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IN LOVING MEMORY OF Ora Elizabeth Higley
Ora Elizabeth
Higley
Oct 13, 1916 — Sep 19, 2010
Ora Elizabeth Higley's Obituary
Ora E. Higley died September 19, 2010 in Wichita, Kansas. She was born in Burr Oak, Kansas on October 13, 1916 to Frank and Lena M. (Crum) Whitney, one of six children. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dale G. Higley, parents, sister Alice and brothers Oliver, Ralph and Elmer Whitney.
When Ora was 18 months old, her family moved to Horton. She grew up during the Great Depression and graduated from Horton High School. She helped her family by delivering milk and had a newspaper route. The tough times her family experienced helped shape her into the fiercely independent woman she became. Ora was employed as a dental assistant to Dr. W.R. Hill, a Horton dentist. She was a member of and attended the First Baptist Church in Horton and taught Sunday school there.
On December 26, 1937 she married Dale Higley of Muscotah, Kansas and became a farmer's wife. Ora and Dale farmed north of Muscotah until 1947 when they sold their farm and moved to Horton. In 1948, Dale found employment at Beech Aircraft, moving Ora and their three children to Wichita, Kansas. Ora attended the Wichita Public School of Practical Nursing and became an LPN in 1958, becoming president of the Sedgwick County LPN Organization in 1962. She later worked at several of the hospital and nursing homes around Wichita. She was a member of the First Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school. Throughout her life, she had a strong passion for gardening, cooking and traveling with Dale to the mountains of Colorado and the beaches of Florida.
Ora is survived by her sister, Jean Bryan of Colorado Springs; children, Kathryn of Wichita, Jerry and wife Sheryl of Oklahoma City, and Janet and husband Jim Elliott of Ft Myers, FL., grandchildren Robert, Sabrina, Laura and husband Rich, Tim and wife Christine and Jennifer; great grandchildren, Madeleine, Gabrielle and Jacob.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, September 25, 2010 at the Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton, Kansas where the family will greet friends one hour prior to services. Burial will be at the Horton Cemetery. Online condolences www.dishon-maple-chaney.com
Memorials may be sent to First Baptist Church of Horton, Kansas.
When Ora was 18 months old, her family moved to Horton. She grew up during the Great Depression and graduated from Horton High School. She helped her family by delivering milk and had a newspaper route. The tough times her family experienced helped shape her into the fiercely independent woman she became. Ora was employed as a dental assistant to Dr. W.R. Hill, a Horton dentist. She was a member of and attended the First Baptist Church in Horton and taught Sunday school there.
On December 26, 1937 she married Dale Higley of Muscotah, Kansas and became a farmer's wife. Ora and Dale farmed north of Muscotah until 1947 when they sold their farm and moved to Horton. In 1948, Dale found employment at Beech Aircraft, moving Ora and their three children to Wichita, Kansas. Ora attended the Wichita Public School of Practical Nursing and became an LPN in 1958, becoming president of the Sedgwick County LPN Organization in 1962. She later worked at several of the hospital and nursing homes around Wichita. She was a member of the First Baptist Church where she taught Sunday school. Throughout her life, she had a strong passion for gardening, cooking and traveling with Dale to the mountains of Colorado and the beaches of Florida.
Ora is survived by her sister, Jean Bryan of Colorado Springs; children, Kathryn of Wichita, Jerry and wife Sheryl of Oklahoma City, and Janet and husband Jim Elliott of Ft Myers, FL., grandchildren Robert, Sabrina, Laura and husband Rich, Tim and wife Christine and Jennifer; great grandchildren, Madeleine, Gabrielle and Jacob.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 P.M. on Saturday, September 25, 2010 at the Dishon-Maple-Chaney Mortuary in Horton, Kansas where the family will greet friends one hour prior to services. Burial will be at the Horton Cemetery. Online condolences www.dishon-maple-chaney.com
Memorials may be sent to First Baptist Church of Horton, Kansas.
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