1910 - 1997 (86 years)
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Everett Arthur Freeby |
Born |
26 Aug 1910 |
Blue Rapids, Marshall County, Kansas |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
26 Mar 1997 |
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas |
Buried |
Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas |
Person ID |
I3749 |
Rossville |
Last Modified |
24 Nov 2019 |
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| Born - 26 Aug 1910 - Blue Rapids, Marshall County, Kansas |
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| Obituary- Freeby, Everett 1 Everett A. Freeby
Everett Arthur Freeby, 86, Topeka, died Wednesday, March 26, 1997, at the Stormont-Vail Regional Health Center.
He was born August 26,1910, in Blue Rapids, the son of Cyrus E. and Barbara Waldheim Freeby.
Mr. Freeby worked for the Kansas State Arsenal until he retired in 1977. He was active in the U.S. Army from October 26, 1940, to June 7, 1945. He was a veteran of World War II and served in the Aleutian Islands as a Staff Sergeant. He was a member of Jimmie Lillard Post # 31 of the American Legion at Rossville.
On May 31, 1936, he was married to Mary M. Jacobia on May 31,1936, at Sabetha. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, Everett “Butch” Freeby, Ozawkie; three daughters, Beverly Gentry, Rossville, Dianna Berry and Debbie Turner, Topeka; a brother, Chester Freeby, Hurst, Tex.; two sisters, Doris Bolton, Downey, Calif., and Maxine Wertz, Sedalia, Mo.; 13 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Fred Freeby and Floyd Freeby; and three sisters, Florence Christenson, Edna Shannon and Melinda Blaser.
The family received friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Parker-Price Mortuary in Topeka. His funeral service was at 11:00 Saturday at the mortuary; interment was in Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka.
Memorial contributions are suggested to Jimmie Lillard Post #31 of the American Legion, Rossville 66533.
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| Obituary- Freeby, Everett 2 Everett Arthur Freeby
Everett Arthur Freeby, 86, Topeka, died Wednesday, March 26, 1997, at a Topeka hospital.
Mr. Freeby worked for the Kansas State Arsenal until he retired in 1977. He served in the Army from October 1940 to June 1945 and was a veteran of World War II. He served in the Aleutian Islands as a Staff Sergeant.
He was born Aug. 26, 1910, in Blue Rapids, the son of Cyrus E. and Barbara Waldhelm Freeby.
Mr. Freeby was a member of Jimmy Lillard Post No. 31 of the American Legion at Rossville.
He was married to Mary M. Jacobia on May 31, 1936, in Sabetha. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, Everett "Butch" Freeby, Ozawkie; three daughters, Beverly Gentry, Rossville, and Donna Berry and Debbie Turner, both of Topeka; a brother, Chester Freeby, Hurst, Texas; two sisters, Doris Bolton, Downey, Calif., and Maxine Wertz, Sedalia, Mo.; 13 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Parker-Price Mortuary. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mr. Freeby will lie in state after 1 p.m. today at the mortuary, where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Jimmy Lillard Post NO. 31 of the American Legion, Rossville, 66533.
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