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Effie Lavina Moats Tibbs

Female 1891 - 1986  (95 years)


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  • Name Effie Lavina Moats Tibbs 
    Born 7 Aug 1891  Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 18 Oct 1986  Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 24 Oct 1986  Walnut Hill Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I434  Rossville
    Last Modified 13 Jan 2021 

    Father James Wesley Moats 
    Mother Sarah Elizabeth Pressgrove Moats 
    Family ID F131  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Earl Johnson Tibbs,   d. 8 Jun 1961 
    Married 26 Jan 1927 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Earline Tibbs Pugh
     2. Edgar Wesley Tibbs
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2018 08:17:37 
    Family ID F7951  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 7 Aug 1891 - Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 18 Oct 1986 - Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 24 Oct 1986 - Walnut Hill Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Tibbs, Effie
    Obituary- Tibbs, Effie
    Deaths and funerals
    Mrs. Effie L. Tibbs
    SILVER LAKE - Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at the United Methodist Church here for Mrs. Effie Lavina Tibbs, 95, rural Silver Lake. She died Saturday, Oct. 18, at her home.

    Robert D. Jensen, Shawnee County deputy district coroner, said Mrs. Tibbs died of asphyxia caused by the weight of a riding lawn mower that came to rest on her after a mowing accident.

    Mrs. Tibbs had worked at the Topeka Supply Depot during the 1940s.

    She was born Aug. 7, 1891, at Silver Lake, the daughter of James Wesley and Sarah Elizabeth Pressgrove Moats. She spent her life in the Silver Lake area.

    Mrs. Tibbs was a member of the Silver Lake United Methodist Church and Grove Extension Homemakers Unit more than 50 years. She completed the Mrs. Flo V. Menninger Bible Course in the 1950s.

    She was married to Earl Johnson Tibbs Jan. 26, 1927. He died June 8, 1961.

    Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Sarah Earline Pugh, Route 2, Mayetta; a son, Edgar Wesley Tibbs, 831 N.W. Dorn Lane, Topeka; a sister, Mrs. Ruth E. Burkepile, Hoxie; six grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.

    Burial will be in Walnut Hill Cemetery at Grove. Mrs. Tibbs will lie in state after 10 a.m. Thursday at Parker-Price Mortuary in Topeka. Memorial contributions may be made to the Silver Lake United Methodist Church, P.O. Box No. 188, Silver Lake, 66539, or Pottawatomie Methodist Church, Mayetta, 66509. A related story appears on page 2.