John R Edwards

1877 - 1958  (81 years)

• Name	John R Edwards
  Born	26 Oct 1877	Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Nov 1958	Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas
  Buried	Prairie Chapel Cemetery, Hamilton, Greenwood County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3220	Rossville
  Last Modified	29 Nov 2019

  
  

  Family ID

  F2442

  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary J Lea Edwards
  Married	21 Feb 1909
  Children	1. Mary E Edwards Worley   2. Stella Edwards Hall   3. Betty Anne Edwards Wade,   b. 21 Oct 1924,   d. 5 Dec 2005  (Age 81 years)   4. Thomas Edwards   5. Dale Edwards
  Last Modified	15 Jan 2017 17:04:29
  Family ID	F2441	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 12 Nov 1958 - Eureka, Greenwood County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Edwards, John JOHN P. EDWARDS John R. Edwards, 81, one of Greenwood County’s most success-ful cattlemen, passed away Nov¬ember 12, 1958, in a Eureka hospi¬tal. He had been in failing health for three years. He was born October 26, 1877, in Iowa City, Iowa, and moved with his parents to Greenwood County when he was seven years old. He was a resident of the county the remainder of his life, his home be¬ing on a farm south of Madison the last 63 years. On February 21, 1909, he married Miss Mary J. Lea of Lucerne, Mo. Besides his wife, survivors in¬clude three daughters, Mrs. Mary E. Worley of Azalea, Ore., Mrs. Stella Hall of Salem, Ore., and Mrs. Betty Anne Wade of Route 8, Tope¬ka; two sons, Tom Edwards of Hamilton, Kansas, and Dale Ed¬wards of Topeka; seven grandchild¬ren; one brother, Dave Edwards of Hamilton, Kansas; and three sisters Mrs. Annie Brown of Payette,, Idaho, Mrs. Lu Lantj of Hamilton, and Mrs. Lillie Lindamood of Eureka. Services were held at the Christ¬ian Church at Madison, Kansas, at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Interment was in the Prairie Chappel Cemetery. [sic] Those from in and around Ross¬ville attending Mr. Edward’s funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Clayton Carrell and Leroy, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Decker, Mr. and Mrs. Jonny George, Mary McLin, Ben C. Wade Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Dale Romine, and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Lister. Mrs. Betty Anne Wade, his dau¬ghter, formerly taught the third and fourth grades in Rossville for three years.