House Family In Kansas

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Permalink Reply by Nancy House Perry on September 1, 2009 at 12:56pm

Clyde and Edna House buried Fairview Cemetery, Coffeyville, Montgomery Co., KS

Edna Eugenia House, 77, of Coffeyville, Kansas, died at her home on Friday, March 31,
1989. She was born May 15, 1911 near Cabool, Missouri to William S. and Iva Candes
(Fielden) Wood. She attended rural schools in Texas County, Missouri.
On August 14, 1929 she married Clyde Hershal House at Houston, Missouri. After their
marriage, they made their home in Coffeyville where Mr. House worked for Sinclair
Refinery until 1949. They then moved to Chicago for seven months, then moved to
Missouri where they farmed before moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico. Mr. House
retired in 1960 and they moved back to Coffeyville in 1975.
Mr. House died in Coffeyville on February 3, 1978.
Edna attended Emmanuel Southern Baptist Church where she served as president of
Baptist Women and was a substitute Sunday School teacher.
Surviving are a son, Duane Clyde House, San Antonia, Texas; three daughters,
Marguerette Powell of Coffeyville, Marlene Hillman of Lacey, Washington, and Marilyn
Meek of Overland Park, Kansas; 14 grandchildren; 25 great grandchildren; and one great
great grandchild.
Services were Tuesday, April 4, 1989 at Ford-Wulf-Bruns Colonial Chapel with burial in
Fairview Cemetery, Coffeyville.
Clyde H. House, 79, died at his home at 408 Penn, Friday night (03 Feb., 1978) after an
extended illness. Clyde Hershal House was born Sept. 17, 1898 at Astoria, Mo., to
Thomas Franklin and Amanda Ellen (Edwards) House. He spent his early youth in the
Cabool, Mo. vicinity and graduated from High School at Sparta, Mo.
He came to Coffeyville in 1928 to work for the Sinclair Refining Company. On August
14, 1929, he married Edna Eugenia Wood at Houston, Mo. She survives in their home.
They made their home in Coffeyville and he continued working at Sinclair until the plant
closed in 1949. He transferred to the Chicago Sinclair Plant for seven months before
returning to Missouri to farm.
In 1952 he moved to Albuquerque, N.M., where he operated service stations. He retired
in 1960 and returned to Coffeyville in October 1975.
He was a charter member of the First Baptist Church at Rio Rancho, N.M., and a member
of the Emmanuel Baptist Church here.
Survivors besides the wife of the home include three daughters, Mrs. Dean (Marguerette)
Powell of 409 N. Willow, Mrs. Al (Marlene) Hillman of Olympia, Wash., and Mrs. Wayne
(Marilyn) Wilken of Kansas City; a son, Master Sgt. Duane Clyde House, Andrews Air
Force Base, Maryland; two sisters, Mrs. Freda Hill, and Mrs. Thelma Kitchell, both of
Albuquerque, N.M.; and thirteen grandchildren and six great grandchildren.
Funeral will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, in the Ford Funeral Service Colonial Chapel with burial in Fairview Cemetery.