Dr. J.W.VanBlaricum, 85 died Mar.7,2004 at Manor of the Plains,Dodge City,KS. He was born Sept. 25,1918 to Dr.James W. and Elizabeth Holly(Dean)Van Blaricum in Minneola,KS.
He married Frances Nunemacher on Sept.5,1943 at Ashland,Ks. She survives.
He served as a captain in the medical corps of the U.S.Army in the Europeann Theatre during WWII. He was a dentist in the city of Meade for 37 years before retiring in 1983. After his retirement, he and his wife moved to Dodge City,Ks.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church,Dodge City,Ks; Kansas State Dental Association, Minneola Masonic Lodge 431, and the Dodge City Country Club. He served as a council member of the board of Santa Fe Trail Boy Scouts and served as a member of the Meade School Board for several years.
He was an avid fisherman and sportsman, and he also enjoyed boating, woodworking and golfing. He took pride in having his two sons and five grandsons achieve the Eagle Scout Award in Boy Scouts.
Other survivors are two sons, Kenneth Robert of Pratt,KS and Dr. Galen Ray of Lawrence,KS; two daughters, Betty Anne Grogan of Alburquerque,N.M. and Francia Kay Bird of El Dorado,Ks.;8 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Memorials to Hospice of the Prairie or BOy Scout Troop 165,Dodge City,KS.
He married Frances Nunemacher on Sept.5,1943 at Ashland,Ks. She survives.
He served as a captain in the medical corps of the U.S.Army in the Europeann Theatre during WWII. He was a dentist in the city of Meade for 37 years before retiring in 1983. After his retirement, he and his wife moved to Dodge City,Ks.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church,Dodge City,Ks; Kansas State Dental Association, Minneola Masonic Lodge 431, and the Dodge City Country Club. He served as a council member of the board of Santa Fe Trail Boy Scouts and served as a member of the Meade School Board for several years.
He was an avid fisherman and sportsman, and he also enjoyed boating, woodworking and golfing. He took pride in having his two sons and five grandsons achieve the Eagle Scout Award in Boy Scouts.
Other survivors are two sons, Kenneth Robert of Pratt,KS and Dr. Galen Ray of Lawrence,KS; two daughters, Betty Anne Grogan of Alburquerque,N.M. and Francia Kay Bird of El Dorado,Ks.;8 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Memorials to Hospice of the Prairie or BOy Scout Troop 165,Dodge City,KS.
Dr. J.W.VanBlaricum, 85 died Mar.7,2004 at Manor of the Plains,Dodge City,KS. He was born Sept. 25,1918 to Dr.James W. and Elizabeth Holly(Dean)Van Blaricum in Minneola,KS.
He married Frances Nunemacher on Sept.5,1943 at Ashland,Ks. She survives.
He served as a captain in the medical corps of the U.S.Army in the Europeann Theatre during WWII. He was a dentist in the city of Meade for 37 years before retiring in 1983. After his retirement, he and his wife moved to Dodge City,Ks.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church,Dodge City,Ks; Kansas State Dental Association, Minneola Masonic Lodge 431, and the Dodge City Country Club. He served as a council member of the board of Santa Fe Trail Boy Scouts and served as a member of the Meade School Board for several years.
He was an avid fisherman and sportsman, and he also enjoyed boating, woodworking and golfing. He took pride in having his two sons and five grandsons achieve the Eagle Scout Award in Boy Scouts.
Other survivors are two sons, Kenneth Robert of Pratt,KS and Dr. Galen Ray of Lawrence,KS; two daughters, Betty Anne Grogan of Alburquerque,N.M. and Francia Kay Bird of El Dorado,Ks.;8 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Memorials to Hospice of the Prairie or BOy Scout Troop 165,Dodge City,KS.
He married Frances Nunemacher on Sept.5,1943 at Ashland,Ks. She survives.
He served as a captain in the medical corps of the U.S.Army in the Europeann Theatre during WWII. He was a dentist in the city of Meade for 37 years before retiring in 1983. After his retirement, he and his wife moved to Dodge City,Ks.
He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church,Dodge City,Ks; Kansas State Dental Association, Minneola Masonic Lodge 431, and the Dodge City Country Club. He served as a council member of the board of Santa Fe Trail Boy Scouts and served as a member of the Meade School Board for several years.
He was an avid fisherman and sportsman, and he also enjoyed boating, woodworking and golfing. He took pride in having his two sons and five grandsons achieve the Eagle Scout Award in Boy Scouts.
Other survivors are two sons, Kenneth Robert of Pratt,KS and Dr. Galen Ray of Lawrence,KS; two daughters, Betty Anne Grogan of Alburquerque,N.M. and Francia Kay Bird of El Dorado,Ks.;8 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Memorials to Hospice of the Prairie or BOy Scout Troop 165,Dodge City,KS.
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