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Submitted: 12/15/13 • Approved: 7/25/16 • Last Updated: 3/11/18 • R20682-G20682-S3
Paul
December 9, 1883 - April 13, 1967
Born in Elsmore, Allen County, Kansas
Son of John C Ard (1852 - 1938 and
Sarah Ann Turner Ard (1859 - 1936)
Allula
1893 - 1957
Daughter of Bryam Eli Spurgeon (1871 - 1946 and Mary Ella Mosier Spurgeon (1874 - 1962)
Children:
Etta Marie Ard Baker (1914 - 2004)
Clarence Vernon Ard (1917 - 1950)
Vera Ard Singer
The Iola Register
April 14, 1967
ARD SERVICES
Funeral services for Paul C. Ard, 83, Elsmore whose death was reported in The Register yesterday, will be conducted at 2 p.m. tomorrow at the Elsmore Methodist Church. The Rev. J. M. Torrence will officiate and burial will be in the Elsmore Cemetery.
Mr. Ard was born December 8, 1883, at Elsmore and was a lifetime resident of the Elsmore community. He was married to Allula Spurgeon August 2, 1911 in Iola. She died in 1957. Mr. Ard farmed near Elsmore until 1963 when he retired and moved to Elsmore.
He was a member of the Elsmore Methodist Church.
Survivors include two daughters, Mr. Richard Singer, Garnett and Mrs. Carrel Baker, Elsmore; one sister Mrs. Clara Pavlicek, Elsmore; 13 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
The Ralston-Hutton Funeral Home, Moran, is in charge of arrangements.
Photo Courtesy of Evelyn Jones Christensen
Contributed on 12/15/13
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