Parents: Frank Hopper and Florence Jane Leighton
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VIVIAN COMBEST Mrs. J.E. Combest, 75, longtime resident of the Ransom community, passed away at the Ransom hospital on Thursday, July 17, 1956. She had suffered a stroke some 12 days prior to her death.
Vivian Hopper, daughter of Mrs. John Sunley, was born at Emporia July 24, 1880. She moved to the McCracken community with her mother and grandparents. She later moved to the Cyrus community near Ransom with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sunley.
She was united in marriage to J.E. Combest in 1899, the couple celebrating their 56th wedding anniversary last December 14. They lived on the farm they homesteaded northeast of Ransom, retiring to Ransom in the summer of 1946.
Survivors include: The husband, J.E. Combest of Ransom; three daughters, Mrs. O.V. Engle of Great Bend, Bertha Horchem and Blanche Zitnik of Ransom; two sons, Earl Combest of Kansas City and Dale Combest of Utica; other relatives and friends. One son, Merwin Combest, preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted from the church of Christ in Ransom tomorrow afternoon, Friday, July 20, at 2:00 o'clock. Interment will be in the Ransom Cemetery. — Ness Co. News, July 19, 1956
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OBITUARY
Vivian Hopper Combest was born July 24, 1880, at Emporia, Kansas, and departed this life July 17, 1956, in Grisell Memorial Hospital, Ransom, Kansas, at the age of 75 years, 11 months and 23 days. She was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hopper. Her father died while she was in infancy. Later in her childhood, she moved with her mother and grandparents to the McCracken community, and from there, with her mother and step-father, John Sunley, to the Cyrus community.
She was united in marriage in December of 1899 with J.E. Combest and with her husband established their home in a sod house on the present site of the J.E. Combest farm northeast of Ransom. To this union six children were born. With the exception of five years during which they lived in Newberg, Ore., the farm near Ransom remained their home until retirement in 1946 to their present home in Ransom, where on December 14, 1955, they observed their 56th wedding anniversary.
At an early age she became and remained a steadfast member of the church of Christ. She found great enjoyment in doing things for others, taking part in community activities and never tired of traveling and visiting.
She was preceded in death by her youngest son, Merwin. She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband, J.E. Combest; her sons, Earl Combest of Lenexa and Dale Combest of Utica; her daughters, Florence Engle of Great Bend, Bertha Horchem and Blanche Zitnik of Ransom; nine grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends. — Ness Co. News, Aug. 2, 1956
Parents: Frank Hopper and Florence Jane Leighton
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VIVIAN COMBEST Mrs. J.E. Combest, 75, longtime resident of the Ransom community, passed away at the Ransom hospital on Thursday, July 17, 1956. She had suffered a stroke some 12 days prior to her death.
Vivian Hopper, daughter of Mrs. John Sunley, was born at Emporia July 24, 1880. She moved to the McCracken community with her mother and grandparents. She later moved to the Cyrus community near Ransom with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Sunley.
She was united in marriage to J.E. Combest in 1899, the couple celebrating their 56th wedding anniversary last December 14. They lived on the farm they homesteaded northeast of Ransom, retiring to Ransom in the summer of 1946.
Survivors include: The husband, J.E. Combest of Ransom; three daughters, Mrs. O.V. Engle of Great Bend, Bertha Horchem and Blanche Zitnik of Ransom; two sons, Earl Combest of Kansas City and Dale Combest of Utica; other relatives and friends. One son, Merwin Combest, preceded her in death. Funeral services will be conducted from the church of Christ in Ransom tomorrow afternoon, Friday, July 20, at 2:00 o'clock. Interment will be in the Ransom Cemetery. — Ness Co. News, July 19, 1956
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OBITUARY
Vivian Hopper Combest was born July 24, 1880, at Emporia, Kansas, and departed this life July 17, 1956, in Grisell Memorial Hospital, Ransom, Kansas, at the age of 75 years, 11 months and 23 days. She was the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hopper. Her father died while she was in infancy. Later in her childhood, she moved with her mother and grandparents to the McCracken community, and from there, with her mother and step-father, John Sunley, to the Cyrus community.
She was united in marriage in December of 1899 with J.E. Combest and with her husband established their home in a sod house on the present site of the J.E. Combest farm northeast of Ransom. To this union six children were born. With the exception of five years during which they lived in Newberg, Ore., the farm near Ransom remained their home until retirement in 1946 to their present home in Ransom, where on December 14, 1955, they observed their 56th wedding anniversary.
At an early age she became and remained a steadfast member of the church of Christ. She found great enjoyment in doing things for others, taking part in community activities and never tired of traveling and visiting.
She was preceded in death by her youngest son, Merwin. She leaves to mourn her passing, her husband, J.E. Combest; her sons, Earl Combest of Lenexa and Dale Combest of Utica; her daughters, Florence Engle of Great Bend, Bertha Horchem and Blanche Zitnik of Ransom; nine grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, and a host of other relatives and friends. — Ness Co. News, Aug. 2, 1956
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