Funeral services for Mrs. Hamm were held at 2 p.m. on Monday in the sanctuary of the Ochelata Fire Baptized Holiness Church. The Rev. Ca_ Knight was the officiant. Committal prayers and interment were directed in the Ochelata Cemetery by the Arnold Moore Funeral Service.
A native of Missouri, Mrs. Hamm was born at Brownfield on May 10, 1903. She was the daughter of the late Daisy Doyel Wood and Thomas W. Wood. She was reared in the Brownfield community and received her education in the Brownfield schools. She moved to Bloodland, Missouri in 1921 and she was married to James E. Potts in Bloodland on December 28, 1921. They engaged in farming in the Bloodland area for over 20 years prior to moving to Richland, Missouri, where they were residents until his death on February 13, 1947. On November 3, 1948 she was united in marriage to Rev. C.C. Hamm and they established their home in Cherryvale, Kansas. Rev. Hamm served pastorates of Fire Baptized Holiness Churches in Kansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. Following his retirement in 1963, the Hamms returned to Cherryvale, Kansas to re-establish their home. Rev. Hamm preceded her in death in Cherryvale on June 20, 1970 and during that year Mrs. Hamm moved to Ochlata to live in retirement near her sons. She was an active member of the Ochelata Fore Baptized Holiness Church and had taught Sunday School for many years until her recent illness.
Surviving Mrs. Hamm are two sons: James Ronald Potts and Roger A. Potts, both of Ochelata; two step daughters: Mrs. Velma Wright and Mrs. Ruth Robinson, both of Parsons, Kansas; four grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; and one great great granddaughter. She was preceded in death by three brothers, tow daughters and three grandchildren.
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