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Obituary- Irwin, Mildred 1

Mildred P. Irwin
ROSSVILLE – Mildred P. Irwin, 82, Rossville, died Wednesday, May 7, 1997, from injuries she suffered in an automobile accident on US-24 highway near St. Marys.

She was born July 14, 1914, near Boyle in Jefferson County, the daughter of Louis and Myrtle Fletcher Newman. She was graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1932 and had lived in Rossville since 1946.

Mrs. Irwin was a member of Rossville United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women at the Church. She also was a member of the Rossville Lions Club, where she was president, Rossville Senior Center, Rossville Literary Club and several antique car clubs. She also was a former member of Business and Professional Women in Topeka.

She married Harold O. Irwin on June 5, 1941, in Valley Falls. He survives.

Other survivors include a daughter, Sharon Fannin, Tonganoxie; a sister, Nell Cromwell, Rossville; a brother, Ernest M. Newman, La Vergne, Tenn.; nine grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Irwin was preceded in death by an infant daughter, Cathy Sue, in 1955, and a son, Harold E. Irwin, Sept. 6, 1993.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Rossville United Methodist Church. Burial will be at Rossville Cemetery. Mrs. Irwin will lie in state from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at the Rossville United Methodist Church, where relatives and friends will meet after 8:30 a.m. Saturday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Rossville United Methodist Church or to the Rossville Senior Center and sent in care of Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys.


Collision kills woman, 82 – An elderly Rossville woman was killed about 2:45 p.m. Wednesday when the car she was driving went left of center and collided head-on with a semi-trailer truck on US-24 highway in eastern Pottawatomie County, authorities said.

Mildred Irwin, 82, was declared dead at the scene on US-24 near Maple Hill Road, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol dispatcher. Irwin’s one passenger, Ruth Gresser, 77, Rossville, was taken to St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center, where she was listed in fair condition.

The patrol said a 1985 Chrysler car driven by Irwin went left of the center line on US-24 for an unknown reason and collided with a semi-trailer truck driven by Howard Arnold, 51, Seneca. Arnold wasn’t hurt.

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