Kansas History and Heritage Project-Clay County Deaths

Clay County Death Records
1970 Social Security Death Index


Why list these records? Aren't they already available online? Unfortunately, the only free database for these records is on Familysearch, and they do not allow you to search by an exact birth date--only the year. If you don't have the married (or remarried) name for your great-aunt Mary, and only a birth date, you will have a hard time finding her in the Familysearch database. The best SSDI database, on Rootsweb, which was free and had a great search engine, was removed this year because of "privacy concerns."

The names below are listed chronologically by death dates.


Name State
Issued
Date of Birth Date of Death Age at Death Last Known
Residence
Gilbert Hornbostel Kansas Wednesday September 17, 1913 January 1970 56 years, 3 months Clay Center
Murl Modean Kansas Monday December 22, 1902 January 1970 67 years Clay Center
Ada Knecht Nebraska Sunday October 7, 1906 January 1970 63 years, 3 months Clay Center
Mayme Rutherford Missouri Sunday January 23, 1898 January 1970 71 years, 11 months Clay Center
Tom Mercer Kansas Sunday January 26, 1902 January 1970 67 years, 11 months Wakefield
William Faulkner Kansas Monday May 20, 1889 January 1970 80 years, 7 months Clay Center
Minerva Schaulis Kansas Wednesday December 6, 1871 January 1970 98 years, 1 month Clay Center
Dora O'Neal Kansas Sunday June 17, 1877 February 1970 92 years, 7 months Longford
Bert James Kansas Saturday May 1, 1886 February 1970 83 years, 9 months Green
Bessie Kidby Kansas Friday January 15, 1897 February 1970 73 years, 1 month Clay Center
George Benn Kansas Saturday October 27, 1883 February 1970 86 years, 3 months Clay Center
Henry Linquist Kansas Sunday January 7, 1883 February 1970 87 years, 1 month Clay Center
Clay King Kansas Wednesday August 2, 1899 February 1970 70 years, 6 months Clay Center
Stephen B. Frail Kansas Saturday August 28, 1875 February 1970 94 years, 5 months Wakefield
Gladys Baker Kansas Monday April 11, 1904 March 1970 65 years, 11 months Longford
Walter Brightweiser Kansas Friday April 18, 1902 March 1970 67 years, 10 months Clay Center
Kenneth Dewey Kansas Friday July 21, 1905 March 1970 64 years, 7 months Clay Center
Fred Oetinger Kansas Tuesday February 21, 1899 March 1970 71 years Clay Center
Floyd Keim Kansas Monday September 12, 1904 March 1970 65 years, 6 months Wakefield
Evans Newton Kansas Tuesday April 11, 1911 March 1970 58 years, 11 months Green
Margaret Shandy Kansas Thursday November 26, 1891 March 1970 78 years, 3 months Wakefield
Erwin Kurz Kansas Monday April 11, 1892 March 1970 77 years, 11 months Clay Center
Leo Hanson Kansas Saturday November 16, 1907 March 1970 62 years, 3 months Clay Center
Rheuben Davis Kansas Saturday December 9, 1876 March 1970 93 years, 3 months Clay Center
John Cornell Kansas Wednesday December 1, 1880 April 1970 89 years, 4 months Clay Center
Pearl Baker Kansas Sunday October 28, 1894 April 1970 75 years, 5 months Clay Center
Myrtle Tippin Kansas Tuesday June 13, 1905 April 1970 64 years, 10 months Clay Center
Benjamin Nye Kansas Thursday January 2, 1890 April 1970 80 years, 3 months Wakefield
Richard Guy Kansas Sunday February 4, 1900 April 1970 70 years, 2 months Wakefield
John Olsen Kansas Wednesday November 21, 1888 April 1970 81 years, 4 months Clay Center
Alice Stickler Kansas Friday August 13, 1880 April 1970 89 years, 8 months Longford
Rosetta Stout Kansas Saturday December 15, 1877 May 1970 92 years, 5 months Longford
Willard Vanscoyoc Kansas Saturday June 4, 1898 May 1970 71 years, 11 months Longford
Anna Love Kansas Tuesday September 6, 1881 May 1970 88 years, 8 months Clay Center
Albert Bloom Kansas Saturday June 11, 1881 May 1970 88 years, 11 months Clay Center
Carrie Watts Kansas Thursday February 6, 1873 May 1970 97 years, 3 months Clay Center
Hettie Johnson Kansas Thursday February 3, 1881 May 1970 89 years, 3 months Clay Center
Charles Lee Kansas Monday July 19, 1897 May 1970 72 years, 9 months Clay Center
Ollie McAdams Kansas Saturday September 2, 1871 May 1970 98 years, 8 months Clay Center
Maude McSherry New York Tuesday September 20, 1887 May 1970 82 years, 7 months Clay Center
Lester Olson Illinois Friday September 25, 1896 June 1970 73 years, 8 months Clay Center
James Hughes Kansas Saturday November 2, 1889 June 1970 80 years, 7 months Clay Center
Harold Stacey Kansas Friday March 17, 1905 June 1970 65 years, 2 months Wakefield
Fred Steinbach Kansas Saturday December 27, 1890 June 1970 79 years, 5 months Clay Center
Mary Williams Kansas Thursday March 31, 1870 June 1970 100 years, 2 months Clay Center
Ada Schmidt Kansas Saturday February 12, 1887 June 1970 83 years, 4 months Clay Center
Irwin Williams Kansas Sunday April 10, 1887 June 1970 83 years, 2 months Clay Center
Winters Hugunin Kansas Friday July 21, 1882 July 1970 87 years, 11 months Green
John Lind Kansas Saturday December 19, 1885 July 1970 84 years, 6 months Clay Center
David Lloyd Colorado Friday March 16, 1883 July 1970 87 years, 3 months Clay Center
John Benjamin Kansas Tuesday July 16, 1889 July 1970 80 years, 11 months Clay Center
Steve Brown Kansas Monday April 23, 1888 July 1970 82 years, 2 months Clay Center
Robert Frost Kansas Sunday March 8, 1908 July 1970 62 years, 4 months Clay Center
Emile Lippert Colorado Monday July 8, 1889 August 1970 81 years, 1 month Green
Ramer Sanneman Kansas Friday October 12, 1888 August 1970 81 years, 10 months Green
Ethel Reboul Kansas Monday November 29, 1880 August 1970 89 years, 8 months Clay Center
Nellie Hauserman Kansas Sunday August 29, 1880 August 1970 89 years, 11 months Clay Center
Raymond Strait Kansas Saturday July 29, 1905 August 1970 65 years Clay Center
Lizzie Greenwold Kansas Thursday December 20, 1877 August 1970 92 years, 7 months Clay Center
Francis Avery Kansas Wednesday May 24, 1893 August 1970 77 years, 2 months Clay Center
Ernest Reed Kansas Friday February 21, 1890 August 1970 80 years, 5 months Clay Center
Ida Householder Kansas Tuesday August 15, 1876 August 1970 94 years Clay Center
Bess Silver Kansas Saturday May 15, 1886 August 1970 84 years, 3 months Morganville
Steve Reed Kansas Wednesday December 13, 1899 August 1970 70 years, 8 months Clay Center
Lewis Holladay Kansas Wednesday September 10, 1890 August 1970 79 years, 11 months Clay Center
Nellie M. Short Kansas Tuesday March 14, 1893 August 1970 77 years, 5 months Clay Center
Ray Mock Kansas Friday April 11, 1902 September 1970 68 years, 5 months Green
Clifford Reed Kansas Wednesday July 22, 1908 September 1970 62 years, 1 month
Elmer Neill Kansas Tuesday March 16, 1880 September 1970 90 years, 5 months Clay Center
Minerva Cookson Kansas Monday April 1, 1878 September 1970 92 years, 5 months Wakefield
Walter Morley Missouri Thursday August 22, 1878 September 1970 92 years Longford
George Obenland Kansas Friday July 22, 1892 September 1970 78 years, 1 month Clay Center
Cecil Cole Kansas Thursday December 7, 1893 September 1970 76 years, 9 months Clay Center
Carolyn Cowell Kansas Monday August 11, 1884 September 1970 86 years, 1 month Clay Center
Lillie Potter Kansas Tuesday May 4, 1880 September 1970 90 years, 4 months Clay Center
A. Thornton Kansas Wednesday March 7, 1900 October 1970 70 years, 7 months Clay Center
Jacob Glace Kansas Wednesday November 11, 1914 October 1970 55 years, 11 months Clay Center
Maria Trumpp Kansas Sunday March 20, 1892 October 1970 78 years, 6 months Clay Center
John Wang Kansas Wednesday November 14, 1894 October 1970 75 years, 11 months Morganville
Oscar Swanson Kansas Friday May 12, 1893 October 1970 77 years, 5 months Clay Center
Griffith Lloyd Kansas Tuesday December 28, 1880 November 1970 89 years, 10 months Clay Center
Emma Davis Kansas Monday December 5, 1881 November 1970 88 years, 11 months Clay Center
Caroline Lippe Kansas Monday March 3, 1879 November 1970 91 years, 8 months Clay Center
Isabelle Brigham Kansas Monday August 8, 1892 November 1970 78 years, 3 months Wakefield
Fred Brosie Kansas Monday June 2, 1884 November 1970 86 years, 5 months Clay Center
William Rutledge Kansas Saturday September 17, 1898 November 1970 72 years, 1 month Clay Center
George Caldwell Kansas Wednesday July 7, 1875 November 1970 95 years, 4 months Clay Center
Harry Bauer Kansas Thursday January 3, 1895 November 1970 75 years, 10 months Clay Center
Dora Moore Kansas Sunday November 14, 1869 November 1970 101 years Clay Center
Gertrude Bennett Kansas Sunday September 12, 1886 November 1970 84 years, 2 months Clay Center
Iva Schurr Kansas Thursday May 1, 1890 November 1970 80 years, 6 months Clay Center
Louis Steffen Kansas Sunday October 13, 1889 November 1970 81 years, 1 month Wakefield
Ned Engler Colorado Thursday March 2, 1893 December 1970 77 years, 9 months Clay Center
Orrin Schooley Kansas Thursday May 12, 1904 December 1970 66 years, 7 months Clay Center
Lena Eversmeyer Minnesota Wednesday January 15, 1879 December 1970 91 years, 11 months Clay Center
Robert George Kansas Monday April 19, 1886 December 1970 84 years, 7 months Morganville
Verda James Kansas Tuesday July 23, 1907 December 1970 63 years, 4 months Clay Center
Henry Tuggle Kansas Friday December 28, 1883 December 1970 86 years, 11 months Clay Center
Guy Miller Kansas Wednesday January 4, 1888 December 1970 82 years, 11 months Clay Center
William Gray Kansas Sunday June 24, 1900 December 1970 70 years, 5 months Clay Center
Marion Fleming Kansas Monday March 18, 1872 December 1970 98 years, 8 months Clay Center




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