Person:Laura Tullis (16)

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Laura "Jean" Tullis
b.6 Feb 1913 Missouri
d.18 Aug 2008 Oswego, Labette County, Kansas
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m. 7 Jan 1911
  1. George Rickel Tullis1911 - 2000
  2. Laura "Jean" Tullis1913 - 2008
  3. Lottie May Tullis1916 - 2007
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m. 9 May 1940
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Name Laura "Jean" Tullis
Gender Female
Birth? 6 Feb 1913 Missouri
Marriage 9 May 1940 to Horace M. Chesnutt
Death? 18 Aug 2008 Oswego, Labette County, Kansas
Burial? Lake Creek Cemetery, Labette Co, Kansas

from findagrave.com: CHETOPA?Laura "Jean" Chesnutt, 95, of Chetopa, Kan., passed away Monday, Aug. 18, 2008 at Oswego Medical Center in Oswego, Kan.

Graveside funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Aug.20, at Lake Creek Cemetery with Pastor Randy Frazier officiating.

Jean was born Feb. 6, 1913, in Carthage, Mo., the daughter of Frank and Margaret (McLean) Tullis. She graduated from Altamont High School in 1931 as Co-Salutatorian of her class. She attended Kansas State Teachers' College in Pittsburg and taught for nine years in local rural schools.

On May 9, 1940, Jean married Horace M. Chesnutt of Chetopa. The couple operated the Chetopa Farm Auction during the 1940s and 1950s.

Mrs. Chesnutt is survived by a daughter, Myrna Chesnutt of Chetopa; a son, Jerry Chesnutt of Chetopa; a grandson, Cody Chesnutt and wife Erin of Chetopa; two great-grandchildren, Kristen Chesnutt and Austin Chesnutt of Chetopa; three step-great-grandchildren; Sarah, Katie and Sione Daniels, all of Chetopa.

She was preceded in death by her husband Horace in 1996; a brother, George Tullis of Bartlett; and a sister, Lottie Apperson of Welch, Okla.

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