Obituaries
Ila Mae Huston 1928 - 2006 Overbrook
Private inurnment for Ila Mae Huston, 78, Overbrook, will be at a later date in Appanoose Cemetery in Douglas County.Mrs. Huston died Friday, Dec. 1, 2006, in Overbrook.She was born Feb. 28, 1928, in Meeker, Okla., the daughter of William Harrison and Maudie Mae Dickerson Grove.Mrs. Huston owned and operated Ila's Beauty Shop in Overbrook for more than 30 years.She married Kenneth E. Huston on Oct. 29, 1949, in Lawrence. He survives at the Brookside Assisted Living Center in Overbrook.Other survivors include a brother, Jake E. Grove, Dinuba, Calif.; and a sister, Juanita Albright, Clovis, Calif.Memorial contributions may be made to the Washington Creek Church of The Brethren, sent in care of Greenwood-Roberts Funeral Home, P.O. Box 268, Overbrook 66524.
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