Velma Joan Schreiber Bottom

1932 - 1988  (56 years)

• Name	Velma Joan Schreiber Bottom
  Born	13 Apr 1932	Jewell County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	1 Sep 1988	Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas
  Buried	3 Sep 1988	Soldier Cemetery, Soldier, Jackson County, Kansas
  Person ID	I2249	Rossville
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Leo Schreiber
  Mother	Grace Schoen Schreiber
  Family ID	F584	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cecil Bottom
  Married	4 Jun 1950	Netawaka, Jackson County, Kansas
  Children	1. Karla Bottom Peek   2. Terry Bottom
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2019 22:35:11
  Family ID	F585	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 13 Apr 1932 - Jewell County, Kansas Died - 1 Sep 1988 - Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Bottom, Velma Velma Bottom Mrs. Velma Joan Bottom, 56, rural Soldier, died Thursday, September 1, 1988, at a Kansas City, Ks. medical center where she was admitted after she suffered severe burns in a pro-pane explosion July 28, 1988, at her home one and one-half miles west of Soldier. Authorities said she suffered burns over 90% of her body. She was showering when propane from a leak just outside the home's foundation seeped into the basement and ig¬nited when a sump pump started. She was treated at an Onaga hospi-tal before she was transferred to the medical center in Kansas City. Mrs. Bottom was a farm wife. She was born April 13, 1932, in Jewell County, the daughter of Leo and Grace Schoen Schreiber. She liv-ed in the Soldier area most of her life. Mrs. Bottom was a member of the United Methodist Church and United Methodist Women, both in Soldier, and Ladies Auxiliary to Holton Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1367 at Holton. She was married to Cecil Bottom June 4, 1950, at Netawaka. He sur-vives. Other survivors include a daugh¬ter, Karla Peek, Soldier; a son, Terry Bottom, Soldier; a sister, Wilma Duchesneau, Soldier; a brother, Lawrence Schreiber, Soldier; and four grandchildren. Graveside services were at 11 a.m. Saturday in Soldier Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the University of Kansas Medical Center Burn Unit in care of Denison State Bank, Holton, 66436. Mercer Funeral Home of Holton was in charge of arrangements.