LeRoy J Pressgrove

1906 - 1992  (86 years)

• Name	LeRoy J Pressgrove
  Born	15 May 1906	Mission, Johnson County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Nov 1992	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I5842	Rossville
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Ulysses Sherman Pressgrove,   b. 1868,   d. 1941  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Anna M Hunley Pressgrove,   b. 1876,   d. 1953  (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F3414	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Josephine Olejnik Pressgrove,   b. 28 Dec 1912, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 28 May 2013, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 100 years)
  Married	31 Jan 1935	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Children	+ 1. Karen G Pressgrove Figge,   b. 10 Nov 1939, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 24 Nov 2012, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 73 years) + 2. Ronald LeRoy Pressgrove,   b. 10 Apr 1946, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 6 Feb 2013, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 66 years) + 3. Shirley Pressgrove Rosser
  Documents		Marriage- Olejnik, Josephine-Pressgrove, Leroy OLEJINEK—PRESSGROVE Mr. and Mrs. George Olejinek [sic Olejnik] announce the marriage of their daughter, Josephine, to Mr. Leroy Press grove, son of Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Pressgrove of Grove, on Thursday, January 31. The marriage was solemnized in Topeka. Mrs. Pressgrove was raised in the Delia neighborhood and attended the Delia schools. She is an unusually attractive, brown-eyed, blond, well known in Rossville, Delia and Silver Lake communities. Mr. Pressgrove attended the Silver Lake schools and has many friends who wish he and his bride much happiness. They will be at home after March 1st on a farm one and one-fourth miles east of Walnut Hill.
  		Anniversary- Pressgrove, LeRoy and Josephine Mr. and Mrs. LeRoy Pressgrove, Wamego, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 3 in the First United Methodist Church fellowship hall, 6th and Lincoln, Wamego. Children of the couple are Shirley Rosser, Dinuba, Calif.; Karen and Myron Figge, Wamego; and Ronald and Margie Pressgrove. The couple has 16 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. LeRoy Pressgrove and Josephine Olejnik were married Jan. 31, 1935. Mr. Pressgrove is retired from the Union Pacific Railroad.
  Last Modified	9 May 2018 10:23:49
  Family ID	F3089	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Buried - - Czech-Moravian Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents		Obituary- Pressgrove, LeRoy 1 LeRoy J. Pressgrove Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys for LeRoy J. Pressgrove, 86, Topeka. He died Thursday, Nov. 12, 1992 at a Topeka hospital. Burial will be in Czech-Moravan Cemetery near Delia. Mr. Pressgrove will lie in state after 10 a.m. today at the funeral home, where friends and relatives will meet from 3 to 4 p.m. today. LeRoy J. Pressgrove LeRoy J. Pressgrove, 86, Topeka, died Thursday, Nov. 12, 1992, at a Topeka hospital. Mr. Pressgrove was a section hand on the Union Pacific Railroad. He was born May 15, 1906, at Mission, the son of Ulysses and Anna Hunley Pressgrove. He attended grade school in Lecompton. He lived in the Rossville and Silver Lake areas until 1979, then in Wamego from 1979 until 1990, when he moved to Topeka. Mr. Pressgrove attended the Rossville United Methodist Church. He was married to Josephine Olejnik on Jan. 31, 1935, in Topeka. She survives. Other survivors include two daughters, Shirley Rosser, Dinuba, Calif., and Karen Figge, Topeka; a son, Ron Pressgrove, Topeka; a brother, Joseph Pressgrove, Clinton, Mo.; 16 grandchildren; and 20 great-grand-children. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys. Burial will be in Czech-Moravan Cemetery near Delia. Mr. Pressgrove will lie in state after 10 a.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to Rossville United Methodist Church, Rossville, 66533; or Hope Lutheran Church, 2636 S.E. Minnesota, 66605.
  		Funeral card- Pressgrove, LeRoy 2 In Loving Memory Of LeRoy J. Pressgrove Born May 15, 1906 Died November 12, 1992 Funeral Service 1:30 p.m. Monday Verschelden Chapel Officiating The Reverend Ken Rogers Vocalist The Reverend Martin Schlossman Organist- Dorothy N. Hoobler Visitation 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Sunday Verschelden Chapel Honorary Bearers Bennie Martinek, Elmer Crawshaw Casket Bearers John Kratina, Robert Olejnik, Richard Davis, Ben Stach, Rex Figge, Robbie Figge Interment Czech-Moravan Cemetery