Neva Barnaby

Neva L. Cunningham Barnaby Neva Lea Cunningham Barnaby of Neodesha, KS, died Sunday evening, Feb. 10, 2008, at the Golden Keys Nursing Home. She was 82 Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008, at the Elk Falls United Methodist Church in Elk Falls, KS, under the direction of Penwell-Gabel Loran Fawcett Chapel. Interment will be in Elk Falls Cemetery. Friends and family are invited to gather at the Church Hall next to the Church from noon until service time to share memories and a meal. The daughter of Frank L. and Lucy M Small Osborn, she was born May 4, 1925, in Elk Falls, KS. She graduated from Elk Falls Highs School and later received a teaching certificate from Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia. Neva taught at Hickory Creek and Oak Valley Country Grade Schools and at Elk City Grade School. She was united in marriage to Robert Cunningham on September 14, 1945, in Elk Falls, KS. He preceded her in death in 1978. She later married George Barnaby and he preceded her in death in 1987. She moved to Neodesha in 1988. Neva was a member of the Elk Falls United Methodist Church and attended both the Neo-desha United Methodist Church and the Bible Baptist Church. She was a member of NOTA BENA Reading Club in Elk Falls and the Friendly 14 in Longton, KS. She had served as a 4-H Leader at Elk Falls where she taught cooking classes to 4-H members. She was also named as the Resident of the Year at the Golden Keys Nursing Home. Survivors include Connie Hudson and her husband Mike of Neodesha, KS; one step-son Bill Barnaby and his wife Caryl of Longton, KS; one step-daughter Velva Hoyt and her husband Jack of Longton, KS; one sister, Ruth Royse of Herrington, KS; one brother, Neal and his wife Phyllis Osborn of Elk Falls, KS; three grandchildren, Rob Fairbanks, Dr. Rachel Duncan and her hus-band Tim, and Jeff Hudson and his wife Glenda; and three step-grandchildren, Sherrie and her husband Steve DePriest, Sara and her husband Kevin Appling, Sally Barnaby and Dr. Brad Hoyt and his wife Leslie. In addition to her husbands, she is preceded in death by her parents. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society and may be left with the funeral home.