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Obituary- Webb, L.E.

Webb
L. E. Webb, 89, Topeka, died Saturday, April 4, at a Topeka nursing home.

He was born July 27, 1891, at Creston, Iowa, the son of John Richie and Ona Moyer Webb. He attended Bethany College, Lindsborg, from 1909 until 1911.

Mr. Webb farmed in Hodgeman county and later moved to Dodge City where he was in the insurance business. He was a member of the Kansas house of representatives from 1925 until 1929 and served on the house ways and means committee in 1927 and 1929. He was secretary- treasurer of Farmers National Grain Corportion, Chicago, in 1930 and later was employed by Farmers Home Administration from 1935 until he retired in 1956. He served as presi¬dent of Farmers Cooperative Commission, now Far-Mar-Co, Hutchison, from 1930 to 1937 and was president of Dodge City Cooperative Exchange. After he retired from federal service he served in the Kansas Motor Vehicle Department during the George Docking administration. Mr. Webb also was a Democratic candidate for congress in the 7th district in 1934.

He was a member of First Christian church and Orient Lodge No. 51, AF&AM, both at Topeka.

He married Clara Mae Crotinger May 3, 1911, at Bison. She died July 22, 1969. He later married Selma Major September 3, 1971, at Topeka. She survives.

Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Betty Kalcik, Mayetta; two sons, Maurice Webb, Cimarron, and Marvin Webb, Topeka; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Una Thomas and Mrs. Virginia Bernauer, both of Topeka; a stepson, Carl Major, Spokane, Washington; two sisters, Mrs. Bernita Jones, Fort Dodge, and Mrs. Pearl Nelson, Johnson City; nine grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home. Burial will be in Walnut Hill Cemetery, north of Silver Lake. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, 3003 Van Buren, Topeka, 66611, or to the charity of the donor’s choice.

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