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Obituary for Bessie Irene Abbey
Bessie Irene Abbey, of Virgil, died on Thursday, July 1, 2004, at Coffey County Hospital, in Burlington, Kansas at the age of 93.
She was born on December 21, 1910, in Carpenter, Oklahoma, the daughter of Albert Calvin and Allie Mae (Gatten) Moad. She was raised in Oklahoma and attended school there.
On August 23, 1935, Bessie was united in marriage to Leonard "Ray" Abbey in Newkirk, Oklahoma. They made their home in Virgil, Kansas before moving to Mulhall, Oklahoma in 1949. In 1959, the family moved to Burlington, Kansas and resided there until 1976, when they moved back to Virgil. Ray preceded her in death on February 6, 1989.
Bessie was a farm wife and homemaker and a member of the Burlington Quilting Club.
She is survived by two sons, Leonard Abbey, Jr. of Yates Center, Kansas, and Calvin Abbey of Lander, Wyoming; two daughters, Bonita Greene of Bakersfield, California, and Darlene Lemen of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; two step-daughters, Marjorie Fink of Leavenworth, Kansas, and Peggy Perrion of Easton, Kansas; nineteen grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; and two brothers, Hanford Moad of Bakersfield, California, and Sidney Moad of Buchanan, Michigan. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, seven brothers, and three sisters.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, July 6, 2004, at Koup Family Funeral Home in Eureka, Kansas with Pastor Alan Hunter of the Jefferson Street Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow in Janesville Cemetery, Hamilton, Kansas.
"Bessie Irene Abbey Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information." Bessie Irene Abbey Obituary, Accessed 19 July 2021.
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Obituary for Bessie Irene Abbey
Bessie Irene Abbey, of Virgil, died on Thursday, July 1, 2004, at Coffey County Hospital, in Burlington, Kansas at the age of 93.
She was born on December 21, 1910, in Carpenter, Oklahoma, the daughter of Albert Calvin and Allie Mae (Gatten) Moad. She was raised in Oklahoma and attended school there.
On August 23, 1935, Bessie was united in marriage to Leonard "Ray" Abbey in Newkirk, Oklahoma. They made their home in Virgil, Kansas before moving to Mulhall, Oklahoma in 1949. In 1959, the family moved to Burlington, Kansas and resided there until 1976, when they moved back to Virgil. Ray preceded her in death on February 6, 1989.
Bessie was a farm wife and homemaker and a member of the Burlington Quilting Club.
She is survived by two sons, Leonard Abbey, Jr. of Yates Center, Kansas, and Calvin Abbey of Lander, Wyoming; two daughters, Bonita Greene of Bakersfield, California, and Darlene Lemen of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; two step-daughters, Marjorie Fink of Leavenworth, Kansas, and Peggy Perrion of Easton, Kansas; nineteen grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great grandchildren; and two brothers, Hanford Moad of Bakersfield, California, and Sidney Moad of Buchanan, Michigan. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, seven brothers, and three sisters.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Tuesday, July 6, 2004, at Koup Family Funeral Home in Eureka, Kansas with Pastor Alan Hunter of the Jefferson Street Baptist Church officiating. Interment will follow in Janesville Cemetery, Hamilton, Kansas.
"Bessie Irene Abbey Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information." Bessie Irene Abbey Obituary, Accessed 19 July 2021.
Family Members
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Albert Calvin Moad Jr
1904–1978
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Horace Lynn Moad
1905–1994
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Della B Moad Hawkins
1906–2001
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Robert Lee Moad
1908–1999
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Arley Lendell Moad
1912–2002
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Orice Dell Moad Shreffler
1913–2000
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Harry Thomas Moad
1916–2003
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Sidney Lanier Moad
1917–2005
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Nora Darlene Moad Friend
1919–1991
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PFC Linas G. Moad
1921–2003
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Hanford Moad
1922–2007
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Tec 5 I J "Ike" Moad
1926–1998
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