Everett Arthur Freeby

1910 - 1997  (86 years)

• Name	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

  
  

  Father	Cyrus E Freeby
  Mother	Barbara Waldhelm Freeby
  Family ID	F3256	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary M Jacobia Freeby
  Married	31 May 1935	Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas
  Children	+ 1. Beverly Ann Freeby Gentry,   b. 15 Jan 1937, Sabetha, Nemaha County, Kansas ,   d. 27 Sep 2012, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 75 years)   2. Everett Freeby, Jr.   3. Dianna Freeby Berry   4. Debbie Freeby Turner
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019 15:57:16
  Family ID	F3257	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Documents		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.
  		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.