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Obituary- Sumner, Josephine 1

JOSEPHINE M. SUMNER
Mrs. Josephine M. Sumner, 70, Mayetta, died Tuesday, September 8, 1987, at a Topeka hospital.

Mrs. Sumner had operated a restaurant in Louisville nine years. She later lived in Eskridge several years and spent most of the rest of her life in the Delia area.

She was born December 31, 1916, at Mayetta, the daughter of Sam and Katherine Gabby Rice.

She attended Genoa, Neb. Indian School, Haskell Institute, Lawrence, and Mayetta High School.

Mrs. Sumner was a member of Prairie Band of the Potawatomie Indian tribe.

She was married to Cleve N. Sumner June 21, 1934, at
Holton. He died May 21, 1963.

Survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Maxine Catron, Mayetta, Mrs. Delores Porter, Topeka; Mrs. Janice Rafols, Kansas City, Ks., and Mrs. Helen Cornelius, Tecumseh; a son, Lester Sumner, Hoyt; two brothers, Philip Jessepe, Delia, and Lester Jessepe, Topeka; 20 grandchildren; and 18 great-
grandchildren.

Mass of Christian was at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church at Mayetta. Burial was in Mount

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