Cordelia Belle Carley Timmons

1920 - 2003  (83 years)

• Name	Cordelia Belle Carley Timmons
  Born	24 Sep 1920	Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	29 Sep 2003	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I6669	Rossville
  Last Modified	21 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	George W Carley
  Mother	Alta Blanche Parks Carley,   d. 11 Nov 1957, Kansas City
  Family ID	F816	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Carroll Rhoten Timmons,   b. 25 Jun 1911, Laclede, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 10 Dec 1995, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 84 years)
  Married	6 Jun 1937	Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  	Carroll's obituary says they were married at Wamego.
  Notes	Confirming Carroll and Cordelia were married in Westmoreland- according to daughter, Pauline Conley, Sep. 2021. AO
  Children	+ 1. Pauline Marie Timmons Conley,   b. Apr 1939 + 2. Donald Eugene Timmons,   b. 9 Jul 1940, Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 13 Jun 1991, Denver, Denver County, Colorado  (Age 50 years)   3. George Shedrick Timmons,   b. 20 Dec 1942,   d. 20 Dec 1942  (Age 0 years) + 4. Robert Dale Timmons,   b. 2 Oct 1944, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. Apr 2004, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 59 years)
  Documents » Slide Show		Anniversary- Timmons, Carroll and Cordelia 1 Timmons Couple Celebrated Golden Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Timmons, Delia, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday, June 6, 1987. They were married at Westmoreland on June 6, 1937. The Timmons have three children — Pauline Conley, Delia; Donald Timmons, Denver, Colo., and Dale Timmons, Topeka. They have eight grandchildren, three stepgrandchildren, and one great-grandson.
  		Anniversary- Timmons, Carroll and Cordelia 2 50th Anniversary Celebration for Timmons Couple A 50th wedding anniversary celebration will be held for Carroll and Cordelia Timmons on Sunday, October 11, 1987, at Rossville United Methodist Church, in Rossville, Ks., from 2 to 4 p.m. Friends and relatives are welcome to join in this celebration. Their children — Joe and Pauline Conley, Delia, Don Timmons, Denver, Colo., and Dale and Kay Timmons, Topeka, will be the hosts. The couple requests no gifts.
  		Anniversary- Timmons, Carroll and Cordelia 3 Mr. and Mrs. Carroll R. Timmons. Delia, will be honored with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Oct. 11 at the Rossville United Methodist Church. Carroll R. Timmons and Cordelia Belle Carley were married June 6, 1937 at the Baptist Church Parsonage, Wamego. Mr. Timmons retired from carrying the Topeka State Journal in 1980 but still maintains a Topeka Capital-Journal route at Delia and Rossville. Mrs. Timmons retired from Roy Frey’s Western Wear. Their children are Pauline and Joe Conley, Delia; Donald E. Timmons, Denver; and Dale and Kay Timmons. They also have 8 grandchildren, 3 step-grandchildren and 1 great-grandchild.
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2021 16:52:22
  Family ID	F2868	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Timmons, Cordelia Cordelia Belle Timmons DELIA—Cordelia Belle Timmons, 83, Delia, died Monday, Sept. 29,2003, at Rossville Valley Manor in Rossville. She was born Cordelia Belle Carley on Sept. 24,1920, on a farm three miles southeast of Westmoreland. She was welcomed into the world by her parents, George W. Carley and Alta Blanche Parks Carley, and four siblings. She attended Broderick Grade School and Onaga High School. She married Carroll Rhoten Timmons on June 6,1937, at the Pottawatomie Courthouse in Westmoreland, and then had a family dinner at her parents’ home. She and Carroll then embarked on a life lived in the Rossville community on the Harmony Orchards, where they had apples and peach trees. Cordelia had a flock of chickens each year, which she dressed and sold to the local creamery and neighbors. After her children were out of school, she worked at Crosby Brothers in the alteration department. When it closed she went to work for Duckwalls for two years. She was a master seamstress at Roy Frey’s Western Wear for 17 years before retiring in 1985. Cordelia and Carroll carried The Topeka Capital for Capper Publications and Stauffer Publications for 54 years. They also carried the State Journal until 1980, when it was discontinued. In 1974, Cordelia and Carroll left farming to live the city life in the town of Delia. Carroll died on Dec. 10,1995. Cordelia Belle also was preceded in death by three sisters, Blanche Safford, Topeka, Thelma Hopkins, Greenwood, Mo., and Marjorie Kraushaar, Westmoreland; and a brother, Harvey Carley, Parsons. Cordelia Belle Timmons lost a son, George Shedrick Timmons, who died in infancy, and another son, Donald Eugene Timmons, who died in 1990. She is survived by a daughter, Pauline M. Conley and a son-in- law, Joe M. Conley, Delia; a son, Robert Dale Timmons, Topeka; a sister-in-law, Betty Jane Kusler, Longmont, Colo.; a brother-in- law, Lyle Timmons, Wamego; eight grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and three stepgrandchildren. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Rossville United Methodist Church. Burial will be in Rossville Cemetery. A family gathering will be at 7 p.m. today at Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys. Memorials may be made to Rossville United Methodist Church, Kansas State University Cancer Research Center or Heart of America Hospice and sent in care of the funeral home.