1936 - 1980 (44 years)
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Name |
Phyllis Marie Nozhackum Vega |
Born |
11 Apr 1936 |
Mayetta, Jackson County, Kansas |
Gender |
Female |
Died |
22 Sep 1980 |
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas |
Buried |
25 Sep 1980 |
Danceground Cemetery, Mayetta, Jackson County, Kansas |
Person ID |
I6806 |
Rossville |
Last Modified |
22 Jan 2018 |
Father |
Charles Nozhackum, b. 10 Mar 1895, Jackson County, Kansas , d. 11 Jul 1980, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 85 years) |
Mother |
Anna Cook Nozhackum, b. 4 Jul 1903, Horton, Brown County, Kansas , d. 23 Oct 1976, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 73 years) |
Married |
18 Aug 1924 |
Family ID |
F6315 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Born - 11 Apr 1936 - Mayetta, Jackson County, Kansas |
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Documents |
| Obituary- Vega, Phyllis Mrs. Phyllis M. Vega
MAYETTA —Mrs. Phyllis Marie Vega, 44, Mayetta, died Monday at a Topeka hospital where she had been one day. No autopsy was scheduled.
She was born April 11,1936, at Mayetta, the daughter of Charles and Anna Cook Nozhackum, and lived in the Mayetta community most of her life.
Mrs. Vega was a registered nurse and worked the past eight years for the Indian Health Center, Holton. She attended St. Mary College at Leavenworth and completed her training at Providence Hospital, Kansas City.
She was a member of the Potawatomi Band Indian Tribe.
Survivors include a daughter, Ruth Vega, Mayetta; two sons, Paul Vega, Mayetta, and Gilbert Vega, with the U.S. Army in Maryland; four sisters, Mrs. Freda Wabaunsee, Delia, Mrs. Marcella Hernandez, Seneca, Mrs. Maxine Ramirez, Mayetta, and Mrs. Charlene Padilla, Sabetha; a brother, Chris Puckee, Las Vegas; and a grandson.
Funeral drum service will be Wednesday evening at the home of the former Charles Nozhackum, west of Mayetta. Burial will be at Dance Ground Cemetery on the Potawatomi Reservation. Mercer Funeral Home, Holton, is in charge of arrangements.
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