Onaga Herald
February 23, 1967
Mrs. Vivian Sage Succumbs to Illness
Mrs. Vivian Sage, 75, mother of Mrs. Grover Eddy and a sister of Mrs. Thelma Weaver, died at Community Hospital Wednesday morning of this week. She had been a patient there for the past couple of weeks. She was transferred to the hospital here after having been in a Topeka hospital for several months.
Born March 30, 1892 at Onaga, she was a teacher and had taught in several states. Most recently she taught at Clark's Business School in Topeka.
Mrs. Sage was a member of Onaga Chapter No. 71 Order of Eastern Star, the Methodist Church and the McDowell Musical Fraternity.
Besides the daughter and sister here, she is survived by another sister, Mrs. Ila Fern Swihart of Kerrville, Texas; a son, Stephen S. Sage of Phillipsburg; and three grandchildren.
Memorial services will be at 10 o'clock Friday morning at Tessendorf Chapel with graveside services and burial at Phillipsburg.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the cancer fund.
Onaga Herald
March 23, 1967
A loving tribute to the memory of Mrs. Vivian E. Sage whose life reached the span of 71 years 10 months and 23 days.
She was next to the oldest in a family of five children born to Mr.and Mrs. Stephen Andrew Eytchison, Her birthplace was Mill Creek Township, Onaga, Kansas. She passed away at the Onaga, Kansas, Community Hospital on February 22, 1967.
Mrs. Sage attended Pleasant Valley School District No. 16 and was graduated from Onaga High School with the Class of 1913, she received a BA degree from the University of Kansas at Lawrence, Kansas. There she was initiated as a member of Phi Omega Pi, a social sorority and was affiliated with the MacDowell Musical Fraternity, Kappa Phi, and Woman's Forum. In May, 1948, she was graduated from the Kansas State Teachers College of Emporia, Kansas, with a Master of Science Degree. She was a member of the Pi Omega Pi Honorary Business Sorority.
Vivian Belle Eytchison was married to Olcott Wyllie Sage on May 6, 1922. To this union three children were born; Olcott Wyllie Sage, Jr., who preceded her in death in 1923, Stephen Samuel Sage, and Mary Margot Sage Eddy.
Mrs. Sage, a dedicated teacher, taught school for many years. She commenced teaching in 1913 at White Pigeon, a rural grade school in Pottawatomie County. She taught at the Onaga Grade School during 1918-1919. In later years she taught at Esbon, Quinter, Speed, Zenda, Nashville, Council Grove, Salina, Woodbine and Russell Springs, Kansas; Madrid, Nebr.; Turner, Hunter and Hoyt, Kans.; and the Clark School of business in Topeka. During 1959-1966 she did private tutoring of the blind for the State of Kansas while living in Topeka.
