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Helen Jones Atherton

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Birth	:	15 Jun 1892 Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	24 Jul 1978 Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Maplewood Memorial Lawn Cemetery, Emporia, Lyon County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.4202995, -96.2055969
Plot	:	Section A - Lot 153 - Space 2
Description	:	Daughter of Jane Williams and Griffith W. Jones. Had a twin sister, Jane. Married to Oliver Tudor Atherton. *********************************************** Emporia Gazette, Monday, July 24, 1978 HELEN J. ATHERTON Mrs. Oliver T. Atherton, 201 East Seventh Ave., died this morning at Newman Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10:30 A.M. at the First Congregational Church. The coffin will be open at Blair Colonial Mortuary, but not at the church. Burial will be at Memorial Lawn Cemetery. The family suggests memorial contributions to either the Helen J. Atherton Memorial Christian Education at the First Congregational Church or the memorial fund of the Lyon... Read More	Daughter of Jane Williams and Griffith W. Jones. Had a twin sister, Jane. Married to Oliver Tudor Atherton. *********************************************** Emporia Gazette, Monday, July 24, 1978 HELEN J. ATHERTON Mrs. Oliver T. Atherton, 201 East Seventh Ave., died this morning at Newman Hospital. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10:30 A.M. at the First Congregational Church. The coffin will be open at Blair Colonial Mortuary, but not at the church. Burial will be at Memorial Lawn Cemetery. The family suggests memorial contributions to either the Helen J. Atherton Memorial Christian Education at the First Congregational Church or the memorial fund of the Lyon County Historical Society. Helen Jones, the daughter of Griffith and Jane Williams Jones, was born June 15, 1892, in Emporia. She attended the Emporia schools, was graduated from Emporia High School and received her Life Certificate to Teach in Kansas in 1914 from the then State Teachers College. She taught in Morrill for two years before returning to Emporia in 1916 to teach at the Union Street School. She married Emporia Lieutenant Oliver T. Atherton, July 14, 1918, in Atlanta. Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Atherton returned to Emporia at the conclusion of World War I and Mr. Atherton practiced law for several years. Mr. Atherton died April 14, 1933. Mrs. Atherton then served as Lyon County Register of Deeds for eight years. She was later assistant director of the girls' dormitory at Emporia State University, a housemother for the Kappa Sigma Epsilon fraternity at E.S.U., and a dormitory director at Kansas State University. She retired in 1955 (possibly 1965, the third digit is hard to read). Mrs. Atherton was a member of the Social Order of the Beauceant, a charter member and past president of Altrusa International, a member and past president of the Saturday Afternoon Club and the Research Study Club. She was also a member of the Chapter GT of the P.E.O. sisterhood. Mrs. Atherton was a member of the First Congregational Church, the Fellowship and Mayflower Circle of the church. Mrs. Atherton was preceded in death by her husband; parents; two brothers, William Jones and Humphrey Jones, and four sisters, Mrs. Thomas F. Holmes, Mary Jane Jones, Mrs. T. A. Howell and Jane L. Prier. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Kenneth R. Rissler of Topeka. and Mrs. W. F. Barber Jr., of St. Louis, Mo., one son, John K. Atherson, 904 Sherwood Way; four grandsons, Brad Barber, John K. Rissler, David H. Atherton and Stephen J. Atherton; four granddaughters, Martha Anne Merrifield, Mrs. Bruce B. Waugh, Rebecca Anne Atherton and Carolyn Jane Atherton; and a great-grandson, Kyle Skully Waugh.

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Helen Jones Atherton death on 24 Jul 1978 in Emporia, Lyon County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 38.4202995
Longitude: -96.2055969

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Oliver Tudor Atherton

(1890 - 1933)

Siblings

Elizabeth Anne Jones Holmes

(1878 - 1962)

Children

Elizabeth Anne Atherton Barber

(1922 - 2002)

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