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Theda Louise Cordon Bixby

Female 1906 - 1979  (73 years)


 

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MRS. THEDA LOUISE BIXBY
Wetmore-- Mrs. Theda Louise Bixby, 73, Wetmore, died Thursday at a Topeka hospital where she had been two days.
She was born May 13, 1906, at Bancroft, south of Wetmore, the daughter of Fred A. and Frances Agnes Reed Cordon. She was graduated from Bancroft High School and Emporia State Teachers College and moved from Topeka to Wetmore seven years ago.
Mrs. Bixby taught school at Netawaka, Wetmore, Rossville and Topeka.
She was a member of St. David’s Episcopal Church, Topeka, Fort¬nightly Club, United Methodist Women, Ladies Auxiliary to Levick-Barrett Post No. 282 of the American Legion and Wetmore Study Club, all at Wetmore, and Netawaka Chapter No. 319 of the Order of Eastern Star, Netawaka. She also was church organist at Wetmore United Methodist Church many years.
She was married to Howard B. Bixby Aug. 7, 1927, at Soldier. He died in August, 1958.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Eula Beth Oxandale, Wetmore; a son, Robert Bixby, Pittsburg; two brothers, Donald Cordon, Wetmore, and Roland Cordon, Corning; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Wetmore United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Wetmore Cemetery. Mrs. Bixby will lie in state until 10 a.m. Monday at Mercer Funeral Home, Holton, and from 11 a.m. until service time at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to Theda Bixby Memorial Fund to be designated by the family, in care of First National Bank, Wetmore 66550.


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