Alta was born January 30, 1929 in Topeka, KS the daughter of Thomas and Edna O. (Ellis) Andrews.
She belonged to the Eudora United Methodist Church.
She was a Supervisor at King Radio and worked in parts ordering for Allied Signal for more than 21 years before retiring in 1993.
She married Kenneth Dean Vorhies, Sr. April 26, 1947 in Lawrence. He preceded her in death April 17, 2006.
Survivors include three daughters, Felicia Brown and husband, Stan, Lawrence, Sue Cusimano and husband, Rocky, Winthrop Harbor, IL, Bethuelle Cobleigh and husband, Randy, Kansas City, MO; one son, Kenneth Dean Vorhies, Jr. and wife, Janet, Lawrence; five grandchildren; and four great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; six sisters; and four brothers.
Memorial contributions may be made in her name to VNA Hospice or Medicalodges Eudora Activities Fund and may be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary.
Alta was born January 30, 1929 in Topeka, KS the daughter of Thomas and Edna O. (Ellis) Andrews.
She belonged to the Eudora United Methodist Church.
She was a Supervisor at King Radio and worked in parts ordering for Allied Signal for more than 21 years before retiring in 1993.
She married Kenneth Dean Vorhies, Sr. April 26, 1947 in Lawrence. He preceded her in death April 17, 2006.
Survivors include three daughters, Felicia Brown and husband, Stan, Lawrence, Sue Cusimano and husband, Rocky, Winthrop Harbor, IL, Bethuelle Cobleigh and husband, Randy, Kansas City, MO; one son, Kenneth Dean Vorhies, Jr. and wife, Janet, Lawrence; five grandchildren; and four great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents; six sisters; and four brothers.
Memorial contributions may be made in her name to VNA Hospice or Medicalodges Eudora Activities Fund and may be sent in care of Warren-McElwain Mortuary.
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Blanche Lavera Andrews Hite
1896–1967
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Mayme Agnes Andrews Roseworn
1899–1966
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Leo Frank Andrews
1905–1985
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Gladys Lenore Andrews Rauch
1905–1997
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Nevelyn Lillus Andrews Draper Ayres Bronson Swaney
1907–1979
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Beatrice Irene Andrews Mitchell
1911–2001
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Alice Jane Andrews Radford
1913–1998
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Anna Marie Andrews Sill
1915–1995
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Erma Florence Andrews Gould
1919–2001
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Corp William John Andrews
1922–1993
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SSGT Edd Lewis Andrews
1924–2011
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Harlan Ebert Andrews
1927–1993
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