Joseph L Fairbanks

1915 - 1996  (80 years)

• Name	Joseph L Fairbanks
  Born	27 Nov 1915	St. Clere, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	29 Jan 1996	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Cremated	Body donated to University of Kansas Medical Center; St. Clere Cemetery, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3490	Rossville
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2018

  
  

  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 1	Helen Taffee Fairbanks,   d. 1970
  Children	+ 1. George Fairbanks   2. Joseph Fairbanks, Jr.   3. Hugh James Fairbanks,   d. 1966
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2017 17:14:58
  Family ID	F2845	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Doris White Norris Fairbanks Conklin,   b. 3 Jun 1927, Roswell, Chaves County, New Mexico ,   d. 15 Sep 2016, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 89 years)
  Married	1974
  Last Modified	21 Mar 2018 18:27:22
  Family ID	F6845	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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• Documents		Obituary- Fairbanks, Joseph 1 Joseph L. Fairbanks ROSSVILLE — Joseph L. Fairbanks, 80, Rossville, died Monday, Jan. 29, 1996, at a Topeka hospital. Mr. Fairbanks worked for the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. from 1948 until he retired in 1974. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and served in the submarine fleet. He served more than 12 years overseas before he retired from the Navy in 1948. He was born Nov. 27, 1915, at St. Clere, the son of Frank and Ethel Blaylock Fairbanks. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Helen Fairbanks, in 1970. He later married Doris White on Oct. 19, 1972. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, Joseph Fairbanks Jr., Las Vegas, Nev., and George Fairbanks, Emmett; a step¬daughter; three stepsons; two sisters, Rena F. Powers, Aurora, Colo., and Doris Lange, Victorville, Calif.; a brother, Hugh Fairbanks, Rossville; and four grandchildren. Mr. Fairbanks also was preceded in death by a son, Hugh James Fairbanks, in 1966. Mr. Fairbanks donated his body to medical science at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. today at the Rossville Bible Church. Inurnment will be at a later date at St. Clere Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Rossville Bible Church and sent in care of the church. Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home at St. Marys is in charge of arrangements. [note- remainder of Obituary- Fairbanks, Joseph 2] Douglas, Charles, Frank, Jr. and Hugh. Another brother, Gerald, died in infancy. Of those seven boys, only Hugh survives. Joe’s three sons also joined the Navy. Hugh James, his youngest son, was killed in 1966 during his senior year in high school, but he, too, had already joined the Naval Reserves. Joe was also preceded in death by a sister, Ruth Zetmier. Joe was a member of the Rossville Bible Church. He married Doris White October 19, 1972. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, Joseph Fairbanks Jr., Las Vegas, Nev., and George Fairbanks, Emmett; a stepdaughter and three stepsons; two sisters, Rena F. Powers, Aurora, Colo, and Doris Lange, Victorville, Calif.; a brother, Hugh Fairbanks, Rossville; and four grandchildren. A memorial service was held at 2:00 Wednesday afternoon at the Rossville Bible Church, where the family has requested memorial contributions be sent Joe had requested his body be donated to the Kansas University Medical Center for scientific purposes. Inurnment will be held at a later date in St. Clere Cemetery. Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
  		Obituary- Fairbanks, Joseph 2 Joseph L. Fairbanks Joseph Lewellyn Fairbanks, 80, Rossville, died Monday, January 29, 1996, Stormont-Vail Regional Medical Center, Topeka. He was born November 27, 1915, in St. Clere, the son of Frank and Ethel Blaylock Fairbanks. He spent most of his life near Emmett, and moved to Rossville in the 1970s. He worked for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in Topeka from 1948 until he retired in 1974. He joined the U.S. Navy in 1934, and took his boot training in San Diego, Calif. His first assignment was aboard the U.S.S. Maryland. He went on his first cruise from the Pacific to the Atlantic. Later, in Bremerton, Wash., he applied for the submarine fleet. They nicknamed the old submarines they were using then, “The Sewer Pipes” because there was no air conditioning. He served on these for two years. From Bremerton, he went to the Panama Canal Zone. Most of his active duty was in the Pacific area. He was assigned to the U.S.S. Tamber, commissioned in New London, Conn. in 1940. He was at Midway when the war started. When he returned to the United States, he was put aboard a U-boat, a World War 1 type submarine. He was later assigned to the U.S.S. Flying Fish. He served on several submarines, one of which was the U.S.S. Halibut. During the war, he returned to New London, Conn. and taught in the submarine school, where he stayed until 1944. It was while he was there that he met and married Helen Taffee. She died in 1970. His longest stretch at sea was during the batde of Midway. All together, he spent twelve and one-half years overseas. The longest period of time between visits home was seven years. He retired from the Navy in 1948. During the war, Joe’s mother was invited to San Francisco, Calif., where she christened the U.S.S. Chickashaw, while his dad witnessed the event. This honor was bestowed on them because they had six sons in the Navy at that time. A younger brother, Hugh, joined the Navy later. The six sons were: George, Joe, Carl [finished on other item]