Onaga Herald
December 22, 1977
Neuchatel Native Dies in Topeka
Funeral services were at 2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Hayes Funeral Home at Centralia for Mrs. Ruth Edman, 77, of Centralia, Mrs. Edman died Saturday in a Topeka hospital where she was admitted December 12.
She was born July 17, 1900 in the Neuchatel community and spent most of her life in the Neuchatel and Centralia communities.
Her husband J. Thomas Edman died December 12, 1970.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Opal Noland, Hoyt, Mrs. Viola Tims, Centralia, Mrs. Valorie Brown, Wichita, Mrs. Gladys Schlarman, Topeka, Mrs. Florence Aschleman, Blue Rapids. And Mrs. Peggy Eisenbarth, Seneca; three sons, Andrew Edman, Onaga, Elton Edman, Sarasota, Fla.; and William Edman, Lawrence; two step-daughters, Mrs. Beulah Gaston, Centralia. And Mrs. Golda Dillman, Topeka; two sisters, Mrs. Creta Switcher, Sabetha and Mrs. Bessie Landis, Topeka; 24 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Burial was in the Neuchatel cemetery.
The farm she lived and worked on was known as the “Old Diggings”, sometimes referred to as in Pottawatomie County, Kansas - north of Onaga, but the property is actually about two miles north of the county line in Nemaha County, Kansas. All of her children were born on the farm at that location except Peggy (Edman) Eisenbarth. The "Old Diggings" was around GPS Coordinates 39.587445, -96.179301, about a two miles from a church, school, and cemetery known as Neuchatel, KS. The cabin was moved to the Rock Creek Valley Historical Society, in Westmoreland, KS. The two story cabin was restored and is on display as the Hettie Summerville Cabin. Hettie was Ruth (Summerfille) Edman's mother.
December 22, 1977
Neuchatel Native Dies in Topeka
Funeral services were at 2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Hayes Funeral Home at Centralia for Mrs. Ruth Edman, 77, of Centralia, Mrs. Edman died Saturday in a Topeka hospital where she was admitted December 12.
She was born July 17, 1900 in the Neuchatel community and spent most of her life in the Neuchatel and Centralia communities.
Her husband J. Thomas Edman died December 12, 1970.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Opal Noland, Hoyt, Mrs. Viola Tims, Centralia, Mrs. Valorie Brown, Wichita, Mrs. Gladys Schlarman, Topeka, Mrs. Florence Aschleman, Blue Rapids. And Mrs. Peggy Eisenbarth, Seneca; three sons, Andrew Edman, Onaga, Elton Edman, Sarasota, Fla.; and William Edman, Lawrence; two step-daughters, Mrs. Beulah Gaston, Centralia. And Mrs. Golda Dillman, Topeka; two sisters, Mrs. Creta Switcher, Sabetha and Mrs. Bessie Landis, Topeka; 24 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Burial was in the Neuchatel cemetery.
The farm she lived and worked on was known as the “Old Diggings”, sometimes referred to as in Pottawatomie County, Kansas - north of Onaga, but the property is actually about two miles north of the county line in Nemaha County, Kansas. All of her children were born on the farm at that location except Peggy (Edman) Eisenbarth. The "Old Diggings" was around GPS Coordinates 39.587445, -96.179301, about a two miles from a church, school, and cemetery known as Neuchatel, KS. The cabin was moved to the Rock Creek Valley Historical Society, in Westmoreland, KS. The two story cabin was restored and is on display as the Hettie Summerville Cabin. Hettie was Ruth (Summerfille) Edman's mother.
Onaga Herald
December 22, 1977
Neuchatel Native Dies in Topeka
Funeral services were at 2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Hayes Funeral Home at Centralia for Mrs. Ruth Edman, 77, of Centralia, Mrs. Edman died Saturday in a Topeka hospital where she was admitted December 12.
She was born July 17, 1900 in the Neuchatel community and spent most of her life in the Neuchatel and Centralia communities.
Her husband J. Thomas Edman died December 12, 1970.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Opal Noland, Hoyt, Mrs. Viola Tims, Centralia, Mrs. Valorie Brown, Wichita, Mrs. Gladys Schlarman, Topeka, Mrs. Florence Aschleman, Blue Rapids. And Mrs. Peggy Eisenbarth, Seneca; three sons, Andrew Edman, Onaga, Elton Edman, Sarasota, Fla.; and William Edman, Lawrence; two step-daughters, Mrs. Beulah Gaston, Centralia. And Mrs. Golda Dillman, Topeka; two sisters, Mrs. Creta Switcher, Sabetha and Mrs. Bessie Landis, Topeka; 24 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Burial was in the Neuchatel cemetery.
The farm she lived and worked on was known as the “Old Diggings”, sometimes referred to as in Pottawatomie County, Kansas - north of Onaga, but the property is actually about two miles north of the county line in Nemaha County, Kansas. All of her children were born on the farm at that location except Peggy (Edman) Eisenbarth. The "Old Diggings" was around GPS Coordinates 39.587445, -96.179301, about a two miles from a church, school, and cemetery known as Neuchatel, KS. The cabin was moved to the Rock Creek Valley Historical Society, in Westmoreland, KS. The two story cabin was restored and is on display as the Hettie Summerville Cabin. Hettie was Ruth (Summerfille) Edman's mother.
December 22, 1977
Neuchatel Native Dies in Topeka
Funeral services were at 2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon at Hayes Funeral Home at Centralia for Mrs. Ruth Edman, 77, of Centralia, Mrs. Edman died Saturday in a Topeka hospital where she was admitted December 12.
She was born July 17, 1900 in the Neuchatel community and spent most of her life in the Neuchatel and Centralia communities.
Her husband J. Thomas Edman died December 12, 1970.
Survivors include six daughters, Mrs. Opal Noland, Hoyt, Mrs. Viola Tims, Centralia, Mrs. Valorie Brown, Wichita, Mrs. Gladys Schlarman, Topeka, Mrs. Florence Aschleman, Blue Rapids. And Mrs. Peggy Eisenbarth, Seneca; three sons, Andrew Edman, Onaga, Elton Edman, Sarasota, Fla.; and William Edman, Lawrence; two step-daughters, Mrs. Beulah Gaston, Centralia. And Mrs. Golda Dillman, Topeka; two sisters, Mrs. Creta Switcher, Sabetha and Mrs. Bessie Landis, Topeka; 24 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.
Burial was in the Neuchatel cemetery.
The farm she lived and worked on was known as the “Old Diggings”, sometimes referred to as in Pottawatomie County, Kansas - north of Onaga, but the property is actually about two miles north of the county line in Nemaha County, Kansas. All of her children were born on the farm at that location except Peggy (Edman) Eisenbarth. The "Old Diggings" was around GPS Coordinates 39.587445, -96.179301, about a two miles from a church, school, and cemetery known as Neuchatel, KS. The cabin was moved to the Rock Creek Valley Historical Society, in Westmoreland, KS. The two story cabin was restored and is on display as the Hettie Summerville Cabin. Hettie was Ruth (Summerfille) Edman's mother.
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