Alva Review-Courier -

There will be a private entombment for Marceline Piper next to her husband in their crypt in Alva at her request.

Marceline Hewes Piper was born to Ezra and Della (Reed) Hewes in the family home near Vesper, Kansas. Her family resided in Kansas as she grew. She left her family on December 30, 2023.

She attended college in Alva at Northwestern. She was to meet her future husband, English Piper, in Chemistry class and they had their first date at a Christmas Party at Vinson Hall in 1942. They married in 1944 and began farming west of Alva. Soon after, English was drafted and Marceline followed h...