Hugh Leo Fairbanks

1926 - 2011  (84 years)

• Documents » Slide Show		Obituary- Fairbanks, Hugh L. 1 HUGH L. “JIGGS” FAIRBANKS Hugh L. “Jiggs” Fairbanks passed away, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011, at the St. Marys Community Hospital. He was born Oct. 23, 1926, at Emmett, the son of Frank and Rena Ethel Blaylock Fairbanks. He grew up in the Emmett community and served in the United States Navy during World War II. Hugh retired from the Federal Government as a Livestock Inspector. Through the years Hugh enjoyed fishing, metal detecting, walking and picking black walnuts that he shared with all he knew. He attended the Rossville Christian Church and was a member of Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion in Rossville. On June 18, 1948, he was united in marriage to Geneva A. Keller at Topeka. She preceded him in death on March 27, 2008. They resided in Rossville for over 30 years before moving to Atria Hearthstone in Topeka. For the past year Hugh had been a resident of the St. Marys Manor Nursing Home. A son, Philip Douglas, also preceded him in death in January 1952, along with his brothers, George, Joe, Douglas, Charles, Frank and Gerald Fairbanks and sisters Ruth and Rena. Survivors include a son, Douglas (Donola) Fairbanks. Delia; a daughter, Cherrie (Norm) Argabright, Topeka; his sister, Doris Lange, Apple Valley, Calif.; grandchildren, Holly Wehner, Brad Fairbanks, Ryan Fairbanks, Jason DeBacker and Travis DeBacker and 13 great-grandchildren. Mr. Fairbanks bequeathed his body to the University of Kansas Medical Center. Memorial services will be held at 7 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 1, at the Rossville Christian Church. Interment will be at a later date in the St. Clere Cemetery, Emmett. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Marys Manor Activity Fund and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, KS 66536. Online condolences may be sent to www.piperfuneralhome.com.
  		Obituary- Fairbanks, Hugh L. 2 Hugh L. ‘Jiggs’ Fairbanks Hugh L “Jiggs” Fairbanks passed away Aug. 23, 2011, at St. Marys Community Hospital. He was born Oct. 23, 1926, at Emmett, the son of Frank and Rena Ethel Blaylock Fairbanks. He grew up in the Emmett community and served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Hugh retired from the federal government as a livestock inspector. Through the years Hugh enjoyed fishing, metal detecting, walking and picking black walnuts that he shared with all he knew. He attended the Rossville Christian Church and was a member of Jimmie Lillard Post 31 of the American Legion in Rossville. On June 18, 1948, he was united in marriage to Geneva A. Keller at Topeka. She preceded him in death on March 27, 2008. They resided in Rossville for more than 30 years before moving to Atria Hearthstone in Topeka. For the past year Hugh had been a resident of St. Marys Manor Nursing Home. A son, Philip Douglas, also preceded him in death in January 1952, along with his brothers, George, Joe, Douglas, Charles, Frank and Gerald Fairbanks, and sisters Ruth and Rena. Survivors include a son, Douglas Fairbanks and wife, Donola, of Delia; a daughter, Cherrie Argabright and husband, Norm, of Topeka; his sister, Doris Lange, of Apple Valley, Calif.; grandchildren, Holly Wehner, Brad Fairbanks, Ryan Fairbanks, Jason DeBacker and Travis DeBacker; and 13 great-grandchildren. Mr. Fairbanks bequeathed his body to the University of Kansas Medical Center. Memorial services were Sept. 1 at Rossville Christian Church. Interment will be at a later date in the St. Clere Cemetery, Emmett. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Marys Manor Activity Fund and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, KS 66536.
  		Obituary- Fairbanks, Hugh L. 3 Hugh L. "Jiggs" Fairbanks Rossville-Hugh L. "Jiggs" Fairbanks passed away, Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at the St. Marys Community Hospital. He was born October 23, 1926 at Emmett the son of Frank and Rena Ethel Blaylock Fairbanks. He grew up in the Emmett community and served in the United States Navy during WWII. Hugh retired from the Federal Government as a Livestock Inspector. Through the years Hugh enjoyed fishing, metal detecting, walking and picking black walnuts that he shared with all he knew. He attended the Rossville Christian Church and was a member of Jimmie Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion in Rossville. On June 18, 1948 he was united in marriage to Geneva A. Keller at Topeka. She preceded him in death on March 27, 2008. They resided in Rossville for over 30 years before moving to Atria Hearthstone in Topeka. For the past year Hugh had been a resident of the St. Marys Manor Nursing Home. A son, Philip Douglas also preceded him in death in January 1952, along with his brothers, George, Joe, Douglas, Charles, Frank and Gerald Fairbanks and sisters Ruth and Rena. Survivors include a son, Douglas (Donola) Fairbanks, Delia; a daughter, Cherrie (Norm) Argabright, Topeka; his sister, Doris Lange, Apple Valley, CA; grandchildren, Holly Wehner, Brad Fairbanks, Ryan Fairbanks, Jason DeBacker & Travis DeBacker and 13 great-grandchildren. Mr. Fairbanks bequeathed his body to the University of Kansas Medical Center. Memorial services will be at 7:00 P.M. Thursday, September 1, 2011 at the Rossville Christian Church. Interment will be at a later date in the St. Clere Cemetery, Emmett. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Marys Manor Activity Fund and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, Kansas 66536. Online condolences may be sent to www.piperfuneralhome.com.

  
  

• Name	Hugh Leo Fairbanks
  Nickname	Jiggs
  Born	23 Oct 1926	Emmett, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	23 Aug 2011	St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Buried	Body donated to University of Kansas Medical Center; St. Clere Cemetery, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3552	Rossville
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Frank Lester Fairbanks, Sr.
  Mother	Rena Ethel Blaylock Fairbanks,   b. 18 Dec 1890, St. Clere, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 7 Nov 1968, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  (Age 77 years)
  Married	20 Dec 1913	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Documents		Anniversary- Fairbanks, Frank and Rena Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Fairbanks to Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Fairbanks will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday, October 20, with a reception in the Methodist Manse in Emmett, Kansas. Friends and relatives are cordially invited to call from 2 to 4 p. m. Frank L. Fairbanks of St. Clere, Kansas, and Rena Ethel Blaylock, St. Clere, were united in marriage in the home of her uncle, Robert Meredith, a minister of the United Brethern Church in Topeka, Kansas, on December 20, 1913. Before her wedding, Mrs. Fairbanks taught school for five years. She taught two years in Pottawatomie County at the Little Rock and St. Clere schools, and three years in Bourbon County. Most of their married life has been spent in the St. Clere and Emmett vicinities. Mr. Fairbanks has been a farmer and stockman most of this time. They have seven living children: Mrs. Ruth Zetmeir, Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. Rena Powers, Denver, Colorado; Doris Fiorino, Norwalk, California; Charles, Kansas City, Missouri; Frank Jr., Kingsville, Missouri; Joseph, Emmett, Kansas; and Hugh, Delia, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks have 19 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
  Family ID	F3105	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Geneva Alice Keller Fairbanks,   b. 28 Sep 1929, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 27 Mar 2008, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 78 years)
  Married	18 Jun 1948	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	1. Philip Douglas Fairbanks,   d. Jan 1952 + 2. Douglas Eugene Fairbanks   3. Cherrie Lynnaie Fairbanks DeBacker Argabright
  Documents » Slide Show		Anniversary- Fairbanks, Hugh and Geneva 1 Fairbanks to Celebrate Golden Anniversary Hugh and Geneva Keller Fairbanks, Rossville, were married June 18, 1948, in the chapel at the Methodist Church in Topeka. Before their marriage, Hugh served in the U.S. Navy and worked in various occupations, retiring as a Federal Livestock Inspector. Geneva was teaching when they met and later operated Geneva’s Town and Country Beauty Salon in Delia. She took an early retirement. They will celebrate Sunday, June 28. Their children Cherrie and Norman Argabright, Ida Grove, IA, and Douglas and Donola Fairbanks, Delia, will host a luncheon for their immediate family (21 in all) at the couple’s home in Rossville. The couple requests no gifts, but extends an invitation to you to join the family at the 11:00 a.m. service at the Rossville Christian Church, Rossville. You are also invited to “put on your old grey bonnet with the blue ribbons on it” and your dancing shoes and join them at the Kaw Valley Chapter of the Kansas Old Time Fiddlers, Pickers and Singers at the Rossville High School at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, July 5.
  		Anniversary- Fairbanks, Hugh and Geneva 2 With Love on your Golden Anniversary June 18, 1998 Doug and Donola Jeff, Holly, Trevor, Jacob and Derek Brad, Becky, Courtney and Carley Ryan, Melissa and Brooke
  		Anniversary- Fairbanks, Hugh and Geneva 3 THE MONTH OF JUNE, 1998, is one that Hugh and Geneva Fairbanks will treasure. It began on their 50th wedding anniversary June 18, when they had dinner out with friends. On Sunday, June 28, their immediate family and special guest, Sharon Salyer Meissner, Topeka, attended the 11 a.m. worship. Following worship, Pauline and Joe Conley and Barbara and Joe Driver emceed a short program with special songs and the presentation of the first copy of Hugh’s biography to him and each member of the family. Geneva spent three years writing it, with the assistance of the Drivers and Conleys. After family pictures were taken, the family had dinner waiting at home, catered by Puffy’s in Maple Hill. Later that afternoon, Geneva’s sister, Naomi Sumner, assisted her in buttoning the 30 buttons up the back of her wedding dress, which she wore. Hugh and Geneva’s family, L-R, front row — Trevor Wehner, Derek Wehner, Courtney Fairbanks, Carley Fairbanks, Venus (Geneva’s Seeing Eye Dog), and Jacob Wehner. Middle row — Holly Fairbanks Wehner, Becky Hildebrande, Danielle Tullos DeBacker, Hugh Fairbanks, Geneva Fairbanks, Cherrie Fairbanks Argabright, Donola Crow Fairbanks, Melissa Bird Fairbanks and Brooke Fairbanks. Back row — Jeffrey Wehner, Brad Fairbanks, Travis DeBacker, Jason DeBacker, Norman Argabright, Douglas Fairbanks and Ryan Fairbanks. Photo furnished
  Last Modified	2 May 2018 12:37:22
  Family ID	F3107	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart