John Storey married Ella S. Downing in 1880. They had eight children, four dying young. They farmed 160 acres just one mile west of the Freeport cemetery where they are buried.
OBIT:
John Storey, 79, prominent Harper County farmer and stockman for years, died Thursday evening at his home, 3204 Chatfield Place, following a short illness.
A native of Cheno, Ill., Mr. Storey came to Kansas more than half a century ago. He proved a claim near Freeport and resided there until 1920 when he came to Wichita to make his home. He was a member of the College Hill Methodist Episcopal Church and was a regular attendant.
Mr. Storey is survived by his wife, Ella S. at home; one son, Thomas G., Beardstown, Ill.; three daughters, Mrs. Esther Litwiller, 3204 Chatfield Place, Mrs. Melvin S. Hoopes, Anthony, Kan., and Mrs. Homer G. Crumley, Cushing, Okla.; one brother, Bennett, Mulvane, Kan.; one sister, Mrs. Susie Shellenberger, Corwin, Kan.; and 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Lahey & Martin mortuary. Burial will be in the Freeport, Kan., cemetery.
OBIT:
John Storey, 79, prominent Harper County farmer and stockman for years, died Thursday evening at his home, 3204 Chatfield Place, following a short illness.
A native of Cheno, Ill., Mr. Storey came to Kansas more than half a century ago. He proved a claim near Freeport and resided there until 1920 when he came to Wichita to make his home. He was a member of the College Hill Methodist Episcopal Church and was a regular attendant.
Mr. Storey is survived by his wife, Ella S. at home; one son, Thomas G., Beardstown, Ill.; three daughters, Mrs. Esther Litwiller, 3204 Chatfield Place, Mrs. Melvin S. Hoopes, Anthony, Kan., and Mrs. Homer G. Crumley, Cushing, Okla.; one brother, Bennett, Mulvane, Kan.; one sister, Mrs. Susie Shellenberger, Corwin, Kan.; and 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Lahey & Martin mortuary. Burial will be in the Freeport, Kan., cemetery.
John Storey married Ella S. Downing in 1880. They had eight children, four dying young. They farmed 160 acres just one mile west of the Freeport cemetery where they are buried.
OBIT:
John Storey, 79, prominent Harper County farmer and stockman for years, died Thursday evening at his home, 3204 Chatfield Place, following a short illness.
A native of Cheno, Ill., Mr. Storey came to Kansas more than half a century ago. He proved a claim near Freeport and resided there until 1920 when he came to Wichita to make his home. He was a member of the College Hill Methodist Episcopal Church and was a regular attendant.
Mr. Storey is survived by his wife, Ella S. at home; one son, Thomas G., Beardstown, Ill.; three daughters, Mrs. Esther Litwiller, 3204 Chatfield Place, Mrs. Melvin S. Hoopes, Anthony, Kan., and Mrs. Homer G. Crumley, Cushing, Okla.; one brother, Bennett, Mulvane, Kan.; one sister, Mrs. Susie Shellenberger, Corwin, Kan.; and 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Lahey & Martin mortuary. Burial will be in the Freeport, Kan., cemetery.
OBIT:
John Storey, 79, prominent Harper County farmer and stockman for years, died Thursday evening at his home, 3204 Chatfield Place, following a short illness.
A native of Cheno, Ill., Mr. Storey came to Kansas more than half a century ago. He proved a claim near Freeport and resided there until 1920 when he came to Wichita to make his home. He was a member of the College Hill Methodist Episcopal Church and was a regular attendant.
Mr. Storey is survived by his wife, Ella S. at home; one son, Thomas G., Beardstown, Ill.; three daughters, Mrs. Esther Litwiller, 3204 Chatfield Place, Mrs. Melvin S. Hoopes, Anthony, Kan., and Mrs. Homer G. Crumley, Cushing, Okla.; one brother, Bennett, Mulvane, Kan.; one sister, Mrs. Susie Shellenberger, Corwin, Kan.; and 11 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements will be announced by the Lahey & Martin mortuary. Burial will be in the Freeport, Kan., cemetery.
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