Eugene G. Coombs

Background

Coombs, Eugene G. was born on March 17, 1911 in Hutchinson, Kansas, United States. Son of Albertus J. and Sarah (Dorth) Coombs.

Education

AB, Wichita State University, 1933. Bachelor of Laws, University Kansas, 1936.

Career

Associate Cowan, McCorkie & Nelson, Wichita, 1936—1937. Special agent Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1937—1943. Sole practice Wichita.

Partner Coombs and Durrett, Chartered. Member Wichita Metropolitan Planning Commn, 1960—1973. Board directors united fund Community Planning Council.

Active Young Men’s Christian Association Salvation Army. Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.

Achievements

• Bar: Kansas 1936.

Religion

The life with Christ is not only to live in the atmosphere of your local church. God made his children creative, productive, and therefore able to make the whole world a better place.

Politics

A believer should support social climates, in which human communities are maintained and strengthened for the sake of all persons and their growth.

Views

Church members should meet regularly in order to be accountable to each other about how each person was living the Christian life.

Membership

Trustee Herbert Hoover Library. West Branch, Iowa; Member of American Bar Association, American Board Trial Advocates, Wichita Bar Association, Kansas State Bar Association, Mason club, Wichita Country club, Rotary club, Phi Delta Phi.

Connections

Married Nancy Elizabeth Wilcox, July 13, 1932 (div.). Married Mary Alice Goeney, July 12, 1965. Children: Eugene G., Russell M., Judith Coombs Schreiber, Sheley Goemey Bush.

Father:

Albertus J. Coombs

Mother:

Sarah (Dorth) Coombs

Spouse:

Nancy Elizabeth Wilcox

Spouse:

Mary Alice Goeney

child:

Eugene G. Coombs

child:

Russell M. Coombs

child:

Judith Coombs Schreiber Coombs

child:

Sheley Goemey Bush Coombs