Carol J Rankin Bixby

1929 - 2005  (75 years)

• Name	Carol J Rankin Bixby
  Born	27 Nov 1929	Quenemo, Osage County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	30 May 2005	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I1774	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Bert L Rankin
  Mother	Goldie Hoppes Rankin
  Family ID	F467	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Robert M Bixby,   b. 17 Oct 1925, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 10 Aug 1999, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 73 years)
  Married	16 Apr 1948	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	1. Cynthia Ellen Bixby,   b. 17 Aug 1954, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 19 Nov 2007, Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kansas  (Age 53 years)   2. Brenda A Bixby Kelly   3. Dennis Bixby
  Last Modified	24 Jul 2017 14:29:16
  Family ID	F468	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Bixby, Carol Carol J. Bixby Carol J. Bixby, 75, of Topeka, passed away Monday, May 30, 2005, at her home. She was born Nov. 27, 1929, in Quenemo, the daughter of Bert L. and Goldie Hoppes Rankin. She had lived in Topeka area since 1933. She was a member of Silver Lake Baptist Church. She had worked for Capper Publications in Topeka. She later worked as the cook at Silver Lake Grade School for 11 years before retiring in 1985. She was a member of Silver Lake Senior Citizens Center. She married Robert Tat Bixby on April 16, 1948 in Topeka. Tat preceded her in death on Aug. 10, 1999. Survivors include her two daughters, Brenda Kelly and her husband, Richard, Topeka, Cynthia Bixby and her fiance, John Holtgrefe, Leavenworth; her son, Dennis Bixby and his wife, Denise, Tonganoxie; two sisters, Wilma Brown, Longmont, Colo., and Betty Beaver and her husband, Bud, Topeka; her sister-in-law, Dee Rankin, Omaha, Neb.; three grandchildren, Paula Kelly-Frey and her husband, Darrin Frey, Scott Kelly and Amanda Bixby; and one great-grandchild, Alyssa Frey. She was preceded in death by her brother, John Rankin this past February. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Davidson Funeral Home in Topeka. Interment will follow in Rossville Cemetery. She will lie in state from 12 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association or to Silver Lake School Library in care of Davidson Funeral Home, 1035 N. Kansas Ave., Topeka, 66608. Published in Topeka Capital-Journal on June 1, 2005