Joseph I. Flax was born September 23, 1920 in Arnold, Kansas and at the age of 89 passed away, August 8, 2010 at the Rhode Island Suites, Ramson, Kansas.
He was the oldest of 11 children born to Joseph and Theresia Weber Flax. He was a farmer and stockman. He served in the U.A. Army from 1942 to 1945 in Central Europe, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes and was wounded in action in Eastern Africa Middle Theater. He received a Purple Heart. Jo belonged to the St. Aloysius Church, Knights of Columbus-3rd and 4th degree, and the VFW, all of Ramson.
On August 12, 1961, he married Mary Frances Friess Simon.
He is survived by his wife and eight children, Raymond Simon and financee Sandra Hartman, Robert and Deborah Simon, Sephen and Debbie Simon, Rose Marie and Steven Amerine, Lewis and Crystal Flax, Dennis Flax, Cathy and John Blair and Pete and Janetta Flax; three sisters, Martha Peschka, Sister Doris Flax and Catherine O'Hare; 24 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by brothers, Albert, Francis, Paul, Leonard, John and infant brother George Flax and sister Mary Prather.
Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. August 12, 2010 at St. Aloysius Church, Ramson, with burial in St. Aloyius Cemetery. Memorial given to the Ramson V.F.W. in care of Fitgeralds Funeral Home, Ness City, Kansas.
Hutchinson News Monday, 9 August 2010, page A9
He was the oldest of 11 children born to Joseph and Theresia Weber Flax. He was a farmer and stockman. He served in the U.A. Army from 1942 to 1945 in Central Europe, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes and was wounded in action in Eastern Africa Middle Theater. He received a Purple Heart. Jo belonged to the St. Aloysius Church, Knights of Columbus-3rd and 4th degree, and the VFW, all of Ramson.
On August 12, 1961, he married Mary Frances Friess Simon.
He is survived by his wife and eight children, Raymond Simon and financee Sandra Hartman, Robert and Deborah Simon, Sephen and Debbie Simon, Rose Marie and Steven Amerine, Lewis and Crystal Flax, Dennis Flax, Cathy and John Blair and Pete and Janetta Flax; three sisters, Martha Peschka, Sister Doris Flax and Catherine O'Hare; 24 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by brothers, Albert, Francis, Paul, Leonard, John and infant brother George Flax and sister Mary Prather.
Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. August 12, 2010 at St. Aloysius Church, Ramson, with burial in St. Aloyius Cemetery. Memorial given to the Ramson V.F.W. in care of Fitgeralds Funeral Home, Ness City, Kansas.
Hutchinson News Monday, 9 August 2010, page A9
Joseph I. Flax was born September 23, 1920 in Arnold, Kansas and at the age of 89 passed away, August 8, 2010 at the Rhode Island Suites, Ramson, Kansas.
He was the oldest of 11 children born to Joseph and Theresia Weber Flax. He was a farmer and stockman. He served in the U.A. Army from 1942 to 1945 in Central Europe, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes and was wounded in action in Eastern Africa Middle Theater. He received a Purple Heart. Jo belonged to the St. Aloysius Church, Knights of Columbus-3rd and 4th degree, and the VFW, all of Ramson.
On August 12, 1961, he married Mary Frances Friess Simon.
He is survived by his wife and eight children, Raymond Simon and financee Sandra Hartman, Robert and Deborah Simon, Sephen and Debbie Simon, Rose Marie and Steven Amerine, Lewis and Crystal Flax, Dennis Flax, Cathy and John Blair and Pete and Janetta Flax; three sisters, Martha Peschka, Sister Doris Flax and Catherine O'Hare; 24 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by brothers, Albert, Francis, Paul, Leonard, John and infant brother George Flax and sister Mary Prather.
Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. August 12, 2010 at St. Aloysius Church, Ramson, with burial in St. Aloyius Cemetery. Memorial given to the Ramson V.F.W. in care of Fitgeralds Funeral Home, Ness City, Kansas.
Hutchinson News Monday, 9 August 2010, page A9
He was the oldest of 11 children born to Joseph and Theresia Weber Flax. He was a farmer and stockman. He served in the U.A. Army from 1942 to 1945 in Central Europe, Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Ardennes and was wounded in action in Eastern Africa Middle Theater. He received a Purple Heart. Jo belonged to the St. Aloysius Church, Knights of Columbus-3rd and 4th degree, and the VFW, all of Ramson.
On August 12, 1961, he married Mary Frances Friess Simon.
He is survived by his wife and eight children, Raymond Simon and financee Sandra Hartman, Robert and Deborah Simon, Sephen and Debbie Simon, Rose Marie and Steven Amerine, Lewis and Crystal Flax, Dennis Flax, Cathy and John Blair and Pete and Janetta Flax; three sisters, Martha Peschka, Sister Doris Flax and Catherine O'Hare; 24 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by brothers, Albert, Francis, Paul, Leonard, John and infant brother George Flax and sister Mary Prather.
Funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. August 12, 2010 at St. Aloysius Church, Ramson, with burial in St. Aloyius Cemetery. Memorial given to the Ramson V.F.W. in care of Fitgeralds Funeral Home, Ness City, Kansas.
Hutchinson News Monday, 9 August 2010, page A9
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