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Obituary- Waldo, Christine

Mrs. Waldo Dies After Lengthy Illness
Mrs. Christine Waldo, 66, of Rossville, died of cancer Sunday at a Topeka hospital.

She was born May 1, 1899 at Marshalltown, Iowa. She lived in Topeka 29 years before moving to Rossville a year ago. She attended the Presbyterian Church and was a member of the ladies’ auxiliary of the American Legion at Rossville and the auxiliary of Jayhawk Barracks in Topeka.

Survivors include her husband, Raymond R. Waldo, at home; two sons, Kenneth Waldo and Virgil Waldo of Topeka; two daughters, Mrs. Alice Smith of Rossville and Mrs. Ruth McBurney, Lee’s Summit, Mo.; a sister, Mrs. Alice Varnum, Marshalltown, Iowa; three brothers, Carl Nelson, Clemons, Iowa, and Emmett Nelson and Clifford Nelson, both of Marshalltown, Iowa; and 17 grandchildren.

Services were at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Davidson-Eslinger-Duff Funeral Home in Topeka. Burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery.

CARD OF THANKS - With deepest gratitude we extend this word of thanks for the flowers, cards, food and many other acts of sympathy expressed by our thoughtful friends and neighbors at the time of the death of our wife and mother. All was greatly appreciated and meant so much to us.
Mr. Raymond Waldo, Mr. & Mrs. Bill Smith