Nellie Faye Scharff
February 3, 1909 — February 1, 2004
Nellie Faye Scharff, of Eureka, died at Medicalodge of Eureka on February 1, 2004, at the age of 94.
She was born in Bucyrus, Kansas on February 3, 1909, the daughter of George O. and Elizabeth (Zollinger) Dollard. When Faye was five years old the family moved to Greenwood County. She attended Union Grade School and Tonovay High School, graduating with the class of 1927. She then attended college in Lincoln, Nebraska. After her schooling she returned to the farm in Greenwood County.
On October 23, 1943, Faye was united in marriage to James Claud Scharff in Eureka. They made their home in California for eight years before moving to Eureka.
Faye accepted Christ at an early age and was a lifelong member of the Eureka Seventh Day Adventist Church, the Union HDU, the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, and the Greenwood County Historical Society.
She is survived by three nephews, Lloyd Boone, of Iuka, Kansas, Kermit Boone of Brownwood, Texas, Dale Lyon of Englewood, Colorado; two nieces, Faith Butler of Eureka, and Phyllis Gable of West Virginia. She was preceded in death by her parents, and three sisters.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, February 2, 2004, at the Koup Family Funeral Home with Doctor Terry L. Morris officiating. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
A memorial has been established in her name to the Eureka Seventh Day Adventist Church. Contributions may be sent in care of the funeral home.
She was born in Bucyrus, Kansas on February 3, 1909, the daughter of George O. and Elizabeth (Zollinger) Dollard. When Faye was five years old the family moved to Greenwood County. She attended Union Grade School and Tonovay High School, graduating with the class of 1927. She then attended college in Lincoln, Nebraska. After her schooling she returned to the farm in Greenwood County.
On October 23, 1943, Faye was united in marriage to James Claud Scharff in Eureka. They made their home in California for eight years before moving to Eureka.
Faye accepted Christ at an early age and was a lifelong member of the Eureka Seventh Day Adventist Church, the Union HDU, the VFW Ladies Auxiliary, and the Greenwood County Historical Society.
She is survived by three nephews, Lloyd Boone, of Iuka, Kansas, Kermit Boone of Brownwood, Texas, Dale Lyon of Englewood, Colorado; two nieces, Faith Butler of Eureka, and Phyllis Gable of West Virginia. She was preceded in death by her parents, and three sisters.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Wednesday, February 2, 2004, at the Koup Family Funeral Home with Doctor Terry L. Morris officiating. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
A memorial has been established in her name to the Eureka Seventh Day Adventist Church. Contributions may be sent in care of the funeral home.
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