Selby, Violet M. 1939-2024 St. Joseph, Mo.

By NewsPress Now

Violet M. Selby, St. Joseph, and formerly of Emporia, Kansas, passed away at Mosaic Life Care, in St. Joseph, at the age of 85, surrounded by her family.

Violet was born on June 6, 1939, in Springfield, Colorado, the daughter of Walter E. and Estella Marie McNair Kuhn. She married Loren Jay Selby in Council Grove, Kansas, on Aug. 1, 1969.

Survivors include her twin sister, Viola Kuhn, Emporia; daughter, Lori (Gerald) Bomberger, DeKalb, Missouri; grandchildren, Shawna Bomberger, and great- grandson, Jaxson Woodruff, St. Joseph, Tiffany LeGrand (Samantha), DeKalb, Josh Bomberger, DeKalb, Anthony Selby, Kansas City Missouri, and Kassidy Selby, Kansas City; and step-granddaughter, Kacey Selby.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Loren, and their son, Allen, who died in 2018, and a brother, Eldon Kuhn.

Violet was a homemaker.

The family will receive friends at the Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home, Emporia, Saturday, June 29, 2024, from 10 to 11 a.m. Private graveside services will be held at a later date at the Prairie View Cemetery, southeast of Alta Vista, Kansas.

You can leave online condolences at www.robertsblue.com. As published in the St. Joseph News-Press.