St. Clair County Obits

WILMA OSIE RIDGWAY BALCHIN

Topeka Capital-Journal 
18 August 2004
Wilma Osie Ridgway Balchin, 71, Topeka, died at her home Sunday, Aug. 15,
2004. Mrs. Balchin was born Feb. 7, 1933, in Appleton City, Mo. She donated
her body to science. She is survived by a daughter, Wilma Mix, Topeka; two
brothers, Eldon Ridgway, Ottawa, and Elza Ridgway, El Dorado Springs, Mo.; a
sister, Imogene Spruell, in Missouri.; five granddaughters; and 10
great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a sister, Isabel Snethen.
Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Kevin Brennan Family Funeral
Home, 2801 S.W. Urish Road. Memorial donations may be sent in care of the
funeral home to a fund to be designated at a later date.