Calvin Richard Ufford, 95, passed away January 28, 2022, in Overbrook,
Ks, with his family by his side. He was born May 15, 1926, to Richard
Herbert and Bertha Mae Peters Ufford, and raised southwest of Oberlin,
Ks on the farm his grandfather homesteaded in 1874. He attended Addleman
Country School and graduated from Decatur County High School in May
1944. He also attended Kansas State University. On October 28, 1949,
Calvin married Ruth JoAnn Lincoln in Oberlin. Two sons and a daughter
were born to them.
He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Navy as a
Motor Machinist Mate 3rd class, and honorably discharged on June 3,
1946. He returned to Oberlin, and worked for the U.S. Soil Conservation
Service, later moving to Hiawatha, Ks, for eight years, and then in
Overbrook, Ks, for 11 years. He retired after 35 years service in 1981.
In 1987 Calvin and JoAnn returned to Oberlin to live in the house he
moved to 602 West Sappa Street in 1956. In 2020 he moved to Berryton,
Ks., to live with his daughter, and later moved to Brookside Retirement
Community, Overbrook.
Calvin provided leadership to Boy Scout troops in Oberlin and
Hiawatha for many years. In addition, he served 9 years on the Overbrook
City Council and twice served as Overbrook Mayor from April 1977 to
April 1979, and again June 1985 to June 1987. He was well-known for his
hobbies of hunting Indian artifacts, collecting antiques, woodworking,
and antique tractor restoration. He was a member of the Overbrook United
Methodist Church, the American Legion, and the Mini-Sappa Antique Club
of Oberlin. In later years, he was often called upon to give narration of
the last Indian raid in Kansas, which occurred in 1878 in Decatur
County.
He was preceded in death by a son, Michael in 1951, his wife, JoAnn
in 2011, and his parents. Survivors include a son, Richard Ufford and
wife, Wendy, Carbondale, Ks; daughter, Janie Rutherford and husband, Rob
Roy Rutherford III, Berryton, Ks.; grandchildren, Shannon Warthen and
fiancé Joseph Pritchard, Sara Ufford, Corey Ufford and wife, Courtney,
Rob Roy Rutherford IV and wife Isha; and James Rutherford and wife Amy;
great-grandchildren, Colton Warthen, Casen Warthen, Stephon Johnson,
Addison Ufford, Ember Jo Ufford, and Rob Roy Rutherford V, nieces and
nephews.
Services pending at Paul’s Funeral Home, Oberlin. For more information: www.paulsfh.com