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Kathryn Marie Yocum Palmer

Female 1920 - 1995  (75 years)


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  • Name Kathryn Marie Yocum Palmer 
    Born 14 Apr 1920  St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 18 Apr 1995  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Lynn Creek Cemetery, Berryton, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5659  Rossville
    Last Modified 29 Dec 2017 

    Father George Alexander Yocum,   b. 7 Sep 1896, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Jun 1972, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Gertrude M Heston Yocum,   b. 23 Feb 1898, Belvue, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1987, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 88 years) 
    Family ID F3159  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Val B Palmer 
    Married 26 Oct 1941  Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Orville D Palmer
     2. Thomas V Palmer
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2019 01:11:34 
    Family ID F6199  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsMarried - 26 Oct 1941 - Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Lynn Creek Cemetery, Berryton, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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    Obituary- Palmer, Kathryn 1
    Obituary- Palmer, Kathryn 1
    Kathryn Marie Palmer
    Kathryn Marie Palmer, 75, Wakarusa, died Tuesday, April 18, 1995, at a Topeka hospital.

    Mrs. Palmer worked for Litwin's Clothing Store for 29 years.

    She was born April 14, 1920, in St. Marys, the daughter of George and Gertrude Hesston Yocum.

    Mrs. Palmer was a member of Berryton United Methodist Church, Navy Mothers and the Order of the Eastern Star.

    She was married to Val B. Palmer on Oct. 26, 1941, in Las Vegas. He survives.

    Other survivors include two sons, Orville D. Palmer, Taft, Texas, and Thomas V. Palmer, Topeka; two brothers, George Yocum Jr., Kansas City, Mo., and Nick Yocum, St. Marys; seven sisters, Winifred Kerwin, Rossville, Mawrguerite Petty, Olathe, Helen Gooden, Topeka, Betty Hatfield, Manasses, Va., Alice Hoffsett, in Missouri, Georgia M. Forbes, Lake Stevens, Wash., and Patty Shove, Silver Lake; and four grandchildren.

    Services will be at 1 p.m. Friday at Berryton United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Lynn Creek Cemetery. She will lie in state after 4 p.m. today at Davidson Funeral Home where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made to Berryton United Methodist Church, Berryton, 66429.
    Obituary- Palmer, Kathryn 2
    Obituary- Palmer, Kathryn 2
    Kathryn Marie Palmer Kathryn Marie Palmer, 75,
    Wakarusa, died Tuesday, April
    18, 1995, at a Topeka hospital.

    Mrs. Palmer worked for Litwin’s Clothing Store for 29 years.

    She was born April 14, 1920, in St. Marys, the daughter of George and Gertrude Heston Yocum.

    Mrs. Palmer was a member of Berryton United Methodist Church, Navy Mothers, and the Order of the Eastern Star.

    She was married to Val B. Palmer October 26, 1941, in Las Vegas. He survives.

    Other survivors include two sons, Orville D. Palmer, Taft, Tex., and Thomas V. Palmer, Topeka; two brothers, George Yocum, Jr., Kansas City, Mo., and Nick Yocum, St. Marys; seven sisters, Winifred Kerwin, Rossville, Marguerite Petty, Olathe, Helen Gooden, Topeka, Betty Hatfield, Manasses, Va., Alice Hoffsett, Greenwood, Mo., Georgia M. Forbes, Lake Stevens, Wash., and Patty Shove, Silver Lake; and four grandchildren.

    Relatives and friends met from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday at Davidson Funeral Home, Topeka. Her funeral service was at 1 p.m. Friday at Berryton United Methodist Church; interment was in Lynn Creek Cemetery.

    Memorial contributions may be made to Berryton United Methodist Church, Berryton, 66429.