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Obituary- Bixby, Robert M. 2

Robert Bixby
SILVER LAKE — Robert M. “Tat" Bixby, 73, Silver Lake, died Tuesday, Aug. 10, 1999, at a Topeka nursing home. He had cancer.
Mr. Bixby worked for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Topeka for more than 33 years before he retired in February 1984. He also was a self-employed builder and carpenter in the Topeka area. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II, and was decorated with a Purple Heart. He later also served in the Korean War.
He was born Oct. 17, 1925, in Rossville, the son of Charles A. and Hattie Denton Bixby. He graduated from Rossville High School. He had lived in Topeka before he moved to Silver Lake in 1970.
Mr. Bixby was a member of Silver Lake Baptist Church and Golden Rule Lodge No. 90 AF&AM in Topeka.
He married Carol J. Rankin on April 16, 1948, in Topeka. She survives.
Other survivors include two daughters, Brenda A. Kelly, Topeka, and Cynthia E. Bixby, Leavenworth; a son, Dennis J. Bixby, Tonganoxie; a brother, Donald Bixby, Rossville; two sisters, Edna Mae Taylor and Grace Bixby, both of Topeka; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Davidson Funeral Home in Topeka. Burial with graveside military honors conducted by a Fort Riley Funeral Detail will be at the Rossville Cemetery at Rossville. Mr. Bixby will lie in state from noon to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Silver Lake High School Athletic Fund nr to Midland Hospice Care and sent in care of the funeral home.

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