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Obituary- Irwin, Mildred 3

Mildred P. Irwin
Mildred P. Irwin, 82, Rossville, died Wednesday, May 7,1997, on Highway 24 near St. Marys, as the result of a traffic accident. She died at the scene.

She was born July 14, 1914, near Boyle in Jefferson County, Ks., the daughter of Louis and Myrtle Fletcher Newman. She had lived in Rossville since 1946.

Mildred grew up in the Boyle and Valley Falls communities, and was graduated from Valley Falls High School in 1932. She was a homemaker.

She was a member of Rossville United Methodist Church, and the United Methodist Women at the church. She was a member of the Rossville Lions Club where she was the current president. She was a member of the Rossville Senior Center, and had served as a board member. She was a member of the Rossville Literary and Music Circle, and was a former member of the B.P.W. in Topeka. She belonged to several antique car clubs, and was a volunteer for the American Red Cross.

On June 5,1941, she was married to Harold O. Irwin at Valley Falls. He survives.

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

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

A family visitation was Friday evening at the Rossville United Methodist Church. Her service was at 10:00 Saturday morning at the Church. Interment was in the Rossville Cemetery, under direction of Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home, St. Marys.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Rossville United Methodist Church, or the Rossville Senior Center and sent in care of the funeral home.

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