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Dorothy Gail Searcy Wright

Female 1923 - 1997  (74 years)


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  • Name Dorothy Gail Searcy Wright 
    Born 3 Apr 1923  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 28 Aug 1997  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I7133  Rossville
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2018 

    Father Roy William Searcy,   b. 23 Dec 1889, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1957, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years) 
    Mother Emma Ruth Trostle Searcy,   b. 8 Aug 1896, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1938  (Age 42 years) 
    Married 30 Oct 1920  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Documents
    Marriage- Trostle, Emma-Searcy, Roy
    Marriage- Trostle, Emma-Searcy, Roy
    Miss Emma Trostle, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Trostle, and Mr. Roy Searcy were united in marriage last Saturday at Topeka, Rev. H.L. Nelson officiating.

    Mr. Searcy has farmed the old Duclause farm west of town for the past few years where he and his bride will make their home.
    Family ID F2829  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Ray William Wright,   d. 30 Jan 1993 
    Married 20 Jun 1945  Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Dana Ray Wright
     2. Tana Lynn Wright Day
    Last Modified 2 Aug 2018 11:52:36 
    Family ID F8041  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 20 Jun 1945 - Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Wright, Dorothy
    Obituary- Wright, Dorothy
    Dorothy Gail Wright
    Dorothy Gail Wright, 74, Topeka, died Monday, April 28, 1997, at home.

    She was born April 3,1923, in Rossville, the daughter of Roy W. and Emma Ruth Trostle Searcy. She was graduated in 1940 from Meriden High School where she was valedictorian of her class. She lived in Meriden, Lawrence, Denver, Albuquerque and Gallup, N.M., and San Angelo, Texas. She was a secretary for McKinley County Schools in Gallup, N.M., 22 years before she retired in 1989.

    She was a member of Kansas Avenue
    United Methodist Church.

    She was married to Ray William Wright
    June 20, 1945, in Lawrence. He died Jan. 30, 1993.

    Survivors include a son, Dana Ray
    Wright, Denver; a daughter, Tana Lynn Day, Land O’Lakes, Fla.; three brothers, Edward Searcy, Carl Searcy and Ray Searcy, all in Topeka; four sisters, Mary Miller, Golda Plumly and Pearl Wood, all in Topeka, and Eileen Creveling, Des Moines, Iowa; and three grandchildren.

    Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at
    Davidson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rochester Cemetery. Mrs. Wright will lie in state after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m.

    Memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice Care, 200 Frazier Circle, 66606, or to Kansas Avenue United Methodist Church, 1029 N. Kansas, 66608.