Mary Durham Barker Lasswell

1890 - 1971  (81 years)

• Name	Mary Durham Barker Lasswell
  Born	25 Oct 1890	Mayfield, Sumner County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	31 Dec 1971	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	3 Jan 1972	Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I5195	Rossville
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	George W Durham
  Mother	Linnie Durham
  Family ID	F6375	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Earl A Barker
  Married	28 Dec 1910	Ness City, Ness County, Kansas
  Divorced	1943
  Children	1. Rosemary Barker Deever   2. Elaine Barker Patterson
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2019 22:32:28
  Family ID	F6376	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Otis Lasswell,   d. 27 Apr 1952
  Married	25 Jul 1946	Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
  Last Modified	26 Jan 2018 13:32:36
  Family ID	F6377	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 25 Oct 1890 - Mayfield, Sumner County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Lasswell, Mary Mrs. Mary Lasswell Mrs. Mary Durham Lasswell, 81, 614 College, died Friday in a Topeka nursing home. She had been ill several months. She formerly was on the staff of Lowman Memorial Methodist Church where she served as the parish visitor several years. She was born Oct. 25, 1890, at Mayfield in Sumner County, the daughter of the Rev. George W. and Linnie Durham, and spent her early life in central Kansas. She taught two years in Butler County schools and later was a piano instructor 42 years. She lived in Burns, Fowler, Dodge City, Wellington, and Wichita before she moved to Washington, D.C. in 1944. While in the East, she served two years as a private tutor to the children of Harold L. Ickes at Olney, Md. She returned to Kansas in 1946. She lived in the Delia community about six years before she moved to Topeka in August, 1952. She was a member of Lowman United Methodist Church and was a life member of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at the church. She also was a member of Beulah Chapter No. 34, Order of Eastern Star. She was married to Earl A. Barker4 of Burns Dec. 28, 1910, at Ness City..The marriage ended in divorce in 1943. She was married to Otis Lasswell Sr., of Delia July 25, 194, at Wichita. He died April 27, 1952. Survivors include two daughters. Mrs. Rosemary Deever, 5439 W. 12th Ter., and Mrs. Elaine Patterson, Wichita; a brother, the Rev. D. Paul Durham, Royal Oak, Mich.; a sister, Mrs. Myrtle McClintic, Largo, Fla.; a grandchild and two great-grandchildren. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery. The casket will remain closed. Memorial contributions may be made to Lowman United Methodist Church.