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Obituary- Queen, Billie 1

Billie Jo Queen
Billie Joe Queen, 52, 219 Waite, died early Monday, March 17, at a Topeka hospital. He had been ill several years.

Mr. Queen was employed by Victory Sand and Gravel Inc., before he retired because of ill health in 1976.

He was born March 9, 1934, in the Grove community north of Silver Lake, the son of C.T. and Hallie Hays Queen. He lived in the Silver Lake community until he moved to Topeka in 1965.

He was married to Irene Smith Aug. 11, 1965, at Enid, Okla. She survives. A stepgrandson, Bobby Mohler, died Jan. 4, 1971.

Other survivors include four step-daughters, Mrs. Elaine M. Mohler, Silver Lake, Mrs. Marilyn I. Laird and Mrs. Janice Kies, both of Topeka, and Mrs. Jo Ann Davis McKinney, Lawrence; a stepson, Ray E. Smith, San Bruno, Calif.; four sisters, Mrs. Geraldine Edwards and Mrs. Ruth Blush, both of Silver Lake, Mrs. Imogene Reese, Tecumseh, and Mrs. Doris Anderson, Osage City; a brother, Donald W. Queen, Silver Lake; 14 stepgrandchildren and two step-great-granddaughters.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Davidson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Walnut Hill Cemetery north of Silver Lake. Mr. Queen will lie in state until service time at the funeral home, where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today. The casket will be closed at the service hour. Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church or the United Methodist Church, both at Silver Lake, 66539.

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