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Calvin E Queen

Male 1925 - 1986  (61 years)


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  • Name Calvin E Queen 
    Born 18 Feb 1925  Paradise, Russell County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 4 Mar 1986  Denver, Denver County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 9 Mar 1986  Walnut Hill Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5856  Rossville
    Last Modified 26 Dec 2019 

    Father Creed T Queen 
    Mother Hallie E Hays Queen 
    Married 15 May 1915  Caldonia, Washington County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Documents
    Anniversary- Queen, Creed and Hallie 1
    Anniversary- Queen, Creed and Hallie 1
    Mr. and Mrs. C.T. Queen married thirty-five years

    Mrs. Edgar Blush entertained with a dinner at her home in the Grove community, May 14, in honor of her parents' thirty-fifth wedding anniversary.

    Those present at the dinner were: Mr. and Mrs. Queen, Calvin, Davis and Bill; Mr. and Mrs. Donald Queen, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Reese and Linda Kay; Mr. and Mrs. Francis Edwards and Sandra Sue; Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Bush [sic Blush] and Terry.
    Anniversary- Queen, Creed and Hallie 2
    Anniversary- Queen, Creed and Hallie 2
    Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Queen will be honored guests at an open house May 16 at the Grove Community Hall in celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary.

    The open house hours will be from 2 to 5 p.m. and guests will be received by their children. No invitations are being issued but friends and relatives are asked to call. The couple requests that no gifts be presented.

    Mr. and Mrs. Queen were married May 15, 1915 at Caldonia, Missouri, and have lived in the Grove community for 31 years. Mr. Queen was section foreman for the Union Pacific Railroad for 40 years until he retired eight years ago.

    Mr. and Mrs.; Queen are the parents of seven children, Mrs. Geraldine Edwards, Junction City; Mrs. Ruth Blush, Silver Lake; Mrs. Imogene Reese, Tecumseh; Mrs. Doris Anderson, Topeka; Calvin Queen, Lakewood, California; Donald Queen, Silver Lake and Bill Queen, Silver Lake.

    There are 13 grandchildren.
    Family ID F5818  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsDied - 4 Mar 1986 - Denver, Denver County, Colorado Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 9 Mar 1986 - Walnut Hill Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Queen, Calvin
    Obituary- Queen, Calvin
    Calvin E. Queen
    SILVER LAKE - Calvin E. Queen, 61, Silver Lake, died Tuesday, March 4, at a Denver hospital.
    A Denver medical examiner’s office spokesman said Mr. Queen had suffered a heart attack on a plane en route to Denver and was pronounced dead at a Denver hospital.

    Mr. Queen worked for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. He previously worked for the federal government in Topeka and for Boy Scouts of America in Lakewood, Calif.

    He was born Feb. 18, 1925, in Paradise, the son of C.T. and Hallie Hays Queen. He lived in the Silver Lake community most of his life.

    Mr. Queen was a member of First Baptist Church at Silver Lake and was a former organist for the church.

    Survivors include four sisters, Mrs. Geraldine Edwards and Mrs. Ruth Blush, both of Silver Lake, Mrs. Imogene Reese, Tecumseh, and Mrs. Doris Anderson, Osage City; and two brothers, Donald W. Queen, Silver Lake, and Bill J. Queen, 219 Waite, Topeka.

    Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at First Baptist Church here. Burial will be in Walnut Hill Cemetery, north of Silver Lake. Mr. Queen will lie in state, after 2 p.m. Friday at Davidson Funeral Home in Topeka where the family will receive friends from 7 until 8 p.m. Friday. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 5375 S.W. 7th, Topeka, 66606.