November 5, 2002

The ADVOCATE’s Free Press & Community News

Serving Anderson, Southern Franklin and Western Linn Counties

Volume 6, No. 87

Transcribed with permission of Vern Brown



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“June G. Higbee

1912-2002

Graveside services for June G. Higbee, 90, Colony, KS, were Saturday, November 2, 2002, at

11:00 a.m. at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens, Kansas City, KS, with Pastor Steve Bubna

officiating.  Mrs. Higbee died Wednesday, October 30, 2002, at Allen County Hospital, Iola, KS.

June G. Higbee was born June 26, 1912, at Kansas City, KS, the daughter of Cyrus E. and Mary

Viola (Hylton ) Roland.

June and Lawrence Everett ‘Slick’ Higbee were married in Kansas City, KS.

Mrs. Higbee was preceded in death by her husband, Lawrence Everett Higbee; a daughter,

Jeanette Higbee; her parents, Cyrus E. and Mary Viola Roland; her brothers, Charlie Roland,

William Roland, Francis Roland, and Warren Roland; and her sisters, Edith Van Royen, Bessie

May White, Dorothy Minghini, and Violet Bohannon.

June is survived by her son, Don Higbee, Kansas City, KS; her grandchildren, Tina Higbee, of the

home; Lawrence Donald Higbee, Jr., Kansas City, KS, and Sue Higbee-Olsen, Owasso, OK; and

her great-grandchildren, Sara K. Olsen and Jolie D. Olsen.

The family received friends on Friday, October 1, 2002, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. at Farris-Feuerborn

Memorial Chapel, Colony, KS.

The family suggests memorial contributions in her memory, the beneficiary of which will be

determined at a later date.

Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel was in charge of arrangements.”



“Bonnie Mae Egger

1919-2002

Funeral services for Bonnie Mae Egger, 83, Garnett, are Tuesday, October 29, 2002, at 2:00 p.m.

at Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel with Pastor Gary Benjamin officiating.  Interment is in

Garnett Cemetery.  Mrs. Egger died Sunday, October 27, 2002, at Golden Heights Living Center,

Garnett.

Bonnie Mae Egger was born January 25, 1919, at Hollis, OK, the daughter of Dwight Lesley and

Myrtle (Hacker) Chandler.  She was a member of the garden club in Garnett and of the First

Southern Baptist Church in Augusta, KS.

Bonnie and Howard Ernest Egger were married October 15, 1938, at Mound City, KS.

Mrs. Egger was preceded in death by her husband, Howard Ernest Egger; a great-grandson, Lars

Volsvick; and her parents, Dwight Lesley and Myrtle Chandler.

Bonnie is survived by her son, Ernie Egger, Garnett; her daughters, Susan Henman, Augusta, KS,

and Noreen Lair, Wichita, KS; eleven grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, six

great-great-grandchildren, and four step-great-grandchildren.

Music was provided by Jeanine Zentner, organist, and Bill Craig, soloist.  Musical selections

included “How Great Thou Art” and “Amazing Grace”.

Mrs. Egger’s grandsons acted as casketbearers.

The family suggests memorial contributions to Golden Heights Living Center, which may be left

in care of the funeral home.

Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.”



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Anderson County

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By:  Lulu B. Nixon