Grace I Bixby-Busey

1921 - 2004  (82 years)

• Name	Grace I Bixby-Busey
  	Somewhere she is referred to with the last name James, but in looking at her obituary, I don't see any mention of this name.
  Born	23 Dec 1921	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	13 Jan 2004	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I1792	Rossville
  Last Modified	9 May 2018

  
  

  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	Otis Busey,   d. 26 Dec 1971
  Children	+ 1. Grace L Busey Degand,   b. 7 May 1946, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 3 Dec 2009  (Age 63 years)   2. Alva Busey
  Last Modified	10 Jul 2014 16:06:07
  Family ID	F478	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Bixby-Busey, Grace Grace I. Bixby-Busey Grace I. Bixby-Busey, 82, Topeka, died Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2004, at Select Specialty Hospital. She was born Dec. 23, 1921, in Rossville, the daughter of Charles and Hattie Denton Bixby. She grew up in Rossville and moved to Topeka in the 1940s. She married Otis Busey. He preceded her in death on Dec. 26, 1971. She worked at Seymour's, the state of Kansas, and later retired in 1982 from McCrite Care Home as head housekeeper. She was a member of the Citizen Band of Pottawatomie Indians of Oklahoma. Grace loved to play bingo. She is survived by her companion of 23 years, Kenneth Akins; daughter, Grace Degand and her husband, Mike; her son, Alva “Al” Busey and his wife, Cheryl; three granddaughters, Shelly Pfeffer and her husband, Rob, Michelle Degand-Lopez and her husband, Dean, and Terri Wells and her husband, Bobby; three grandsons, Michael Degand III, Patrick Busey and Craig Busey, all of Topeka; 13 great-grandchildren; four stepgrandchildren; her sister, Edna Mae Taylor, Topeka; and her brother, Don Bixby, Rossville. Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Monday at Davidson Funeral Home in Topeka. Interment will be in Rossville Cemetery. She will lie in state from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, where the family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association in care of the funeral home. Published in Topeka Capital-Journal from January 15 to January 16, 2004