Florence Mattison
Florence E. Mattison, 91, died March 23, 2004, at Kansas Christian Home, Newton.
The daughter of Osmond and Mary Francis (Montgomery) Herbert, she was born April 23, 1912, in Peabody.
She attended school and graduated from Peabody High School. She attended Wichita Business College.
On Dec. 31, 1932, she married John Mattison in Salina. He died in 1997.
She was a member of First Christian Church, Christian Women's Fellowship, Order of Eastern Star, the former Axtell Hospital Auxiliary, and the Soroptomist Club of Newton.
She was preceded in death by her husband; parents, a son, Terry Lee; six brothers; and one sister.
Survivors include a daughter, Shirley Bowman of Houston, Texas; two sons, Herb Mattison of Shreveport, La., and J. Steve Mattison of Starkville, Miss.; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Saturday afternoon at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home with the Rev. Gary Bell officiating.
Burial was in Greenwood Cemetery, Newton.
A memorial has been established with the church.
