Wichita Evening Eagle, Thursday, February 19, 1959
Former Farmer Taken by Death
Ralph W. Gurwell, 85, of 729 S. Water, died Thursday at a local hospital.
Born Aug. 7, 1873, in Sparks, Kan., he had been a farmer before moving to Wichita 15 years ago from Humboldt, Kan.
Mr. Gurwell was a member of the West Side E.U.B. Church. He was married to Jesse Furtch [Burtch] on Sept. 1, 1898, at Yates Center, Kan. She preceded him in death.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Mabel Harris, 138 N. Grove; Mrs. Helen Ashworth, Kansas City, Mo.; one son, Homer, Indio, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Rosette French, Wichita; and Mrs. Alice Bradford, Wichita; two brothers, Don of Wichita, and Ernest of Humboldt, Kan.; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel of the Byrd-Snodgrass Funeral Home at 3:30 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Clayton Lehman of the West Side E.U.B. Church officiating.
Burial will be in the Wichita Park Cemetery.
Former Farmer Taken by Death
Ralph W. Gurwell, 85, of 729 S. Water, died Thursday at a local hospital.
Born Aug. 7, 1873, in Sparks, Kan., he had been a farmer before moving to Wichita 15 years ago from Humboldt, Kan.
Mr. Gurwell was a member of the West Side E.U.B. Church. He was married to Jesse Furtch [Burtch] on Sept. 1, 1898, at Yates Center, Kan. She preceded him in death.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Mabel Harris, 138 N. Grove; Mrs. Helen Ashworth, Kansas City, Mo.; one son, Homer, Indio, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Rosette French, Wichita; and Mrs. Alice Bradford, Wichita; two brothers, Don of Wichita, and Ernest of Humboldt, Kan.; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel of the Byrd-Snodgrass Funeral Home at 3:30 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Clayton Lehman of the West Side E.U.B. Church officiating.
Burial will be in the Wichita Park Cemetery.
Wichita Evening Eagle, Thursday, February 19, 1959
Former Farmer Taken by Death
Ralph W. Gurwell, 85, of 729 S. Water, died Thursday at a local hospital.
Born Aug. 7, 1873, in Sparks, Kan., he had been a farmer before moving to Wichita 15 years ago from Humboldt, Kan.
Mr. Gurwell was a member of the West Side E.U.B. Church. He was married to Jesse Furtch [Burtch] on Sept. 1, 1898, at Yates Center, Kan. She preceded him in death.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Mabel Harris, 138 N. Grove; Mrs. Helen Ashworth, Kansas City, Mo.; one son, Homer, Indio, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Rosette French, Wichita; and Mrs. Alice Bradford, Wichita; two brothers, Don of Wichita, and Ernest of Humboldt, Kan.; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel of the Byrd-Snodgrass Funeral Home at 3:30 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Clayton Lehman of the West Side E.U.B. Church officiating.
Burial will be in the Wichita Park Cemetery.
Former Farmer Taken by Death
Ralph W. Gurwell, 85, of 729 S. Water, died Thursday at a local hospital.
Born Aug. 7, 1873, in Sparks, Kan., he had been a farmer before moving to Wichita 15 years ago from Humboldt, Kan.
Mr. Gurwell was a member of the West Side E.U.B. Church. He was married to Jesse Furtch [Burtch] on Sept. 1, 1898, at Yates Center, Kan. She preceded him in death.
Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Mabel Harris, 138 N. Grove; Mrs. Helen Ashworth, Kansas City, Mo.; one son, Homer, Indio, Calif.; two sisters, Mrs. Rosette French, Wichita; and Mrs. Alice Bradford, Wichita; two brothers, Don of Wichita, and Ernest of Humboldt, Kan.; seven grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be conducted in the chapel of the Byrd-Snodgrass Funeral Home at 3:30 p.m. Saturday with the Rev. Clayton Lehman of the West Side E.U.B. Church officiating.
Burial will be in the Wichita Park Cemetery.
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