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Rose Bell Bixby Wade Jones

Female 1916 - 1991  (75 years)


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  • Name Rose Bell Bixby Wade Jones 
    Nickname Rosabelle 
    Born 24 Jan 1916  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 28 Apr 1991  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1790  Rossville
    Last Modified 27 Dec 2018 

    Father Charles A Bixby,   b. 10 Mar 1881, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Aug 1970, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Hattie Denton Bixby,   b. 19 Feb 1882, Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 18 Feb 1968, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Married 19 Feb 1903  St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Documents
    Anniversary- Bixby, Charles and Hattie 1
    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
    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 1 Benjamin C Wade, Sr.,   b. 28 Feb 1925, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Nov 2005, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 15 Sep 1950  Kansas City Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Kerri Raye Wade Richardson Mattox,   d. 15 Feb 1985
     2. Donice M Wade
     3. Benjamin C Wade, Jr.
    Documents
    Marriage- Bixby, Rosabelle-Wade, Ben
    Marriage- Bixby, Rosabelle-Wade, Ben
    Bixby-Wade
    Rosabelle Bixby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tot Bixby and Ben Wade Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wade Sr. were quietly married in Kansas City, last Friday. They will be at home on a farm west of Rossville, for the present.
    Last Modified 29 Aug 2018 15:29:25 
    Family ID F4233  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Donald Dean Jones,   b. 1 Mar 1915,   d. 30 Mar 1985  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 8 Nov 1961  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 9 Oct 2017 14:23:42 
    Family ID F5052  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Jones, Rose
    Obituary- Jones, Rose
    Mrs. Rose Bell Jones
    SILVER LAKE — Mrs. Rose Bell
    Jones, 75, Silver Lake, died Sunday, April 28, 1991, in a Topeka hospital.

    Mrs. Jones had owned and operated restaurants in Silver Lake and Rossville.

    She was born Jan. 24, 1916, in Rossville, the daughter of Charles and Hattie Denton Bixby. She spent most of her life in the Rossville and Silver Lake communities.

    Mrs. Jones was a member of Silver Lake Senior Citizens.

    She was married to Donald Jones Nov. 8, 1961, in Topeka. He died March 30, 1985.

    Survivors include a son, Michael A. Jones, Rossville; four sisters, Virginia O'Donnell, Kansas City, Mo., Grace Bixby and Mabel Patton, both of Topeka, and Edna Taylor, Silver Lake; three brothers, Vernon Bixby, Topeka, Robert Bixby, Silver Lake, and Don Bixby, Rossville; and two grandchildren.

    Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Davidson Funeral Home in Topeka. Burial will be in Rossville Cemetery. Mrs. Jones will lie in state after 2 p.m. today at the funeral home where relatives and friends will meet from 7 until 8 p.m. today.

    Memorial contributions may be made to the Center for Basic Cancer Research, Kansas State University, Manhattan, 66506.