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Virginia Elizabeth Evans Ladd

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Birth	:	21 Dec 1910 Dodge City, Ford County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	2 Dec 2003 Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Greenwood Cemetery, Eureka, Greenwood County, USA
Coordinate	:	37.8231010, -96.2724991
Plot	:	Greenwood Abbey, Deluxe G, Crypt 4
Description	:	Full Obituary-- Virginia E. Ladd Virginia Elizabeth (Evans) Ladd, 92, of Eureka, died Tuesday, December 2, 2003, at Medicalodge of Eureka. She was born December 21, 1910 to Judge Richard W. and Clara (Sturgeon) Evans in Dodge City, Kansas. She attended high school in Dodge City, and was valedictorian of her senior class. She was selected as the first Miss Wheatland of Kansas, a preliminary to the Miss Kansas Pageant. After attending one year at Lindenwood College in St. Louis, Missouri, she went to the University of Kansas. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority,... Read More	Full Obituary-- Virginia E. Ladd Virginia Elizabeth (Evans) Ladd, 92, of Eureka, died Tuesday, December 2, 2003, at Medicalodge of Eureka. She was born December 21, 1910 to Judge Richard W. and Clara (Sturgeon) Evans in Dodge City, Kansas. She attended high school in Dodge City, and was valedictorian of her senior class. She was selected as the first Miss Wheatland of Kansas, a preliminary to the Miss Kansas Pageant. After attending one year at Lindenwood College in St. Louis, Missouri, she went to the University of Kansas. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority, where she served as president her senior year. While at KU, she majored in music education. On November 11, 1933, in Dodge City, she married Lambert “Buss” Ladd of Eureka. She taught music in the Eureka schools for over forty years. She was also involved in the Ladd Ranch, the family cattle business, and was active in Christ Lutheran Church, where she directed the church choir for thirty-two years. She was a member of DAR, PEO, the Music Club, Cartel Club, a seventy-year member of the Thursday Bridge Club and a charter member of Entre Nous. She was also a member of the Babson Midwest Memorial Foundation Scholarship Board and was a judge for High-Q until the age of 90. She was survived by two daughters, Karen L. Wheeler, and her husband Ted, of Palm City, Florida, and Nancy L. Knoff and her husband Ty, of Cokato, Minnesota; five grandchildren, Captain Charles Ladd Wheeler, USN, and his wife Diane of Chesapeake, Virginia, Christopher Court Wheeler and his wife Cheri of Lakewood, Colorado, Britton Robinson and her husband Clinton of Overland Park, Brett Knoff and his wife Marcy of Lenexa and Sara Knoff of Prairie Village; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband on September 27, 1984, and her sister, Margory Haas. Services were held on Friday, December 5, 2003 at Christ Lutheran Church in Eureka, with interment at the Greenwood Cemetery Abbey. A memorial has been established in her name to Christ Lutheran Church, the Eureka Carnegie Library, and to the fund for new auditorium chairs at the Eureka Junior/Senior High School. Contributions can be mailed to the Koup Family Funeral Home of Eureka, which was in charge of the funeral arrangements. --- NOTE: bio info provided by Contributor: Matt Thompson (47931801)

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Virginia Elizabeth Evans Ladd death on 2 Dec 2003 in Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 37.8231010
Longitude: -96.2724991

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