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Emma Anne Correll Delfs

Female 1910 - 1984  (73 years)


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  • Name Emma Anne Correll Delfs 
    Born 30 Sep 1910  Auburn, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 29 Jan 1984  Alma, Wabaunsee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 31 Jan 1984  Peace United Church of Christ Cemetery, Alma, Wabaunsee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3361  Rossville
    Last Modified 9 Jun 2017 

    Father Charles M Correll,   d. 1961 
    Mother Mabel Irene Faust Correll,   b. 4 Jan 1888, Berryton, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1969, Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 26 Jan 1906 
    Family ID F1246  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Henry Delfs,   d. 13 Aug 1973 
    Married 9 Sep 1929  Junction City, Geary County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Charles Henry Delfs,   d. 1951
    +2. Henrietta Lucille (Penny) Delfs Nider
     3. Katherine Delfs Noland
     4. Mary Anne Delfs Kasburg
    Last Modified 9 Dec 2019 00:24:33 
    Family ID F1660  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsMarried - 9 Sep 1929 - Junction City, Geary County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Delfs, Emma
    Obituary- Delfs, Emma
    Mrs. Emma Anne Delfs
    ALMA – Mrs. Emma Anne Delfs, 73, Alma, died Sunday, Jan. 29, at her home here.

    She was a telephone operator at Alma from 1948 to 1965. From 1965 until 1973 she was foods supervisor at an Alma nursing home.

    Mrs. Delfs was born Sept. 30, 1910, at Auburn, the daughter of Charles and Mabel Faust Correll. She moved to Alma from St. George in 1929.
    She was a member of The Birthday Club, Peace United Church of Christ and the women’s guild of the church, all at Alma.

    She was married to Henry Delfs Sept. 9, 1929, at Junction City. He died Aug. 13, 1973. She was also preceded in death by a son, Charles Henry Delfs, in 1951, and a grandson, Brad Nider, in 1983.

    Survivors include three daughters, Henrietta “Penny” Nider, Rossville, Katherine Noland, Ness City, and Mary Anne Kasburg, Kansas City, Mo.; two brothers, Marion Correll, Havensville, and Herbert Correll, El Dorado; a sister, Mrs. Lucille Coleman, Delia; 10 grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

    Services will be a 2 p.m. Tuesday at Peace United Church of Christ, Alma. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Delfs will lie in state at LaMarGentry Funeral Home, Alma, from 6 to 9 p.m. today and 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday, and at the church from 1 p.m. until the service time Tuesday. Relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the church in care of the funeral home.