Josette P Nahgonbe Wahwassuck

1902 - 1976  (74 years)

• Name	Josette P Nahgonbe Wahwassuck
  Nickname	Josetti
  Born	13 Mar 1902	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	22 Oct 1976	Holton, Jackson County, Kansas
  Buried	26 Oct 1976	Wahwassuck Home Place, Mayetta, Jackson County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6861	Rossville
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2018

  
  

  Father	Henry Nahgonbe
  Mother	Lisa Ogee Nahgonbe
  Family ID	F7377	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Johnnie P (John) Wahwassuck, Jr.,   d. 2 Mar 1967
  Children	+ 1. Jewett (Swede) Wahwassuck, Sr.,   d. 7 Feb 1992   2. Florence (Gumpy) Wahwassuck Ross   3. Twila (Charlie) Wahwassuck Lee   4. Nancy Wahwassuck Conboy   5. Mamie Wahwassuck Rupnicki   6. John (Doc) Wahwassuck, Jr.   7. Raphael (Chief) (Bugger) Wahwassuck   8. Pete Wahwassuck   9. James Wahwassuck   10. Henry Wahwassuck + 11. Merriell V (Matewa) (Meatball) Wahwassuck,   b. 26 Aug 1945, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 16 Sep 2023, Mayetta, Jackson County, Kansas  (Age 78 years)   12. Norman Wahwassuck
  Last Modified	28 Dec 2025 16:49:52
  Family ID	F7378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Died - 22 Oct 1976 - Holton, Jackson County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Wahwassuck, Josette 1 Mrs. Josette Wahwassuck HOLTON - Mrs. Josette P. Wahwassuck, 74, Route 1, Delia, died Friday at a Holton hospital where she had been a short time. She was born March 13, 1902, at Delia, the daughter of Henry Nahgonbe Claybear and Lisa Ogee Nahgonbe. She lived all of her life in the Delia and Mayetta communities. She was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribe and Drum Religion. She was to married John Wahwassuck. He died March 2,1967. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Florene Ross, Delia, Mrs. Twila Lee, Stockton, Calif., Mrs. Nancy Conboy, Philadelphia, and Mrs. Mamie Rupnick, Globe, Ariz.; seven sons, John Wahwassuck Jr., 926 Harrison, Topeka, Jewett Wahwassuck Sr., Delia, Raphael Wahwassuck, Waynesville, Mo., Pete Wahwassuck, Lincoln City, Ore., James Wahwassuck, Philadelphia, Henry Wahwassuck, Topeka, and Merriel Wahwassuck, Globe, Ariz.; a sister, Mrs. Helen Oliver, Mayetta; a brother, Henry Nahgonbe, Chula Vista, Calif.; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services are pending at Mercer Funeral Home, Holton.
  		Obituary- Wahwassuck, Josette 2 Josetti Wahwassuck HOLTON – Mrs. Josette P. Wahwassuck, 74, Route 1, Delia, died Friday at a Holton hospital where she had been a short time. She was born March 13, 1902, at Delia. She lived all of her life in the Delia and Mayetta communities. She was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribe and Drum Religion. She was married to John Wahwassuck. He died March 2, 1967. Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Florene Ross, Delia, Mrs. Twila Lee, Stockton, Calif., Mrs. Nancy Conboy, Philadelphia, and Mrs. Mamie Rupnick, Globe, Ariz.; seven sons, John Wahwassuck Jr., 926 Harrison, Topeka, Jewett Wahwassuck Sr., Delia, Raphael Wahwassuck, Waynesville, Mo., Pete Wahwassuck, Lincoln City, Ore., James Wahwassuck, Philadelphia, Henry Wahwassuck, Topeka, and Merriel Wahwassuck, Globe, Ariz.; a sister, Mrs. Helen Oliver, Mayetta; a brother, Henry Nahgombe, Chula Vista, Calif.; and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Services are pending at Mercer Funeral Home, Holton. Wahwassuck service HOLTON – Tribal religious services for Mrs. Josette F. Wahwassuck, 74, Route 1, Delia, will be Monday evening at her home north of Delia. She died Friday evening at her home north of Delia. She died Friday in a Holton hospital. Burial will be Tuesday afternoon in Wahwaksum Cemetery near Mrs. Wahwassuck’s home. Mercer Funeral Home at Holton is in charge of arrangements.