Hays, Kansas – Mary Margaret Purviance, age 91, died Sunday, July 3, 2016, at Via Christi Village Care Center, Hays, Kansas.

She was born December 4, 1924, in Grass Valley, California to William Davey and Emma Clyde (Manwell) Hutchison. 

She married Warren Dorsey Purviance on August 5, 1945 in Marysville, California.  He died in 1996.
Mary was a elementary school teacher in California and retired in 1986. She was a member of the Episcopal Church and moved to Hays in 2009.

Survivors include one son, Rod Purviance and wife, Debra, Hays, KS; two granddaughters, Tara Nye and husband, Shane, North Carolina; Shannon Conroy and husband, Sean, Hays, KS; five great grandchildren, Andrew Purviance (Kelly); Brandon Wheeler; Camden Nye; Finley Conroy; Colin Conroy; and one great great granddaughter, Macie Chretien.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.

Family services will be next week in Yuba City, California and burial in Sierra View Memorial Park
Cemetery in Olivehurst, California.  Keithley Funeral Service, Inc./Cline’s Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601 is in charge of arrangements.

Condolences can be sent via email to [email protected].