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William E McGrew

Male 1902 - 1963  (60 years)


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  • Name William E McGrew 
    Born 15 Mar 1902 
    Gender Male 
    Died 17 Jan 1963 
    Buried 20 Jan 1963  Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4831  Rossville
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2020 

    Father William Daniel McGrew,   b. 1872,   d. 4 Sep 1947, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Marilda Agnes Watter McGrew,   b. 6 Feb 1887, Alma, Wabaunsee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Feb 1923  (Age 36 years) 
    Married 24 Sep 1900  Alma, Wabaunsee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6571  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Pearl Brooks McGrew,   b. 18 Jul 1906, Louisville, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Aug 2000, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 94 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Howard Wayne McGrew,   b. 27 May 1926, White City, Morris County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Apr 1992, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 65 years)
    Last Modified 9 Feb 2018 13:55:55 
    Family ID F6517  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- McGrew, William E. 1
    Obituary- McGrew, William E. 1
    Bill McGrew is buried at Rossville
    Graveside services for William E. McGrew, Bucklin, were Monday afternoon in Rossville Cemetery. He was found dead late Thursday west of Kingsdown. The 60-year-old Rock Island Railway signalman suffered a heart attack after he had repaired a railway signal. He then feel into a fire and was burned.

    Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Pearl McGrew; a son Howard Wayne McGrew, Lansing, Ill.; three brothers, George McGrew, Hays, Harry McGrew, Portland, Ore.; and Chester McGrew, Topeka; two sister, Mrs. Margaret Stehlin, Topeka, and Mrs. Daisy Lloyd, Burlingame; and two grandchildren.

    Relatives and friends attending the graveside services were Mrs. Pearl McGrew of Bucklin, Mr. and Mrs. H.W. McGrew, Marty and March of Lansing, Ill., Mr. George McGrew and family, Hays, Mrs. Margaret Stehlin of Topeka, Mrs. Clyde Lloyd and family, Burlingame, Mrs. Walter Admussen, Topeka, Mr. and Mrs. Richard Admussen, of Lawrence, Mrs. J.F. Startup, Portage, Ind., Mr. and Mrs. Joe Viergever, Willard, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Brooks and Linda of Hammond, Ind., Mr. Warren Brooks, Brooklyn, New York, Mrs. C.H. Joye of Hammond, Ind., Mrs. Robert Viergever, Willard, Mrs. Charles Curry of Crown Point, Ind., Mr. and Mrs. Max Viergever, Topeka, Mrs. Robert Taylor of Hammond, Ind., Mr. Robert Howe, Manhattan, Mr. Chas. Pinick, Manhattan, Mr. Chester Cutright, Wamego, Mrs. Beth White, Wamego, Mr. Floyd Pinick, Westmoreland, Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Magnett, Westmoreland, Mr. and Mrs. Truman House, Westmoreland, Mrs. Minnie House, Rossville, Mrs. Nellie Strong of Bucklin.

    [24 Jan 1963]
    Obituary- McGrew, William E. 2
    Obituary- McGrew, William E. 2
    Card of Thanks- We wish to thank our Rossville and Willard relatives and friends for the cards, food, flowers and kindness shown us in our time of sorrow.
    Mrs. W.E. McGrew
    H.W. (Bill) family
    Brothers and Sisters

    Many thanks to our friends for the cards, food and kind expressions of sympathy at the time of the death of our brother-in-law, Bill McGrew.

    Joe and Gladis Viergever