Ralph Lowell Pitts, Jr.

1908 - 1981  (72 years)

• Name	Ralph Lowell Pitts
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	28 Nov 1908	Wheeling, Livingston County, Missouri
  Gender	Male
  Died	20 Feb 1981	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Buried	23 Feb 1981	Memorial Park Cemetery (Penwell-Gabel Cemetery), Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I5811	Rossville
  Last Modified	22 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Ralph L Pitts,   b. 29 Jun 1882,   d. 25 Aug 1944  (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Elza Staley Pitts
  Family ID	F7475	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Geraldine Friesen Pitts,   b. 19 Oct 1912, Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 10 Apr 1983, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 70 years)
  Married	20 Dec 1933	Kansas City
  Children	1. Shirley Ann Pitts Henderson,   b. 31 Jan 1937 + 2. Linda Pitts Downie,   b. 11 Mar 1939, Willard, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 17 May 2019  (Age 80 years) + 3. Ralph Lowell Pitts, III,   b. 11 May 1946, Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana ,   d. 5 Jan 2019, Abilene, Dickinson County, Kansas  (Age 72 years)   4. Nancy Pitts Mercer
  Last Modified	6 Sep 2019 00:24:23
  Family ID	F2673	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 28 Nov 1908 - Wheeling, Livingston County, Missouri  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Pitts, Ralph Jr. Ralph L. Pitts Jr. DELIA - Ralph L. Pitts Jr., 72, Delia, died Friday at his home. He had cancer. He was born Nov. 28, 1908, at Wheeling, Mo., the son of Ralph Pitts Sr., and Elza Staley Pitts. He lived at Willard, Rossville and Maple Hill before he moved to Delia nine years ago. Mr. Pitts was a retired carpenter and dairy farmer. He was married to Geraldine Friesen on Dec. 20, 1933, at Kansas City. She survives. Other survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Shirley Henderson, Carbondale, Mrs. Linda Downie, 4843 N.W. 78th, Topeka, and Mrs. Nancy Mercer, Delia; a son, Ralph L. Pitts III, White City; a brother, Staley L. Pitts, West Covina, Calif.; 17 grandchildren; and four great-grandsons. Services will be at 2 p.m. Monday at Parker-Price Mortuary, Topeka. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery, Topeka. Mr. Pitts will lie in state until service time at the mortuary. Memorial contributions may be made to Delia Presbyterian Church, Delia, 66418.