Rena Ethel Blaylock Fairbanks

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Obituary- Fairbanks, Rena

Mrs. Ethel Fairbanks
EMMETT — Services will be at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the United Methodist Church here for Mrs. Rena Ethel Fairbanks, 77, Emmett, who died Thursday in a St. Marys rest home. She had been a patient in a Topeka hospital from June 9 to Aug. 27. She underwent surgery June 22 and later developed a heart ailment.
She was born Dec. 18, 1890, at St. Clere in Pottawatomie County and spent most of her life in the Emmett community. She was a member of the United Methodist Church at Emmett.
She was married to Frank Fairbanks Dec. 20, 1913, in Topeka. She was preceded in death by three sons, Gerald Fairbanks in infancy, Douglas Fairbanks in 1941, and George Fairbanks in 1946.
Besides her husband, survivors include four sons, Joseph Fairbanks, Emmett, Charles Fairbanks, Raytown, Mo.; Frank Fairbanks, Kansas City, Mo., and Hugh Fairbanks, , Delia; three daughters, Mrs. Ruth Zetmeir, Parsons, Mrs. Rena Powers, Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Doria Fiorino, Norwalk, Calif.; a brother, Charles Blaylock, Onaga; 18 grandchildren, and six greatgrandchildren.
Burial will be in St. Clere Cemetery. Verschelden Funeral Home at St. Marys is in charge of arrangements.