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John Wesley Stansberry
11 Nov 1911 – 2 Feb 2004
| Birth | 11 Nov 1911 |
| Death | 2 Feb 2004 |
| Cemetery | Restlawn Cemetery Liberal , Seward County , Kansas , USA |
| Added by | Oz on 29 Aug 2005 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11596303 |
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H/O Marceille Stansberry
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Southwest Daily Times (Liberal, KS) - Thursday, February 5, 2004 John Wesley Stansberry, 92, died Monday, February 2, 2004, at the Southwest Medical Center in Liberal. He was born November 11, 1911, to Archie and Annie Stansberry in Saddle Mountain, Okla. He married Marceille Lowry Dec. 22, 1934, in Wichita. She survives. He graduated from the Greenough High School in 1932. He grew up in Oklahoma and Nevada, and lived on ranch at a young age. He was a veteran of World War II, where he served in the United States Navy. He was also involved in the evacuation of Iwo Jima. He worked in pipeline construction for six years in Kansas and Oklahoma. After coming to Liberal, he worked for Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company for 30 years, working at the River Station, Stores and retired as a clerk in 1967. He was a member of the First Baptist Church and served as president of the McArthur Sunday School Class. He was involved as a 4-H leader of the Busy Bee Club and assisted with their horse shows for many years. He served as president of the Panhandle Pipeline Retirees. He was a charted member of the Liberal Trail Riders. He enjoyed working with horses and fishing. Other survivors include one son, Bruce Stansberry, and wife, Dixie, Freedom, Okla.; three daughters, Nada Stoops, Liberal, Nedra Arnett and husband, Kevin, Liberal, Shona Blakely and husband Kim, Turpin, Okla; 10 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; one sister, Rose Fraizer, Chandler, Ariz.; and one brother-in-law, Elsworth Brown, Kansas City. He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters. * Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at the First Baptist Church with the Reverend David Bagwell presiding. Burial will be at the Restlawn Memorial Gardens with military honors by the Fort Riley Guard. Friends may call the Miller Mortuary until 8 p.m. Wednesday and 8 a.m. until 11 a.m. Thursday. Memorials are suggested to the First Baptist Church in care of the Mortuary.
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