Maurice DeVaney & Faye DeVaney Murphy


     Maurice DeVaney and his wife Faye moved from the Cullison community to
   Nashville, Kansas, in 1945. Their three children were already grown and
   married with homes of their own. Mr. and Mrs. DeVaney resided in the
   former parsonage about a quarter of a mile south of Nashville. They were
   both confirmed in the Lutheran Church by the Rev. Seyfert in 1957. Mr. 
   DeVaney died in 1966 and is buried in the Lutheran Cemetery in Nashville.
     Faye taught art and ceramics in her home. She also taught Sunday School
   and Vacation Bible School for many years. She knew and loved all the 
   children around Nashville.
     In 1968, she married E. Murphy and moved to Pratt. She transferred her
   membership there. After Mr. Murphy passed away, she moved to Medicine Lodge
   and transferred her membership back to Nashville.
     In 1990, at the age of 84, she moved to Wichita to be near her family.
   She now resides there, but still has her membership in her beloved Lutheran
   Church at Nashville, Kansas.
                       
  Source:St. John's Lutheran Church Centennial 1893-1993, Nashville, Kansas, pg. 75 
  Submitted by: Fay DeVaney Murphy
  

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