Edward C Kassebaum

1872 - 1938  (66 years)

• Name	Edward C Kassebaum
  Born	24 Feb 1872	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	16 Nov 1938	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4307	Rossville
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	Henry A Kassebaum,   b. 22 Sep 1839, Hanover, Germany ,   d. 3 Mar 1914, Pittsburg, Crawford County, Kansas  (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Mary L Probst Kassebaum,   b. 4 May 1840,   d. 2 Sep 1932  (Age 92 years)
  Married	6 Mar 1861	Olean, Ripley County, Indiana
  Family ID	F5553	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Chettie James Kassebaum,   b. 25 Dec 1876, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 22 Sep 1975, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 98 years)
  Married	17 Mar 1897
  Children	1. Beatrice Kassebaum Johns,   b. 2 Oct 1902, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 14 Sep 1992, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 89 years)
  Last Modified	13 Nov 2017 09:38:52
  Family ID	F4721	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Kassebaum, Edward E. C. KASSEBAUM E. C. Kassebaum, 66, president of the Railroad Industrial Finance Company for the last fifteen years, died early Wednesday morning in Stormont Hospital from injuries he received when he was struck by a Kansas Power and Light Company bus at Huntoon and Mulvane Avenues Tuesday night at 7:15 o’clock. He was born February 24, 1872, in Rossville. Following his schooling in Rossville, he took up the business of farming, which he followed until 1928, when he moved to Topeka. Mr. Kassebaum made an outstanding success as a producer of watermelons on his farm west of Topeka and was known for many years as the Watermelon king of Shawnee County. He has farmed and owned land in Shawnee County for the past forty years. Mr. Kassebaum was a thirty second degree Mason and a past master of Blue Lodge No. 50. After going to Topeka he transferred his membership to Lodge No. 51. He also was a member of the York Rite bodies and Arab Shrine Temple and the Chamber of Commerce. He was a member of the Menoken school board for many years until he moved to Topeka. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Chettie Kassebaum; one daughter, Beatrice Kassebaum of the home; three brothers, J. B. Kassebaum, Kansas City, Mo., W. F. Kassebaum, El Monte, Calif., and Gus Kassebaum Rossville; two sisters, Mrs. Katherine Oliver, Santa Barbara, Calif., and Miss Emma Kassebaum, Seattle, Wash. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o’clock, at the Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary with interment in Rossville Cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. William Kerr and Mr. and Mrs. Homer Reid were in Topeka Wednesday evening, due to the sudden death of their uncle, Ed Kassebaum.