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Elma Marie Brookshire Troxel

Female 1905 - 1993  (88 years)


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  • Name Elma Marie Brookshire Troxel 
    Born 19 Aug 1905  Oklahoma Territory Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 13 Oct 1993  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Fairview Cemetery, Goff, Nemaha County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6716  Rossville
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2019 

    Father John Brookshire 
    Mother Audrey Henderson Brookshire 
    Notes 
    • Not sure which of Elma's siblings are also children of John and Audrey. Put them all in this family since no further research was conducted at this time.

      ALO
      1/18/2018
    Family ID F6287  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Delbert A Troxel,   d. 12 Aug 1989 
    Married 21 Feb 1923  Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Opal M Troxel Dultmeier
     2. Floyd R Troxel
     3. Dale A Troxel
    Last Modified 18 Jan 2018 14:09:51 
    Family ID F6288  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 19 Aug 1905 - Oklahoma Territory Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 21 Feb 1923 - Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Troxel, Elma
    Obituary- Troxel, Elma
    Elma Marie Troxel
    SILVER LAKE — Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today in the Church of the Brethren at Topeka for Elma Marie Troxel, 88, Silver Lake, who died Wednesday, Oct. 13, 1993, at a Rossville nursing home.

    She was born Aug. 19, 1905, in Oklahoma Territory, the daughter of John and Audrey Henderson Brookshire. She lived in Nemaha County before she moved to Silver Lake 25 years ago.

    Mrs. Troxel was a member of the Church of the Brethren at Topeka.

    She was married to Delbert A. Troxel Feb. 21, 1923, at Holton. He died Aug. 12, 1989.

    Survivors include a daughter, Opal M. Dultmeier, Silver Lake; two sons, Floyd R. Troxel, Circleville, and Dale A. Troxel, Rossville; two sisters, Dorothy Fund and Bertha Richards, both of Topeka; two brothers, Willard Ruse, Chelan, Wash., and Raymond Ruse, Stull; nine grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren.

    Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. today in Fairview Cemetery at Goff. Memorial contributions may be made to Silver Lake Senior Citizens, Inc., P.O. Box 352, Silver Lake, 66539; or the Church of the Brethren, 3205 N.W. Rochester Road, 66617. Parker-Price Mortuary of Topeka is in charge of arrangements.