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Vernon Skyler Conley

Male - 1966


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  • Name Vernon Skyler Conley 
    Gender Male 
    Died 19 May 1966  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2920  Rossville
    Last Modified 11 Nov 2016 

    Father Schuyler Howard Conley,   b. 26 Oct 1878, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Jul 1951, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Maude Stone Conley,   b. 1881,   d. 17 Jan 1964  (Age 83 years) 
    Married Aug 1919 
    Family ID F1305  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Irene S Beeler Conley,   b. 20 Nov 1908, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Apr 1999, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 5 Sep 1929 
    Children 
     1. Gerald V Conley,   d. Mar 1980
     2. Cynthia Ann Conley Knapp
    Documents
    Marriage- Beeler, Irene-Conley, Vernon
    Marriage- Beeler, Irene-Conley, Vernon
    A pretty home wedding took place at 4 o'clock this afternoon when Miss Irene Beeler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Beeler, became the bride of Mr. Vernon Conley, son of Mr. S.H. Conley of Rossville, and the late Mrs. Conley.

    Rev. Carl H. Wilhelm, pastor of the First Christian church, read the service in front of the fireplace of the living room of the Beeler residence. The fireplace was banked with palms and the mantel was decorated with pink gladiolas. Preceding the ceremony, Mrs. R.E. McFadden sang "At Dawning" and "All for You," with piano accompaniment by Mr. Dwight Beeler, a brother of the bride, who also played the wedding march for the entrance of the bridal party. Mr. Beeler gave his daughter in marriage, and she had as her only attendant, her sister Miss Laura Beeler. Mr. Conley had as his best man, his brother, Mr. James Conley of Rossville.

    The bride, an unusually pretty girl with blonde hair and brown eyes was lovely in her wedding gown of ivory satin, made with a sleeveless bodice and full flare skirt, very long in the back. The only trimming was a silk thread lace yoke. She carried a shower bouquet of Ophelia roses and gypsophila. Her sister, Miss Laura Beeler, wore an attractive afternoon frock of peach georgette and carried pink roses.

    The wedding was followed by an informal reception at which the assisting friends were Mrs. John Martinson, Miss Wilma Klopfer and Miss Dorothy Rodocker.

    Mr. Conley and his bride will leave this evening for a trip to California, and will be at home after September 16 at 1115 Tyler street.

    Out of town guests at the wedding were:
    Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Gardner and family, Denver; Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Cowdey, Council Bluffs, Iowa; Mr. and Mrs. H.M. Palmer, Iola; Mrs. S.F. Beeler, Denver; Mrs. Kelsey Gardner, Washington, D.C.; Miss Emma C. Beeler, Riverside, Calif.; Miss Maurine Ulmer, Wichita Falls, Texas; Miss Bonnie Bishop, Lawrence; Mrs. S.H. Conley, Rossville; Mr. J.K. Conley, Rossville. --Saturday's Topeka Journal

    [From the 5 Sep 1929 newspaper]
    Last Modified 14 Aug 2017 09:59:17 
    Family ID F1303  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Conley, Vernon
    Obituary- Conley, Vernon
    Vernon S. Conley Dies of Heart Attack
    Services were at 9:30 a.m. Saturday morning at Wall-Diffenderfer Mortu¬ary in Topeka for Vernon S. Conley, 62, who died of an apparent heart attack Thursday at his home in Topeka. Burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery.
    He had lived in Topeka 42 years and was a member of First Christian Church and Orient Lodge No. 51, AF&AM. He was chief clerk of Santa Fe Railway’s freight claim department and had been employed by the company 42 years.
    Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Irene S. Con¬ley, of the home; a son, Gerald B„ Conley, Kansas City, Mo.; a daughter, Mrs. Cynthia Ann Knapp, Rockfrod, 111.; a brother, James L. Conley, Delia; and five grandchildren.