I, J. Wathen, manager of this memorial, am the niece of Holly. Her brother, Thomas Austin Wathen, was my father.
Holly Joanne Wathen was stillborn at Shaw Air Force Base. She was the youngest child of Thomas Clinton Wathen and Luella Irene (Roberts) Wathen. Holly was buried in an unmarked children's plot in Sumter Cemetery on 17 July, 1959.
Obituary for Holly Joanne Wathen from The State, 17 July, 1959, page 7D:
Holly Joanne Wathen, Child at Shaw AFB
SUMTER - Graveside services for Holly Joanne Wathen. Infant daughter of Sgt. and Mrs. Thomas Clinton Wathen of Shaw Air Force Base, will be held in Sumter Cemetery at 10 a.m. Friday by Chaplain Smith.
Survivors besides her parents, include the following sisters and brothers. Thomas A., Miriam B., Kerry S., Luella F., Katherleen E., Daniel S., and Kim S. Wathen, all of the home: her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Fern Wathen of Topeka, Kans.; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ella Roberts of Independence, Kans., and her paternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Margaret MacMaster of Topeka, Kans.
(Errors are the newspapers.)
Holly Joanne Wathen was stillborn at Shaw Air Force Base. She was the youngest child of Thomas Clinton Wathen and Luella Irene (Roberts) Wathen. Holly was buried in an unmarked children's plot in Sumter Cemetery on 17 July, 1959.
Obituary for Holly Joanne Wathen from The State, 17 July, 1959, page 7D:
Holly Joanne Wathen, Child at Shaw AFB
SUMTER - Graveside services for Holly Joanne Wathen. Infant daughter of Sgt. and Mrs. Thomas Clinton Wathen of Shaw Air Force Base, will be held in Sumter Cemetery at 10 a.m. Friday by Chaplain Smith.
Survivors besides her parents, include the following sisters and brothers. Thomas A., Miriam B., Kerry S., Luella F., Katherleen E., Daniel S., and Kim S. Wathen, all of the home: her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Fern Wathen of Topeka, Kans.; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ella Roberts of Independence, Kans., and her paternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Margaret MacMaster of Topeka, Kans.
(Errors are the newspapers.)
I, J. Wathen, manager of this memorial, am the niece of Holly. Her brother, Thomas Austin Wathen, was my father.
Holly Joanne Wathen was stillborn at Shaw Air Force Base. She was the youngest child of Thomas Clinton Wathen and Luella Irene (Roberts) Wathen. Holly was buried in an unmarked children's plot in Sumter Cemetery on 17 July, 1959.
Obituary for Holly Joanne Wathen from The State, 17 July, 1959, page 7D:
Holly Joanne Wathen, Child at Shaw AFB
SUMTER - Graveside services for Holly Joanne Wathen. Infant daughter of Sgt. and Mrs. Thomas Clinton Wathen of Shaw Air Force Base, will be held in Sumter Cemetery at 10 a.m. Friday by Chaplain Smith.
Survivors besides her parents, include the following sisters and brothers. Thomas A., Miriam B., Kerry S., Luella F., Katherleen E., Daniel S., and Kim S. Wathen, all of the home: her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Fern Wathen of Topeka, Kans.; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ella Roberts of Independence, Kans., and her paternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Margaret MacMaster of Topeka, Kans.
(Errors are the newspapers.)
Holly Joanne Wathen was stillborn at Shaw Air Force Base. She was the youngest child of Thomas Clinton Wathen and Luella Irene (Roberts) Wathen. Holly was buried in an unmarked children's plot in Sumter Cemetery on 17 July, 1959.
Obituary for Holly Joanne Wathen from The State, 17 July, 1959, page 7D:
Holly Joanne Wathen, Child at Shaw AFB
SUMTER - Graveside services for Holly Joanne Wathen. Infant daughter of Sgt. and Mrs. Thomas Clinton Wathen of Shaw Air Force Base, will be held in Sumter Cemetery at 10 a.m. Friday by Chaplain Smith.
Survivors besides her parents, include the following sisters and brothers. Thomas A., Miriam B., Kerry S., Luella F., Katherleen E., Daniel S., and Kim S. Wathen, all of the home: her paternal grandmother, Mrs. Fern Wathen of Topeka, Kans.; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. Ella Roberts of Independence, Kans., and her paternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Margaret MacMaster of Topeka, Kans.
(Errors are the newspapers.)
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