Mrs. Gish died Tuesday at a Baldwin nursing home.
She was born Nov. 1, 1899, in Hays. She grew up in Greeley, Colo., attended Greeley schools and graduated from Greeley High School. She received a bachelor's degree in education from Sterling College in 1921, where she was president of her senior class.
Mrs. Gish and her husband lived in several Kansas communities, including Hamilton, Belpre, Little River, Kingman and Augusta. She lived in Wichita for a short time and moved to Orchard Lane Nursing Home in Baldwin in 1982.
She taught Latin, French, German and Spanish and coached girls basketball in Colorado schools before she married.
Mrs. Gish was a member of First United Methodist Church in Augusta and had been a 50-year member of PEO Sisterhood.
She married Lee M. Gish on Sept. 24, 1923, in Greeley. He died in 1975.
Survivors include three sons, Lowell, Baldwin, Larry, Stillwater, Okla., and G. Merlin, Merriam; nine grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Thursday, August 16, 1990 ljworld
Mrs. Gish died Tuesday at a Baldwin nursing home.
She was born Nov. 1, 1899, in Hays. She grew up in Greeley, Colo., attended Greeley schools and graduated from Greeley High School. She received a bachelor's degree in education from Sterling College in 1921, where she was president of her senior class.
Mrs. Gish and her husband lived in several Kansas communities, including Hamilton, Belpre, Little River, Kingman and Augusta. She lived in Wichita for a short time and moved to Orchard Lane Nursing Home in Baldwin in 1982.
She taught Latin, French, German and Spanish and coached girls basketball in Colorado schools before she married.
Mrs. Gish was a member of First United Methodist Church in Augusta and had been a 50-year member of PEO Sisterhood.
She married Lee M. Gish on Sept. 24, 1923, in Greeley. He died in 1975.
Survivors include three sons, Lowell, Baldwin, Larry, Stillwater, Okla., and G. Merlin, Merriam; nine grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Thursday, August 16, 1990 ljworld
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