Clay Co., KS AHGP-Obituaries "I-J"
Clay County Obits "I-J"
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Industry and Morganville newspapers found elsewhere on this site.
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Clyde D. Ingrum, 80, died Wednesday, March 26, 2008, at Abilene; born Nov. 25, 1927, at Clay Center, the son of
Clyde F. and Anna (Suden) Ingrum; married Arlene Kracke on Feb. 20,
1975, at Enterprise; preceded in death by
two sons, Billy Ray and Joseph Henry Ingrum, one stepson, Dale
Cheever and one sister, Doreen Marie Lucero; survived by his wife, Arlene Ingrum of the home; one
daughter, Diane M. Ingrum of Abilene; one stepdaughter, Linda
Cheever of Abilene; two stepsons, Rick Cheever of Wamego and Gary
Cheever of Topeka; three sisters, Karen Stephenson of Miltonvale,
Florene Brodene and Mina Burkett, both of Clay Center; two
grandchildren; and three step-grandchildren; burial in the Detroit Cemetery
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Funeral services for Mrs. Ella Jackson were to be held at the Wakefield Methodist church with burial in Keystone Cemetery near Manchester. Mrs. Jackson, widow of the late Rev. Francis Jackson, is survived by two sons, Dr. Dana O. Jackson, Topeka, and John M. Jackson, Los Angeles.
unknown paper, Sept. 27, 1951
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Jack Jackson, 73, died Monday,
March 19, 2007, in Siloam Springs, Ark.; born May 26, 1933, at Clay Center the
son of D.D. and Elsie Jackson; preceded in death by two brothers and
three sisters; survived by his wife, Liz Jackson; one son, Dwight
Jackson and wife Marilyn; one daughter, Doris Reed and
husband Doug; one brother, Dan Jackson and wife Paula of
Beaverton, Ore.; one sister, Martha Rundle and husband
Harlan of Clay Center; and eight grandchildren; burial in the Hall Cemetery at
Natural Dam, Ark.
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Mastin "Bud" Jackson III, 46, died
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2007, in Clay Center; born April 25, 1960, at Tyndall Air Force
Base, Florida, the son of Mastin Dee and Judy (Welch)
Jackson; married
Corene Jamison on May 23, 2005; preceded in death by his father and one
grandchild; survived by his wife, Corene Jackson of the home in
Clay Center; five sons, Gene Graham of Clay Center, Jacob
Jackson of the home, Mastin Jackson IV of the home,
Bradley Stroup of the home and Codi Stroup of the home;
two daughters, Cierra Jackson of the home and Crystal
Stroup of the home; his mother, Judy Marksman of Clay
Center; two brothers, Kevin Jackson of Clay Center and
Troy Jackson of Manhattan; two sisters, Joquita Eierdam
of Texas and Zelda Jackson of Texas; and two
grandchildren; burial in Idana
Cemetery, Idana.
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Opal Maxine James, 42, Longford died May 23, 1963. She was born September 24, 1921 at Longford to Roy and Tressa (Hoffman) Lilley and married Mellis James in 1941. She is survived by her husband and two children, Nancy and Emmett, all of the home, and her father.(abstract, Clay County Dispatch, May 23, 1963)
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Mrs. Adolph Janesius passed away Saturday morning at the Jansenius home on Harriett street, after an illness of about three weeks. The deceased was aged thrity years and twenty days at the time of her death, which was due to heart trouble. She leaves to survive her a husband, who numbers with the force at the Hartman Broom factory, and a little daughter, aged 8 years. (CC Times, Feb. 19, 1914)
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Thelma A. Jeffrey, 96, died Sunday, May 11, 2008, at
Abilene; born March 26, 1912, in the Longford community,
the daughter of Benjamin Franklin and Lydia Fischer Gasswint; married
Edwin Earl Jeffrey on March 1, 1930; he preceded her in death on
June 1, 1991. She was also preceded in death by two sisters; survived by one daughter, Marjorie Isaac of Assaria; four
sons, Junior Earl Jeffrey of New Cambria, James L. Jeffrey of
Raiford, Fla., Clyde W. Jeffrey of Wichita and Robert Jeffrey of
Bennington, 17 grandchildren; and many great and great-great-
grandchildren; burial in the Keystone Cemetery
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Lucille Crum Jelinek, 86, died Friday, Feb. 8, 2008,
at Manhattan; born March 21, 1921, at Clay Center, the daughter of
Henry "Harry" Charles and Minnie (Rothfuss) Salter; preceded in death by her first
husband, Edwin Crum and her second husband, Joe Jelinek,
three
sisters, one brother, one daughter, one son, one grandson,
Survivors include one sister, Shirley Lagasse of Edmond, Okla.; two
grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and one great-great-
grandchild; burial in the Sunrise Cemetery in Manhattan.
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Died, in this city, June 10, Mrs. H. H. Jenkins. Her husband and family have the sympathy of the entire community in the time of affliction. The remains were buried in Greenwood Cemetery on June 12th. Clay County Eagle, June 15, 1886
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Lucille Jensen, 95, died Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008,
at Wichita; born Jan. 24, 1913, in Clay County, the daughter of
Earl and Ethel (Avery) Heath; married Carl Rieger on Aug.
27, 1937; later married Adolph Jensen on April 27, 1966; he preceded her in death on Jan. 7, 1992;
also preceded in death by three sisters, one brother and one
grandson; survived by one daughter, Mary Lou Compton and husband Leon of
Valley Center; one sister, Lola Broden of Clay Center; one brother,
Leo Heath of Grand Island, Neb.; and one grandson; burial in Greenwood Cemetery
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Word has been received of the death of Alva Johnson's father at Belleville, Ill., Nov. 16. Mr. Johnson was preparing to go hunting and fell dead as he was getting into the buggy. He was 57 years of age.
(Longford Leader, Nov. 20, 1913)
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Aurelia Ann Berggren Johnson, 91,
died Wednesday, July 30, 2003, in New York state; born in Morganville on August 31,
1911, to Emelia and Axel Berggren; her husband Lee W.
Johnson preceded her in
death in 1980, after 34 years of marriage; also preceded in death by one sister, Alice
Berggren Oetinger, and two brothers, Harold Berggren
and Raymond Berggren; survivors include one son, Jeffrey Lee Johnson and
wife, Bridget of Greensboro, NC; one daughter, Kay Ann
Corkrum and husband, Frank of Garrison, NY; one sister,
Frances Berggren Schooley of Hesston; and four
grandsons; burial at
the First Lutheran Church Swedesburg Cemetery,
Morganville
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Beth Corine Johnson was born May 30, 1916 in Longford. After a short illness of pneumonia, she departed this ife Sunday evening, March 4, 1917, age 9 months and 4 days. The precious one will be dearly missed as everyone loved "Little Beth." She was laid to rest in the Wesleyan cemetery beside her little brother who died two years previous of the same date. Funeral services were conducted by Uncle Joe Hible of Clay Center.
Card of Thanks: We wish to thank all who kindly assisted in the sickness and death of our beloved baby. Also for the floral offering.--Alva Johnson and wife.
(Longford Leader, Feb. 8, 1917)
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Edna Coral (Stewart) Johnson, 103, died Sunday,
June 29, 2008, at her home in Manhattan; born June 30, 1904, on a farm near
Morganville, the daughter of Velton and Margaret Hammerli
Stewart; married Francis E.
Johnson on Aug. 27, 1930; he preceded her in death on July 11, 1990; also
preceded in death by seven brothers and sisters, Bertha Wright,
the Rev. Ernest Stewart, Velda Deister, Anna Stewart, George
Stewart, Eve Wilkinson and Velton Stewart; survived by one daughter, Randi M. Dale and husband
Melvin of Manhattan; one son, Stewart W. Johnson and wife Diane
of Milwaukee, Wis.; five grandchildren; and six great-
grandchildren; burial in the
Baker Cemetery west of Burlington.
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Francis N. Johnson born Nov. 10, 1912, at Boyero, Colo., the son of Fred and Mary Ann (Jenkins) Johnson; died Dec. 2, 1999; married Floma Klein July 4, 1936, and she preceded him in death Nov. 8, 1993; survived by two daughters, four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; five step-great-grandchildren; and a step-great-great-grandchild; burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
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Clay Center--George Johnson, veteran of WWI and active in American Legion affairs,
died in Winter General Hospital, Topeka. His wife was there with him. There are two
sons, Richard of Pittsburg and George D. of Oxnard, Calif.; a brother, Bennie Johnson;
and three grandchildren.
Salina Journal, Thursday, Feb. 1, 1951
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Leon Charles Johnson, 81, died Sunday,
Jan. 14, 2007, in Overland Park; born Dec. 27, 1925, at Clay Center, the
son of Joe H. and Hilda (Moden) Johnson; survivors include his wife, Avis Johnson of Overland
Park; five daughters, Elaine Baysinger and husband Clyde
of Lane, Debby Schmidtberger and husband Joe of Lawrence,
Jolene Lynn and husband Tom of Kansas City, Mo., Cathy
Rudd and husband Warren of Merriam and Sandra Pierce of
Springfield, Mo.; 12 grandchildren; and three great-
grandchildren; burial with full military honors at Johnson County Memorial Gardens.
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INDUSTRY--Again our little town has been saddened by the death of one of our dear boys. Lio [Lional] Johnson, who has been quite sick at his home here in Industry the last two months, died quite suddenly Sunday morning. He walked downtown Friday morning and seemed quite cheerful but that evening he took worse and passed away on Sunday at twelve o'clock. Everything that loving hands and hearts could do was done, but to no avail and he has gone on before. Mr. and Mrs. Merit Johnson of this place and four brothers and three sisters: Mrs. J. F. Brown of Longford, Mrs. Harry Bender and Mrs. Jennie Bosch of Industry, Mrs. Mary Boatright of Wyoming and Leo, Clarence and Charlie Johnson also of Wyoming, besides a host of friends and other relatives to mourn his loss. He was buried at Henry Cemetery beside his sister Minnie, who died a good many years ago. We sympathize with the dear ones in their sad hour of trouble. Out of towners attending the funeral included his cousin, Jean Price and also Ted Price of Conway Springs.
(Longford Leader, April 2, 1914)
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Mary Ann Jenkins Johnson was born September 25, 1890,
Moberly, Mo. to Edgar and Delia Clark Jenkins.
She made her home with an Uncle and Aunt, Charles and
Emma Jenkins who lived north of Clay Center, Ks. She
received her schooling at the Idylwild school.
She married Fred M. Johnson, March 23, 1910, in Clay
Center. They moved to Boyero, Co., and lived there until
1912, when they moved back to Clay County and lived on
a farm, moving into town in 1918.
She moved to Berrytone, Kansas, in l932 to care for her
Uncle Charles Jenkins. She moved to California in 1945.
Mr. Johnson passed away in July, 1953.
Mary died March 21, 1981, at age 90 years . Burial was
in Greenwood cemetery in Clay Center, Ks.
Survivors include a son, Francis Johnson, and wife, Floma.
of Clay Center; a sister, Emma Benson of Baltimore, Md.,
a brother, Russell Jenkins of Moberly, Mo., two grand-
daughters, Adina Crawford of Moberly, and Loleita
Roberts of Manhattan, Ks. (unknown, undated paper)
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Raymond H. Johnson, 83, died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006, in Clay Center;
born Feb. 2, 1922, at New Cambria, the son of John O. and Gladys (Hedges) Johnson; married LaVone
Jevons June 7, 1953; she preceded him in death May 10, 1989; also preceded in
death by one brother; survivors include one brother, Clifford and wife Betty Johnson of
Salina; three sisters, Annabelle Nordboe and husband Ken of Salina,
Juanita Stevenson of Salina and Betty Waste of New Hope, Minn.; burial in Highland Cemetery, Wakefield
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J.(ames) H. Johnson (Johnston) died at his home in this city, of malarial typhoid fever, September 17,
at 11 a.m. Funeral services were from the house on Saturday at 2 p.m., Rev. J. D.
Perring officiating. He leaves a wife and one child. (See Affidavit of Death here.)
(CCT, Sept. 23, 1886)
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J. H. Johnson (Johnson), at one time a real estate agent of this city, died at his home on Friday, Sept. 17, of malarial fever. The funeral services took place on Saturday.
(Clay Center Democrat, Sept. 23, 1886)
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Eugene Jones, 87, died Saturday, June
16, 2007, at his home in Clay Center; born Aug. 24, 1919, at Clay Center, the
son of John and Ollie (McCloskey) Jones; married Elnora Trumpp on
Sept. 5, 1945, at Riley; preceded in death by
one sister, Marcene Remmers; survived by his wife, Elnora Jones of Clay
Center; two sons, Mike Jones and wife Linda of Clay
Center and Doyle Jones and wife Dixie of Manhattan;
one daughter, Eugenia (Jeanie) Bonewitz of Gardner;
one sister, Rosalie Erickson and husband Leo of Kansas
City; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren; burial in
the Riley Cemetery.
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James E. Jones, who formerly numbered with the Clay Center residents, passed away the first of this week in Moreland, in Graham county, at the home of his son, Claude Jones, at the age of seventy-seven years. Mr. Jones was well known in this city and will be remembered by many of Clay Center's older people. during his residence in this city, during which time he followed the trade of a painter, Mrs. Jones passed away and was buried in Greenwood cemetery. The body was brought to Clay Center, arriving here Wednesday morning, and on Thursday afternoon at 2:30, the funeral services were held at the First Baptist church. The deceased was a veteran of the Civil war and the GAR members of this city will attend the services, which will be followed by burial in Greenwood cemetery bedside the departed wife. The body was brought here by the oldest daughter, Mrs. Cork, and by the son, Claude, both of whom live in Moreland. (Clay County Times, Aug. 4, 1914)
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wife of James Jones, residing east of Industry, died Tuesday night. No particulars of her death can be ascertained at this writing. (Clay Center Dispatch, Nov. 9, 1893)
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Mary Elizabeth Jones, 83, died Sunday,
Feb. 25, 2007, at
Manhattan; born April 2, 1923, at Clay Center, the
daughter of William and Marian (Jackson) Beall; survived by three sons, William Jones of Dallas,
Tex., David Jones and wife Beverly of Manhattan and
Steven Jones and wife Terri of Wichita; her step-mother,
Ailene Beall Minturn of Clay Center; six grandchildren;
and one great-grandchild; inurnment will be in
Greenwood Cemetery, Clay Center.
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It was learned in Wakefield the first of the week that Mrs. R. A. Jones, for several years a resident of Wakefield, died at her home in New Orleans, La., on March 24. The death came as a double tragedy to the daughter of Mrs. Jones, Mrs. Victor H. Johns. Two days previous to her mother's death, Mrs. Johns' husband died at their home in Illinois. He was for many years a conductor on the Illinois Central Railroad. It is understood that it was Mrs. Jones' wish that her last resting place be at Wakefield, but on account of her husband's death Mrs. Johns was not able to carry out her mother's wishes. Mrs. Jones was a member of the K. and L. of S. of this place. (Wakefield News, April 9, 1914)
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