Fifth Generation


444. George McKinley RIDENOUR was born on 17 June 1897 in Washington County, Arkansas. He died on 23 November 1963 at the age of 66 in Tehama County, Californa.

5 Jun 1918 World War I Draft Registration
George M. Ridenour of Branson, MO was born 17 Jun 1897 in Van Buren, AR. His father was born in KY. He is self employed. Nearest relative is Grace E. Ridenour. He was of medium height and build, had brown eyes and hair.

NOTE: His grave marker shows his birth year as 1895.

George McKinley RIDENOUR and Grace Elizabeth THOMASON were married. Grace Elizabeth THOMASON was born in September 1901 in Missouri. She died in May 1982 at the age of 80 in Rocky Comfort, McDonald County, Missouri.

George McKinley RIDENOUR and Grace Elizabeth THOMASON had the following children:

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[Son] RIDENOUR.

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Della Rose RIDENOUR.

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George Otho RIDENOUR was born on 2 August 1920 in Missouri. He died on 20 December 1968 at the age of 48 in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.

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Clarence Hobart RIDENOUR was born on 18 September 1930. He died on 28 March 2008 at the age of 77 in Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas.

ervices for Clarence H. Ridenour, 77, Lawrence, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Calvary Temple Assembly of God in Lawrence. Burial will follow in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mr. Ridenour died Friday, March 28, 2008, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
He was born Sept. 18, 1930, in Stilwell, the son of George M. and Grace Elizabeth Ridenour. He graduated from Wheaton High School in Wheaton, Mo., in 1948.
Mr. Ridenour worked for the National Zinc Company in Bartlesville, Okla., for 17 years, then worked for IBEW Local 226. After retiring in 1968, he moved to Lawrence and was a self-employed electrician.
He married Yvonne Drury on June 17, 1949. She survives, of the home.
Other survivors include three sons, Bobby L., Lawrence, Teddy J., Bethany, Mo., and Jeffery P., Big Springs; a brother, Ray; a sister, Alta Weems; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren
Sunday, March 30, 2008

Wife, Janet Yvonne Drury, b. 4 Sep 1931 in Wichita, Kansas, died 15 Apr 2015.
Janet Yvonne Drury Ridenour was born September 4, 1931 in Wichita, Kansas to Paul Harris and Sophrona Jane Drury. On June 17, 1949 she married Clarence Hobart Ridenour in Bartlesville, Oklahoma. They lived in Bartlesville until September 1968 then moved to Lawrence, Kansas. She resided in Lawrence until her death April 15, 2015.
Yvonne was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 59 years, Clarence and sisters Anabell and Pauline.
She is survived by Three sons & a Daughter-in-Law. 9 Grandchildren, 19 Great Grandchildren, 1 Sister and husband, 2 Brothers-in-Law and 1 Sister-in-law.

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Lester Everett RIDENOUR was born on 22 August 1932 in Kansas. He died on 8 July 2007 at the age of 74 in Broken Arrow, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.

Lester has a military grave marker:
Lester E. Ridenour, EM2, US Navy, Korea
Aug 22 1932 - Jul 8 2007
VA Chaplain
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