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Larry G Morford, Sr.

Male 1934 - 1996  (61 years)


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  • Name Larry G Morford 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Born 3 Aug 1934  Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 15 Jan 1996  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Memorial Park Cemetery (Penwell-Gabel Cemetery), Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5137  Rossville
    Last Modified 7 Mar 2018 

    Father Arthur C Morford,   d. 18 Aug 1952 
    Mother Josie Althena Clouse Morford,   b. 23 Apr 1894, Jonesville, Lee County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Apr 1992, Westmoreland, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 97 years) 
    Married 29 Apr 1914  Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6693  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Marilyn K Levett Morford 
    Married 21 Dec 1966  Lyndon, Osage County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Thomas O Morford
     2. Larry G Morford, Jr.
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2019 13:49:21 
    Family ID F6694  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Obituary- Morford, Larry
    Obituary- Morford, Larry
    Larry G. Morford Sr.
    Larry G. Morford Sr., 61, Topeka, died Monday, Jan. 15, 1996, at a Topeka hospital. He suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.

    Mr. Morford worked in the Property Valuation Department for the state of Kansas from 1957 to 1968 and worked for the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad in Chicago in 1968. He was director of property taxes for the Santa Fe Railroad in Topeka until he retired in 1995.

    He was born Aug. 3, 1934, at Delia, the son of Arthur C. and Josie A. “Clouse" Morford. He was graduated from Emmett High School in 1952 and from Kansas State University in 1956. He earned a master’s degree from Baker University. He lived at Flossmoor, III., for 20 years and had lived in Topeka since 1988.

    Mr. Morford was a member and past president of the National Association of Railway Tax Commissioners.

    He was married to Marilyn K. Levett on Dec. 21, 1966, at Lyndon. She survives.

    Other survivors include two sons, Thomas O. Morford and Larry G. Morford Jr., both at home; two brothers, Arthur W. Morford, Topeka, and Rey E. Morford, Delia; and three sisters, Alice E. Pitney, Albuquerque, N.M., Edith E. Davison, Topeka, and Louise E. Sedlacek, Frankfort.

    Services will be at 3 p.m. Thursday at Penwell-Gabel Chapel. Burial will be at Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Morford will lie in state after noon today at the funeral home where relatives and friends will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to the Ronald McDonald House, 825 S.W. Buchanan, Topeka, 66606, or to the charity of the donor’s choice.