Topeka State Journal Wednesday 22 December, 1976, pg.24:
BURLINGAME - Services will be Thursday at Burlingame Federated Church for Mrs. Lela E. Yager, 64, Burlingame, who died Monday at a Topeka hospital where she had been about a month. She had a heart ailment. She was born Oct. 7, 1912 in Shawnee County. She moved to Burlingame 6 years ago from the Auburn community. She attended the El Bethal Assembly, Burlingame.
She married W.P. Yager on April 28, 1930 in Topeka. He survives. Other survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Loretta Richardson, Topeka; 3 brother, Howard H. Atwood, Ralph E. Atwood, and Joseph Atwood, all of Topeka; 2 sisters, Mrs. Julia M. Hanson, Eskridge, and Mrs. Violet L. Quinnett, Bridgeport, Ill.; and 3 grandchildren.
Burial will be in Auburn Cemetery. Carey Funeral Home, Burlingame, is in charge of arrangements.
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