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Elizabeth Sarah <I>Blocher</I> West

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Elizabeth Sarah Blocher West

Birth
Overbrook, Osage County, Kansas, USA
Death
23 Jan 1986 (aged 88)
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
East Lawn
Memorial ID
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Links and maiden name sent by Jean Pinick (#47164935)
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Topeka Capital-Journal, Friday, Jan. 24, 1986, page 26:
Mrs. Elizabeth S. West

Mrs. Elizabeth Sarah West, 88, formerly of 1828 McAlister, died Thursday, Jan. 23, at a Topeka hospital.
Mrs. West was a clerk in the design department of the Kansas Department of Transportation before she retired.
She was born Oct. 9, 1897, at Overbrook, a daughter of Noah and Mary Falwell Blocher. She spent most of her life in Topeka.

Mrs. West was a member of Seabrook United Church of Christ, a 25-year member of Beulah Chapter No. 34 of Order of Eastern Star, a past president of Ladies Auxiliary to Philip Billard Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1650, a past commander and a charter member of Navy Mothers Club No. 83, a member of the American Association of Retired Persons No. 37 and a past president of DeMolay Mothers of Topeka.

A daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Gallo, died in 1981, and a son, Howard West, died in 1973.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Billie Palmer, Matteson, Ill., and Mrs. Sara Lou Stallard, Topeka; three sons, Art West and Robert West, both of San Diego, Calif., and Virgil West, Lincoln, Neb.; two sisters, Mrs. Eva Baker, Topeka, and Mrs. Florence Goodman, Stockton, Mo.; 16 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Seabrook United Church of Christ. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Relatives and friends will meet from 7 until 9 p.m. today at Newcomer-Diffenderfer Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Seabrook United Church of Christ, 4425 W. 19th, 66604.
Links and maiden name sent by Jean Pinick (#47164935)
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Topeka Capital-Journal, Friday, Jan. 24, 1986, page 26:
Mrs. Elizabeth S. West

Mrs. Elizabeth Sarah West, 88, formerly of 1828 McAlister, died Thursday, Jan. 23, at a Topeka hospital.
Mrs. West was a clerk in the design department of the Kansas Department of Transportation before she retired.
She was born Oct. 9, 1897, at Overbrook, a daughter of Noah and Mary Falwell Blocher. She spent most of her life in Topeka.

Mrs. West was a member of Seabrook United Church of Christ, a 25-year member of Beulah Chapter No. 34 of Order of Eastern Star, a past president of Ladies Auxiliary to Philip Billard Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1650, a past commander and a charter member of Navy Mothers Club No. 83, a member of the American Association of Retired Persons No. 37 and a past president of DeMolay Mothers of Topeka.

A daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Gallo, died in 1981, and a son, Howard West, died in 1973.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Billie Palmer, Matteson, Ill., and Mrs. Sara Lou Stallard, Topeka; three sons, Art West and Robert West, both of San Diego, Calif., and Virgil West, Lincoln, Neb.; two sisters, Mrs. Eva Baker, Topeka, and Mrs. Florence Goodman, Stockton, Mo.; 16 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Seabrook United Church of Christ. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. Relatives and friends will meet from 7 until 9 p.m. today at Newcomer-Diffenderfer Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Seabrook United Church of Christ, 4425 W. 19th, 66604.


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