1913 - 1995 (81 years)
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Name |
Dorothy Ozell Gilpin Littrell Smith Burton |
- She also had other children, but not sure to which marriage they belong so have not added them at this time. See her obituary for more information.
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Born |
15 Jun 1913 |
Liberty, Montgomery County, Kansas |
Gender |
Female |
Died |
15 May 1995 |
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas |
Buried |
Pleasant View Cemetery, Blue Mound, Linn County, Kansas |
Person ID |
I2767 |
Rossville |
Last Modified |
14 Dec 2019 |
Family 1 |
James William Littrell, d. 23 Nov 1944, Germany |
Married |
1934 |
Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma |
Notes |
- In Charles Edwin Littrell's obituary, several siblings are mentioned, but none have same last name (females are married). Not sure which other siblings were from this family.
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Children |
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Last Modified |
29 Nov 2019 03:15:36 |
Family ID |
F779 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Married - 23 Apr 1965 - Miami, Ottawa County, Oklahoma |
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Documents |
| Obituary- Burton, Dorothy Dorothy Ozell Burton
SILVER LAKE- Dorothy Ozell Littrell Smith Burton, 81, Silver Lake, died Monday, May 15, 1995, at a Topeka hospital.
Mrs. Burton was a Licensed Practical Nurse and a psychiatric technician. She had worked at several Topeka hospitals and nursing homes before she retired from the Menninger Foundation.
She was born June 15, 1913, at Liberty, the daughter of Jack Osbie and Winifred Olford Gilpin. She had lived at Blue Mound and at Iola before she moved to Silver Lake in 1970.
Mrs. Burton was member of the auxiliary to the Jimmie Lillard Post NO. 31 of the American Legion at Rossville.
She was married to James W.L. Littrell in 1934 at Fort Sill, Okla. He died Nov. 23, 1944. She was married to Robert Smith in 1947. They were divorced. She was married to Willard J. Burton on April 23, 1965, at Miami, Okla. He survives.
Other survivors include three sons, James W. Littrell, Louisburg, Charles E. Littrell, Warrensburg, Mo., and Bobby Geane, Rolling Stone, Minn.; three daughters, Nalda J. Bergeron, Bangor, Maine, Patricia J. Smethers, Gardner, and Wynonna Kay McQuay, Osawatomie; a brother, Max Gilpin, Fresno, Calif.; 27 grandchildren; and 35 great-grandchildren.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Parker-Price Mortuary in Topeka. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Pleasant View Cemetery at Blue Mound. Mrs. Burton will lie in state after 11a.m. today at the mortuary where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made to Rossville Senior Center, 429 Pearl, Rossville, 66533.
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| Obituary- Burton, Dorothy 2 Dorothy O. Burton
Dorothy Ozell Littrell Smith Burton, 81, Silver Lake, died Monday morning, May 15, 1995, at St. Francis Hospital, Topeka. She was born June 15, 1913, at Liberty, KS, the daughter of Jack Osbie and Winifred Olford Gilpin. She had lived at Blue Mound from 1945 to 1964, and at Iola before moving to Silver Lake in May 1970.
Mrs. Burton had graduated from nursing school at Chanute. She was an L.P.N. and a Psychiatric Technician and had worked at several Topeka hospitals and nursing homes. She was retired from the Menninger Foundation.
She was member of the auxiliary to Jimmie Lillard Post #31 of the American Legion at Rossville.
She was married to James W.L. Littrell, Sr. in 1934 at Fort Sill, Okla. He died November 23, 1944. She was married to Robert Smith in 1947. They were later divorced. She was married to Willard J. Burton April 23, 1965, at Miami, Okla. He survives.
Other survivors include three sons, James W. Littrell, Louisburg, Charles E. Littrell, Warrensburg, Mo., and Bobby Geane, Rolling Stone, Minn.; three daughters, Nalda Jean Bergeron, Bangor, Maine, Patricia Joanne Smethers, Gardner, and Wynonna Kay McQuay, Osawatomie; a brother, Max Gilpin; 27 grandchildren and 35 great-grandchildren.
The family received friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday Parker-Price Mortuary in Topeka. Her funeral service was 10:00 Thursday at the mortuary. Graveside service and interment were Thursday afternoon at Pleasant View Cemetery, Blue Mound in Linn County.
Memorial contributions may be made to Rossville Senior Center, Rossville 66533.
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