LaVenia Shipshee Fortney

1918 - 1967  (48 years)

• Name	LaVenia Shipshee Fortney
  Born	2 Jan 1918	Powhattan, Brown County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	1967	Mayetta, Jackson County, Kansas
  Buried	Green Family Cemetery, Horton, Brown County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3697	Rossville
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2019

  
  

  Family ID

  F3165

  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Children	1. Aletha Jean Hale   2. Johnny Lee Masquat
  Last Modified	18 Apr 2017 20:47:30
  Family ID	F3166	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Died - 1967 - Mayetta, Jackson County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Fortney, LaVenia Topekan Dies In Car Crash Near Mayetta STATE ROAD DEATHS Topeka Kansas To date In 1967 12 594 To date In 1966 8 676 Total In 1966 8 728 Mrs. LaVenia Fortney, 49, 1709 N. Tyler, was killed early Thursday morning in a one-car accident about three miles southeast of Mayetta on a county road, the Highway Patrol reported. Two other persons were injured. The patrol said the driver, Johnny L. Masquat, Mrs. Fortney’s son, lost control of his car and it struck a bridge railing. Masquat, 23, and another passenger, P. S. Rice, 65, Delia, were taken to Holton Hospital with minor injuries. Mrs. Fortney was born Jan. 2, 1918, in Powhattan. Topekan 10 Years She had lived in Topeka for 10 years and had been a nurse at a nursing home here and a housekeeper at Ramada Inn. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Aletha Jean Hale, of the home; a son, Johnny Lee Masquat, of the home; three sis¬ters, Mrs. Hildreth Crith, 970 Long, Mrs. Mary Jesseppe, Whiting, Mrs. Arlene Wahwahsuck, Horton; two brothers, Edward Ship Shee and Patrick Ship Shee, both of Omaha, and three grandchildren. Kenakuk Church services will be Saturday evening in the Mary Jesseppe home, Whiting. Burial will be Sunday in the Green Family Cemetery west of Horton.