Lora L Burks Hansford

1900 - 1982  (82 years)

• Name	Lora L Burks Hansford
  Born	24 Jul 1900	Columbia, Boone County, Missouri
  Gender	Female
  Died	25 Sep 1982	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Silver Lake Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3784	Rossville
  Last Modified	27 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Isaac N Burks
  Mother	Willa May Yates Burks
  Family ID	F3722	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alex W Hansford,   d. 12 Apr 1979
  Married	4 Mar 1922	Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	1. Charles W Hansford,   d. 1968   2. Arline Hansford McGinnis   3. Lenora M Hansford Henderson   4. Isaac Hansford
  Last Modified	14 Jun 2017 12:19:06
  Family ID	F3723	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 4 Mar 1922 - Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Buried - - Silver Lake Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Hansford, Lora LORA L. HANSFORD Mrs. Lora L. Hansford, 82, Topeka, died Saturday, September 25, 1982, at a Topeka hospital. She was born July 24, 1900, at Columbia, Mo., the daughter of Isaac N. and Willa May Yates Burks. She lived in Silver Lake and Soldier before she moved to Topeka in 1972. Mrs. Hansford was an elementary teacher in the Silver Lake and Rossville area many years. She was a member of Rebekah Lodge No. 95, Topeka, and United Methodist Church, Soldier. She was graduated from the Flo Menninger Bible Course, taught Sunday school classes more than 25 years, was superintendent of the youth department at the church for 16 years, and was director of Summer Bible School at Silver Lake United Methodist Church. She attended North Topeka Baptist Church and helped organize the pilot group for Senior Citizens VIP Friday luncheons at the church. She married Alex W. Hansford March 1. 1922. at Silver Lake. He died April 12. 1979. A son, Charles W. Hansford, died in 1968. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Arline McGinnis, Monte Vista, Colo., and Mrs. Lenora M. Henderson, Route 9, Topeka; a son, Isaac Hansford. Topeka; a sister, Mrs. Lena Reamer, Topeka; a brother, Frank Burks, Sheridan, Ore.; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. Services were at 2 p.m. Monday at Davidson Funeral Home. Burial was in Silver Lake Cemetery.