John Lyman Foresman

1917 - 2000  (82 years)

• Name	John Lyman Foresman
  Born	27 Sep 1917	Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	11 Jun 2000	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3691	Rossville
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	William A Foresman
  Mother	Harriet Elizabeth Ault Foresman
  Family ID	F3162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nora Dell Patton Foresman,   b. 14 Apr 1921, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 17 Apr 2007, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  (Age 86 years)
  Married	27 Aug 1940	St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Children	1. Mary Foresman,   b. Stillborn,   d. 17 Apr 1944 + 2. John William Foresman,   b. 19 Jan 1943, Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 24 Oct 2001, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 58 years)   3. Thomas Michael Foresman,   b. 20 Feb 1948
  Documents		Marriage- Patton, Nora-Foresman, John Patton-Foresman Mrs. Lorraine Patton announces the marriage of her daughter, Nora Dell to Mr. John Lyman Foresman, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Foresman of Wamego, Kans. The marriage took place at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, August 27, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic church at St. Marys, the Rev. Father John A. Barens S.J. officiating. The altar was beautiful with lighted candles and baskets of flowers. Miss Audria Foresman of Topeka, sister of the groom was brides maid and Mr. Foresman chose his brother Roy for best man. The bride was lovely in a floor length dress of white satin and net and white shoes. She wore a short veil with a wreath of white gardenias, and she carried an arm bouquet of orchids, asters, ferns and statice. Her only jewelry was a little gold cross and chain. The brides maid wore a sky blue chiffon dress, floor length with white turbin, silver slippers and carried an arm bouquet of white asters, ferns and statice. Mrs. Foresman received her education in both the Rossville Grade and high school. She also is a graduate from the Stewart Beauty Academy of Topeka, Kans. She passed the state board of cosmotology. She worked in the Powder Puff and College Hill Beauty Shop at Topeka, and was owner and operator of the Kut and Kurl Beauty Shoppe at Silver Lake. Since April she has been at home with her mother. Mr. Foresman received his education at Wamego, Kans. from the parochial grade and high school. He has been farming with his father and will continue farming. The young couple will be at home to their friends on a farm east of Wamego. A wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride, after the wedding. The immediate family of the bride and groom were present including: Mr. and Mrs. John Foresman, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Foresman and daughter, Audria and son Roy, Mrs. Joe D. Parr, Jeannine, Thane and Larry, Mrs. Chas Meade, Mrs. Patton, Clyde and Eileen. Out-of-town guests at the wedding were Mrs. August Hoferer and daughter Bernadine Taylor, Gail Ault, Marcia Ault, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Applegate and daughter Julia, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Foresman all of Wamego; Mrs. W.E. Patton, Cleo Patton, Mrs. Chas. Meade, Mrs. Joe D. Parr, Luella Olson, Gladys Martin, Winifred Decker, Lois Hogan, Anita Lemon and Maxine Marney all of Rossville. [From 29 Aug 1940]
  Last Modified	10 Oct 2017 08:57:12
  Family ID	F1968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Foresman, John L. 1 John L. Foresman John Lyman Foresman, 82, St. Marys, died of cancer at a Topeka Hospice House. He was born September 27, 1917, in Wamego, the son of William and Hattie Ault Foresman, and grew up in the Wamego and Belvue Communities. He had lived most of his life in St. Marys. Mr. Foresman was a farmer, mechanic and lumberman until his retirement. He was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys, and the Knights of Columbus Council No. 657. On August 27, 1940, he was married to Nora Dell Patton in the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, St. Marys. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, John William Foresman, Au¬burn, and Thomas Michael Foresman, Rossville; two brothers, Ralph Foresman, St. Marys, and LeRoy Foresman, Kansas City, KS; a sister, Audria North, Topeka; six grandchildren, and 10 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary, in 1944. He will lie in state after 2 p.m. Tuesday (this afternoon) at Piper- Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys. At 7 p.m„ there will be a prayer service, followed by a Rosary. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys. Burial will be in the Rossville Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Basic Cancer Research and sent in care of the funeral home.
  		Obituary- Foresman, John L. 2 John Foresman ST. MARYS — John Lyman Foresman, 82, St. Marys, died Sunday, June 11, 2000, at a Topeka hospice house. He had cancer. He was born Sept. 27, 1917, in Wamego, to William and Hattie Ault Foresman. He spent his early life in the Wamego and Belvue communities and lived in St. Marys for many years. He was a farmer, mechanic and lumberman before he retired. He was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and Knights of Columbus Council No. 657, both in St. Marys. He married Nora Dell Patton on Aug. 27, 1940, in St. Marys. She survives. A daughter, Mary Foresman, died in 1944. Survivors include two sons, John William Foresman, Auburn, and Thomas Michael Foresman, Rossville; two brothers, Ralph Foresman, St. Marys, and LeRoy Foresman, Kansas City, Kan.; a sister, Audria North, Topeka; six grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in St. Marys. Burial will be in Rossville Cemetery. Mr. Foresman will lie in state after 2 p.m. Tuesday at Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys where a prayer service will be followed by a rosary at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Memorial contributions may be made to the Center for Basic Cancer Research at Kansas State University in Manhattan.