1923 - 1993 (70 years)
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Name |
William J Kimball |
Born |
15 May 1923 |
Washington, District of Columbia |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
18 Jun 1993 |
Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas |
Buried |
Mountain Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport, Fairfield County, Connecticut |
Person ID |
I21210 |
Rossville |
Last Modified |
25 Dec 2019 |
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Documents |
| Obituary- Kimball, William William J. Kimball
ROSSVILLE — William J. Kimball, 70, rural Rossville, died Friday, June 18, 1993, at his home.
Mr. Kimball was a self-employed architect. He had worked in New York state, Bridgeport, Conn., and Higganum, Conn. Mr. Kimball served in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge and in Germany during World War II, with the Army. He was captured during the Battle of the Bulge and was a prisoner of war in Germany.
He was born May 15, 1923, in Washington, D.C., the son of William and Gretchen E. Smith Kimball. He was graduated from Bayside High School in Long Island, N.Y. He received a architectural engineering degree from Catholic University in Washington, D.C. He moved to Rossville about two and a half years ago.
Mr. Kimball was a member of Assumption Parish in St. Mary’s.
He was married to Grace E. Laffan on Feb. 3, 1951, in Flushing, N.Y. She survives.
Other survivors include six sons, Stephen J. Kimball, Atkinson, N.H., David Kimball and Michael T. Kimball, both of Glastonbury, Conn., John R. Kimball, Orange, Conn., William J. Kimball, Allendale, N.J., and the Rev. Paul M. Kimball, St. Mary’s; a daugh¬ter, Doris M. Hohensee, Nashua, N.H.; a brother, Paul H. Kimball, New Britain, Conn.; and 22 grandchildren.
Requiem High Mass will be sung at 7:30 a.m. today at Assumption Chapel. Burial will be at Mountain Grove Cemetery in Bridgeport, Conn. The Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Mary’s is in charge of arrangements.
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