The Emporia Gazette, 09 Dec 1940, Monday
MISS MARY PLUMB DEAD
Miss Mary Plumb, daughter of the late Senator and Mrs. Preston B. Plumb, of Emporia, died Sunday in the state hospital in Topeka, where she had lived for several years.
Funeral services will be Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the grave in Maplewood cemetery.
Miss Plumb was born January 30, 1868, at Emporia.
Her sister, Mrs. George Griffith, of Anaheim, Calif., formerly Caroline Plumb, had been with her in Topeka for several days. A brother, Preston B. Plumb, of South Pasadena, Calif., will arrive in Emporia Tuesday noon to attend the funeral. A sister, Mrs. S. C. Brewster, of South Pasadena, Calif., arrived here today. Emporia relatives who survive are a sister-in-law, Mrs. A. H. Plumb, and a niece, Mrs. H. L. Kendig.
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The Emporia Gazette, 10 Dec 1940, Tuesday
MARY PLUMB
Mary Plumb, who was buried today in Maplewood by the side of her father and mother, was the oldest daughter of Emporia's most distinguished family. Her father, Senator P. B. Plumb, was founder of the town as a boy of 19. He was a colonel of the volunteer regiment from this town in the Civil war, a distinguished member of the Legislature and a United States Senator from this state for nearly 20 years. While this trans-Mississippi was being settled in the seventies and the eighties, he was chairman of the powerful Senate Committee on public lands, a committee then as important as foreign relations is now.
From her parents, Mary Plumb inherited a public-spirited attitude and for 40 years she was a generous giver of her time and money to every worthy civic enterprise in this town. She was eager to serve and to give. For the last 20 years she was deeply afflicted with a nervous disorder but always her benevolent instincts survived. She wanted to help. She wanted to be a part of the town's neighborly enterprises. She sent her money when she could not go herself, to those who were promoting good causes in Emporia. Few citizens have done more than Mary Plumb to make this a livable town. Like the widow in the Bible, who gave her mite, "she hath done what she could." No greater praise can be given man or woman than that. Emporia will Miss Mary Plumb, worthy daughter of noble pioneers. May her spirit rest in peace.
MISS MARY PLUMB DEAD
Miss Mary Plumb, daughter of the late Senator and Mrs. Preston B. Plumb, of Emporia, died Sunday in the state hospital in Topeka, where she had lived for several years.
Funeral services will be Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the grave in Maplewood cemetery.
Miss Plumb was born January 30, 1868, at Emporia.
Her sister, Mrs. George Griffith, of Anaheim, Calif., formerly Caroline Plumb, had been with her in Topeka for several days. A brother, Preston B. Plumb, of South Pasadena, Calif., will arrive in Emporia Tuesday noon to attend the funeral. A sister, Mrs. S. C. Brewster, of South Pasadena, Calif., arrived here today. Emporia relatives who survive are a sister-in-law, Mrs. A. H. Plumb, and a niece, Mrs. H. L. Kendig.
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The Emporia Gazette, 10 Dec 1940, Tuesday
MARY PLUMB
Mary Plumb, who was buried today in Maplewood by the side of her father and mother, was the oldest daughter of Emporia's most distinguished family. Her father, Senator P. B. Plumb, was founder of the town as a boy of 19. He was a colonel of the volunteer regiment from this town in the Civil war, a distinguished member of the Legislature and a United States Senator from this state for nearly 20 years. While this trans-Mississippi was being settled in the seventies and the eighties, he was chairman of the powerful Senate Committee on public lands, a committee then as important as foreign relations is now.
From her parents, Mary Plumb inherited a public-spirited attitude and for 40 years she was a generous giver of her time and money to every worthy civic enterprise in this town. She was eager to serve and to give. For the last 20 years she was deeply afflicted with a nervous disorder but always her benevolent instincts survived. She wanted to help. She wanted to be a part of the town's neighborly enterprises. She sent her money when she could not go herself, to those who were promoting good causes in Emporia. Few citizens have done more than Mary Plumb to make this a livable town. Like the widow in the Bible, who gave her mite, "she hath done what she could." No greater praise can be given man or woman than that. Emporia will Miss Mary Plumb, worthy daughter of noble pioneers. May her spirit rest in peace.
The Emporia Gazette, 09 Dec 1940, Monday
MISS MARY PLUMB DEAD
Miss Mary Plumb, daughter of the late Senator and Mrs. Preston B. Plumb, of Emporia, died Sunday in the state hospital in Topeka, where she had lived for several years.
Funeral services will be Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the grave in Maplewood cemetery.
Miss Plumb was born January 30, 1868, at Emporia.
Her sister, Mrs. George Griffith, of Anaheim, Calif., formerly Caroline Plumb, had been with her in Topeka for several days. A brother, Preston B. Plumb, of South Pasadena, Calif., will arrive in Emporia Tuesday noon to attend the funeral. A sister, Mrs. S. C. Brewster, of South Pasadena, Calif., arrived here today. Emporia relatives who survive are a sister-in-law, Mrs. A. H. Plumb, and a niece, Mrs. H. L. Kendig.
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The Emporia Gazette, 10 Dec 1940, Tuesday
MARY PLUMB
Mary Plumb, who was buried today in Maplewood by the side of her father and mother, was the oldest daughter of Emporia's most distinguished family. Her father, Senator P. B. Plumb, was founder of the town as a boy of 19. He was a colonel of the volunteer regiment from this town in the Civil war, a distinguished member of the Legislature and a United States Senator from this state for nearly 20 years. While this trans-Mississippi was being settled in the seventies and the eighties, he was chairman of the powerful Senate Committee on public lands, a committee then as important as foreign relations is now.
From her parents, Mary Plumb inherited a public-spirited attitude and for 40 years she was a generous giver of her time and money to every worthy civic enterprise in this town. She was eager to serve and to give. For the last 20 years she was deeply afflicted with a nervous disorder but always her benevolent instincts survived. She wanted to help. She wanted to be a part of the town's neighborly enterprises. She sent her money when she could not go herself, to those who were promoting good causes in Emporia. Few citizens have done more than Mary Plumb to make this a livable town. Like the widow in the Bible, who gave her mite, "she hath done what she could." No greater praise can be given man or woman than that. Emporia will Miss Mary Plumb, worthy daughter of noble pioneers. May her spirit rest in peace.
MISS MARY PLUMB DEAD
Miss Mary Plumb, daughter of the late Senator and Mrs. Preston B. Plumb, of Emporia, died Sunday in the state hospital in Topeka, where she had lived for several years.
Funeral services will be Tuesday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at the grave in Maplewood cemetery.
Miss Plumb was born January 30, 1868, at Emporia.
Her sister, Mrs. George Griffith, of Anaheim, Calif., formerly Caroline Plumb, had been with her in Topeka for several days. A brother, Preston B. Plumb, of South Pasadena, Calif., will arrive in Emporia Tuesday noon to attend the funeral. A sister, Mrs. S. C. Brewster, of South Pasadena, Calif., arrived here today. Emporia relatives who survive are a sister-in-law, Mrs. A. H. Plumb, and a niece, Mrs. H. L. Kendig.
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The Emporia Gazette, 10 Dec 1940, Tuesday
MARY PLUMB
Mary Plumb, who was buried today in Maplewood by the side of her father and mother, was the oldest daughter of Emporia's most distinguished family. Her father, Senator P. B. Plumb, was founder of the town as a boy of 19. He was a colonel of the volunteer regiment from this town in the Civil war, a distinguished member of the Legislature and a United States Senator from this state for nearly 20 years. While this trans-Mississippi was being settled in the seventies and the eighties, he was chairman of the powerful Senate Committee on public lands, a committee then as important as foreign relations is now.
From her parents, Mary Plumb inherited a public-spirited attitude and for 40 years she was a generous giver of her time and money to every worthy civic enterprise in this town. She was eager to serve and to give. For the last 20 years she was deeply afflicted with a nervous disorder but always her benevolent instincts survived. She wanted to help. She wanted to be a part of the town's neighborly enterprises. She sent her money when she could not go herself, to those who were promoting good causes in Emporia. Few citizens have done more than Mary Plumb to make this a livable town. Like the widow in the Bible, who gave her mite, "she hath done what she could." No greater praise can be given man or woman than that. Emporia will Miss Mary Plumb, worthy daughter of noble pioneers. May her spirit rest in peace.
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