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View Tree for Barbara Ruth Lena KOTZMANBarbara Ruth Lena KOTZMAN (b. 21 November 1908, d. 17 January 1992)

Barbara Ruth Lena KOTZMAN was born 21 November 1908 in Frontenac, Crawford, Kansas, and died 17 January 1992 in Springfield, Robertson, Tennessee. She married Thomas BELL on 23 June 1927 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, son of Thomas BELL and Catherine Jane O'MALLEY.

 Includes NotesNotes for Barbara Ruth Lena KOTZMAN:
Barbara R. Bell

Barbara Ruth Bell, 83, of Springfield, Tenn., died at 5:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17, 1992, in Jesse Holman Jones Hospital
in Springfield after a short illness.

She was born on Nov. 22, 1908, in Frontenac, to Anton and Mary Ann Schramm Kotzman. She lived in Frontenac,
Ringo and Chicago, Ill., until moving to Tennessee in 1977.

She was retired from Spiegel's Inc. where she was the Soft Lines Laboratory Technician.

She married Thomas Bell on June 23, 1927, in Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Bell was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes
Catholic Church of Springfield, St. Theresa/Little Flower Society, and was a supporter of the Little Sisters of the Blind.

Survivors include two sons, Thomas A. Bell of Springfield, and John Edward Bell of Union City, Tenn.; three brothers,
John Kotzman, of Frontenac, Ed Kotzman of Springfield and Joseph Kotzman of 119 W. Washington; two sisters,
Christine Berteau of 403 S. Elm, and Katherine Squillace of Phoenix, Ariz.; one grandson and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Anton and Leonard Kotzman, and two sisters, Marie Dabrowski and Helen
Plouvier.

Funeral Mass with Father Donald R. Thissen as celebrant will be 10 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in
Frontenac, with burial in Pittsburg Garden of Memories. The rosary will be said at 7 p.m. Monday at Friskel Funeral
Home in Frontenac, where friends may call anytime after 9 a.m. Monday.


Barbara Ruth Bell

Mrs. Barbara Ruth Kotzman Bell, 83, of Springfield died Friday, Jan. 17, 1992 at Jesse Holman Jones Hospital after
a short illness.

Rosary was held Monday at 7 p.m. at Friskel Funeral Home in Frontenac, Kan.

Funeral services were held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with Father Donald Thiessen officiating.

Burial followed in Pittsburg Garden of Memories in Pittsburg, Kan.

She was born in Frontenac, Kan. Nov. 22, 1908 to Anton and Mary Ann Schramm Kotzman.

She lived in Frontenac and Ringo, Kan. and Chicago, Ill. before moving to Tennessee in 1977.

Mrs. Bell was retired from Spiegels Inc. where she was the Soft Lines laboratory technician.

She was the widow of Thomas Bell.

Mrs. Bell was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church.

Survivors include two sons, Thomas A. Bell of Springfield and John Edward Bell of Union City, Tenn.; a grandson,
Mark H. Bell of Nashville; three brothers, John Kotzman of Frontenac, Kansas, Ed Kotzman of Springfield and Joseph
Kotzman of Pittsburg, Kan.; two sisters, Christine Berteau of Pittsburg, Kan. and Katherine Squillace of Phoenix; and
several nieces and nephews.
--Robertson County Times January 1992


More About Barbara Ruth Lena KOTZMAN:
Burial: 21 January 1992, Garden of Memories, Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas.
Census 1: 15 April 1910, Frontenac, Crawford Co., KS Age 1.
Census 2: 01 March 1915, Frontenac, Crawford Co., KS Age 7.
Census 3: 05 January 1920, Frontenac 1st W, Crawford Co., KS Age 11.
Census 4: 01 March 1925, Frontenac, Crawford Co., KS Age 16.
Census 5: 09 April 1930, Ringo, Crawford Co., KS Age 22.
Christened: 13 December 1908, Sacred Heart, Frontenac, Crawford, Kansas.
Death Cert?: 27 January 1992, Y.
Obit?: 19 January 1992, Y.

More About Barbara Ruth Lena KOTZMAN and Thomas BELL:
Marriage: 23 June 1927, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri.

Children of Barbara Ruth Lena KOTZMAN and Thomas BELL are:
  1. +Thomas Antone Lawrence BELL.
  2. John Edward Francis BELL.
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