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Lillie Zita Behm Swader-Matson

Female 1901 - 1995  (94 years)


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  • Name Lillie Zita Behm Swader-Matson 
    Born 22 Jan 1901  Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 7 Nov 1995  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Adrian Cemetery, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6587  Rossville
    Last Modified 27 Jul 2018 

    Father Fred Behm 
    Mother Daisy Leopard Behm 
    Family ID F7204  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Faye Paul Swader,   d. 15 Aug 1940 
    Children 
    +1. Ora Swader,   b. 3 Dec 1918, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Sep 1986, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)
    +2. Delores Mae Swader Murray Silversmith,   b. 29 Sep 1931, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Mar 2018  (Age 86 years)
     3. Vera Swader Wright
     4. Bernie Swader
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2018 09:02:37 
    Family ID F7187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Lars Matson,   d. 30 Dec 1970 
    Last Modified 26 Apr 2018 09:02:58 
    Family ID F7205  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Adrian Cemetery, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Swader-Matson, Lillie
    Obituary- Swader-Matson, Lillie
    Lillie Swader-Matson
    Lillie Swader-Matson, 94, Topeka, died Tuesday, Nov. 7, 1995, at a Topeka nursing home.

    Mrs. Swader-Matson and her husband farmed and she also did interior decorating for many years.

    She was born Jan. 22, 1901, at Delia, the daughter of Fred and Daisy Leopard Behm.

    Mrs. Swader-Matson was a member of the Pentecostal Grace Church.

    She was married to Faye Swader. He died Aug. 15, 1940. She was married to Lars "Swede" Matson. He died Dec. 30, 1970. A son, Ora Swader died Sept. 25, 1986.

    Survivors include two daughters, Vera Wright and Delores Silversmith, both of Topeka; a son, Bernie Swader, Topeka; three sisters, Mayme Davidson, Garden Grove, Calif., Ada Casebeier, Bremerton, Wash., and Grace Patterson, El Camino, Calif.; two brother, Arthur Behm, El Camino, Calif., and Orville Behm, Mansfield, La.; 15 4andchildren; 26 great-grandchildren; and 11 great-great-grandchildren.

    Graveside services will be at noon Friday at the Adrian Cemetery north of Delia. Mrs. Swader-Matson will lie in state from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. today at the Newcomer-Diffenderfer Funeral Home where relatives and friends will meet from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 pm. Relatives and friends also will meet at 10 a.m. Friday at the funeral home and go in procession to the cemetery.