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Family: LaVerne Herbert Spears / Edna Iona Vilven Spears (F2650)

m. 3 Dec 1927


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  • Father | Male
    LaVerne Herbert Spears

    Born  20 Sep 1906  Louisville, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  15 Dec 1991  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried  19 Dec 1991  Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Married  3 Dec 1927  Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Herbert Spears | F7862 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Flora Obera Laughlin Spears | F7862 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Edna Iona Vilven Spears

    Born  11 Aug 1908  Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  9 Aug 2002  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  Arthur Vilven | F3360 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Gertrude Banks Vilven | F3360 Group Sheet 

    Child 1 | Female
    + Helen Louise Spears Queen Siegel Cook Miller

    Born  28 Jul 1929  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  28 Jul 2020   
    Buried  3 Aug 2020  Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Donald Wayne Queen | F2940 
    Married  9 Apr 1950  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Eugene Siegel | F1361 
    Married  26 May 1968  Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Leonard L Cook, Sr. | F1708 
    Married  11 Dec 1976  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Robert Peter Miller, Sr. | F658 
    Married  9 Dec 1992   

    Child 2 | Female
    + Ruth Elaine Spears Tripp Larson

    Born  5 Mar 1931  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1 Aug 2019  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Cremated  9 Aug 2019  Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Henry Sanford Tripp | F1400 
    Married  22 Apr 1951  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  William B (Bill) Larson | F3008 
    Married  25 Jan 1957  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Documents
    Anniversary- Spears, LaVerne and Edna 1
    Anniversary- Spears, LaVerne and Edna 1
    Spears Couple Will Observe Golden Anniversary Sunday

    A golden wedding anniversary open house will honor Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne H. Spears from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, December 4, 1977, in the Rossville United Methodist Church, Rossville, Ks.

    Friends and relatives are invited to attend; the couple requests that no gifts be presented.

    Hosts will be their daughters and sons-in-law, Helen and Leonard Cook, and Ruth and Bill Larson, all of Rossville.

    Edna Vilven and LaVerne Spears were married December 3, 1927, in Seneca, Ks. They have operated a farm near Rossville since 1928. Mr. Spears served as agency manager of Farm Bureau Insurance Services in Shawnee County 32 years until he recently retired. He served 10 years in the Kansas House of Representatives; served 17 years as councilman or mayor of Rossville City; two years as president of Kansas League of Municipalities; and was Worthy Grand Patron of Grand Chapter of Kansas Eastern Star in 1962-63. Mrs. Spears is past president of the Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas, and past president of the Legislative Wives Association.

    Mr. and Mrs. Spears have five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
    Anniversary- Spears, LaVerne and Edna 2
    Anniversary- Spears, LaVerne and Edna 2
    60th Wedding Anniversary
    For Edna and LaVerne Spears
    A 60th wedding anniversary open house will honor Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne H. Spears from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday, November 29, 1987, in the Rossville Community Center.

    Friends and relatives are invited; the couple requests no gifts be presented. Hosts will be their daughters and son-in- law — Helen Cook and Ruth and Bill Larson, all of Rossville.

    Edna Vilven and LaVerne Spears were married December 3, 19278, in Seneca. They operated a farm near Rossville since 1928. Mr. Spears served as agency manager of Farm Bureau Insurance Services in Shawnee County for 32 years until he retired in 1971. He served 10 years in the Kansas House of Representatives; served 17 years as councilman or mayor of Rossville City; two years as president of Kansas League of Municipalities; and was Worthy Grand Patron of Grand Chapter of Kansas Eastern Star in 1962-63. Mrs. Spears is past president of the Native Sons and Daughters of Kansas, and past president of the Legislative Wives Association.

    Mr. and Mrs. Spears have five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.