Marie Toby, 88, of Seneca, KS, died Friday, February 9, 2001, at Eastridge care home in Centralia. She had been a resident there since the Fall of 1998.

She was born November 22, 1912, on a farm southwest of Centralia, the daughter of Henry and Tillie Smith Jessee. She graduated from Vermillion High School in Vermillion in 1930, and attended Kansas Agricultural College in Manhattan, KS for two years.

On November 9, 1940, she married Eugene J. “Gene” Toby in Leavenworth. They lived in Seneca where he was a well-known auctioneer. They celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in 1990. Her husband Gene preceded her in death on March 2, 1992.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by a son Robert “Bob” Toby on June 8, 1996.

She had attended Sts. Peter & Paul Church in Seneca with her husband and earlier had been a member of the Congregational Church in Vermillion. She was a member of the Seneca Sunflowers Home Demonstration Unit in Seneca and assisted her husband when he was the Nemaha County Democratic Chairman for 16 years. She bowled on a league in Seneca and enjoyed traveling throughout the U.S. with her husband. Marie liked sewing, crafts, arranging flowers around her home, and playing cards with friends.

Survivors are two sons, Richard Toby of Virginia Beach, VA, and William J. Toby of Seneca; 10 grandchildren and a great grandson.

The funeral service will be 10:30 AM Monday at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca. Burial will be in Sts. Peter & Paul Cemetery. Family will meet with friends from 7 to 8 PM Sunday at the funeral home.

Memorials may be given for Eastridge Activity Fund or Sts. Peter & Paul Cemetery, and sent in care of the family.