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Yetta Alberta <I>Conkling</I> Speck

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Yetta Alberta Conkling Speck

Birth
Rice County, Kansas, USA
Death
22 Mar 1978 (aged 91)
Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Lyons, Rice County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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Mrs. Yetta Speck, 91, Wesley Towers, died Thursday evening at Wesley Towers after a long illness.
Born Yetta Conkling Sept. 20, 1886, in Lyons, she married Harry A. Speck Dec. 8, 1917, in Lyons. They moved to Hutchinson in 1940. He died Feb. 28, 1964. She graduated from Washburn College, Topeka, in 1910, was a member of the Lyons Presbyterian Church, Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, and was past president of the Kansas State Chapter of PEO.
Survivors include a brother: Gerald M. Conkling, Bethesda, Md.; sister: Mrs. Catherine C. Hussey, Topeka.
Graveside ceremony will be 2 p.m. Monday, Graceland Cemetery, Lyons; the Rev. Richard H. Preston. The family suggests memorials to Washburn College or Wesley Towers. Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Elliott Chapel.

from The Hutchinson News
Friday, 24 March 1978
Mrs. Yetta Speck, 91, Wesley Towers, died Thursday evening at Wesley Towers after a long illness.
Born Yetta Conkling Sept. 20, 1886, in Lyons, she married Harry A. Speck Dec. 8, 1917, in Lyons. They moved to Hutchinson in 1940. He died Feb. 28, 1964. She graduated from Washburn College, Topeka, in 1910, was a member of the Lyons Presbyterian Church, Kappa Alpha Theta sorority, and was past president of the Kansas State Chapter of PEO.
Survivors include a brother: Gerald M. Conkling, Bethesda, Md.; sister: Mrs. Catherine C. Hussey, Topeka.
Graveside ceremony will be 2 p.m. Monday, Graceland Cemetery, Lyons; the Rev. Richard H. Preston. The family suggests memorials to Washburn College or Wesley Towers. Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Elliott Chapel.

from The Hutchinson News
Friday, 24 March 1978


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  • Added: Oct 12, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/78283309/yetta_alberta-speck: accessed ), memorial page for Yetta Alberta Conkling Speck (20 Sep 1886–22 Mar 1978), Find a Grave Memorial ID 78283309, citing Lyons Municipal Cemetery, Lyons, Rice County, Kansas, USA; Maintained by Diane (contributor 47040950).