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Charles W Fairbanks

Male 1920 - 1987  (67 years)


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  • Name Charles W Fairbanks 
    Born 17 Mar 1920  St. Clere, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Aug 1987  Kansas City Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 21 Aug 1987  St. Clere Cemetery, Emmett, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I3483  Rossville
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2019 

    Father Frank Lester Fairbanks, Sr. 
    Mother Rena Ethel Blaylock Fairbanks,   b. 18 Dec 1890, St. Clere, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Nov 1968, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 77 years) 
    Married 20 Dec 1913  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Documents
    Anniversary- Fairbanks, Frank and Rena
    Anniversary- Fairbanks, Frank and Rena
    Mr. & Mrs. Frank L. Fairbanks to Celebrate 50th Wedding Anniversary
    Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Fairbanks will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday, October 20, with a reception in the Methodist Manse in Emmett, Kansas. Friends and relatives are cordially invited to call from 2 to 4 p. m.

    Frank L. Fairbanks of St. Clere, Kansas, and Rena Ethel Blaylock, St. Clere, were united in marriage in the home of her uncle, Robert Meredith, a minister of the United Brethern Church in Topeka, Kansas, on December 20, 1913. Before her wedding, Mrs. Fairbanks taught school for five years. She taught two years in Pottawatomie County at the Little Rock and St. Clere schools, and three years in Bourbon County.

    Most of their married life has been spent in the St. Clere and Emmett vicinities. Mr. Fairbanks has been a farmer and stockman most of this time.

    They have seven living children: Mrs. Ruth Zetmeir, Kansas City, Missouri; Mrs. Rena Powers, Denver, Colorado; Doris Fiorino, Norwalk, California; Charles, Kansas City, Missouri; Frank Jr., Kingsville, Missouri; Joseph, Emmett, Kansas; and Hugh, Delia, Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Fairbanks have 19 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
    Family ID F3105  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Norma Marshall Fairbanks 
    Married 14 May 1985 
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2017 17:09:10 
    Family ID F3109  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Children 
     1. Charles D Fairbanks
    Last Modified 14 Apr 2017 17:09:31 
    Family ID F3110  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 17 Mar 1920 - St. Clere, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Fairbanks, Charles
    Obituary- Fairbanks, Charles
    Charles W. Fairbanks
    ST. MARYS — Services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys for Charles W. Fairbanks, 67, Kansas City, Mo. He died Monday, Aug. 17, 1987, at a Kansas City medical center.
    Mr. Fairbanks was a retired automobile salesman. He served in the Navy from 1939 until 1946 at the rank of machinist mate on the USS Altair.
    He was born March 17, 1920, at St. Clere, the son of Frank L. and Rena Blaylock Fairbanks.
    He was married to Norma Marshall May 14, 1985. She survives.
    Other survivors include a son, Charles D. Fairbanks, Lubbock, Texas; a stepson, Charles Crites Jr., Kansas City, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Doris Poynter, Anaheim, Calif., and Mrs. Rena Faye Powers, Denver, Colo.; two brothers, Joseph Fairbanks and Hugh Fairbanks, both of Rossville; and two stepgrandchildren.
    Burial will be in St. Clere Cemetery at St. Clere. Mr. Fairbanks will lie in state after 2 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.

    CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS
    Services were at 1 p.m. Thursday, August 20, 1987, at Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys for Charles W. Fairbanks, 67, Kansas City, Mo. He died Monday, August 17, 1987, at a Kansas City Medical center.
    Mr. Fairbanks was a retired automobile salesman. He served in the Navy from 1939 until 1946 at the rank of machinist mate on the USS Altair.
    He was born March 17, 1920, at St. Clere, the son of Frank L. and Rena Blaylock Fairbanks.
    He was married to Norma Marshall May 14, 1985. She survives.
    Other survivors include a son, Charles D. Fairbanks, Lubbock, Tex.; a stepson, Charles Crites Jr., Kansas City, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Doris Poynter, Anaheim, Calif., and Mrs. Rena Faye Powers, Denver, Colo.; two brothers, Joseph Fairbanks and Hugh Fairbanks, both of Rossville; and two stepgrandchildren.
    Burial was in St. Clere Cemetery.