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Emma Mullinix Keller

Female 1889 - 1980  (90 years)


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  • Name Emma Mullinix Keller 
    Born 12 Jun 1889  Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 24 Apr 1980  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 26 Apr 1980  Delia Cemetery, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I294  Rossville
    Last Modified 21 Oct 2017 

    Father Elijah Jerome Mullinix 
    Mother Flora Belle Ward Mullinix Bahner,   b. 10 Nov 1868,   d. 10 Jan 1962, Combes, Cameron County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Married 1886 
    Family ID F105  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lindsay Vance (Lynn, Lin) Keller,   b. 19 Dec 1890, Phillipsburg, Phillips County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jan 1991, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 100 years) 
    Married 4 Mar 1914  Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Philip W Keller,   b. 8 Oct 1919, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Nov 2006, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years)
    +2. John Vernon Keller,   b. 19 Jun 1921, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 2008, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +3. Wanda June Keller Parr,   b. 14 Feb 1925, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 2009, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +4. Naomi R Keller Ashmore Sumner,   b. 21 Feb 1926, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 2012, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)
    +5. Geneva Alice Keller Fairbanks,   b. 28 Sep 1929, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Mar 2008, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years)
    Photos
    Photo- Lin Keller Family 1
    Photo- Lin Keller Family 1
    ca. 1926-1927

    Lin (Linn) Keller and Emma Keller
    Philip, Vernon, Wanda, Nioma (Naomi)

    On Recollections Kansas as RCL0767
    Documents
    Marriage- Mullinix, Emma-Keller, Lindsay
    Marriage- Mullinix, Emma-Keller, Lindsay
    Lindsay Keller and Emma Mulanax [sic Mullinix] were married in Holton, Wednesday.
    Anniversary- Keller, Lin and Emma 1
    Anniversary- Keller, Lin and Emma 1
    Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Keller of Delia were surprised Monday evening for their 49th wedding anniversary. Callers were Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Keller and family, Mr. and Mrs. Everett Sumner and family, Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Parr and family and Mrs. Chris Thompson.
    Anniversary- Keller, Lin and Emma 2
    Anniversary- Keller, Lin and Emma 2
    Golden anniversary
    Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Keller, Delia, will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary by holding open house Sunday, March 8, at their farm home north of Delia.

    Relatives and friends are invited to call between the hours of 2 and 4 p.m. The couple request no gifts.

    Hosts for the occasion will be the couple’s children: Philip W. Keller, John Vernon Keller, Mrs. Geneva Fairbanks, Mrs. Naomi Sumner, Delia, and Mrs. Wanda Parr, Rossville. They have 13 grandchildren.

    Mr. Lindsay Vance Keller and Miss Emma Mullinix drove from the Cross Creek district to Holton in a spring wagon, accompanied by Miss Gladys King and Mr. Levi Keller, and were united in marriage at the home of Rev. S. A. Fulton, Presbyterian pastor. They lived six years in the Cross Creek district, then moved to their farm at Delia, where they have lived 44 years.
    Anniversary- Keller, Lin and Emma 3
    Anniversary- Keller, Lin and Emma 3
    Kellers Celebrate 60th Anniversary

    The children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Lin and Emma Keller, gathered in their home in Rossville, Ks., to honor this couple on their 60th anniversary on Sunday, March 3. The family tree includes five children (pictured with their parents), thirteen grandchildren, and (to date) five great-grandchildren.

    Mr. and Mrs. Keller were married in Holton, Ks., on March 4, 1914. Their attendants were Mr. Levi Keller and Miss Gladys King (McDaniel). They spent most of their married life on their farm northeast of Delia until their retirement nearly six years ago.

    The family portrait L-R: Wanda Parr (Delia), Naomi Sumner, Geneva Fairbanks, Lin Keller, Emma Keller, and John Vernon Keller (all of Rossville), and Philip Keller (Topeka).
    Last Modified 23 Jul 2018 14:20:22 
    Family ID F1813  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 4 Mar 1914 - Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 26 Apr 1980 - Delia Cemetery, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Keller, Emma 1
    Obituary- Keller, Emma 1


    MRS. EMMA KELLER
    Mrs. Emma Keller, 90, a lifelong Delia-Rossville area resident, died at a
    Rossville nursing home Thursday, April 24,
    1980.
    She was born June 12, 1889, in the Cross Creek community northwest of Delia in Jackson County, the daughter of Romi and Flora Bell Ward Mullinix.
    She was a member of the Delia United Presbyterian Church.
    She was married March 4, 1914, in Holton to Lindsay Keller. He survives.
    Other survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Wanda Parr, Delia,
    Mrs. Naomi Sumner and Mrs. Geneva Fairbanks, both of Rossville; two sons,
    Philip W. Keller, Topeka, and John Vernon Keller, Rossville; one brother,
    Waldo E. Bahner, Ardmore, Okla.; a sister, Callie Brown, Quitman, Tex.; 13 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
    Services were at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Rossville Christian Church. Burial was in Delia Cemetery. The family received friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
    Friday at Verschelden Funeral Home,
    St. Marys.
    Obituary- Keller, Emma 2
    Obituary- Keller, Emma 2
    Mrs. Emma Keller
    ROSSVILLE - Mrs. Emma Keller, 90, a lifelong Delia-Rossville area resi¬dent, died at a nursing home here Thursday.
    She was born June 12, 1889, in the Cross Creek community northwest of Delia in Jackson County, the daughter of Romi and Flora Bell Ward Mullinix. She was a member of Delia Presbyteri¬an Church.
    She was married March 1, 1914, in Holton to Lindsay Keller. He survives.
    Other survivors include three daugh¬ters, Mrs. Wanda Parr, Delia, Mrs. Naomi Sumner and Mrs. Geneva Fair¬banks, both of Rossville; two sons, Phi¬lip W. Keller, 1035 Prairie Road, Tope¬ka, and John Vernon Keller, Rossville; one brother, Waldo E. Bahner, Ard¬more, Okla., a sister, Callie Brown, Quitman, Texas, 13 grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
    Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Rossville Christian Church. Burial will be in Delia Cemetery. Mrs. Keller will lie in state at Verschelden Funeral Home, St. Marys, from 5 p.m. Friday until noon Saturday, and from 1 p.m. to service time Saturday at the church. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.