Butler County KS Archives Obituaries.....Forgy, Anna Frances Heshley February 22, 1904
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The Walnut Valley Times, February 26, 1904
Mrs. Forgy Passes Away

Mrs. Anna Forgy, died at her home on Oskaloosa street February 22, after many 
weeks of illness, many months of failing health. Her friends have watched with 
keenest solictude 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 
Clayton of Pontiac, Mrs. Newton Purcell of Gordon and Earl Forgy of El Dorado. 
In 1889 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.


(his article appeared in a column next to the one above on the same date)

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.

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