This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Peabody, Hanson, Bourland, Hanna, Orrick, Burditt, Cobern Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/plB.2ACI/3526 Message Board Post: Marion K. Peabody March 17, 1918 - Nov. 15, 2005 Marion K. (Kassy) Peabody, 87, of Bay City, passed away Tuesday, November 15, 2005, at Bay Villa Healthcare Center in Bay City. Kassy was born March 17, 1918, in Bay City, Texas, to Anton and Mittie Hanson. She graduated from Bay City High School in 1936 and married Hugh D. Peabody, Jr. July 21, 1938. She and her husband moved many times during their lives, especially during Hugh’s military career. Their last move was back to the Bay City area, where Kassy lived until her death. She was a loving mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother. She was a proud member of the Texas Association for Family & Community Education and the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Mrs. Peabody was preceded in death by: a daughter known as Baby Sister; parents, Anton and Mittie Hanson; brother, Johnny Hanson; sister, Sina Bourland; and her husband of 55 years, Hugh D. Peabody, Jr.; and other extended family members. Kassy was survived by: sister, Ellen Hanna of Schulenberg; brother, Paul and wife Glady Hanson of West Columbia; children, Patsy and Joe Orrick of Freeport, Mittie and Wayne Burditt of Bay City, Sina and Corky Cobern of Hurst, and Pat and Wanda Peabody of Bay City; 14 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; and five great-great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held Saturday, November 19, 2005, at Taylor Brothers Funeral Home, with the Father Casey Jarzombek officiating. Interment followed at Cedar Vale Cemetery in Bay City. Pallbearers were grandsons of Mrs. Peabody. Bay City Tribune November 20, 2005 Matagorda County, Texas