Calvin E Queen

1925 - 1986  (61 years)

• Name	Calvin E Queen
  Born	18 Feb 1925	Paradise, Russell County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Mar 1986	Denver, Denver County, Colorado
  Buried	9 Mar 1986	Walnut Hill Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas
  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
  Documents		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 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

  Died - 4 Mar 1986 - Denver, Denver County, Colorado Buried - 9 Mar 1986 - Walnut Hill Cemetery, Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  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.