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Lieut Adron Bracken Shockey
27 Nov 1921 – 8 Feb 2001
| Birth | 27 Nov 1921 |
| Death | 8 Feb 2001 |
| Cemetery | Oxford Cemetery Oxford , Sumner County , Kansas , USA |
| Added by | Judy Mayfield on 28 Dec 2021 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/34377186 |
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OBITUARY : ADRON V. SHOCKEY, 79, of 321 W. 11th, Winfield, died Feb. 8, 2001, at William Newton Hospital. Services will be 2 p.m. Monday at Miles Funeral Service. Military rites will follow in Oxford Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Memorials have been established with the American Lung Association and the American Cancer Society. Contributions may be made through the funeral home. Shockey was born Nov. 27, 1921, in Oxford, to Bessie K. (Overley) and Stanley L. Shockey . The family moved to Winfield when he was two. He graduated from Winfield High School in 1940 and attended Southwestern College. On Oct. 5, 1941, he married Christina Abildgaard at the First United Methodist Church in Winfield. They made their home in Winfield. On Nov. 27, 1942, he entered the United States Army Air Corps as a second lieutenant. He was a pilot. On Sept. 19, 1945, he was honorably discharged to the Air Corps Reserves and was again discharged Aug. 15, 1954. After World War II, he returned to Winfield and farmed for 10 years. He later worked for Winfield State Hospital & Training Center as the farm and dairy supervisor. After that division was sold, he worked as grounds maintenance supervisor until his retirement in April 1984. Shockey was a member of the First United Methodist Church and American Legion Post 110. Survivors include his wife, Christina A. Shockey, Winfield; two sons, Stuart A. Shockey, Houston, Texas, and Loren D. Shockey, Salina; a daughter, Kaellen D. Mirth, Houston; a brother, Winfred Shockey , Winfield; three sisters, Dr. V. Mae Leopold , Odessa, Mo., Savinha Harpending , Camarillo, Calif., and Loretta Louise Ralph, Ventura, Calif.; and four grandchildren. Source : The Winfield Daily Courier Newspaper - Winfield, Cowley Co., Kansas - Saturday , Feb. 9, 2001 ARTICLE : Services for Adron B. Shockey were held at 2 p.m. Feb. 12, 2001, in Colonial Chapel of Miles Funeral Service. The Rev. Rick Thornton officiated. Special music included "Go Rest High on That Mountain," sung by Vince Gill, and "Amazing Grace," sung by Anne Murray. Burial was in Oxford Cemetery. American Legion Post 10 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3544, both of Winfield, performed military honors. Casket bearers were Delbert Graham, Ben Harris, Tom King, Bud Long, Don Schwantes and Boyd Smith. Memorials have been established with the American Lung Association and the American Cancer Society. Source : The Winfield Daily Courier Newspaper - Winfield, Cowley Co., Kansas - Monday , Feb. 11, 2001 Husband of Christina Adae (Abildgaard) Shockey
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2ND LT US AIR FORCE WORLD WAR II
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- Theodore C. Shockey 1910–1911
- Dr Vierdonia Mae Shockey Leopold 1912–2005
- Capt Savinah Audrey Shockey Harpending 1914–2002
- Dr Hershel P. Shockey 1917–1993
- Winfred Stanley Shockey 1919–2006
- Loretta Louise Shockey Ralph 1923–2004
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