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Lois Hazel Deboard

Lois Hazel Deboard

Female 1912 - 2002  (89 years)

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  • Name Lois Hazel Deboard  [1
    Born 2 Oct 1912  Stroud, Lincoln County, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Residence Dec 1953  Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Residence Aug 1978  Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Died 7 Feb 2002  Alexandria, Madison County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    NEWS 8 Feb 2002  Elwood, Madison County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Obituary:

    "Lois H. Ferguson

    ALEXANDRIA--Lois H. Ferguson, 89, of Alexandria, died Thursday at Community Northview Care Center.

    Born Oct. 2, 1912, in Stroud, Okla., she was the daughter of Franklin M. and Annie B. (Parris) DeBoard.

    She married W.D. Ferguson. He died Aug. 17, 1989.

    She served with her husband, the Rev. W.D Ferguson in several Nazarene churches including pastorates in Buffalo, Fort Scott, Lawrence and Kansas City, Kan. They also served churches in El Paso and Abilene, Texas. She was a member of the Alexandria Church of the Nazarene and served as pianist for the senior citizens program at the Alexandria Community Center.

    Survivors include two daughters, Jan Rist of Mobile, Ala. and Mary Lou Archer of Anderson; six grandchildren; five step grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; a brother, Edward DeBoard of Nixa, Mo.; three sisters, Eunice Buck of Atlanta, Ga., Merle Frye of Lawrence, Kan. and Geraldine Simpson of Springdale, Ark. and several nieces and nephews.

    She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and a son, Donald Ferguson.

    A Praise and Worship service celebrating her life will begin at 10 a.m. Monday at the Alexandria Church of the Nazarene, with her grandson, the Rev. Royal Archer and Pastor Brent Poe officiating. Burial will be in Park View Cemetery.

    Friends may call at the church after 9 a.m. Monday.

    Arrangemets are being handled by Owens Funeral Home in Alexandria.

    Memorial contributions may be made to the Alexandria Church of the Nazarene through the funeral home." 
    Parents Obit names parents as Franklin N. DeBoard and Annie B. Parrish.  [2
    Buried Park View Cemetery Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I6807  Full
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2021 

    Father Franklin Newton Deboard,   b. 24 May 1890, Howell County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Aug 1978, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Mother Annie Bell Parish,   b. 1892, Wilbarger County, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1975, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Married Y  [1
    Family ID F2451  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Drevel Ferguson,   b. 1910, Jasper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Aug 1989, Madison County, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years) 
    Married 22 Dec 1931  Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Children 
     1. Jan Ferguson
    +2. Mary Lou Ferguson
     3. Donald Ferguson,   d. Before February 2002
    Last Modified 4 Apr 2021 
    Family ID F2452  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S5313] MyHeritage (https://www.myheritage.com : accessed 4 March 2018), Royal Gilbert Archer pedigree [match to Janis Walker Gilmore], descendant of Joel Franklin DeBoard and Margaret Ann McKenzie.

    2. [S6253] "Obituaries: Lois H. Ferguson" The Call-Leader (Elwood, Indiana), 8 February 2002 p.2, col. 1; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com : accessed 4 April 2021).

    3. [S6251] "Five Generations Here for Holidays" The Neosho Daily News (Neosho, Mo.), 28 December 1953, p. 3, col. 2; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 3 April 2021).

    4. [S5975] "Deaths: Franklin N. DeBoard," St. Joseph News-Press (St. Joseph, Mo.), 20 August 1978, p. 7-A, col. 1; digital image, Newspapers.com (http://www.newspapers.com/ : accessed 18 January 2020).

    5. [S6252] Jasper County, Missouri, marriage license and return, book [1931]:419, Drevel Ferguson-Lois DeBoard, application dated 22 December 1931; "Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002," digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 4 April 2021); citing Missouri Marriage Records, Missouri State Archives, Jefferson City. .