Lakin Cemetery
Lakin, Kearney County, Kansas

 

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Name Birth Date Death Date Other Information
Belt, Billy 7-26-1939 10-21-2005 b. Ogallala NE Keith co, d. Lakin KS Kearny co, D/O Will and Dorothy Farris Rogers. She graduated from Springfield High School, Springfield, Colo. A resident of Lakin since 1958, she was a dental assistant for Dr. Jon Wheat. She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Robert; and a brother, Dusty Rogers.
Cook, Viona
12-25-1930 9-19-2004 b. Pontoco MS  Pontoco co, d. Lakin KS Kearny co, W/O Andrew Cook
Rice, Jack M. 12-17-1916 10-16-2005 b. Greensburg ks Kiowa co, d. Garden City ks Finney co, S/O Marshall Herbert and Alberta Hunt Rice. He graduated from Greensburg High School in 1934. He then graduated from Wichita Business College and was an accountant in Wichita. A resident of Garden City, formerly of Lakin, he also was a farmer and cattleman. He belonged to the Lakin Rotary Club, serving as president in 1955; Lakin Presbyterian Church; and Garden City Presbyterian Church. He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in World War II as a drill sergeant in Florida and Hawaii. On April 16, 1950, he married Ruth Campbell in Lakin. She died Aug. 5, 2000. He was preceded in death by a son, Clark H. Rice; three brothers, Virgil, Donald and Phillip Rice; and a sister, Lois Miller.
Richardson, Elaine 11-20-1929 9-23-2005 b. Ashland ks Clark co, d. Lakin ks Kearny co, D/O Howard and Audell Allmon Duvall. She graduated from Lakin High School in 1947 and attended business school in Omaha, Neb. A former resident of Cheyenne, Wyo., she moved back to Lakin in 1980. She was a member of First Covenant Church, Cheyenne, Wyo., the Cheyenne Mother Singers, Epsilon Sigma Alpha, Lakin First Presbyterian Church and the Homemakers Unit. She was a beauty operator and a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by a son, Kreth; a brother, Ivan Duvall; three sisters, Georgia Wray, Jean Henley and Billie Urie Hoss; and a grandson.
       
       

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