Dorothy Gail Searcy Wright

1923 - 1997  (74 years)

• Name	Dorothy Gail Searcy Wright
  Born	3 Apr 1923	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	28 Aug 1997	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I7133	Rossville
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Roy William Searcy,   b. 23 Dec 1889, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 5 Apr 1957, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 67 years)
  Mother	Emma Ruth Trostle Searcy,   b. 8 Aug 1896, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 22 Dec 1938  (Age 42 years)
  Married	30 Oct 1920	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Documents		Marriage- Trostle, Emma-Searcy, Roy Miss Emma Trostle, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Trostle, and Mr. Roy Searcy were united in marriage last Saturday at Topeka, Rev. H.L. Nelson officiating. Mr. Searcy has farmed the old Duclause farm west of town for the past few years where he and his bride will make their home.
  Family ID	F2829	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ray William Wright,   d. 30 Jan 1993
  Married	20 Jun 1945	Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas
  Children	1. Dana Ray Wright   2. Tana Lynn Wright Day
  Last Modified	2 Aug 2018 11:52:36
  Family ID	F8041	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 20 Jun 1945 - Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas Buried - - Rochester Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Wright, Dorothy Dorothy Gail Wright Dorothy Gail Wright, 74, Topeka, died Monday, April 28, 1997, at home. She was born April 3,1923, in Rossville, the daughter of Roy W. and Emma Ruth Trostle Searcy. She was graduated in 1940 from Meriden High School where she was valedictorian of her class. She lived in Meriden, Lawrence, Denver, Albuquerque and Gallup, N.M., and San Angelo, Texas. She was a secretary for McKinley County Schools in Gallup, N.M., 22 years before she retired in 1989. She was a member of Kansas Avenue United Methodist Church. She was married to Ray William Wright June 20, 1945, in Lawrence. He died Jan. 30, 1993. Survivors include a son, Dana Ray Wright, Denver; a daughter, Tana Lynn Day, Land O’Lakes, Fla.; three brothers, Edward Searcy, Carl Searcy and Ray Searcy, all in Topeka; four sisters, Mary Miller, Golda Plumly and Pearl Wood, all in Topeka, and Eileen Creveling, Des Moines, Iowa; and three grandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Davidson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Rochester Cemetery. Mrs. Wright will lie in state after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice Care, 200 Frazier Circle, 66606, or to Kansas Avenue United Methodist Church, 1029 N. Kansas, 66608.