Margaret E Matsapto Shobney

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Obituary- Shobney, Margaret

Margaret Shobney
Margaret E. “Whep-Co” Shobney, 76, Delia, died Wednesday, July 5, 2000, at her home.

She was born September 3,1923, on die Potawatomi Indian Reservation, the daughter of George and Annie Nocktonic Matsapto. She was a member of the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Tribe and the Indian Drum Religion.

She married Donald Shobney in May 1945, in Holton. He died May 4, 1984.

Survivors include two sons, Joe Shobney and John Shobney, both of Delia; two daughters, Carol Heimiller, Topeka, and Mary Rogers, Delia; six grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.

Drum services were Thursday evening at the Danceground on the Potawatomi Indian Reservation. Burial was in the Matsapto Family Burial Ground Friday afternoon. Mercer Funeral Home in Holton was in charge of arrangements,