This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/HBRBAIB/1319 Message Board Post: Hazel Cashman, 92, Holton, died Saturday, July 10, 2004, at a Holton care facility. She was born Dec. 21, 1911, in Breckinridge, Ky., the daughter of Amburs and Ollie Dick Sweet. She attended school in Powhattan but lived most of her life in the Holton community. Mrs. Cashman worked for the Ben Franklin Dime Store in Holton for 13 years. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Holton and an honorary member of the Unity Circle at the church. She was a past member of the Rebekah Lodge in Holton, where she served on the drill team. She was married to Clarence A. Cashman on Feb. 27, 1928, in Holton. He died April 23, 1994. She was also preceded in death by two sons, Donald Neal Cashman at birth in 1929, and Lt. Col. Gerald Cashman on Sept. 8, 1972; and a brother, Wilbur D. Sweet, on Oct. 30, 1995. Survivors include a daughter, Kay Hufford, Holton; three grandsons; and three great-grandchildren. Services for Mrs. Cashman will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at Mercer ! Funeral Home in Holton. Burial will be in Holton Cemetery. Family will greet friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the First United Methodist Church Youth Choir or Holton Manor, sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, Box 270, Holton, 66436. "Topeka Capital-Journal", Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS, 12 July 2004 - Contact Jackson County Historical Society, 216 New York Ave., Holton KS 66436 or jchs at holtonks dot net