KINSEY, Orpha E.: Died 1983

KINSEY, COX

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Date: 11/1/2021 at 09:50:14

MRS. ORPHA E. KINSEY

Mrs. Orpha E. Kinsey, 79, died April 27, 1983 in Montrose Memorial Hospital, Montrose, Colorado. She was born November 24, 1903 in Mount Zion, Iowa to Milton D. and Jennie Cox. She was graduated from Keosauqua High School in 1921, attended Parsons College and taught in Van Buren County Schools and in Kellerton, Iowa.

She is survived by a son, Dwain Kinsey and wife, Tucson, Arizona; three grandchildren, Brenda Kinsey of Tucson and Kent and Lana Kinsey of Olathe, Colorado; two brothers, Wayne Cox of New Orleans, Louisiana, and Robert L. Cox of Dimmitt, Texas. Her husband Keith Kinsey, died in Montrose, Colorado in 1961. She was a member of the Presbyterian church, Order of the Eastern Star, and P.E.O.

Funeral services were held in Montrose, Colorado Saturday, April 30, with burial in the Montrose Cemetery. The family requests donations to the United Presbyterian Church, Montrose, Colorado 81401, now under construction.

Source: "Scrapbook 1981 - 1985", Pg. 140,
Keosauqua Public Library, Keosauqua, Van Buren Co., IA