Sarah Pugh 1928-2020

Sarah “Earline” Pugh, 92, of Mayetta, passed away Sunday, April 5, 2020, at the Midland Hospice House in Topeka.

She was born March 1, 1928, in Grove (north of Silver Lake), the daughter of Earl Johnson and Effie L. (Moats) Tibbs. She graduated from Silver Lake High School in 1945 and had attended Clark’s Business School in Topeka. 

Earline worked for the Water Company in Topeka and for the Kansas Treasurer and Insurance Commission in Topeka, where she worked in the vault verifying stocks and bonds for banks.

She was a member of the Potawatomi United Methodist Church, United Methodist Women and Extension Homemakers Unit and was very much involved with the Mayetta Mustangs 4-H Club.

Earline was united in marriage to Marshall Ivan Pugh on Sept. 15, 1946 in Topeka. They shared more than 56 years of marriage before Marshall passed away on Aug. 3, 2002. She was also preceded in death by her parents and a great-great-grandson, River Kane.

Survivors include four children, Russell E. Pugh (Lesa) of Hoyt, Warren M. Pugh (Tina) of Mayetta, Janet E. Heath (Doug) of Edmond, Okla., and Joyce Hale (Aaron) of Mayetta; a brother, Edgar W. Tibbs of Mesa, Ariz.; 11 grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and nine great-great-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, April 9 at Walnut Hill Cemetery in Silver Lake. She will lie in state beginning Wednesday, April 8 until 4 p.m. and on Thursday, April 9 until 1 p.m. at Mercer Funeral Home in Holton.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Potawatomi UMC or Midland Hospice House, sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 270, Holton, KS 66436.

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(PAID OBITUARY)