Obituary from the Monday February 9, 1931 "Garden City Daily News"
JUDGE ALBERT HURST ONE OF CITY'S EARLY PIONEERS SUCCUMBS
First County Superintendent of Finney County Dies Sunday After Month's Illness
Albert Hurst, probate judge of Finney county, and one of the earliest pioneers of Garden City, is dead. Judge Hurst, who has been in failing health for the past month passed away Saturday evening at seven o'clock at his home 606 North Seventh street. With him at the time of his death were Mrs. Hurst, his daughter, Mrs. J. Val Adams, of Oklahoma City and a sister, Miss Emma Hurst, of Chicago. Other surviving relatives are Mrs. E.S. Foulk, a sister of Holton, Kansas, Mrs. E.E. Deel, a sister of Wilson, N.C. and two grandchildren, Jim and Jane Adams.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Presbyterian church, Rev. R.B. Twitty officiating. The remains may be viewed between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tuesday at the home. The casket will not be opened in the church. Interment will be in Valley View cemetery beside the bodies of Mr. Hurst's father, mother and sister, Miss Dora Hurst. The latter was one of the first to be buried in Valley View, having died in 1881, soon after the Hurst family moved here from Illinois. Judge Hurst's mother, Mrs. Isaac Hurst was buried in Valley View in 1883, and his father was buried in Valley View in 1889. Isaac Hurst came to this part of Kansas in 1879. The rest of the family came in 1881, except Albert Hurst, who came the following year.
Albert Hurst was born in Shelby county, Indiana in 1853. On March 5 next he would have been 78 years old. he was married in 1881 to Jennie McClure, and the couple would have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary next fall. In 1882 Mr. and Mrs. Hurst moved to Garden City. Albert Hurst ran a general mercantile business for his father when the family first came to Garden City. The store burned later, and Albert Hurst then moved to a ranch 13 miles northeast of Garden City, where he lived for a short time. He was elected county superintendent of schools being the first to hold that office after the county of Finney was organized.
In 1887 and 1888 he served as superintendent of the school in the Pottawatomie Indian reservation. In 1901 Mr. Hurst opened a clothing store in Garden City and remained in that business until seven years ago. He was elected probate judge of Finney county on the Democratic ticket in 1924 and has served in that office since that time, having been re-elected three successive times.
Judge Hurst has been a member of the Presbyterian church for many years, and has served as an elder of the local church continuously since 1897. he was also active in the Odd Fellows lodge of Garden City for many years.
Judge Hurst's office is being temporarily filled by C.L. Downs. Governor Woodring will appoint someone to fill the office for the unexpired term.
JUDGE ALBERT HURST ONE OF CITY'S EARLY PIONEERS SUCCUMBS
First County Superintendent of Finney County Dies Sunday After Month's Illness
Albert Hurst, probate judge of Finney county, and one of the earliest pioneers of Garden City, is dead. Judge Hurst, who has been in failing health for the past month passed away Saturday evening at seven o'clock at his home 606 North Seventh street. With him at the time of his death were Mrs. Hurst, his daughter, Mrs. J. Val Adams, of Oklahoma City and a sister, Miss Emma Hurst, of Chicago. Other surviving relatives are Mrs. E.S. Foulk, a sister of Holton, Kansas, Mrs. E.E. Deel, a sister of Wilson, N.C. and two grandchildren, Jim and Jane Adams.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Presbyterian church, Rev. R.B. Twitty officiating. The remains may be viewed between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tuesday at the home. The casket will not be opened in the church. Interment will be in Valley View cemetery beside the bodies of Mr. Hurst's father, mother and sister, Miss Dora Hurst. The latter was one of the first to be buried in Valley View, having died in 1881, soon after the Hurst family moved here from Illinois. Judge Hurst's mother, Mrs. Isaac Hurst was buried in Valley View in 1883, and his father was buried in Valley View in 1889. Isaac Hurst came to this part of Kansas in 1879. The rest of the family came in 1881, except Albert Hurst, who came the following year.
Albert Hurst was born in Shelby county, Indiana in 1853. On March 5 next he would have been 78 years old. he was married in 1881 to Jennie McClure, and the couple would have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary next fall. In 1882 Mr. and Mrs. Hurst moved to Garden City. Albert Hurst ran a general mercantile business for his father when the family first came to Garden City. The store burned later, and Albert Hurst then moved to a ranch 13 miles northeast of Garden City, where he lived for a short time. He was elected county superintendent of schools being the first to hold that office after the county of Finney was organized.
In 1887 and 1888 he served as superintendent of the school in the Pottawatomie Indian reservation. In 1901 Mr. Hurst opened a clothing store in Garden City and remained in that business until seven years ago. He was elected probate judge of Finney county on the Democratic ticket in 1924 and has served in that office since that time, having been re-elected three successive times.
Judge Hurst has been a member of the Presbyterian church for many years, and has served as an elder of the local church continuously since 1897. he was also active in the Odd Fellows lodge of Garden City for many years.
Judge Hurst's office is being temporarily filled by C.L. Downs. Governor Woodring will appoint someone to fill the office for the unexpired term.
Obituary from the Monday February 9, 1931 "Garden City Daily News"
JUDGE ALBERT HURST ONE OF CITY'S EARLY PIONEERS SUCCUMBS
First County Superintendent of Finney County Dies Sunday After Month's Illness
Albert Hurst, probate judge of Finney county, and one of the earliest pioneers of Garden City, is dead. Judge Hurst, who has been in failing health for the past month passed away Saturday evening at seven o'clock at his home 606 North Seventh street. With him at the time of his death were Mrs. Hurst, his daughter, Mrs. J. Val Adams, of Oklahoma City and a sister, Miss Emma Hurst, of Chicago. Other surviving relatives are Mrs. E.S. Foulk, a sister of Holton, Kansas, Mrs. E.E. Deel, a sister of Wilson, N.C. and two grandchildren, Jim and Jane Adams.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Presbyterian church, Rev. R.B. Twitty officiating. The remains may be viewed between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tuesday at the home. The casket will not be opened in the church. Interment will be in Valley View cemetery beside the bodies of Mr. Hurst's father, mother and sister, Miss Dora Hurst. The latter was one of the first to be buried in Valley View, having died in 1881, soon after the Hurst family moved here from Illinois. Judge Hurst's mother, Mrs. Isaac Hurst was buried in Valley View in 1883, and his father was buried in Valley View in 1889. Isaac Hurst came to this part of Kansas in 1879. The rest of the family came in 1881, except Albert Hurst, who came the following year.
Albert Hurst was born in Shelby county, Indiana in 1853. On March 5 next he would have been 78 years old. he was married in 1881 to Jennie McClure, and the couple would have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary next fall. In 1882 Mr. and Mrs. Hurst moved to Garden City. Albert Hurst ran a general mercantile business for his father when the family first came to Garden City. The store burned later, and Albert Hurst then moved to a ranch 13 miles northeast of Garden City, where he lived for a short time. He was elected county superintendent of schools being the first to hold that office after the county of Finney was organized.
In 1887 and 1888 he served as superintendent of the school in the Pottawatomie Indian reservation. In 1901 Mr. Hurst opened a clothing store in Garden City and remained in that business until seven years ago. He was elected probate judge of Finney county on the Democratic ticket in 1924 and has served in that office since that time, having been re-elected three successive times.
Judge Hurst has been a member of the Presbyterian church for many years, and has served as an elder of the local church continuously since 1897. he was also active in the Odd Fellows lodge of Garden City for many years.
Judge Hurst's office is being temporarily filled by C.L. Downs. Governor Woodring will appoint someone to fill the office for the unexpired term.
JUDGE ALBERT HURST ONE OF CITY'S EARLY PIONEERS SUCCUMBS
First County Superintendent of Finney County Dies Sunday After Month's Illness
Albert Hurst, probate judge of Finney county, and one of the earliest pioneers of Garden City, is dead. Judge Hurst, who has been in failing health for the past month passed away Saturday evening at seven o'clock at his home 606 North Seventh street. With him at the time of his death were Mrs. Hurst, his daughter, Mrs. J. Val Adams, of Oklahoma City and a sister, Miss Emma Hurst, of Chicago. Other surviving relatives are Mrs. E.S. Foulk, a sister of Holton, Kansas, Mrs. E.E. Deel, a sister of Wilson, N.C. and two grandchildren, Jim and Jane Adams.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon at 2:30 at the Presbyterian church, Rev. R.B. Twitty officiating. The remains may be viewed between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Tuesday at the home. The casket will not be opened in the church. Interment will be in Valley View cemetery beside the bodies of Mr. Hurst's father, mother and sister, Miss Dora Hurst. The latter was one of the first to be buried in Valley View, having died in 1881, soon after the Hurst family moved here from Illinois. Judge Hurst's mother, Mrs. Isaac Hurst was buried in Valley View in 1883, and his father was buried in Valley View in 1889. Isaac Hurst came to this part of Kansas in 1879. The rest of the family came in 1881, except Albert Hurst, who came the following year.
Albert Hurst was born in Shelby county, Indiana in 1853. On March 5 next he would have been 78 years old. he was married in 1881 to Jennie McClure, and the couple would have celebrated their golden wedding anniversary next fall. In 1882 Mr. and Mrs. Hurst moved to Garden City. Albert Hurst ran a general mercantile business for his father when the family first came to Garden City. The store burned later, and Albert Hurst then moved to a ranch 13 miles northeast of Garden City, where he lived for a short time. He was elected county superintendent of schools being the first to hold that office after the county of Finney was organized.
In 1887 and 1888 he served as superintendent of the school in the Pottawatomie Indian reservation. In 1901 Mr. Hurst opened a clothing store in Garden City and remained in that business until seven years ago. He was elected probate judge of Finney county on the Democratic ticket in 1924 and has served in that office since that time, having been re-elected three successive times.
Judge Hurst has been a member of the Presbyterian church for many years, and has served as an elder of the local church continuously since 1897. he was also active in the Odd Fellows lodge of Garden City for many years.
Judge Hurst's office is being temporarily filled by C.L. Downs. Governor Woodring will appoint someone to fill the office for the unexpired term.
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