Heights
Nursing Home, in care of the funeral home.
The Hutchinson News
Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas
Saturday, December 31, 2005
page A9 *** column 4
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