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Raymond Leland Mitchell

Male 1899 - 1996  (97 years)


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  • Name Raymond Leland Mitchell 
    Born 11 Jan 1899  Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 13 Sep 1996  Rossville, 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 I5081  Rossville
    Last Modified 1 Mar 2018 

    Father William Harvey Mitchell,   b. 11 Aug 1869, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Jan 1956, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Mary Anna Brown Mitchell,   b. 13 Jun 1877, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1957, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married Dec 1895 
    Family ID F6651  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mollie Kovar Mitchell,   b. 15 Apr 1903, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Aug 1985, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Married 17 May 1922  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Clara Marie Mitchell Poe Horn Winters,   b. 27 Mar 1923, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jan 2009, Hoisington, Barton County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     2. Cody Joe Mitchell,   b. 22 Dec 1945, Oxnard, Ventura County, California Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Oct 2014, Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 68 years)
    +3. Thelma B Mitchell Lowy
    Last Modified 24 Jul 2018 08:36:12 
    Family ID F2941  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Mitchell, Raymond 1
    Obituary- Mitchell, Raymond 1
    Raymond Leland Mitchell
    ROSSVILLE — Raymond Leland "Ray"
    Mitchell, 97, Rossville, died Friday, Sept. 13,1996, at a Rossville nursing home.

    Mr. Mitchell was a foreman on several ranches in the Oxnard, Calif., area until 1947 when he moved to a farm near Delia where he farmed until 1961.

    He was born Jan. 11,1899, at Delia, the son of William and Anna Brown Mitchell. He moved to Rossville from Delia in 1959.

    Mr. Mitchell was a member of Rossville Presbyterian Church.

    He was married to Mollie Kovar on May 17, 1922, in Topeka. She died Aug. 30, 1985. A grandson, Lonnie Harold Winters, also preceded him in death.

    Survivors include two daughters, Clara M. Winters, Great Bend, and Thelma Lowy, Montebello, Calif.; a son, Cody Joe Mitchell, Bullhead City, Ariz.; a brother, Ervin Mitchell, Rossville; six grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and 11 great- great-grandchildren.

    Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Parker-Price Mortuary in Topeka. Burial will be at Rossville Cemetery. Mr. Mitchell will lie in state after 8 a.m. Monday at the mortuary, where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m.
    Obituary- Mitchell, Raymond 2
    Obituary- Mitchell, Raymond 2
    Mitchell
    Raymond Leland “Ray”
    Mitchell, 97, Rossville, died Friday, Sept. 13, 1996, at a Rossville nursing home.

    Mr. Mitchell was a foreman on several ranches in the Oxnard, Calif., area until 1947 when he moved to a farm near Delia where he farmed until 1961.

    He was born Jan. 11, 1899, at Delia, the son of William and Anna Brown Mitchell. He moved to Rossville from Delia in 1959.

    He was a member of Rossville Presbyterian Church.

    He was married to Mollie Kovar on May 17, 1922, in Topeka. She died Aug. 30, 1985. A grandson also preceded him in death.

    Survivors include two daughters, Clara M. Winters, Great Bend, and Thelma Lowy, Montebello, Calif.; a son, Cody Joe Mitchell, Bullhead City, Ariz.; a brother, Ervin Mitchell, Rossville; six grandchil-dren; 11 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren.

    Services are being held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Parker-Price Mortuary in Topeka. Burial will be at Rossville Cemetery.


    Raymond “Ray” L. Mitchell
    Raymond Leland “Ray” Mitchell, 97, Rossville, died Friday, September 13, 1996, at the Rossville Valley Manor.

    He was born January 11,1899, at Delia, the son of William and Anna Brown Mitchell. He grew up in the Delia community.

    Mr. Mitchell farmed until 1943, when he moved to Oxnard, Calif. He worked as a foreman on several ranches in the Oxnard area. He moved back to Delia in 1947, and moved to Rossville in 1959. He farmed until he retired in 1961.

    He was a member of the Rossville Presbyterian Church.

    On May 17,1922, he was married to Mollie Kovar in Topeka. She died August 30,1985. He was also preceded in death by a grandson, Lonnie Harold Winters.

    Survivors include two daugters, Clara M. Winters, Great Bend, and Thelma Lowy, Montebello, Calif; one son, Cody Joe Mitchell, Bullhead City, Ariz.; one brother, Ervin Mitchell, Rossville; six grandchildren, 11 great-grandchil¬dren, and 11 great-great-grandchildren.

    The family received friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday at Parker- Price Mortuary in Topeka. His funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday (this afternoon) at the funeral home. Interment will be in the Rossville Cemetery.