Lucille Virginia Kunkel Franklin

1856 - 1944  (88 years)

• Name	Lucille Virginia Kunkel Franklin
  Nickname	Lucy
  Born	22 Jun 1856	Montoursville, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Female
  Died	30 Oct 1944	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Mount Hope Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3722	Rossville
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Charles Wesley Kunkel,   b. 14 Mar 1831,   d. 23 Jun 1919, Lecompton, Douglas County, Kansas  (Age 88 years)
  Mother	Anna McCoy Kunkel,   b. 23 Oct 1836,   d. 28 Oct 1924, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F3247	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Joseph Manning Franklin,   b. 1856,   d. 1946  (Age 90 years)
  Married	1 Oct 1890	Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas
  Children	+ 1. Myrnah R Franklin McIntyre,   b. 22 Jun 1893, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 19 May 1986, Poynette, Columbia County, Wisconsin  (Age 92 years)   2. Miriam A Franklin,   b. 3 Oct 1894, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 21 Jul 1992, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 97 years) + 3. Monita Franklin Cox,   b. 19 Nov 1897, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 8 Feb 1984, Cedar Vale, Chautauqua County, Kansas  (Age 86 years)   4. Charles Benjamin Franklin
  Documents		Anniversary- Franklin, Joseph and Lucille 1 A surprise party was given for Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Franklin last Friday night. It was their 25th wedding anniversary.
  		Anniversary- Franklin, Joseph and Lucille 2 FRANKLIN Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Franklin of Topeka, were the honor guests at an informal "open house” given at their home Tuesday. The affair, which was a complete surprise to them was arranged by their son and daughters: Mr. Ben Franklin, of New York City Mrs. W. T. McIntyre, (Myrnah) of St. Louis; Mrs. Hubert Cox (Monita) Cedarvale, and Miss Miriam Franklin, of drove City, Pa., to celebrate their parents’ fiftieth wedding anniversary. Their son was present for the party, and many friends and neighbors called during the afternoon and evening. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin are eighty-four years old and were married at Mrs. Franklin’s father’s farm north of Perry. They have spent their lives in Kansas and have lived the past twenty years in Topeka. Before moving to Topeka the Franklin family were residents of this community the major portion of their married life, living on their farm north of Rossville which they still own. Their children were reared on the home place.
  Last Modified	26 Dec 2019 01:40:10
  Family ID	F1485	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 1 Oct 1890 - Perry, Jefferson County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Franklin, Lucy Mrs. Lucy Virginia Franklin, 88, early Kansas settler, died Monday at her home 1315 Garfield, Topeka. Born June 22, 1856, in Montoursville, Pa., she came to Kansas when two years old with her parents, who settled in Rising Sun. After her marriage October 1, 1890, to Joseph M, Franklin, she made her home near Rossville until 1921, when she and her husband moved to Topeka, and had lived there since. Mrs. Franklin was a member of the Central Congregational Church. Survivors include her husband; three daughters, Mrs. Myrnah McEntire, St. Louis, Mo.; Mrs. Monita Cox, Cedarvale, Kan., and Miss Miriam Franklin, of the home; one son Charles Benjamin Franklin, Topeka; two brothers, John W. Kunkel, Shawnee, Okla., and Gayl M. Kunkel, Perry, and eight grandchildren. Funeral services will be held today (Thursday) at 2 o’clock in the Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary. Burial was in Mount Hope Cemetery.