In Memory Of
Ethel W. Holroyd
Ethel W. Holroyd
Ethel W. Holroyd, 88, Topeka, died Friday, December 21, 2007 at Manor Care Nursing Home.
She was born Feb. 15, 1919 in Greenwood County, Kansas, the daughter of Maurice E., Sr. and Attie Zimmerman Utt. She was raised in Hewins, Kansas, and graduated from Cedar Vale High School.
Ethel worked at Barnett's Grocery Store, as a nurse's aide at Sedan City Hospital, and as an insurance clerk for Dr. William Walker in Sedan for 23 years before retiring in 1983. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Sedan.
She married Bill Holroyd on Sept. 5, 1937 in Cedar Vale. He died May 11, 1997. They spent all of their married life in Sedan except from 1983-1992, when they lived in Topeka. Ethel moved to Atria Hearthstone East in Topeka in June, 2005.
She was preceded in death by her oldest son, Bobby Ray Holroyd, Sr. on August 31, 1980, and by a special grandson-in-law, Howard Graves on September 30, 2004.
Survivors include a son, Fred Holroyd and wife, Nedra of Topeka; a daughter, Sharon McCully and husband, Phil of Toluca, IL; a sister, Nina Foster of Cedar Vale; nine grandchildren, Vicki Graves of Ponca City, OK, Linda Beguin and husband, David of Ponca City, OK, Sandy Hudnut and husband, Larry of Smithton, IL, Bobby Ray Holroyd, Jr. of Silver City, NM, Stefanie Wudtke of Varna, IL, Michelle Gerdes and husband, Brad of Peoria, IL, Jim Holroyd, Burlington, VT, Jared Holroyd and wife, Debbie, Topeka, Chris Holroyd and wife, Michelle of Edmond, OK; 19 great-grandchildren and her daughter-in-law, Sue Garrett and husband, Jim of Ponca City, OK.
Graveside services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 27, 2007 at the Greenwood Cemetery in Sedan. Ethel will lie in state at the David W. Barnes Funeral Home from noon. to 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday where the family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice Care, 200 SW Frazier Circle, Topeka 66606, Sedan Senior Citizens Center or Sedan First Baptist Church
Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel is in charge of Topeka arrangements. To leave a special message for the family online, visit www.PenwellGabel.com.
She was born Feb. 15, 1919 in Greenwood County, Kansas, the daughter of Maurice E., Sr. and Attie Zimmerman Utt. She was raised in Hewins, Kansas, and graduated from Cedar Vale High School.
Ethel worked at Barnett's Grocery Store, as a nurse's aide at Sedan City Hospital, and as an insurance clerk for Dr. William Walker in Sedan for 23 years before retiring in 1983. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Sedan.
She married Bill Holroyd on Sept. 5, 1937 in Cedar Vale. He died May 11, 1997. They spent all of their married life in Sedan except from 1983-1992, when they lived in Topeka. Ethel moved to Atria Hearthstone East in Topeka in June, 2005.
She was preceded in death by her oldest son, Bobby Ray Holroyd, Sr. on August 31, 1980, and by a special grandson-in-law, Howard Graves on September 30, 2004.
Survivors include a son, Fred Holroyd and wife, Nedra of Topeka; a daughter, Sharon McCully and husband, Phil of Toluca, IL; a sister, Nina Foster of Cedar Vale; nine grandchildren, Vicki Graves of Ponca City, OK, Linda Beguin and husband, David of Ponca City, OK, Sandy Hudnut and husband, Larry of Smithton, IL, Bobby Ray Holroyd, Jr. of Silver City, NM, Stefanie Wudtke of Varna, IL, Michelle Gerdes and husband, Brad of Peoria, IL, Jim Holroyd, Burlington, VT, Jared Holroyd and wife, Debbie, Topeka, Chris Holroyd and wife, Michelle of Edmond, OK; 19 great-grandchildren and her daughter-in-law, Sue Garrett and husband, Jim of Ponca City, OK.
Graveside services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, December 27, 2007 at the Greenwood Cemetery in Sedan. Ethel will lie in state at the David W. Barnes Funeral Home from noon. to 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday where the family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to Midland Hospice Care, 200 SW Frazier Circle, Topeka 66606, Sedan Senior Citizens Center or Sedan First Baptist Church
Penwell-Gabel Mid Town Chapel is in charge of Topeka arrangements. To leave a special message for the family online, visit www.PenwellGabel.com.
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