Mrs. Malinda Dufrain/Dufrin (The spelling of the surname continued to change through generations... original spelling Dufresne), a resident of Garden City since 1906, died Sunday, 4 June 1939 of a heart ailment at her home, 309 West Santa Fe. She had been in poor health for 6 years.
Funeral services were held 6 June 1939 at the Wiley funeral home and burial at Valley View Cemetery in Garden City.
She was born in Saint Anne, Kankakee County, Illinois on 5 Oct 1871 and came to Clay County, Kansas with her parents, Eli Landry and Eliza Allain Landry, when she was 6 months old. She was married 24 Feb 1890 to Edward C. Dufrain (Dufrin), who died in 1932. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Twelve children who survived her are Mrs. Della McDoulett of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Mrs. Lottie Torey of Hutchinson, Kansas; Mrs. Edna Elwick of Wichita, Kansas; Mrs. Ada West of Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. Marie Beatty of Johnson, Kansas; Mrs. Emma Becquet of Garden City, Kansas; David Dufrain of Hudson, Kansas; Wallace Dufrain of San Lorenzo, California; Walter Dufrain of Levelland, Texas; Louis, Earnest and Harry Dufrain, all of Garden City, Kansas. Other survivors were 3 sisters and 1 brother, Mrs. Della Eversoll of Middle Water, Texas; Mrs. Rosella Geist of Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. Angeline Roy of Garden City, Kansas and Ben Landry of Kansas City, Missouri. She had 20 grandchildren.
Mrs. Malinda Dufrain/Dufrin (The spelling of the surname continued to change through generations... original spelling Dufresne), a resident of Garden City since 1906, died Sunday, 4 June 1939 of a heart ailment at her home, 309 West Santa Fe. She had been in poor health for 6 years.
Funeral services were held 6 June 1939 at the Wiley funeral home and burial at Valley View Cemetery in Garden City.
She was born in Saint Anne, Kankakee County, Illinois on 5 Oct 1871 and came to Clay County, Kansas with her parents, Eli Landry and Eliza Allain Landry, when she was 6 months old. She was married 24 Feb 1890 to Edward C. Dufrain (Dufrin), who died in 1932. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church.
Twelve children who survived her are Mrs. Della McDoulett of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Mrs. Lottie Torey of Hutchinson, Kansas; Mrs. Edna Elwick of Wichita, Kansas; Mrs. Ada West of Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. Marie Beatty of Johnson, Kansas; Mrs. Emma Becquet of Garden City, Kansas; David Dufrain of Hudson, Kansas; Wallace Dufrain of San Lorenzo, California; Walter Dufrain of Levelland, Texas; Louis, Earnest and Harry Dufrain, all of Garden City, Kansas. Other survivors were 3 sisters and 1 brother, Mrs. Della Eversoll of Middle Water, Texas; Mrs. Rosella Geist of Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. Angeline Roy of Garden City, Kansas and Ben Landry of Kansas City, Missouri. She had 20 grandchildren.
Gravesite Details
Interred 6/6/1939
Family Members
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Emma Jane Dufrin Becquet
1892–1985
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Harry Willis Dufrin
1894–1986
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Della Martha Dufrin McDoulett
1896–1973
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Lottie Mae Dufrin Lane
1900–1974
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Louis J. Dufrin
1900–1990
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Edna P. Dufrin Malloch
1902–1957
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Ada Jeannette Dufrin West
1903–1979
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David Arthur DuFrain
1904–1995
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Marie R. Dufrin Beatty
1907–1993
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Ernest Melvin "Bill" Dufrin
1909–1994
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Walter Floyd Dufrain
1911–1988
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Wallace Lloyd "Wally" Dufrain
1911–1991
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