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Walter C Preble, Jr.

Male 1926 - 1992  (66 years)


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  • Name Walter C Preble 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born 28 Mar 1926  Scandia, Republic County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 2 Jun 1992  Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 5 Jun 1992 
    Person ID I5839  Rossville
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2019 

    Father Walter Preble,   d. 21 Aug 1951, Scandia, Republic County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother Alta Simms Preble,   d. 1941 
    Family ID F2281  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Henrietta Nancy McClain Preble,   b. 30 Mar 1929, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 2016, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87 years) 
    Married 16 Feb 1948  Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mark V Preble,   b. 28 Sep 1950, Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. James B Preble,   b. 29 Jul 1965
     3. Karen Joy Preble Clayton,   b. 16 Jan 1969, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Chris W Preble
     5. Myles Preble
    Documents
    Marriage- McClain, Henrietta-Preble, Walter
    Marriage- McClain, Henrietta-Preble, Walter
    Mr. and Mrs. Roy McClain announce the marriage of their daughter, Henrietta to Mr. Walter C. Preble Jr. of Scandia, Kansas, on Feb. 16.
    Last Modified 14 Dec 2019 01:50:54 
    Family ID F2920  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Obituary- Preble, Walter C.
    Obituary- Preble, Walter C.
    Walter C. Preble
    Services were held for Walter C. Preble, Mesa, Ariz., formerly of Rossville, on Friday, June 5, 1992. He died at his home on June 2, after a long illness.

    He was born in Scandia, Ks., on March 28, 1926, the son of Walter and Alta Simms Preble.

    He graduated from Scandia High School and attended business college in Topeka. He served in the U.S. Army following World War II in the Occupation Forces in Japan. He was a rural mail carried in Rossville for 24 of the 36 years of service with the U.S. Post Office.

    He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Scandia and a long time member of the National Rural Letter Carriers Association.

    Survivors include his wife, Nancy, Mesa, Ariz.; four sons, Myles Preble and Mark Preble, both of Salt Lake City, Utah, Chris Preble, Glendale, Calif., and Jim Preble, Mesa, Ariz.; a daughter, Karen, Mesa, Ariz.; and six grandchildren.

    Casketbearers were his sons and two grandsons, Jeff and Bryan Preble, Salt Lake City. Honorary casketbearers were Bob Parnell, Bob Gentry, Larry Hudson, David Stadler, and Luther McClain, all of Rossville, and Dan Clayton, Mesa, Ariz.

    A memorial fund has been set up in Walt’s name at the Peoples State Bank in Rossville. Funds will be donated to the Rossville City Library.