Ella Mae Herring is not Gordon's wife

In a previous post, I found an Ella Mae Herring who was a possibility for the wife of Gordon Herring. The following obituary from The Kansan, dated Jan 19, 2001, would indicate this is not the case.

Ella Mae Herring
RAGO -- Ella Mae Herring, 80, died Wednesday (Jan. 17, 2001) at Hutchinson Hospital.

She was born Dec. 27, 1920, to Albert and Lavaga (Dayton) Ferarese in Montana. She married W. Roscoe Herring July 2, 1936, in Colorado. He preceded her in death July 8, 1984. She was a longtime resident of Rago, previously living in Sedgwick. She was a hairdresser and homemaker.

Survivors include: two sons, Donald Herring of San Diego and Robert L. Herring of Wichita; a daughter, Marjorie Wells of Sedgwick; companion, Gale Reida of Rago; six grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

She also was preceded in death by a brother, Leroy Ferarese.

Visitation will be from noon to 8 p.m. Friday at Livingston Funeral Home in Kingman. Funeral service will be 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Graveside service will be 12:30 p.m. Saturday at Sedgwick Cemetery.

Memorials have been established with Kingman Community Hospital in care
of the funeral home, P.O. Box 453, Kingman, KS 67068.

The similiarities are quite close, but no dice. For instance, notice Ella's son Robert Herring, then read this post. The Ella Herring I'm looking for had a son name Bob.

So far, I believe all I have at the moment is the name of Gordon's wife on his death certificate as Ella Lavoras.