Published in The Kansas City Times (Kansas City MO) on Saturday, 05 Nov 1955
JOHN P. DES JARDINS RITES
The Pallbearers for Services This Saturday Are Chosen.
The pallbearers have been chosen for the services for John P. Des Jardins, 42, of 7311 West Sixty-ninth Street, Overland Park, at 4 o'clock this Saturday at All Saints Episcopal Church. Cremation.
Mr. Des Jardins was general manager of beauty shops in more than 40 department stores across the country including the Jones store here. He was killed Tuesday in a plane crash near Longmont, Colorado. Among survivors is a brother, Peter A. Des Jardins of the home.
The pallbearers: Harold Jockers, A.H. Clark, M.K. Reidy, Paul C. McWilliams, De Witt Williams, William Stephens, Jerome F. Seehof, I.L. Roark
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Excerpt from the Hartford (CT) Courant published 20 Nov 1955, page 25
At the last minute, Mrs. John Paul Des Jardins changed her mind about visiting her uncle, Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams, who was manning the Denver White House.
Her husband, 42, was general manager of beauty shops in some 40 department stores across the country. Originally they had planned that she would join him for a few days in Denver before he went on to Seattle. Mrs. Des Jardins and son, Weseley, 14, were at home in Overland Park, Kan., a Kansas City suburb, when the crash news came. She told friends:
"If I had gone, my husband probably would have stayed in Denver a day or two and missed that plane."
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SOURCE: World War II draft registration card
Name: John Paul Desjardins
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 27
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: Holden, Massachusetts, USA
Birth Date: 28 Oct 1912
Residence Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Employer: The Jones Store Co
Weight: 130
Complexion: Dark
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5' 7"
Next of Kin: Edna Mae Desjardins
Household Members:
John Paul Desjardins: Self (Head)
Edna Mae Desjardins: Wife
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SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_629
United Airlines Flight 629, registration N37559, was a Douglas DC-6B passenger aircraft, nicknamed "Mainliner Denver," which was blown up with a dynamite bomb placed in the checked luggage. The explosion occurred over Longmont, Colorado, while the airplane was en route from Denver, Colorado, to Portland, Oregon, and on to Seattle, Washington, on November 1, 1955. All 39 passengers and 5 crew members on board were killed in the explosion and crash.
Investigators determined that Jack Gilbert Graham was responsible for bombing the airplane to kill his mother, a passenger on the flight, and obtain a large life-insurance policy payout on her. He was tried, convicted, and executed for his crime.
JOHN P. DES JARDINS RITES
The Pallbearers for Services This Saturday Are Chosen.
The pallbearers have been chosen for the services for John P. Des Jardins, 42, of 7311 West Sixty-ninth Street, Overland Park, at 4 o'clock this Saturday at All Saints Episcopal Church. Cremation.
Mr. Des Jardins was general manager of beauty shops in more than 40 department stores across the country including the Jones store here. He was killed Tuesday in a plane crash near Longmont, Colorado. Among survivors is a brother, Peter A. Des Jardins of the home.
The pallbearers: Harold Jockers, A.H. Clark, M.K. Reidy, Paul C. McWilliams, De Witt Williams, William Stephens, Jerome F. Seehof, I.L. Roark
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Excerpt from the Hartford (CT) Courant published 20 Nov 1955, page 25
At the last minute, Mrs. John Paul Des Jardins changed her mind about visiting her uncle, Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams, who was manning the Denver White House.
Her husband, 42, was general manager of beauty shops in some 40 department stores across the country. Originally they had planned that she would join him for a few days in Denver before he went on to Seattle. Mrs. Des Jardins and son, Weseley, 14, were at home in Overland Park, Kan., a Kansas City suburb, when the crash news came. She told friends:
"If I had gone, my husband probably would have stayed in Denver a day or two and missed that plane."
____________________
SOURCE: World War II draft registration card
Name: John Paul Desjardins
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 27
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: Holden, Massachusetts, USA
Birth Date: 28 Oct 1912
Residence Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Employer: The Jones Store Co
Weight: 130
Complexion: Dark
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5' 7"
Next of Kin: Edna Mae Desjardins
Household Members:
John Paul Desjardins: Self (Head)
Edna Mae Desjardins: Wife
____________________
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_629
United Airlines Flight 629, registration N37559, was a Douglas DC-6B passenger aircraft, nicknamed "Mainliner Denver," which was blown up with a dynamite bomb placed in the checked luggage. The explosion occurred over Longmont, Colorado, while the airplane was en route from Denver, Colorado, to Portland, Oregon, and on to Seattle, Washington, on November 1, 1955. All 39 passengers and 5 crew members on board were killed in the explosion and crash.
Investigators determined that Jack Gilbert Graham was responsible for bombing the airplane to kill his mother, a passenger on the flight, and obtain a large life-insurance policy payout on her. He was tried, convicted, and executed for his crime.
Published in The Kansas City Times (Kansas City MO) on Saturday, 05 Nov 1955
JOHN P. DES JARDINS RITES
The Pallbearers for Services This Saturday Are Chosen.
The pallbearers have been chosen for the services for John P. Des Jardins, 42, of 7311 West Sixty-ninth Street, Overland Park, at 4 o'clock this Saturday at All Saints Episcopal Church. Cremation.
Mr. Des Jardins was general manager of beauty shops in more than 40 department stores across the country including the Jones store here. He was killed Tuesday in a plane crash near Longmont, Colorado. Among survivors is a brother, Peter A. Des Jardins of the home.
The pallbearers: Harold Jockers, A.H. Clark, M.K. Reidy, Paul C. McWilliams, De Witt Williams, William Stephens, Jerome F. Seehof, I.L. Roark
____________________
Excerpt from the Hartford (CT) Courant published 20 Nov 1955, page 25
At the last minute, Mrs. John Paul Des Jardins changed her mind about visiting her uncle, Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams, who was manning the Denver White House.
Her husband, 42, was general manager of beauty shops in some 40 department stores across the country. Originally they had planned that she would join him for a few days in Denver before he went on to Seattle. Mrs. Des Jardins and son, Weseley, 14, were at home in Overland Park, Kan., a Kansas City suburb, when the crash news came. She told friends:
"If I had gone, my husband probably would have stayed in Denver a day or two and missed that plane."
____________________
SOURCE: World War II draft registration card
Name: John Paul Desjardins
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 27
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: Holden, Massachusetts, USA
Birth Date: 28 Oct 1912
Residence Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Employer: The Jones Store Co
Weight: 130
Complexion: Dark
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5' 7"
Next of Kin: Edna Mae Desjardins
Household Members:
John Paul Desjardins: Self (Head)
Edna Mae Desjardins: Wife
____________________
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_629
United Airlines Flight 629, registration N37559, was a Douglas DC-6B passenger aircraft, nicknamed "Mainliner Denver," which was blown up with a dynamite bomb placed in the checked luggage. The explosion occurred over Longmont, Colorado, while the airplane was en route from Denver, Colorado, to Portland, Oregon, and on to Seattle, Washington, on November 1, 1955. All 39 passengers and 5 crew members on board were killed in the explosion and crash.
Investigators determined that Jack Gilbert Graham was responsible for bombing the airplane to kill his mother, a passenger on the flight, and obtain a large life-insurance policy payout on her. He was tried, convicted, and executed for his crime.
JOHN P. DES JARDINS RITES
The Pallbearers for Services This Saturday Are Chosen.
The pallbearers have been chosen for the services for John P. Des Jardins, 42, of 7311 West Sixty-ninth Street, Overland Park, at 4 o'clock this Saturday at All Saints Episcopal Church. Cremation.
Mr. Des Jardins was general manager of beauty shops in more than 40 department stores across the country including the Jones store here. He was killed Tuesday in a plane crash near Longmont, Colorado. Among survivors is a brother, Peter A. Des Jardins of the home.
The pallbearers: Harold Jockers, A.H. Clark, M.K. Reidy, Paul C. McWilliams, De Witt Williams, William Stephens, Jerome F. Seehof, I.L. Roark
____________________
Excerpt from the Hartford (CT) Courant published 20 Nov 1955, page 25
At the last minute, Mrs. John Paul Des Jardins changed her mind about visiting her uncle, Presidential Assistant Sherman Adams, who was manning the Denver White House.
Her husband, 42, was general manager of beauty shops in some 40 department stores across the country. Originally they had planned that she would join him for a few days in Denver before he went on to Seattle. Mrs. Des Jardins and son, Weseley, 14, were at home in Overland Park, Kan., a Kansas City suburb, when the crash news came. She told friends:
"If I had gone, my husband probably would have stayed in Denver a day or two and missed that plane."
____________________
SOURCE: World War II draft registration card
Name: John Paul Desjardins
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 27
Relationship to Draftee: Self (Head)
Birth Place: Holden, Massachusetts, USA
Birth Date: 28 Oct 1912
Residence Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA
Registration Date: 16 Oct 1940
Employer: The Jones Store Co
Weight: 130
Complexion: Dark
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5' 7"
Next of Kin: Edna Mae Desjardins
Household Members:
John Paul Desjardins: Self (Head)
Edna Mae Desjardins: Wife
____________________
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_629
United Airlines Flight 629, registration N37559, was a Douglas DC-6B passenger aircraft, nicknamed "Mainliner Denver," which was blown up with a dynamite bomb placed in the checked luggage. The explosion occurred over Longmont, Colorado, while the airplane was en route from Denver, Colorado, to Portland, Oregon, and on to Seattle, Washington, on November 1, 1955. All 39 passengers and 5 crew members on board were killed in the explosion and crash.
Investigators determined that Jack Gilbert Graham was responsible for bombing the airplane to kill his mother, a passenger on the flight, and obtain a large life-insurance policy payout on her. He was tried, convicted, and executed for his crime.
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