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- Topeka Capital-Jounral, Thursday, June 19, 2003
Mildred L. Southerland
Mildred L. Southerland, 82, Topeka, died Tuesday, June 17, 2003, at a Lawrence care facility.
Mrs. Southerland attended the Clark School of Business. She was a secretary for many years and retired from an engineering firm.
She was born June 30, 1920, in Topeka, the daughter of William and Ellen Douglas Bass. She graduated from Topeka High School in 1938. She was a lifelong Topeka resident.
Mrs. Southerland was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church.
She married Paul Southerland on March 20, 1947, in Topeka. He died Nov. 6, 1997. Mrs. Southerland also was preceded in death by three brothers and a sister.
Survivors include two daughters, Donna Southerland, Topeka, and Paula Southerland, Prairie Village; a son and daughter-in-law, John and Pam Southerland, Prairie Village; and two granddaughters, Jennifer Holland, Lawrence, and Elizabeth Southerland, Prairie Village.
Services will be at 9 a.m. Friday at Trinity Lutheran Church. Burial will be at Mount Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Southerland will lie in state after 2 p.m. today at the Penwell-Gabel Mid-Town Chapel where visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, Topeka Chapter, P.O. Box 1427, Topeka, 66601.
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Bassett Family Association Database
1920 - 2003 (82 years)