Person:Yetta Conkling (1)

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Yetta A. Conkling
b.20 Sep 1886 Lyons (Rice Co.) KS
d.22 Mar 1978 Hutchinson, KS
m. 2 Apr 1884
  1. Yetta A. Conkling1886 - 1978
  2. Enid Conklin1889 - 1923
  3. Clark A. Conkling1891 - 1914
  4. Glenn S. Conkling1893 - 1918
  5. Catharine Conkling1896 - Aft 1978
  6. Gerald Marsh Conkling1900 - 1995
m. 8 Dec 1917
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Name Yetta A. Conkling
Gender Female
Birth? 20 Sep 1886 Lyons (Rice Co.) KS
Marriage 8 Dec 1917 Lyons (Rice Co.) KSto Harry Adam Speck
Death? 22 Mar 1978 Hutchinson, KS
Burial? Lyons (Rice Co.) KS
Reference Number? 1910 census KS

Yetta (Luella) A. Conkling was born 20 September 1887 in Lyons (Rice County), Kansas. The census gives her name as Luella A., but her DAR application and obituary identify her as Yetta. She graduated from Washburn University in Kansas in 1910. On 8 December 1917, she was married in Lyons to Harry Adam Speck. They moved to Hutchinson, Kansas in 1940. Harry was born on 24 July 1884 and died on 28 February 1964. Yetta died on 22 March 1978 in Hutchinson, Kansas. Her obituary lists her brother and sisters as survivors, but does not mention children. Yetta and Harry are buried in Lyons (Rice County), Kansas.