John Thornton Posey of Derwood, MD passed away peacefully on February 5, 2017 at age 92. He was born and raised in Henderson, KY, the fifth of seven children of Bernard and Margaret Manion Posey. After graduating from Holy Name High School in 1942, he attended the University of Notre Dame for one year before entering military service in WWII, serving overseas with the 1190th Engineers in both the European and Asiatic-Pacific theaters, before being honorably discharged with the rank of Master Sergeant in 1946.
He then attended the University of Chicago Law School under the GI Bill, graduated in 1949 with a J.D. (Juris Doctor) degree, and was admitted to law practice in the State of Illinois. After a 35 year career in the insurance industry as in-house legal counsel, largely with Kemper Group in Chicago, he retired to pursue a lifelong interest in historical research and writing. His published body of work in that area includes a book length biography of his distinguished ancestor, General Thomas Posey (1992), as well as many articles in scholarly historical journals.
In 1951 he married his dear wife Dolores Carol Kulczycki of Chicago. Their only child, Paul Stevenson Posey was born in 1954. Sadly, their 44-year marriage ended with her untimely death in 1995.
He is survived by his dear son Paul, and dear daughter-in-law Carol Lynn Kosary. Also surviving are many nieces and nephews and their children and grand-children, all descendants of his late dear siblings, Mary Alice (Parsons), Bernard Paul, Edward Clare, Charles Carroll, Elizabeth (Willers), and Joanne (Chadderdon) Posey, and many dear cousins too numerous to name.
In accordance with his wishes, no traditional wake, funeral rite, or memorial service will be held. His remains will be interred in the Columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery at a date pending.
He then attended the University of Chicago Law School under the GI Bill, graduated in 1949 with a J.D. (Juris Doctor) degree, and was admitted to law practice in the State of Illinois. After a 35 year career in the insurance industry as in-house legal counsel, largely with Kemper Group in Chicago, he retired to pursue a lifelong interest in historical research and writing. His published body of work in that area includes a book length biography of his distinguished ancestor, General Thomas Posey (1992), as well as many articles in scholarly historical journals.
In 1951 he married his dear wife Dolores Carol Kulczycki of Chicago. Their only child, Paul Stevenson Posey was born in 1954. Sadly, their 44-year marriage ended with her untimely death in 1995.
He is survived by his dear son Paul, and dear daughter-in-law Carol Lynn Kosary. Also surviving are many nieces and nephews and their children and grand-children, all descendants of his late dear siblings, Mary Alice (Parsons), Bernard Paul, Edward Clare, Charles Carroll, Elizabeth (Willers), and Joanne (Chadderdon) Posey, and many dear cousins too numerous to name.
In accordance with his wishes, no traditional wake, funeral rite, or memorial service will be held. His remains will be interred in the Columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery at a date pending.
John Thornton Posey of Derwood, MD passed away peacefully on February 5, 2017 at age 92. He was born and raised in Henderson, KY, the fifth of seven children of Bernard and Margaret Manion Posey. After graduating from Holy Name High School in 1942, he attended the University of Notre Dame for one year before entering military service in WWII, serving overseas with the 1190th Engineers in both the European and Asiatic-Pacific theaters, before being honorably discharged with the rank of Master Sergeant in 1946.
He then attended the University of Chicago Law School under the GI Bill, graduated in 1949 with a J.D. (Juris Doctor) degree, and was admitted to law practice in the State of Illinois. After a 35 year career in the insurance industry as in-house legal counsel, largely with Kemper Group in Chicago, he retired to pursue a lifelong interest in historical research and writing. His published body of work in that area includes a book length biography of his distinguished ancestor, General Thomas Posey (1992), as well as many articles in scholarly historical journals.
In 1951 he married his dear wife Dolores Carol Kulczycki of Chicago. Their only child, Paul Stevenson Posey was born in 1954. Sadly, their 44-year marriage ended with her untimely death in 1995.
He is survived by his dear son Paul, and dear daughter-in-law Carol Lynn Kosary. Also surviving are many nieces and nephews and their children and grand-children, all descendants of his late dear siblings, Mary Alice (Parsons), Bernard Paul, Edward Clare, Charles Carroll, Elizabeth (Willers), and Joanne (Chadderdon) Posey, and many dear cousins too numerous to name.
In accordance with his wishes, no traditional wake, funeral rite, or memorial service will be held. His remains will be interred in the Columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery at a date pending.
He then attended the University of Chicago Law School under the GI Bill, graduated in 1949 with a J.D. (Juris Doctor) degree, and was admitted to law practice in the State of Illinois. After a 35 year career in the insurance industry as in-house legal counsel, largely with Kemper Group in Chicago, he retired to pursue a lifelong interest in historical research and writing. His published body of work in that area includes a book length biography of his distinguished ancestor, General Thomas Posey (1992), as well as many articles in scholarly historical journals.
In 1951 he married his dear wife Dolores Carol Kulczycki of Chicago. Their only child, Paul Stevenson Posey was born in 1954. Sadly, their 44-year marriage ended with her untimely death in 1995.
He is survived by his dear son Paul, and dear daughter-in-law Carol Lynn Kosary. Also surviving are many nieces and nephews and their children and grand-children, all descendants of his late dear siblings, Mary Alice (Parsons), Bernard Paul, Edward Clare, Charles Carroll, Elizabeth (Willers), and Joanne (Chadderdon) Posey, and many dear cousins too numerous to name.
In accordance with his wishes, no traditional wake, funeral rite, or memorial service will be held. His remains will be interred in the Columbarium at Arlington National Cemetery at a date pending.
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