hmtl5 Rufus Reber Gabel b. 1 Nov 1910 Vessie, Phelps County, Missouri d. 2 Jan 1996 Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas: Hedges Genealogy

Rufus Reber Gabel

Male 1910 - 1996  (85 years)


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  • Name Rufus Reber Gabel 
    Born 1 Nov 1910  Vessie, Phelps County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 Jan 1996  Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Buried Valley View Memorial Park, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Person ID I3681  Hedges
    Last Modified 2 May 2023 

    Family Sidney McDowell Hedges,   b. 23 Nov 1921, Chillicothe, Livingston County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Apr 1996, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 17 Aug 1957  Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 19 Sep 2021 
    Family ID F1651  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 1 Nov 1910 - Vessie, Phelps County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 17 Aug 1957 - Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 2 Jan 1996 - Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Valley View Memorial Park, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Rufus R. Gabel
      Rufus Reber Gabel, 85, Manhattan, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, in St. Mary Hospital.
      He was born Nov. 1, 1910, at Vessie, Mo. He attended grade and high schools in Edgar Springs, Mo., and the Calvary Bible College in Kansas City, Mo.
      He married Sidney Hedges in 1957 at Kansas City, Mo. She survives of the home.
      Mr. Gabel was a life insurance agent for Equitable Life Insurance Company of Iowa, a member of the Kansas City, Mo. Life Underwriters Association and owned and managed the first agency for Preferred Risk Insurance Company in Kansas City, Mo.
      He served as a lifetime deacon, Sunday school superintendent, training union director and Sunday school teacher. He was a member of the Santa Fe Hills Baptist Church in Kansas City, Mo., and had served on the executive board of the Kansas City Baptist Association in the training union program.
      He was preceded in death by a son, Paul Douglas Gabel, in September 1995.
      In addition to his wife, he is survived by two daughters, Barbara Ann McGinness, Clinton, Mo., and Jan Slezinger-Johnson, Manhattan; two sons, Gregory Alan Slezinger, Kansas City, Mo, and John L. Slezinger III, Beaverton, Ore.; a sister, Opal Zimmeman, Fort Myers, Fla; seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
      Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home. Burial will follow in the Valley View Memorial Gardens in Manhattan.
      The casket will remain closed.
      The Manhattan Mercury, Manhattan, Kansas. Wednesday, 3 January 1996.
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  • Sources 
    1. [S9] Obituary.

    2. [S6] Find a Grave.

    3. [S87] Newspaper article.