To request a copy of this photo for your own personal use, please contact our state coordinator. If you are not a family member or the original photographer — please refrain from copying or distributing this photo to other websites.
Thank you for visiting the Kansas Gravestone Photo Project. On this site you can upload gravestone photos, locate ancestors and perform genealogy research. If you have a relative buried in Kansas, we encourage you to upload a digital image using our Submit a Photo page. Contributing to this genealogy archive helps family historians and genealogy researchers locate their relatives and complete their family tree.
Submitted: 9/18/18 • Approved: 9/23/18 • Last Updated: 9/26/18 • R67621-G67620-S3
July 24,1912
May 12, 2011
Dorothy Genevieve Hendricks Ferguson, 98, died at Presbyterian Manor, Clay Center, Kansas, she was born in Webber, Kansas, the daughter of Ralph Dale and Lulu Idella Switzer Hendricks.
She graduated from Lovewell High School and taught school prior to marriage. She married Arthur William Ferguson on April 26, 1933. They lived on a farm northeast of Lovewell until moving to Courtland in 1959. They helped care for six nieces after the death of their mother. She worked as a cook at the schools in Lovewell and Courtland. In the early 1960's she ran the Welcome In Cafe at Courtland. She was an active member of the Methodist Church. She and her husband moved to Concordia in 1992. Her husband preceded her in death in 1994. She then moved to the Clay Center Presbyterian Manor in 1998. She was also preceded in death by her parents, 1 sister; son, Dale Ferguson; son-in-law, Lalomilo Kamu; and great-grandson, Alo Kamu.
Survivors include daughter, Donna Lou Kamu; son, Dwight Ferguson and wife Doris; daughter-in-law, Verna Ferguson Hamel; brother, Marvin Hendricks and wife Gwen; 8 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Contributed on 9/18/18
Suggest a Correction
Record #: 67621