Il est marié avec Edna Vivian Hopper.
Ils se sont mariés le 14 décembre 1899, il avait 23 ans.
Enfant(s):
JAMES COMBEST
James Edward Combest, 87, a resident of Ransom community for nearly 79 years passed away at the Grisell Memorial Nursing home in Ransom on May 9, 1964, where he had resided the past two years. Born at Fredonia on June 24, 1876, he came west with his father, one sister and his grandparents in a covered wagon. The family located in the Cyrus neighborhood in southern Trego County. He resided there until he was married to Vivian Hopper on December 14, 1899. They made their first home in a sod house on a farm five miles northeast of Ransom. Here they raised their family and resided until retiring and moving to Ransom in 1946. The Ransom community was his home all his adult life, except five years the family lived at Newberg, Ore. Mrs. Combest preceded him in death on July 17, 1956, and he lived alone at the home in Ransom until entering the nursing home in March of 1962. At an early age he became and remained a steadfast member of the church of Christ. He found great satisfaction in doing for others, and taking part in community activities. He was loved and respected by all who knew him. Besides the wife, he was predeceased by a son, Merwin. He leaves to mourn his passing his three daughters: Mrs. Oscar (Florence) Engle of Hill City, Mrs. Ralph (Bertha) Hall of Dighton, and Mrs. Frank (Blanche) Zitnik of Ransom; two sons, Earl Combest of Kansas City, and Dale Combest of Utica; three half-brothers, Frank Combest of Erskine, Alberta, Canada, Clifford Combest of Pomona, Calif., and Nay Combest of Ransom; a half-sister, Mrs. Victor West of Stockton, Calif.; nine grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends. Funeral services were held from the Fitzgerald Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon, May 12, conducted by Bros. R.H. McDaniel of Hoisington and Larry Sullivan of Ransom. Interment was in the Ransom Cemetery.
Ness Co. News, May 14, 1964
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Edna Vivian Hopper |
James Edward Combest
Birth: Jun. 24, 1876
Death: May 9, 1964
Son of Christopher & Emma Wood Combest. Spouse of Edna Vivian Hopper.
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Parents:
Christopher Columbus Combest (1854 - 1919)
Emma Woods Combest (1861 - 1882)
Spouse:
Edna Vivian Hopper Combest (1880 - 1956)
Children:
Earl Leighton Combest (1901 - 1984)
Dale Elwin Combest (1902 - 1991)
Blanche Edna Combest Best (1914 - 1995)
Merwin James Combest (1921 - 1947)
Burial:
Ransom Cemetery
Ransom
Ness County
Kansas, USA
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