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Lewis Albert Dubbs

Birth	:	15 Apr 1893 Ransom, Ness County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	29 Nov 1970 Ransom, Ness County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Ransom Cemetery, Ransom, Ness County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.6316986, -99.9156036
Description	:	Son of William Orville Dubbs and Florence Emile LaPlante; Husband to 1st wife Mary Laura Vaile: father to Clara Louise Dubbs and Florence May Dubbs: Husband to 2nd wife, Opal M. Wade. ----------------- -Lewis Albert Dubbs, 77, died Sunday morning, Nov. 29, 1970 at the Ransom Hospital.Born April 15, 1893, in Ransom, he married Mary Vaile, June 20, 1921, in Hickman Mills, Mo. She died June 7, 1965. He then married Opal M. Wade, April 10, 1966, in Topeka. He was a lifetime resident here.He was a member of the First Christian Church, Manhattan; Kansas Association of the Blind; Lyons Club International;... Read More	Son of William Orville Dubbs and Florence Emile LaPlante; Husband to 1st wife Mary Laura Vaile: father to Clara Louise Dubbs and Florence May Dubbs: Husband to 2nd wife, Opal M. Wade. ----------------- -Lewis Albert Dubbs, 77, died Sunday morning, Nov. 29, 1970 at the Ransom Hospital.Born April 15, 1893, in Ransom, he married Mary Vaile, June 20, 1921, in Hickman Mills, Mo. She died June 7, 1965. He then married Opal M. Wade, April 10, 1966, in Topeka. He was a lifetime resident here.He was a member of the First Christian Church, Manhattan; Kansas Association of the Blind; Lyons Club International; Kansas Grain Dealers Association; Kansas Hospital Advisory Council; Lobbyists for the Blind; Kansas Citizens Council on Aging; Council for the Visually and Physically Handicapped; National Rehabilitation Association; Kansas Public Health Association; Braille Association of Kansas; and the Southwestern Kansas Association for the Visually Impaired. He attended the Mennonite Church, Ransom.Survivors include the widow; daughters, Clara Louise Dubbs, Wichita; Mrs. Roy (Florence) Roat, San Jose, Calif.; brother, Wendell, Palo Alto, Calif.; sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Stover, Palo Alto, Calif.; Mrs. G.G. Hays, Wesley Towers, Hutchinson; Mrs. Raymond Millbrook, Topeka; two grandsons.Funeral will be 1:00 p.m. Tuesday at the church; Rev. McFall, Rev. Garman Wedel, Bill Buggeln, Father Cornelius Leunissen. Burial will be in the Ransom Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p.m. Monday and until services at the Fitzgerald Funeral Home. ----------------------------------------------- L.A. Dubbs, 77, lifelong resident of the Ransom community, passed away at the home there early Sunday, November 29, 1970, of an apparent heart attack.He was born at Ransom April 15, 1893, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. W.O. Dubbs. He became well known over the county through his many activities in the educational, banking and grain dealing fields, and over the state through his activities with the visually handicapped organizations in later years, after losing his sight in midlife.He was a member of the First Christian Church at Manhattan, and of the Ransom Lions Club, Kansas Grain Dealers Association, Kansas Citizens Council on Aging, Kansas Council for Library Services to Visually and Physically Handicapped, National Rehabilitation Association, Kansas Public Health Association, Braille Association of Kansas, Kansas Hospital Advisory Council, Southwest Kansas Association for the Visually Impaired, and was a registered lobbyist for the Blind in Kansas.He was united in marriage to Mary Vaile on June 20, 1921, at Hickman Mills, Mo. She passed away June 7, 1965.He married Opal M. Wade April 10, 1966, in Topeka, who survives him.Other survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Roy (Florence) Roat of San Jose, Calif., and Clara L. Dubbs of Wichita; three sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Stover of Palo Alto, Calif., Mrs. G.G. Hays of Hutchinson, and Mrs. Raymond Millbrook of Topeka; a brother, Wendell Dubbs of Palo Alto, Calif., two grandsons, Dale and Leon Roat of San Jose, Calif.; a step-daughter, Mrs. Joanne Hatter of Ormond Beach, Fla.; a step-son, James R. Wade of Whitewater; other relatives and many friends.Funeral services were held from the Ransom United Methodist Church Tuesday afternoon, December 1, with interment made in the Ransom Cemetery with Fitzgeralds in charge. Ness Co. News, Dec. 3, 1970 ------------------------------------------------- OBITUARY Lewis Albert Dubbs, son of William O. and Florence LaPlante Dubbs, was born April 15, 1893, in Ransom, Kansas, his home town where he resided almost continuously until his death, November 29, 1970.First born of a family of seven children in a pioneer town, Albert grew up with the community. Always studious, he finished grade school before he was 12 years old, and as a high school senior was Valedictorian of the class of 1913, first class to graduate from Ransom High School.After graduation from the Kansas State University at Manhattan, where he earned a Pi Kappa Delta key in debate, he taught for several years, being superintendent of schools in Arnold and Beeler, 1921 to 1931.On June 20, 1921, he married Mary Vaile of Hickman Mills, Mo., whom he had met in college. On the death of his father in 1931, they returned with their two small daughters to live in Ransom. He continued in his home after Mary’s death, June 7, 1965.Always interested and active in community affairs he enjoyed serving his church, the First Christian Church at Ransom as elder, deacon and Bible school teacher for many years.Elected to represent Ness County in the Kansas Legislature in 1936 he filled the position of minority floor leader throughout his second term. Having lost the sight of one eye in 1927 he became completely blind in 1949. This misfortune necessitated severe readjustment in the pattern of his life but he refused to accept it as a handicap. With cheerful determination, he trained himself to use his other senses to compensate for his blindness and was soon an instructor for sightless students in the Kansas Center of the Rehabilitation of the Blind where he had his basic training.As legislative representative for the Kansas Association for the Blind he attended each session of the state legislature for the past 18 years. He was in demand as a speaker for service clubs on the problems of the blind.At the time of his death he was serving the state as a member both of the Kansas Hospital Advisory Council and the Advisory Council to the State Library for Services to the Physically Handicapped.In addition to managing an extensive grain business, Albert was a member of the board of directors of both the First State Bank at Ransom and the First State Bank at Ness City. His most rewarding civic undertaking was his promotion of the Ransom Nursing Home and Grisell Memorial Hospital at Ransom which resulted in the first rural medical center in western Kansas. His service on the board of these two splendid institutions dates from 1936.His marriage to Mrs. Opal Wade of Topeka in 1966 brought him a helpmate who supported his efforts in every field of his endeavor. She survives him at their home in Ransom.He is also survived by his two daughters, Clara Louise Dubbs of Wichita and Mrs. Florence Roat, her husband Roy and two sons, Dale and Leon of San Jose, Calif.; one brother, W.P. Dubbs of Palo Alto, Calif.; his brother-in-law, Donald McMillin of Lamar, Colo.; three sisters, Mrs. Myrtle Stover of Palo Alto, Calif., Minnie Millbrook of Topeka, and Mrs. Agnes Hays of Hutchinson; a step-son, Jim Wade and his family of Whitewater; a step-daughter, Mrs. Joanne Hatter and her husband of Ormond Beach, Fla.; and a wide circle of friends throughout the state. Ness Co. News, Dec. 18, 1970

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Family Members:

Parent

William Orville Dubbs

(1854 - 1931)

Florence Emily LaPlante Dubbs

(1868 - 1938)

Spouse

Mary Laura Vaile Dubbs

(1897 - 1965)

Opal M Mills Dubbs

(unknow - 1992)

Siblings

Minnie Dubbs Millbrook

(1896 - 1990)

Myrtle Dubbs Stover

(1901 - 2000)

Rebecca Lillian Dubbs

(1907 - 1931)

Children

Clara Louise Dubbs

(1924 - 2017)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Ransom Cemetery
Ransom, Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6316986, -99.9156036

2. Cyrus Cemetery
Ransom, Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6833000, -99.8491974

3. Arnold Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.6474991, -100.0468979

4. Vansburgh Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.6248630, -99.7714750

5. Amish Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.6814003, -100.0556030

6. North Star Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.5219500, -99.9916800

7. Prairie Chapel Cemetery
Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.5946999, -100.0730972

8. Rauch Family Cemetery
Trego County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7086090, -100.0799100

9. Ness City Cemetery
Ness City, Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.4587500, -99.8911900

10. Sacred Heart Cemetery
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Coordinate: 38.4435997, -99.9011002

11. Utica Cemetery
Utica, Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6464005, -100.1580963

12. Fairview Cemetery
Ness City, Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.4350014, -99.8724976

13. Chenoweth Cemetery
Ness City, Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.4211006, -99.8752975

14. Ramsey Cemetery
Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.5750008, -99.6414032

15. Saint Marys Cemetery
McCracken, Rush County, USA
Coordinate: 38.5668983, -99.6406021

16. Bazine Cemetery
Bazine, Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.4766998, -99.6956024

17. Mishler Cemetery
Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3921300, -99.9910300

18. Zion Lutheran Cemetery
Trego Center, Trego County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8782997, -99.8927994

19. McCracken Cemetery
McCracken, Rush County, USA
Coordinate: 38.5758018, -99.5761032

20. Emanuel Lutheran Cemetery
Ogallah, Trego County, USA
Coordinate: 38.8800100, -99.7442700

21. Beeler Cemetery
Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.4502983, -100.1967010

22. Kunze Cemetery
Ness County, USA
Coordinate: 38.3424988, -99.9047012

23. Alanthus Cemetery
Gove County, USA
Coordinate: 38.7731018, -100.2822037

24. White Rock Cemetery
Lane County, USA
Coordinate: 38.6258011, -100.3311005