Barbara Hughes

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• Reference Number: 41796

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• Reference Number: 41795

Emmett married Sarah Anna Gibson 12 Oct 1943, Lyons, Rice, Kansas, USA. Sarah (daughter of Albert Gibson and Phebe Ella James) was born 25 May 1921, Rice, Kansas, USA; died 11 Sep 2009, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, USA; was buried , Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 41788
• Residence: 1925, Grant, Reno, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1930, Cherryvale, Montgomery, Kansas, USA

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Sarah "Sue" "Mom" Hughes, 88, died Sept. 11, 2009. She was born May 25, 1921, the daughter of Albert and Phoebe James Gibson. She graduated from Hutchinson High School in 1939 and attended Hutchinson JUCO. A longtime Hutchinson resident, she had worked for Baize and Sons Jewelry, was the manager for the Emporium and retired from Dillard's at the age of 83.

She was a member of First Church of God, where she and her husband were youth sponsors for many years. She was also a member of the American Legion Women's Auxiliary Unit #68, both the Kansas and National Electronic Associations and was a Sky Ryders Drum and Bugle Corp Alumni.

On Oct. 12, 1943, she married Emmett W. Hughes in Lyons, Kan. He died April 5, 1975. Survivors include: four children, Barbara Clendening, Jack Emmett Hughes Sr., Jill Crank and husband Ted, all of Hutchinson, and Michael Kent Hughes and wife Lisa, of Hilliard, Ohio; two brothers, Robert Gibson and wife Shirley, of Des Moines, Iowa, Gene Gibson and wife Norma of Rogers, Ark.; two sisters, Ina Harper and husband Ray, Mary Newton and husband Jesse, both of Hutchinson; grandchildren, Dar Holden and wife Kay, Jack Emmett Hughes Jr., both of Hutchinson, Julia Hughes, of Ontario, Calif., Jennifer Hughes, of Independence, Mo., and Staff Sgt. Norman Ich II and wife Sadie, of Schofield Barracks, Hawaii, who is deployed with the 95th Sapper Engineers in Iraq. She leaves behind many friends, loved ones and Sky Ryders who considered her "Mom."

She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, four sisters, Fern Stoughton, Marie Rodgers, Sophia Baize, Phebe Jennings, two brothers, Frank Gibson and an infant brother.

Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 14, 2009, at Elliott Chapel, Hutchinson, with Pastor John Carney presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. today and Sunday at Elliott Mortuary. Burial will be in Penwell-Gabel Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hutchinson. Memorials can be sent to First Church Of God, Hutch-inson Community College or Hospice and Homecare of Reno County, in care of the mortuary. The family wishes to acknowledge Hospice and Homecare of Reno County for giving them the help to allow their mother to die with dignity.

Buried:
Penwell-Gabel Cemetery

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• Reference Number: 41776
• Residence: 1880, Spring Creek, Nuckolls, Nebraska, USA
• Residence: 1915, Washington, Crawford, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 12 Sep 1918, Rice, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Washington, Crawford, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Washington, Crawford, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1925, Grant, Reno, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1930, Cherryvale, Montgomery, Kansas, USA

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Buried:
Wildmead Cemetery

Albert — Phebe Ella James. Phebe was born 13 Jan 1893, Syracuse, Hamilton, Kansas, USA; died 28 Sep 1977, Hutchinson, Reno, Kansas, USA; was buried , Nickerson, Reno, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 41779
• Residence: 1900, Coolidge, Hamilton, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Medway, Hamilton, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1915, Washington, Crawford, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Washington, Crawford, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Washington, Crawford, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1925, Grant, Reno, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1930, Cherryvale, Montgomery, Kansas, USA

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Buried:
Wildmead Cemetery

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• Reference Number: 16428

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The Wenona Index_, Wenona, IL, March 16, 1939, Page 1.

AGED WENONA CITIZEN SUMMONED BY DEATH

George Gibson, Retired Rural Mail Carrier, Passed Away Thursday.

George D. Gibson, a resident of Wenona for approximately 40 years, died at his home in this city Thursday night after a period of declining health which covered several months. He was born at Danvers, Illinois, September 1, 1853 (other records say 1854 or 1855). He was 86 years, 6 months and 9 days old.

In 1874 he married Jennie M. Smith of Streator. For a time they lived in Nebraska, and then returned to Illinois, locating here in 1899. Three sons born to this union are Harry Gibson, LaSalle; Albert Gibson, Hutchinson, Kansas; and the third son lives at Manchester, Washington. There are 18 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.

Mr. Gibson was a rural route mail carrier and remained in that service until pensioned some ten or fifteen years ago.

Funeral services were held at the Thierry Funeral Home Sunday afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. Burial was made at Stanford, Illinois. Rev. Kauffroch of the Presbyterian church, officiated. Six grandsons served as casket bearers.

Buried:
Mount Pleasant Cemetery

George married Jennie M Smith 1 Oct 1874. Jennie was born 13 Sep 1857; died 26 Nov 1886; was buried , Ruskin, Nuckolls, Nebraska, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 41774

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Buried:
Spring Creek Cemetery