Butler County KS Archives Obituaries.....Forgy, Anna Frances February 22, 1904 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Luce pegsue59@cox.net January 21, 2007, 6:39 pm The Walnut Valley Times, February 26, 1904 The Walnut Valley Times February 26, 1904 Number XXXV, Number 6 MRS. FORGY PASSES AWAY Mrs. Anna Forgy died at her home on Oskaloosa street February 22, after many weeks of illness, many months of failling health. Her friends have watched with keenest solicitude her battle with death. No human skill could aid or save her longer for this life. Anna Frances Heshley was born in Newton, Hamilton county, Pennsylvania, March 28, 1854. She came to Wichita alone in December 1878 and was met and married on Christmas Day by her lover Andrew J. Forgy, who died some three or four years ago. Theirs was a real romance and stirred the pulses of pioneers of those days. They resided on their farm near Douglass for several years. There four children were born to them. Mrs. Claude Villars of Kiowa, Mrs. Arthur Clayon of Pontiac, Mrs. Newton Purcell of Gordon and Earl Forgy of El Dorado. In 1880 the family came to El Dorado and some time after bought the White House, a well- known hotel. Mrs. Forgy was of sweet and lovable disposition an excellent woman indeed. She was a member of the Fraternal Aid Association of the Knights and Ladies of Security and of the Rathbone Sisters and Royal Neighbors. The funeral will be held from the family home tomorrow, February 24, at 3:20 under the auspices of these fraternities. (Same paper different column) The funeral of Mrs. Anna Forgy this afternoon was very largely attended. Such beauteous flowers and floral emblems as rested upon her coffin were emblematic of the sweet and kindly remembrance of one who deserved to be remembered. Mrs. Forgy’s body was laid beside that of her husband in Belle Vista. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/butler/obits/f/forgy778ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ksfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb