Daughter of Henry Madison and Laura Jane (Hobbs) Davis born on August 13, 1920 in Abilene, KS. For the first year of her life she lived in a sod house in the sand hills in Hooker County, NE. The family then moved back to KS to the Manhattan area where they ran or lived in a boarding house and then to the Wetmore and Circleville area where they farmed.
When Vivian was 14, after the 1934-1935 school year, she quit school to help care for her ailing mother. After her mother passed away in 1938, she resumed her schooling and graduated from Circleville High School in 1942. During the war she moved to the Kansas City area and took training from the National Defense Training Program in Blue Print Reading and Drawing. During this time she worked in the war industry at the Vendo Company, who, during the war, manufactured radar units for airplanes. After the war was over Vivian went to college at Kansas State University, and other colleges, and taught school.
While teaching at the Eureka Rural Grade School north of Holton, KS, she met Oliver Leatherman, who was working on road construction. They were married Dec. 24, 1951 in Lebo, KS by her brother Paul Davis, who was a Methodist minister.
They lived in Bancroft for a time and then moved to Woodlawn, where he was a minister for the Pilgrim Holiness church and she continued to teach in the area. Their daughter, Linda, was born while they were living in Woodlawn in 1957. In 1958 they moved to Toronto, KS to take care of the local Pilgrim Holiness church. Their son, Lorren, was born a few months after they arrived.
Vivian became ill and passed away on November 30, 1964. She is interred at the Toronto cemetery near Toronto, KS.
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DAVIS-LEATHERMAN
The marriage of Vivian Davis, daughter of H. M. Davis of Goff and Oliver Leatherman of Lamar, Mo., was solemnized at the Methodist parsonage at Lebo at 2 p.m., Monday, December 24.
Officiating at the double ring ceremony were Rev. Paul Davis, brother of the bride and Rev. Jack Leatherman, brother of the groom. Mrs. Paul Davis played the wedding music.
Lighted tapers and poinsettias formed the background for the bride and groom. The bride wore a two piece blue dress with a pink carnation corsage.
H. M. Davis, Goff, Rev. and Mrs. Jack Leatherman, Baxter Springs, Mrs. Leatherman, Lamar, Mo., Rev. and Mrs. Paul Davis and Roger, Lebo, Mrs. Harve Hampton, Holton, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davis, Francis and Virginia, Goff witnessed the ceremony.
After the reception the couple left for a short wedding trip.
The bride is a teacher in the Jackson county schools and the groom is employed by the Geiger Construction Company.
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Mrs. Leatherman Dies Monday
Mrs. Oliver Leatherman, 44, passed away Monday, November 30, 1964 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, following an illness of several years.
Vivian Elizabeth, daughter of Henry M. and Laura J. Davis, was born in Abilene, Kans., August 13, 1920.
She grew to womanhood in northeast Kansas, attended Kansas State University and taught school a number of years.
She was united in marriage to Oliver Leatherman in 1951. Two children blessed their home: Linda, 7 and Lorren, 5.
For the past seven years Vivian had served effectively as the pastor's wife of the Pilgrim Holiness Church in Toronto. Her kind and thoughtful manner endeared her to the hearts of those who knew her.
Her parents preceded her in death. She leaves her companion and two children; two brothers, Paul A. Davis of Osage City and Harold Davis of Goff; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services in her memory were held Wednesday afternoon, December 2 at 2:30 o'clock at the First Methodist Church with Rev. H. K. Busby, officiating. Soloist Riley Lamb was accompanied by Naaman Dowty. Casket bearers were Elmer Sherman, Van Gustin, Roy Schlotterbeck, John Farris, Jean Edwards and Glen Lawrence. Interment in Toronto Cemetery.
When Vivian was 14, after the 1934-1935 school year, she quit school to help care for her ailing mother. After her mother passed away in 1938, she resumed her schooling and graduated from Circleville High School in 1942. During the war she moved to the Kansas City area and took training from the National Defense Training Program in Blue Print Reading and Drawing. During this time she worked in the war industry at the Vendo Company, who, during the war, manufactured radar units for airplanes. After the war was over Vivian went to college at Kansas State University, and other colleges, and taught school.
While teaching at the Eureka Rural Grade School north of Holton, KS, she met Oliver Leatherman, who was working on road construction. They were married Dec. 24, 1951 in Lebo, KS by her brother Paul Davis, who was a Methodist minister.
They lived in Bancroft for a time and then moved to Woodlawn, where he was a minister for the Pilgrim Holiness church and she continued to teach in the area. Their daughter, Linda, was born while they were living in Woodlawn in 1957. In 1958 they moved to Toronto, KS to take care of the local Pilgrim Holiness church. Their son, Lorren, was born a few months after they arrived.
Vivian became ill and passed away on November 30, 1964. She is interred at the Toronto cemetery near Toronto, KS.
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DAVIS-LEATHERMAN
The marriage of Vivian Davis, daughter of H. M. Davis of Goff and Oliver Leatherman of Lamar, Mo., was solemnized at the Methodist parsonage at Lebo at 2 p.m., Monday, December 24.
Officiating at the double ring ceremony were Rev. Paul Davis, brother of the bride and Rev. Jack Leatherman, brother of the groom. Mrs. Paul Davis played the wedding music.
Lighted tapers and poinsettias formed the background for the bride and groom. The bride wore a two piece blue dress with a pink carnation corsage.
H. M. Davis, Goff, Rev. and Mrs. Jack Leatherman, Baxter Springs, Mrs. Leatherman, Lamar, Mo., Rev. and Mrs. Paul Davis and Roger, Lebo, Mrs. Harve Hampton, Holton, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davis, Francis and Virginia, Goff witnessed the ceremony.
After the reception the couple left for a short wedding trip.
The bride is a teacher in the Jackson county schools and the groom is employed by the Geiger Construction Company.
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Mrs. Leatherman Dies Monday
Mrs. Oliver Leatherman, 44, passed away Monday, November 30, 1964 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, following an illness of several years.
Vivian Elizabeth, daughter of Henry M. and Laura J. Davis, was born in Abilene, Kans., August 13, 1920.
She grew to womanhood in northeast Kansas, attended Kansas State University and taught school a number of years.
She was united in marriage to Oliver Leatherman in 1951. Two children blessed their home: Linda, 7 and Lorren, 5.
For the past seven years Vivian had served effectively as the pastor's wife of the Pilgrim Holiness Church in Toronto. Her kind and thoughtful manner endeared her to the hearts of those who knew her.
Her parents preceded her in death. She leaves her companion and two children; two brothers, Paul A. Davis of Osage City and Harold Davis of Goff; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services in her memory were held Wednesday afternoon, December 2 at 2:30 o'clock at the First Methodist Church with Rev. H. K. Busby, officiating. Soloist Riley Lamb was accompanied by Naaman Dowty. Casket bearers were Elmer Sherman, Van Gustin, Roy Schlotterbeck, John Farris, Jean Edwards and Glen Lawrence. Interment in Toronto Cemetery.
Daughter of Henry Madison and Laura Jane (Hobbs) Davis born on August 13, 1920 in Abilene, KS. For the first year of her life she lived in a sod house in the sand hills in Hooker County, NE. The family then moved back to KS to the Manhattan area where they ran or lived in a boarding house and then to the Wetmore and Circleville area where they farmed.
When Vivian was 14, after the 1934-1935 school year, she quit school to help care for her ailing mother. After her mother passed away in 1938, she resumed her schooling and graduated from Circleville High School in 1942. During the war she moved to the Kansas City area and took training from the National Defense Training Program in Blue Print Reading and Drawing. During this time she worked in the war industry at the Vendo Company, who, during the war, manufactured radar units for airplanes. After the war was over Vivian went to college at Kansas State University, and other colleges, and taught school.
While teaching at the Eureka Rural Grade School north of Holton, KS, she met Oliver Leatherman, who was working on road construction. They were married Dec. 24, 1951 in Lebo, KS by her brother Paul Davis, who was a Methodist minister.
They lived in Bancroft for a time and then moved to Woodlawn, where he was a minister for the Pilgrim Holiness church and she continued to teach in the area. Their daughter, Linda, was born while they were living in Woodlawn in 1957. In 1958 they moved to Toronto, KS to take care of the local Pilgrim Holiness church. Their son, Lorren, was born a few months after they arrived.
Vivian became ill and passed away on November 30, 1964. She is interred at the Toronto cemetery near Toronto, KS.
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DAVIS-LEATHERMAN
The marriage of Vivian Davis, daughter of H. M. Davis of Goff and Oliver Leatherman of Lamar, Mo., was solemnized at the Methodist parsonage at Lebo at 2 p.m., Monday, December 24.
Officiating at the double ring ceremony were Rev. Paul Davis, brother of the bride and Rev. Jack Leatherman, brother of the groom. Mrs. Paul Davis played the wedding music.
Lighted tapers and poinsettias formed the background for the bride and groom. The bride wore a two piece blue dress with a pink carnation corsage.
H. M. Davis, Goff, Rev. and Mrs. Jack Leatherman, Baxter Springs, Mrs. Leatherman, Lamar, Mo., Rev. and Mrs. Paul Davis and Roger, Lebo, Mrs. Harve Hampton, Holton, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davis, Francis and Virginia, Goff witnessed the ceremony.
After the reception the couple left for a short wedding trip.
The bride is a teacher in the Jackson county schools and the groom is employed by the Geiger Construction Company.
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Mrs. Leatherman Dies Monday
Mrs. Oliver Leatherman, 44, passed away Monday, November 30, 1964 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, following an illness of several years.
Vivian Elizabeth, daughter of Henry M. and Laura J. Davis, was born in Abilene, Kans., August 13, 1920.
She grew to womanhood in northeast Kansas, attended Kansas State University and taught school a number of years.
She was united in marriage to Oliver Leatherman in 1951. Two children blessed their home: Linda, 7 and Lorren, 5.
For the past seven years Vivian had served effectively as the pastor's wife of the Pilgrim Holiness Church in Toronto. Her kind and thoughtful manner endeared her to the hearts of those who knew her.
Her parents preceded her in death. She leaves her companion and two children; two brothers, Paul A. Davis of Osage City and Harold Davis of Goff; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services in her memory were held Wednesday afternoon, December 2 at 2:30 o'clock at the First Methodist Church with Rev. H. K. Busby, officiating. Soloist Riley Lamb was accompanied by Naaman Dowty. Casket bearers were Elmer Sherman, Van Gustin, Roy Schlotterbeck, John Farris, Jean Edwards and Glen Lawrence. Interment in Toronto Cemetery.
When Vivian was 14, after the 1934-1935 school year, she quit school to help care for her ailing mother. After her mother passed away in 1938, she resumed her schooling and graduated from Circleville High School in 1942. During the war she moved to the Kansas City area and took training from the National Defense Training Program in Blue Print Reading and Drawing. During this time she worked in the war industry at the Vendo Company, who, during the war, manufactured radar units for airplanes. After the war was over Vivian went to college at Kansas State University, and other colleges, and taught school.
While teaching at the Eureka Rural Grade School north of Holton, KS, she met Oliver Leatherman, who was working on road construction. They were married Dec. 24, 1951 in Lebo, KS by her brother Paul Davis, who was a Methodist minister.
They lived in Bancroft for a time and then moved to Woodlawn, where he was a minister for the Pilgrim Holiness church and she continued to teach in the area. Their daughter, Linda, was born while they were living in Woodlawn in 1957. In 1958 they moved to Toronto, KS to take care of the local Pilgrim Holiness church. Their son, Lorren, was born a few months after they arrived.
Vivian became ill and passed away on November 30, 1964. She is interred at the Toronto cemetery near Toronto, KS.
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DAVIS-LEATHERMAN
The marriage of Vivian Davis, daughter of H. M. Davis of Goff and Oliver Leatherman of Lamar, Mo., was solemnized at the Methodist parsonage at Lebo at 2 p.m., Monday, December 24.
Officiating at the double ring ceremony were Rev. Paul Davis, brother of the bride and Rev. Jack Leatherman, brother of the groom. Mrs. Paul Davis played the wedding music.
Lighted tapers and poinsettias formed the background for the bride and groom. The bride wore a two piece blue dress with a pink carnation corsage.
H. M. Davis, Goff, Rev. and Mrs. Jack Leatherman, Baxter Springs, Mrs. Leatherman, Lamar, Mo., Rev. and Mrs. Paul Davis and Roger, Lebo, Mrs. Harve Hampton, Holton, and Mr. and Mrs. Harold Davis, Francis and Virginia, Goff witnessed the ceremony.
After the reception the couple left for a short wedding trip.
The bride is a teacher in the Jackson county schools and the groom is employed by the Geiger Construction Company.
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Mrs. Leatherman Dies Monday
Mrs. Oliver Leatherman, 44, passed away Monday, November 30, 1964 at the Allen County Hospital in Iola, following an illness of several years.
Vivian Elizabeth, daughter of Henry M. and Laura J. Davis, was born in Abilene, Kans., August 13, 1920.
She grew to womanhood in northeast Kansas, attended Kansas State University and taught school a number of years.
She was united in marriage to Oliver Leatherman in 1951. Two children blessed their home: Linda, 7 and Lorren, 5.
For the past seven years Vivian had served effectively as the pastor's wife of the Pilgrim Holiness Church in Toronto. Her kind and thoughtful manner endeared her to the hearts of those who knew her.
Her parents preceded her in death. She leaves her companion and two children; two brothers, Paul A. Davis of Osage City and Harold Davis of Goff; and a number of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services in her memory were held Wednesday afternoon, December 2 at 2:30 o'clock at the First Methodist Church with Rev. H. K. Busby, officiating. Soloist Riley Lamb was accompanied by Naaman Dowty. Casket bearers were Elmer Sherman, Van Gustin, Roy Schlotterbeck, John Farris, Jean Edwards and Glen Lawrence. Interment in Toronto Cemetery.
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