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Mary Durham Barker Lasswell

Female 1890 - 1971  (81 years)


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  • Name Mary Durham Barker Lasswell 
    Born 25 Oct 1890  Mayfield, Sumner County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 31 Dec 1971  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 3 Jan 1972  Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5195  Rossville
    Last Modified 16 Jun 2018 

    Father George W Durham 
    Mother Linnie Durham 
    Family ID F6375  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Earl A Barker 
    Married 28 Dec 1910  Ness City, Ness County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorced 1943 
    Children 
     1. Rosemary Barker Deever
     2. Elaine Barker Patterson
    Last Modified 25 Dec 2019 22:32:28 
    Family ID F6376  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Otis Lasswell,   d. 27 Apr 1952 
    Married 25 Jul 1946  Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 26 Jan 2018 13:32:36 
    Family ID F6377  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 25 Oct 1890 - Mayfield, Sumner County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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    Obituary- Lasswell, Mary
    Obituary- Lasswell, Mary
    Mrs. Mary Lasswell

    Mrs. Mary Durham Lasswell, 81, 614 College, died Friday in a Topeka nursing home. She had been ill several months.

    She formerly was on the staff of Lowman Memorial Methodist Church where she served as the parish visitor several years.

    She was born Oct. 25, 1890, at Mayfield in Sumner County, the daughter of the Rev. George W. and Linnie Durham, and spent her early life in central Kansas. She taught two years in Butler County schools and later was a piano instructor 42 years. She lived in Burns, Fowler, Dodge City, Wellington, and Wichita before she moved to Washington, D.C. in 1944.

    While in the East, she served two years as a private tutor to the children of Harold L. Ickes at Olney, Md. She returned to Kansas in 1946. She lived in the Delia community about six years before she moved to Topeka in August, 1952.

    She was a member of Lowman United Methodist Church and was a life member of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at the church. She also was a member of Beulah Chapter No. 34, Order of Eastern Star.

    She was married to Earl A. Barker4 of Burns Dec. 28, 1910, at Ness City..The marriage ended in divorce in 1943. She was married to Otis Lasswell Sr., of Delia July 25, 194, at Wichita. He died April 27, 1952.

    Survivors include two daughters. Mrs. Rosemary Deever, 5439 W. 12th Ter., and Mrs. Elaine Patterson, Wichita; a brother, the Rev. D. Paul Durham, Royal Oak, Mich.; a sister, Mrs. Myrtle McClintic, Largo, Fla.; a grandchild and two great-grandchildren.

    Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. The casket will remain closed. Memorial contributions may be made to Lowman United Methodist Church.