Emma Gossett Dies at Age of 85
Emma Gossett, 85, of 1043 S. Richmond, died Monday at a local hospital.
She was born Feb. 25, 1877, in Jay County, Ind., and had resided in Wichita since 1934 after moving here from El Dorado, Kan. She was a member of West Side Baptist Church.
Survivors include two brothers, Charles Hopkins, Eureka Springs, Ark., and Arthur Hopkins, Hamilton, Ohio; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Ruth Wilson, 1420 1/2 E. Douglas, and Mrs. Mabel Recknagel, Troy Center, Wis.; two stepsons, Lawrence Gossett, Siloam Springs, Ark., and Jesse Gossett, San Bernadino, Calif.; 14 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Downing Mortuary with the Rev Charles M. Pomeroy of West Side Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Howard Hopkins, Ralph Hopkins, Howard Gossett, Crandall Bradbury, Dolan Welsh and Elmer Woolsey.
Emma Gossett Dies at Age of 85
Emma Gossett, 85, of 1043 S. Richmond, died Monday at a local hospital.
She was born Feb. 25, 1877, in Jay County, Ind., and had resided in Wichita since 1934 after moving here from El Dorado, Kan. She was a member of West Side Baptist Church.
Survivors include two brothers, Charles Hopkins, Eureka Springs, Ark., and Arthur Hopkins, Hamilton, Ohio; two stepdaughters, Mrs. Ruth Wilson, 1420 1/2 E. Douglas, and Mrs. Mabel Recknagel, Troy Center, Wis.; two stepsons, Lawrence Gossett, Siloam Springs, Ark., and Jesse Gossett, San Bernadino, Calif.; 14 grandchildren and 33 great-grandchildren.
Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Downing Mortuary with the Rev Charles M. Pomeroy of West Side Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Howard Hopkins, Ralph Hopkins, Howard Gossett, Crandall Bradbury, Dolan Welsh and Elmer Woolsey.
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