Delbert Jarvis

1907 - 1983  (76 years)

• Name	Delbert Jarvis
  Born	2 Apr 1907	Minnora, Calhoun County, West Virginia
  Gender	Male
  Died	30 Dec 1983	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	3 Jan 1984	Valley Falls Cemetery, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4212	Rossville
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Caleb Jarvis
  Mother	Sarah Truman Jarvis
  Family ID	F4681	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Gwendolyn E Selves,   d. 2 Jul 1980
  Married	3 Jun 1933	Mount Vernon, Lawrence County, Missouri
  Children	1. Edward Jarvis   2. Marilyn Jarvis Tebow   3. Betty Jarvis Martin   4. Marthanne Jarvis Simons   5. Kay Jarvis Simons
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2019 22:12:52
  Family ID	F4682	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - 3 Jan 1984 - Valley Falls Cemetery, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Jarvis, Delbert Delbert Jarvis Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at the First Christian Church, here, for Delbert Jarvis, 76, Valley Falls. He died Friday, Dec. 30, at the scene of a two-vehicle accident east of Rossville. Jarvis was born April 2, 1907, at Minorra, W. Va., the son of Caleb and Sarah Truman Jarvis. He moved to Missouri at an early age and was graduated from Cassville High School, Cassville, Mo. He was graduated from Pittsburg State University and had taught high school social studies, industrial arts, and driver’s education. He also had coached basketball. He had taught at high schools in Weir, Nortonville, Meriden, and Valley Falls. He had lived in Valley Falls since 1956. He was married to Gwendolyn E. Selves on June 3, 1933, at Mt. Vernon, Mo. She died July 2, 1980. He was an Army veteran of World War II and served in the signal corps. He was a member of the First Christian Church, Valley Falls and had served as a church elder. He was a member of the Grahem-Herbers Post No. 304 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Valley Falls, and the Jefferson County Bicentennial Post No. 225 of the American Legion, Ozawkie. He was a retired member of the Kansas National Education Association. Survivors include four daughters, Marilyn Tebow, Prairie Village, Betty Martin, Arkansas City, Marthanne Simons, Denver, and Kay Simons, Louisville, Ky.; a son, Edward Jarvis, Lawrence, and 11 grandchildren. Burial will be in the Valley Falls Cemetery, with military graveside honors by the Grahem-Herbers Post No. 304 of the VFW. Friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at the Nellis-Hagge Funeral Home, Valley Falls. He will lie in state after 1 p.m. today at the funeral home.