Mary Isabel Wax Van Vleck

1887 - 1959  (71 years)

• Name	Mary Isabel Wax Van Vleck
  Born	20 Aug 1887	Stanton County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	10 Jan 1959	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	15 Jan 1959	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6773	Rossville
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	William Henry Wax,   b. 3 Jul 1849, Pennsylvania ,   d. 30 Oct 1915, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Elmina Heslet Wax,   b. 13 Sep 1858,   d. 19 Feb 1942  (Age 83 years)
  Married	1880
  Family ID	F2466	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Arthur Irving Van Vleck,   b. 26 Aug 1881, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 29 Jan 1962, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 80 years)
  Married	1 Jan 1906	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	1. Cleo Van Vleck,   b. 15 Mar 1907, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. May 1907, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 0 years)   2. Clyde Van Vleck,   b. 15 Mar 1907, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. May 1907, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 0 years) + 3. Irving H Van Vleck,   b. 9 Dec 1908, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 12 Feb 1992, Bremerton, Kitsap County, Washington  (Age 83 years) + 4. Homer G Van Vleck   5. Ethel O Van Vleck Veatch McGrew   6. Helen Louise Van Vleck Murphy,   b. 10 Nov 1917,   d. 13 Apr 2004  (Age 86 years)
  Documents		Anniversary- Van Vleck, Arthur and Mary Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Van Vleck will celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary New Years day at their home, 188 Holman, Topeka, Kansas. Arthur Van Vleck and Mary Wax were united in marriage in Rossville by the Rev. Talmage January 1, 1906. They both grew up in the Rossville community and made this their home until they moved to Topeka thirty-seven years ago. They have four children, Irving, Homer, Mrs. Ethel McGrew and Mrs. Helen Murphy, all of Topeka. Eight grand-children and three great grand-children, all will be home except two grand-daughters, one with her husband and two children is in Germany and the other and her husband is in San Diego, Calif. No invitations have been sent but Mr. and Mrs. Van Vleck will have open house at their home from two to five New Years Day.
  Last Modified	29 Aug 2018 15:49:44
  Family ID	F2452	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Van Vleck, Mary MRS. A.I. VAN VLECK Mrs. Mary I. Van Vleck, 71, of 188 Holman, Topeka, died Saturday morning in a Topeka hospital. She was born August 20, 1887, in Stan¬ton county and was brought to Rossville by her parents when she was a baby. She attended school in Rossville and was a former member of the Rossville Methodist church. She and Mr. Van Vleck were married here in 1906 and moved to Topeka in the fall of 1915. She was a member of the First Methodist church and Alrich Relief Corps No. 17 of Topeka. She is survived by her husband, Arthur I. Van Vleck; two sons, Hom¬er G. Van Vleck of Prairie Village and Irvin H. Van Vleck of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Ethel McGrew and Mrs. Helen Murphy of Topeka, one brother, Clinton C. Wax of Winter Park, Fla.; three sisters, Mrs. George Reichman and Mrs. Bertha Myers of Topeka and Mrs. Anna Cotton of North Little Rock, Ark.; eight grandchildren: and six great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tues¬day at Parker Funeral Home in Topeka with burial in Rossville Cemetery.