Freda J Nozhackum Wabaunsee

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Obituary- Wabaunsee, Freda 1

Mrs. Freda J. Wabaunsee
Mrs. Freda J. Wabaunsee, 61, Delia, died Monday, July 7, at a Topeka
hospital.

She was born May 29, 1925, at Mayetta, the daughter of Charles and Anna Cook Nozhackum, and spent her life in the Delia and Mayetta communities.

Mrs. Wabaunsee was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Indian tribe and Our Lady of the Snows Catholic Church on the Potawatomi Reservation west of Mayetta.

She was married to Llewellyn “Lou” Wabaunsee Jan. 27, 1946, at Mayetta. He survives. A daughter, Louella “Henry” Wabaunsee, died July 20, 1968, and a son, Fred Wabaunsee, died June 29, 1985.

Other survivors include five daughters, Mrs. Mary Lopez, Delia, Winifred Wabaunsee, Las Vegas, Nev., Marcia Wabaunsee, Topeka, Mrs. Lois Dominguez, Wichita, and Frances Wabaunsee, Cloquet, Minn.; two sons, Richard Wabaunsee, Delia, and Ralph Wabaunsee, Topeka; three sisters, Mrs. Marcella Hernandez and Mrs. Maxine Ramirez, both of Mayetta, and Mrs. Charlene Padella, Sabetha; a brother, Chris Puckee, Las Vegas, Nev.; 18 grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.

Mass of Christian burial will be at 9 a.m. Thursday at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Mayetta. Burial will be in Ship Shee Catholic Cemetery on the Potawatomi Indian Reservation west of Mayetta. A rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. today in the Old Potawatomi Community Building a half mile west of Mayetta. Mercer Funeral Home in Holton is in charge of arrangements.

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