ARTHUR WILLIAM ASHBURN
Services for Arthur William Ashburn, 83, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary with the Rev. David Watson officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Ashburn died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at his home.
He was born Aug. 22, 1911, in Garnett, the son of Jacob and Olive Showalter Ashburn.
He moved to Lawrence 25 years ago from Springfield, Mo. He was a security guard for Hercules Inc. in DeSoto.
He married Ethel Mae Johnson on March 1, 1935, in Garnett. She died Octt. 26, 1987. He married Mabel L. Ray on June 12, 1989, in Oklahoma. She survives at the home.
Other survivors include three sons, Bill, Lawrence, Richard, Somersworth, N.H., and Claron, Denver; three daughters, Shirley Ireland, Dike, Tex., Barbara Roberts, Edgerton, and Carol Day, Shawnee; a brother, Cecil Ashburn, Liberty, Mo; two sisters, Opal Mahon, Eudora, and Beverly Potter, Garnett; a stepson, Kenneth Hartman, St. Joseph, Mo; two stepdaughters, Imogene Ruff and Juanita Hodges, both of Lawrence; 20 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and numerous stepgrandchildren and stepgreat-grandchildren.
Friends may call from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. today at the morturary.
The family suggests memorials to the Douglas County Hospice. They may be sent in care of the mortuary. (D.A.E./Lawrence Journal-World, Lawrence, KS, 22 Aug 1995)
ARTHUR WILLIAM ASHBURN
Services for Arthur William Ashburn, 83, Lawrence, will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary with the Rev. David Watson officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mr. Ashburn died Monday, Aug. 21, 1995, at his home.
He was born Aug. 22, 1911, in Garnett, the son of Jacob and Olive Showalter Ashburn.
He moved to Lawrence 25 years ago from Springfield, Mo. He was a security guard for Hercules Inc. in DeSoto.
He married Ethel Mae Johnson on March 1, 1935, in Garnett. She died Octt. 26, 1987. He married Mabel L. Ray on June 12, 1989, in Oklahoma. She survives at the home.
Other survivors include three sons, Bill, Lawrence, Richard, Somersworth, N.H., and Claron, Denver; three daughters, Shirley Ireland, Dike, Tex., Barbara Roberts, Edgerton, and Carol Day, Shawnee; a brother, Cecil Ashburn, Liberty, Mo; two sisters, Opal Mahon, Eudora, and Beverly Potter, Garnett; a stepson, Kenneth Hartman, St. Joseph, Mo; two stepdaughters, Imogene Ruff and Juanita Hodges, both of Lawrence; 20 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and numerous stepgrandchildren and stepgreat-grandchildren.
Friends may call from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. today at the morturary.
The family suggests memorials to the Douglas County Hospice. They may be sent in care of the mortuary. (D.A.E./Lawrence Journal-World, Lawrence, KS, 22 Aug 1995)
Inscription
ASHBURN
ARTHUR W.--------MARRIED--------ETHEL M.
AUG. 22, 1911-----MAR. 1-----APR. 1, 1916
AUG. 21, 1995-----1935-------OCT. 26, 1987
Gravesite Details
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Family Members
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Naomi Marie Ashburn Hazen
1909–1973
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Opal Vivian Ashburn Mahon
1913–1996
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Delbert Herbert Ashburn
1916–1990
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Margaret Eva Ashburn Lane
1918–1987
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Carl Vance Ashburn
1921–1979
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Cecil Emmett Ashburn
1923–2007
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Lovey Bernice Ashburn
1925–1925
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Esther Rebecca Ashburn Willey
1927–1990
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Chester Eugene Ashburn
1927–1979
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Russell Niel Ashburn
1929–1929
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Beverly Bertina Ashburn Potter
1931–2003
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