Olive Bertha Dickson
1896 - 1997 (100 years)
Generation: 1
1. Olive Bertha Dickson was born on 3 Jul 1896 in Miami County, Kansas; died on 28 May 1997 in Centralia, Nemaha County, Kansas; was buried in Centralia Cemetery, Centralia, Nemaha County, Kansas. Notes:
Courier Tribune. Seneca, KS. June 4, 1997. pg 5.
Olive Cassity, 100, of Centralia, KS, died May 28, 1997, at the Eastridge Care Home in Centralia.
She was born July 3, 1896, the daughter of Albert and Eunice Dickson, in Paola, KS.
On February 13, 1916, she married Raymond Cassity, in Centralia, KS. They lived in the Wetmore and Centralia areas. Raymond died April 1, 1967.
She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Centralia, and the United Methodist Women. She was also active in the Kensington Club.
Olive lived in Centralia until the late 1980's, when she moved to Frankfort, KS. Due to failing health and blindness, she moved back to Centralia and lived at the care home until her death.
She is survived by daughters, Gwendolyn Randol, Frankfort, KS; Ramah Sherrer, Springfield, OR; 19 grandchildren; 32 great-grandchildren; and several great-great-grandchildren.
Besides her husband and her parents, she was preceded in death by son, Floyd Cassity; and daughter, Fern Murdock.
Funeral services were held May 31, 1997, at the Hayes-Popkess Funeral Home, Centralia, KS. Burial was in the Centralia cemetery.
Name:
daughter of Albert Wilson Dickson and Eunice Hendershot
Buried:
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Plot 8AOlive married Raymond Warner Cassity on 13 Feb 1916 in Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kansas. Raymond (son of Peter Albert Cassity and Lillie Belle Moyer) was born on 13 Feb 1895 in Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kansas; died on 1 Apr 1967 in Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas; was buried in Centralia Cemetery, Centralia, Nemaha County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Floyd Melton Cassity was born on 13 Jan 1917 in Kansas; died on 13 Apr 1944 in Payette, Payette County, Idaho; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Payette, Payette County, Idaho.
- Gwendolyn Irene Cassity was born on 23 Jul 1918 in Wetmore, Nemaha County, Kansas; died on 4 Dec 1999 in Frankfort, Marshall County, Kansas; was buried in America City Cemetery, America City, Nemaha County, Kansas.
- Fern Vivian Cassity was born on 28 Jul 1920 in Centralia, Nemaha County, Kansas; died on 21 Jan 1973 in Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas; was buried in Bern Cemetery, Bern, Nemaha County, Kansas.