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John William Foresman

Male 1943 - 2001  (58 years)


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  • Name John William Foresman 
    Nickname Bill 
    Born 19 Jan 1943  Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 24 Oct 2001  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Cremated  
    Person ID I3692  Rossville
    Last Modified 25 Apr 2017 

    Father John Lyman Foresman,   b. 27 Sep 1917, Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jun 2000, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Mother Nora Dell Patton Foresman,   b. 14 Apr 1921, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 2007, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Married 27 Aug 1940  St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Documents
    Marriage- Patton, Nora-Foresman, John
    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]
    Family ID F1968  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Janet Metivier Foresman 
    Married 1966  Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Not sure if the children are from this marriage or if any are from second marriage.
    Children 
     1. James Foresman
     2. Daniel Foresman
     3. Junita Foresman Cavallaro
     4. Jennifer Foresman Perham
    Last Modified 25 Dec 2019 23:16:19 
    Family ID F3163  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Karen Reid Foresman 
    Married 7 Oct 1979  Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 25 Dec 2019 23:16:28 
    Family ID F3164  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Foresman, John W.
    Obituary- Foresman, John W.
    J. William “Bill” Foresman
    John William “Bill” Foresman, 58, St. Marys, died Wednesday, October 24, 2001, at a Topeka hospital.
    He was born January 19, 1943, in Wamego, the son of John L. and Nora Dell Patton Foresman.
    He had lived in St. Marys since October 2001, moving from Auburn where he had lived for 11 years.
    He grew up in the Rossville and St. Marys communities; graduated from St. Marys High School in 1961, and served in the United States Coast Guard from 1961 until 1965. He lived in the Norwich, CT community many years and moved back to Kansas in 1981. He was a carpenter for St. Francis Hospital many years and retired in 1998. He had worked construction before he worked at St. Francis.
    Bill was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, St. Marys.
    In June 1966, he married Janet Metiyier at Norwich, CT. They were divorced. He married Karen Reid October 7, 1979, at Norwich, CT. She survives.
    Other survivors include two sons, James Foresman, Maple Hill, and Daniel Foresman, of the home; two daughters, Junita Cavallaro, Waterbury, CT, and Jennifer Per- ham, Taffville, CT; his mother, Nora Dell Foresman, St. Marys; a brother, Thomas Michael Foresman, Rossville; and eight grandchildren.
    He was cremated. A memorial Mass of Christian Burial was at 10 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, St. Marys. Burial will be at a later date.
    Memorial contributions may be made to the Basic Cancer Research at Kansas State University and sent in care of the funeral home.
    Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home, St. Marys, was in charge of arrangements.