Born: April 10, 1940, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL
Died: October 5, 2023, Bowling Green, Warren Co., KY
Burial: none, cremation
Birth name: Edna Ann Erkman
Adopted: 1940 by her grandfather Henry Erkman, who changed her name to Trixie because he said she was a cute little trick.
Trixie Lathrop, age 83, of Wayne City, Illinois and most recently of Bowling Green, Kentucky, passed away Thursday, October 5, 2023 at Greenwood Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Bowling Green, Kentucky where she was in recovery from hip surgery. Trixie was born on April 10, 1940 in Peoria, Illinois, the only child of Harold & Iva (Colclasure) Erkman. Her mother died in July 1940 and her father was killed in action during World War II. She was adopted by her grandfather Henry Erkman who gave her to his sister & brother-in-law Anna & Lonnie Wheeler to raise.