Ray Joseph Bixby

1919 - 1984  (64 years)

• Name	Ray Joseph Bixby
  Born	27 Oct 1919	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	15 Sep 1984	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	19 Sep 1984	Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I1786	Rossville
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2014

  
  

  Father	Charles A Bixby,   b. 10 Mar 1881, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 14 Aug 1970, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Hattie Denton Bixby,   b. 19 Feb 1882, Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas ,   d. 18 Feb 1968, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 85 years)
  Married	19 Feb 1903	St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Documents		Anniversary- Bixby, Charles and Hattie 1 Mrs. C.A. Bixby was honored with a surprise birthday dinner last Sunday, February 19th. The date also was the 47th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Bixby. Those present were: Mr. and Mrs. C.A. Bixby, Don and Ray Bixby; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bixby and Brenda, Mr. and Mrs. Osto Patton and Wanda, Mrs. Edna Mae Baker and Carolyn Sue, all of Topeka; Virginia White of Kansas City, Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Griffin, Silver Lake.
  		Anniversary- Bixby, Charles and Hattie 2 Married 64 Years Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bixby of Rossville will be honored with a dinner Sunday, February 14, at Silver Lake Cafe on their 64th wedding anniversary, given by their children. They will hold open house hours from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Silver Lake Cafe. Friends and relatives are invited to call. Mr. and Mrs. Bixby were married in St. Marys. They have lived in Rossville all their lives except for three years at Silver Lake. They are the parents of ten children, five boys and five girls.
  Family ID	F469	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Maxine Faye Reamer Bixby,   b. 24 Dec 1931, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 28 Oct 2000, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 68 years)
  Married	16 Jul 1950	Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	1. Raymond E Bixby   2. Mark Lee Reamer  [Stepchild]   3. Charlene M Bixby Henderson Aubert
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2014 15:41:18
  Family ID	F474	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 16 Jul 1950 - Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Buried - 19 Sep 1984 - Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Bixby, Ray Ray Joseph Bixby Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Davidson Funeral Home for Ray Joseph Bixby, 64, Route 6, Topeka. He died late Saturday, Sept. 15, at a local hospital. Mr. Bixby was a construction foreman at Topeka State Hospital 20 years and later farmed before he retired. He was born Oct. 27, 1919, at To¬peka, the son of Charles and Hattie Denton Bixby. He lived in the Rossville and Silver Lake communities all his life. He served with the Army during World War II, first with the 101st Airborne Division and later under Gen. George Patton in the Third Ar¬my. Mr. Bixby attended Lakeside Southern Baptist Church at Silver Lake. He was married to Maxine Faye Reamer July 16, 1950, at Topeka. She survives. Other survivors include a son, Raymond E. Bixby, Route 6, Topeka; a daughter, Mrs. Charlene M. Hen¬derson, WaKeeney; a stepson, Mark Lee Reamer, Route 6, Topeka; three brothers, Don Bixby, Rossville, Rob¬ert Bixby, Silver Lake and Vernon Bixby, Gravois Mills, Mo.; five sisters, Mrs. Rose Jones and Mrs. Edna Mae Taylor, both of Silver Lake, Mrs. Virginia O’Donnell, Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Mabel Patton, 928 N. Michigan, and Grace Bixby, 403 Hancock; and four grandchildren. Burial will be in Prairie Home Cemetery. Mr. Bixby will lie in state after 2 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday. Memorial contributions may be made to Lakeside Southern Baptist Church, Silver Lake, 66539.