Frank Lester Fairbanks

1922 - 1977  (55 years)

• Name	Frank Lester Fairbanks
  Born	2 Feb 1922	St. Clere, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Sep 1977	Kansas City
  Buried	15 Sep 1977	Green Lawn Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
  Person ID	I3484	Rossville
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Frank Lester Fairbanks, Sr.
  Mother	Rena Ethel Blaylock Fairbanks,   b. 18 Dec 1890, St. Clere, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 7 Nov 1968, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  (Age 77 years)
  Married	20 Dec 1913	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Documents		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	Opal Fairbanks
  Children	1. Frank L Fairbanks   2. Clyde L Fairbanks   3. Angela Fairbanks Gonzalez
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2017 15:47:17
  Family ID	F3106	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 2 Feb 1922 - St. Clere, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Buried - 15 Sep 1977 - Green Lawn Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Fairbanks, Frank FRANK LESTER FAIRBANKS Frank Lester Fairbanks, 55, Kansas City, Mo., passed away Monday, September 12, 1977, at the Veterans Hospital in Kansas City after an extended illness. He was born February 2, 1922, at St. Clere, Ks., the son of Frank Lester and Ethel Blaylock Fairbanks. He grew to manhood in the Emmett community. Mr. Fairbanks was a member of the United Methodist Church at Emmett, the Masonic Lodge, Doric Lodge #83 at Eudora, the V.F.W. (he was a World War II veteran), and the Millwrights Local 1529. He worked as a millwright in the Kansas City area for 19 years, and retired two years ago. Mr. Fairbanks was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Gerald, George and Carl Douglas Fairbanks. Surviving him are his wife, Opal; two sons, Frank L. Fairbanks, Holden, and Clyde L. Fairbanks, Harrisonville; a daughter, Mrs. Angela Gonzalez, Altus, Okla.; three brothers, Charles Fairbanks, Raytown, Joe Fairbanks and Hugh Fairbanks, both of Rossville; three sisters, Mrs. Ruth Zetmeir, Parsons, Mrs. Rena Powers, Denver, Colo., and Mrs. Doris Johnson, Fullerton, Calif.; and nine grandchildren. Services were held Thursday morning (today) at the Park Lawn Funeral Home at Kansas City. Interment was in Green Lawn Cemetery.