Carolyn Sue Holliday

Carolyn Sue Holliday obituary, Ozawkie, KS

Carolyn Sue Holliday

Carolyn Holliday Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Barnett Family Funeral Home - Oskaloosa on Mar. 16, 2026.
Carolyn Sue Holliday, 76, of Ozawkie, KS died March 13, 2026 at St. Francis Hospital in Topeka, KS. She was born on June 6, 1949, in Topeka, KS, the daughter of Harry Vernon and Mary Margaret Cody Long.

Carolyn was a 1967 graduate of Seaman High School. She married Robert Lee Holliday on October 1, 1967, in North Topeka, KS. She was a homemaker and mother to their two children.

She is survived by her husband, Robert; son, Robert Lee Holliday II (Fareeda Khauji), Tuscon, AZ; daughter, Susan (James) Gaschen, Meriden, KS; one sister, Mary Ellen ("Marty") Mavrovich, Holton, KS; 3 grandchildren and 2 step-grandchildren.

Funeral service will be at 2:00pm Tuesday, March 17, 2026, at Barnett Family Funeral Home in Oskaloosa, KS. Burial at Ozawkie Cemetery to follow.

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Barnett Family Funeral Home - Oskaloosa

1220 Walnut Street PO Box 602, Oskaloosa, KS 66066

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