Bill Brixey
R.S. "Bill" Brixey, 82, or 114 S Kentucky, died Monday at Allen County Hospital.
He was born Sept 25, 1901, in Mountain Home, Ark., the son of Thomas and Sarah (Lance) Brixey. He grew up in Gainsville, Mo., and moved to Kansas as a young man. He married Georgia Brooks on April 13, 1938, in Fredonia. They made their home in Iola.
Brixey worked at several different jobs including in the Iola Police Department for seven years. At the time of his retirement in 1970 he worked for Nelson Brothers at LaHarpe.
Survivors include his wife, Georgia; a son, Donald A. "Bill" Brixey, Kincaid; two daughters, Betty Parker of Gas and Judy Powell, Tulsa; two sisters, Carrie Cantwell, Tulsa, and Julia Holingsworth, Jenks, Okla; five grandsons; and a great-grandson. He was preceded in death by an infant son, Jerry Lee, and a grandson, Stephen Stapleton.
Funeral services for Brixey will be 2 p.m. Thursday in Waugh-Yokum Chapel. The Rev. Robert Cooper will officiate. Interment will be in Highland Cemetery
Bill Brixey
R.S. "Bill" Brixey, 82, or 114 S Kentucky, died Monday at Allen County Hospital.
He was born Sept 25, 1901, in Mountain Home, Ark., the son of Thomas and Sarah (Lance) Brixey. He grew up in Gainsville, Mo., and moved to Kansas as a young man. He married Georgia Brooks on April 13, 1938, in Fredonia. They made their home in Iola.
Brixey worked at several different jobs including in the Iola Police Department for seven years. At the time of his retirement in 1970 he worked for Nelson Brothers at LaHarpe.
Survivors include his wife, Georgia; a son, Donald A. "Bill" Brixey, Kincaid; two daughters, Betty Parker of Gas and Judy Powell, Tulsa; two sisters, Carrie Cantwell, Tulsa, and Julia Holingsworth, Jenks, Okla; five grandsons; and a great-grandson. He was preceded in death by an infant son, Jerry Lee, and a grandson, Stephen Stapleton.
Funeral services for Brixey will be 2 p.m. Thursday in Waugh-Yokum Chapel. The Rev. Robert Cooper will officiate. Interment will be in Highland Cemetery
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