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Thurlow Levi Neiswender

Male 1899 - 1987  (88 years)

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  • Name Thurlow Levi Neiswender
    Birth 13 Sep 1899  Wanamaker, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male
    Death 18 Sep 1987  St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 21 Sep 1987  Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5460  Rossville
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2018

    Father Levi Neiswender,   b. 16 Jan 1848   d. 10 Jun 1902 (Age 54 years)
    Mother Almina Ann Kelly (Magill) Neiswender Hook,   b. 28 Jun 1863, Tipton, Moniteau County, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 1937, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
    Marriage 24 Nov 1886  Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F4184  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Bernice Davis Neiswender,   b. 27 Oct 1900, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1971, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
    Marriage 9 Jun 1922  Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Bernice's obit says they were married 9 Jun 1922. Thurlow's obituary says 7 Jun 1922.
    Children 
     1. Eva Jean Neiswender Montsma
    Family ID F6789  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2018

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  • Documents
    Obituary- Neiswender, Thurlow
    Obituary- Neiswender, Thurlow
    Thurlow L. Neiswender
    ST. MARYS - Thurlow L. Neiswender, 88, St. Marys, died Friday, Sept. 18, 1987, at a St. Marys nursing home.

    Mr. Neiswender worked at Western Electric at Chicago and later at the Chicago Board of Trade Grain Commission as an accountant. He retired about 1970.

    He was born Sept. 13, 1899, at Wanamaker, in Shawnee County, the son of Levi and Mina Kelly Magill Neiswender. He grew up in Silver Lake and was graduated from Rossville High School. He attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence where he was a member of the band. He spent most of his life in Chicago before he moved to St. Marys in 1972.

    Mr. Neiswender was a member of the Presbyterian Church in Rossville.

    He was married to Bernice Davis June 7, 1922. She died in January 1971.

    Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Eva Jean Montsma, Wheaton, Ill.; two grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.

    Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys. Burial will be in Rossville Cemetery. Mr. Neiswender will lie in state from 10 a.m. Sunday until service time at the funeral home. Memorial contributions may be made to the Presbyterian Church in Rossville.