Lorene Marle Prather Eby
Lorene Marle Prather Eby, 81, homemaker
and teacher, died Saturday (Oct. 14, 2000) at Newton Medical Center.
She was born May 19, 1919, to John E. and Anna (Harvey) Prather in
rural Newton. They preceded her in death. She married Olin H. Eby
Oct. 11, 1940, in Newton. He survives. She was a homemaker and a
former rural school teacher, teaching at Gingrass School for one year
and Stone School for two years in rural Newton. She was a member of
First United Presbyterian Church in Newton. She was a deacon and
Elder, member of the Cruisers Organization and the Anna-Helen Circle,
all of the church. She also was a member of the Thursday Morning
Coffee Club.
Other survivors include: two sons,
Richard Eby of Overland Park and Don Eby of Olathe; a sister, Barbara
DuBois of Newton; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
She also was preceded in death by a
sister, Velma Dreier.
Visitation will be until 9 p. m. today
at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home in Newton.
Funeral service will be 10 a. m.
Tuesday at First United Presbyterian Church in Newton with the Rev.
James Anderson officiating.
Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Memorials have been established with
the Permanent Endowment Fund at First United Presbyterian Church in
care of the funeral home.
