John Casper Eakes

1894 - 1988  (94 years)

• Name	John Casper Eakes
  Born	25 Nov 1894	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Nov 1988	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	5 Dec 1988	Mount Calvary Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3173	Rossville
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2016

  
  

  Father	Jacob Eakes
  Mother	Anna Marie Bullock Eakes
  Family ID	F2187	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary Margaret Cunningham Eakes,   d. 1954
  Married	1918
  Children	1. Mary Patricia Eakes Schiefelbein   2. Lorraine Eakes Brown   3. Philip Eakes
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2016 11:10:57
  Family ID	F2188	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Edna Moore Beasley Eakes
  Married	16 Jan 1960	Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas
  Last Modified	23 Dec 2016 11:13:04
  Family ID	F2189	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 16 Jan 1960 - Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas Buried - 5 Dec 1988 - Mount Calvary Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Eakes, John John Casper Eakes Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Monday in Holy Name Cath¬olic Church for John Casper Eakes, 94, Topeka. He died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 1988, at a To¬peka hospital. Mr. Eakes worked for Santa Fe Railway from 1911 to 1959 and was general fore¬man of freight shops from 1929 until he retired. He was an Army veteran of World War I. He was born Nov. 25, 1894, at Topeka, the son of Jacob and Anna Marie Bullock Eakes. Mr. Eakes was a member of Holy Name Catholic Church, Veterans of World War I of U.S.A. Inc. Jayhawk Barracks No. 1113 and Santa Fe Old Timers Club. He was married to Mary Marga¬ret Cunningham in 1918. She died in 1954. He was married to Edna Moore Beasley Jan. 16, 1960, at Lawrence. She survives. A daughter, Mary Patricia Schiefelbein, died May 22, 1988. Other survivors include a daugh¬ter, Lorraine Brown, Missoula, Mont.; a son, Philip Eakes, Sun City West, Ariz.; a sister, Helen Caskey, Lincoln, Ill.; 10 grandchildren; three stepgrandchildren; 18 great-grand¬children; and a stepgreat-grand-daughter. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery. Mr. Eakes will lie in state from 2 until 9 p.m. Sunday at Bren¬nan Funeral Home where a parish rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m. Sunday.