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Walter T. Stinson

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Walter T. Stinson

Birth
Lebanon, Russell County, Virginia, USA
Death
12 Sep 1942 (aged 59)
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Abbey Memorial, Lot 24, Grave 2
Memorial ID
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Info sent by Becky Doan (#46821009)
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Buried next to David Bailey and his mother, Laura Sloan Bailey. Walter's stone matches theirs.
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Microfilmed cemetery records at the Kansas State Historical Society:
lot owner: Mrs. David D. Bailey
birthplace: Labanon, Va.
late residence: 1106 Randolph
funeral director: Wall-Diffenderfer
interment authorized by Mrs. W.T. Stinson, 1106 Randolph

Topeka State Journal, Monday, Sept. 14, 1942, page 9:
W.T. Stinson

Funeral services for Walter T. Stinson, prominent leader of the B.P.O.E. of Kansas and of Topeka lodge No. 204, of which he was secretary and manager, who died Saturday night in a local hospital after a six weeks' illness, were held at the Wall-Diffenderfer mortuary Monday at 2:30. Burial was in Mt. Hope cemetery.

Mr. Stinson had served at exalted ruler if the lodge in 1934 and 1935 and was appointed district deputy grand exalted ruler of eastern Kansas in July, 1941. He also served on various committees of the Kansas State Elks association.

Born in Lebanon, Va., he had been a resident of Topeka for the last 25 years.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ruth H. Stinson, of the home; one sister, Mrs. Maggie Buckles, Meadowview, Va., and one brother, John C. Stinson, Lebanon, Va.
Info sent by Becky Doan (#46821009)
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Buried next to David Bailey and his mother, Laura Sloan Bailey. Walter's stone matches theirs.
********************
Microfilmed cemetery records at the Kansas State Historical Society:
lot owner: Mrs. David D. Bailey
birthplace: Labanon, Va.
late residence: 1106 Randolph
funeral director: Wall-Diffenderfer
interment authorized by Mrs. W.T. Stinson, 1106 Randolph

Topeka State Journal, Monday, Sept. 14, 1942, page 9:
W.T. Stinson

Funeral services for Walter T. Stinson, prominent leader of the B.P.O.E. of Kansas and of Topeka lodge No. 204, of which he was secretary and manager, who died Saturday night in a local hospital after a six weeks' illness, were held at the Wall-Diffenderfer mortuary Monday at 2:30. Burial was in Mt. Hope cemetery.

Mr. Stinson had served at exalted ruler if the lodge in 1934 and 1935 and was appointed district deputy grand exalted ruler of eastern Kansas in July, 1941. He also served on various committees of the Kansas State Elks association.

Born in Lebanon, Va., he had been a resident of Topeka for the last 25 years.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ruth H. Stinson, of the home; one sister, Mrs. Maggie Buckles, Meadowview, Va., and one brother, John C. Stinson, Lebanon, Va.


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