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LOUISE CHEW-THARP Obituary

LOUISE ELIZABETH CHEW-THARP Louise Elizabeth Chew-Tharp, 91, Atchison KS died Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at the Atchison Hospital. Funeral services will be 11:00 am Monday, September 15th, 2014 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Burial will follow in the Sunset Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from 9:30am until time of service on Monday at St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Memorial contributions are suggested to the Louise Chew Tharp Memorial Fund at St. Mark's Lutheran Church or St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing Scholarship and may be sent in care of the Becker- Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home who is handling the arrangements. Condolences and memories may be left online at www.beckerdyer.com. She graduated from St. Luke's Hospital School of Nursing in Kansas City in 1944. She was married to L. Milton Chew on October 3, 1944 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church. Mr. Chew preceded her in death on March 28, 1993. She was married to Vincent M. Tharp on July 25, 1998 at the United Methodist Church. Mr. Tharp survives of the home. Additional survivors include a daughter, Cynthia A. (Mike) Kersley, Atchison, KS., a son, Don (Sally) Chew, Lenexa, KS., two sisters, Marie Smith, San Antonio TX, and Arleta Liggett, Salina, KS., five grandchildren and six great grandchildren. Her parents, first husband, Milton Chew, brother, Bud Weir, and a sister, Mildred Gorton preceded her in death.

Published by Kansas City Star on Sep. 12, 2014.
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9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

St. Mark's Lutheran Church

MO

Sep

15

Funeral service

11:00 a.m.

St. Mark's Lutheran Church

MO

Sep

15

Burial

Sunset Memory Gardens

MO

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Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home - Atchison

800 Kansas Avenue, Atchison, KS 66002

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