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Elsie Idella Brooks Startup Billings

Female 1904 - 1983  (78 years)


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  • Name Elsie Idella Brooks Startup Billings 
    Born 4 Nov 1904  Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 8 Sep 1983  Sacramento, Sacramento County, California Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 13 Sep 1983  Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1960  Rossville
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2019 

    Father Ezra Cleo Brooks,   b. 5 Jun 1881,   d. 23 Dec 1961  (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Laura Estella Hause Brooks,   b. 1887,   d. 23 Dec 1953  (Age 66 years) 
    Family ID F503  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 James Frederick Startup,   b. 10 Jan 1904, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1951, Hammond, Lake County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 47 years) 
    Married 1923 
    Children 
     1. James F Startup, Jr.
    +2. Phyllis Jean Startup Joye,   b. 9 Jun 1924,   d. 2003  (Age 78 years)
     3. Sandra Gail Startup Curry Necco
    Documents
    Marriage- Brooks, Elsie-Startup, James 1
    Marriage- Brooks, Elsie-Startup, James 1
    Brooks-Startup

    Miss Elsie Brooks, and Mr. Fred Startup were married Saturday afternoon at the M.E. parsonage, Rev. G.C. Albin, pastor of the Rossville Methodist church officiating.

    Mrs. Startup is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Brooks of this city. She was a member of the 1928 class of the local high school and up until her marriage had been employed since the close of school at the Home Bakery. Mr. Startup is the son of J.C. Startup of Rossville and has grown to manhood in this vicinity. He is at present employed on bridge construction work with
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    Marriage- Brooks, Elsie-Startup, James 2
    Marriage- Brooks, Elsie-Startup, James 2
    the Lettijohn company at Topeka. Mr. and Mrs. Startup will make their home for the present at Topeka.
    Last Modified 8 Feb 2018 08:47:25 
    Family ID F504  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John H Billings,   d. 1977 
    Last Modified 29 Jul 2014 15:41:21 
    Family ID F505  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Billings, Elsie
    Obituary- Billings, Elsie

    ELSIE BILLINGS
    Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday (today) at the Christian Church in Rossville for Mrs. Elsie Idella Billings, 78, Sacramento, Calif. She died Thursday, September 8, 1983, at Sacramento.
    She was born November 4, 1904, near Westmoreland, the daughter of Ezra C. and Laura E. Hause Brooks. She lived in Fort Worth, Tex. 12 years before moving to Sacramento in 1978.
    Mrs. Billings was a member of Rossville Christian.. Church, the Independent Order of Foresters at Sacramento, and Whiting Chapter No. 312 of the Order of Eastern Star in Whiting, Ind.
    She was preceded in death by two husbands, James F. Startup in 1951, and John H. Billings in 1977.
    Survivors include a son, James F. Startup, Jr., Portage, Ind.; two daughters, Mrs. Phyllis Joye, Lake Station, Ind., and Mrs. Sandra Necco, Sacramento, Calif.; a brother, Carl C. Brooks, Leiters Ford, Ind.; two sisters, Mrs. Gladis Viergever and Mrs. Pearl McGrew, both of Willard; 12 grand¬children; and 19 great-grandchildren.
    Burial will be in Rossville Cemetery. Family and friends met at Parker Price Mortuary, Topeka, from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday. Memorial contributions may be made to American Cancer Society, 3003 Van Buren, Topeka, Ks. 66611.