Julia Lee Hemphill-Cochren Slattery

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Obituary- Slattery, Julia 2

Slattery
Julia Lee Slattery, 87, Rossville, died Jan. 9, 1990 at St. Francis Hospital, Topeka.

She was born in Netawaka Feb.
9, 1902, the daughter of Samuel and Jessie Cochren Hemphill.

Mrs. Slattery was a school teacher for Jackson County rural schools until the late 1940s.

She and her husband farmed in Jackson County until 1966 at which time they retired and moved to Rossville.

She was a member of the St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, Rossville, the Golden Agers, St. Anthony's Alter Society, Retired Teachers Association and the Countryside Club.

She was raised in the Netawaka and Holton area by her maternal grandparents after her parents died when she was very young.

She was married to Cornelius Slattery Nov. 17, 1923 at Holton. He died on March 6, 1978; two infant sons and an infant daughter also preceded her in death.

She is survived by her son, Paul Slattery, Mayetta; a daughter, Patricia Cummings, Topeka; six grand¬children and five great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Slattery will lie in state at the Brennan Funeral Home on Thursday from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. where a parish rosary will be recited. She will lie in state at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, Rossville after 11 a.m. Friday. Mass of Christian burial will be cele¬brated at 1 p.m. Friday at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church. Interment will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Hoyt.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Julia Slattery memorial fund sent in care of the funeral home, 800 W. 6th, Topeka, Kan., 66603, to be designated by the family at a later date.

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