Mary Elma Billings Strimple Boyd Brock

1908 - 2001  (92 years)

• Name	Mary Elma Billings Strimple Boyd Brock
  Born	17 Apr 1908	Willard, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	14 Mar 2001	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Memorial Park Cemetery (Penwell-Gabel Cemetery), Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I2678	Rossville
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2017

  
  

  Father	Harry R Billings,   b. 31 Aug 1879, Wyaconda, Clark County, Missouri ,   d. 25 Jan 1961, Dover, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Florence Caroline Stevens Billings,   b. 25 Sep 1877, Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York ,   d. 26 Dec 1946, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F514	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Orville Elliott Strimple,   b. 12 Jan 1906, Neal, Greenwood County, Kansas ,   d. 24 Aug 1965, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 59 years)
  Married	31 Aug 1929	Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	1. Elizabeth Strimple Thornwall   2. Carolyn June Strimple Brown Tromba   3. Janice Strimple Williams
  Documents		Marriage- Billings, Mary-Strimple, Orville Billings-Strimple Mr. Orville Strimple, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Strimple of this city, and Miss Mary Billings, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Billings, living south of Willard were united in marriage last Saturday. Rev. Ray M. Brown, pastor of the Silver Lake Methodist church performed the ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Strimple are both graduates of Rossville high school where their romance had its beginning during their school days and are very fine young people. They are to make their home in Topeka.
  Last Modified	14 Nov 2017 10:12:28
  Family ID	F754	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Orville F Boyd,   d. 8 Jan 1991
  Married	18 Sep 1969	Sacramento, Sacramento County, California
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019 15:58:42
  Family ID	F755	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 3	George F Brock,   d. 1 Jan 2001
  Married	5 Mar 1994	Harrisonville, Cass County, Missouri
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2019 22:02:00
  Family ID	F756	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 17 Apr 1908 - Willard, Shawnee County, Kansas Married - 31 Aug 1929 - Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Brock, Mary Mary Elma Brock, 92, Topeka, died Wednesday, March 14, 2001 at a Topeka Hospital. She was born April 17, 1908, in Willard, the daughter of Harry R. and Florence C. Stevens Billings. She graduated from Rossville High School in 1927. Mrs. Brock was an accounting clerk for Blue Cross and Blue Shield until she retired in 1968. She was a member of Northland Christian Church, where she attended the Friends Class, Tice Group and Golden Dinner Club. She also did volunteer work at St. Francis Hospital and the Topeka Rescue Mission. On August 31, 1929, she married Orville F. Strimple in Silver Lake. He died August 24, 1965. She married Orville F. Boyd September 18, 1969, in Sacramento, CA. He died January 8,1991. She married George F. Brock March 5, 1994 in Harrisonville, MO. He died January 1, 2001. Survivors include three daughters, Elizabeth Thornwall, Potomac, MD, Carolyn Tromba, Plano, TX, and Jan Williams, Topeka; three stepsons, Paul Boyd, Loomis CA, Dr. Richard Boyd, Redding, CA, and John Brock, Reston, VA; nine grandchildren; six step grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren and 5 step great-grandchildren. Her service was at 11 a.m. Tuesday (this morning) at Penwell Gabel Mid-Town Chapel. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Northland Christian Church Building Fund, 3102 NW Topeka Boulevard, Topeka 66617.