Mary E. Hughes, 101, a lifelong resident of Montana, Kansas, died at 7:25 p.m. Tuesday, August 1, 2006, at the Good Samaritan Center in Parsons where she had resided since November 2003.
She was born March 25, 1905, near Montana, Kansas to Chester A. and Essie E. (Shields) Spurgeon. She attended her first term of school at Pleasant Valley. The family moved one mile north of Montana when she was six years old. She finished the 8th grade at Montana and later graduated from Labette County Community High School in Altamont. Following high school graduation, she taught one term of school.
She and Jim L. Hughes were married on November 27, 1925 at Muskogee, Oklahoma, where they lived briefly before returning to Montana. He preceded her in death on January 15, 1965. She was a homemaker.
Her hobbies included ceramics, sewing, gardening and canning. She was a member of the Center Chapel Club, L.A.P.M. (Ladies Auxiliary Patriarch Militant) and the Rebekah Lodge.
SURVIVORS:
One Daughter: Leta Rose Deckard Park City, KS
Three Grandsons: James Deckard and his wife, Becky Marquette, KS
Dwayne Deckard and his wife, Liz Wichita, KS
Steven Hughes Dallas, TX
Five Great-grandchildren
She was preceded in death by one son, Chester T. Hughes on June 5, 2004; two brothers, Ruple Spurgeon and Curtis Spurgeon; and one sister, Estaline Spurgeon.
Funeral Services are scheduled for 1:30 p.m., Friday, August 4, 2006 at the Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Parsons. Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 9:00 a.m., Thursday, August 3, 2006.
In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested memorials be made to the Rebekah Lodge. These may be left at or mailed to Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 374, Parsons, KS 67357. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Mary E. Hughes, please visit our flower store.
She was born March 25, 1905, near Montana, Kansas to Chester A. and Essie E. (Shields) Spurgeon. She attended her first term of school at Pleasant Valley. The family moved one mile north of Montana when she was six years old. She finished the 8th grade at Montana and later graduated from Labette County Community High School in Altamont. Following high school graduation, she taught one term of school.
She and Jim L. Hughes were married on November 27, 1925 at Muskogee, Oklahoma, where they lived briefly before returning to Montana. He preceded her in death on January 15, 1965. She was a homemaker.
Her hobbies included ceramics, sewing, gardening and canning. She was a member of the Center Chapel Club, L.A.P.M. (Ladies Auxiliary Patriarch Militant) and the Rebekah Lodge.
SURVIVORS:
One Daughter: Leta Rose Deckard Park City, KS
Three Grandsons: James Deckard and his wife, Becky Marquette, KS
Dwayne Deckard and his wife, Liz Wichita, KS
Steven Hughes Dallas, TX
Five Great-grandchildren
She was preceded in death by one son, Chester T. Hughes on June 5, 2004; two brothers, Ruple Spurgeon and Curtis Spurgeon; and one sister, Estaline Spurgeon.
Funeral Services are scheduled for 1:30 p.m., Friday, August 4, 2006 at the Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Parsons. Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 9:00 a.m., Thursday, August 3, 2006.
In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested memorials be made to the Rebekah Lodge. These may be left at or mailed to Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 374, Parsons, KS 67357. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Mary E. Hughes, please visit our flower store.
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