1/10/2024 0 Comments First command e harry wichita ks(Wichita Eagle ~ Novem~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)Īlexander, Norma N., age 75, ret. Services are under the direction of Watson Funeral Home and Garden Chapel, 3201 S. Condolences may be sent to the family via Memorials can be made the the Midian Shrine Temple - Plane Of Mercy, 130 N. Survivors include his sons, Jay and wife Sandra, of Granbury, TX, Johnny M., daughter, Sharon Thayer, both of Wichita, brothers and sister-in-laws, James and Midge Alexander, of Spiro, OK, Clarence and Joann Alexander, sister and brother- in-law, Margaret and Ernest Eads, both of Bloomington, IN, 6 grandchildren, 12 great-grandchildren. He is also the recepient of the Purple Heart for his service in World War II. In his earlier years, Joe was an active member of the Albert Pike Masonic Lodge and the Midian Shrine Temple, where he participated with the Shrine Circus and the Bowling Unit. Funeral services are scheduled for 10:00 am Saturday, in the Garden Chapel of Watson Funeral Home, with military burial honors following at Branson Cemetery. Boeing tool and die maker, passed away Thursday, November 6, 2003. Tributes may be sent to the family via (Wichita Eagle ~ ~ Submitted by Lori DeWinkler)Īlexander, Joseph H., age 83, ret. Memorial contributions have been established with Lakepoint of Rose Hill., 601 N. Hale niece, Phillis Anne Kingsbury great-ne phew, Dustin Kingsbury great-nieces, Stacy, Lindsay and Kelly Kingsbury and Courtney Lynn Hale great-great-niece, Alexia Mader. Survivors: sisters, Frances and Lucille Akins, Lucy Doyle and Adah Hale (Alfred) nephews, Dr. Preceded in death by sister, Elsie Zimmerman. She was a member of Eastern Star Pursel Chapter 110 in Columbus, KS, ACAP and NEA and was past president of the Wichita Retired Teachers Association. degrees in Education from Kansas State College in Pittsburg, KS. Graveside service, 11:00 A.M., Saturday, Branson Cemetery. 259, (45 years) and Columbus, KS, died Thursday, May 26, 2005. On 29, 2021, his remains received the Rite of Christian Burial, and then were carried by Horse-Drawn Caisson to Wichita’s Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception for interment.Akins, Pearl Evelyn, 88, born September 17, 1916, retired teacher of Wichita, KS U.S.D. 25, 2021, his remains were returned to Wichita, Ks, and taken to his hometown of Pilsen, Ks, where they lay in state. On Mathe Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) identified the remains of U.S. President Barack Obama posthumously awarded chaplain Kapaun the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony on April 11, 2013. In 1993, Pope John Paul II declared Chaplain Kapaun a Servant of God, the first stage on the path to canonization. Other POWs buried him in the camp’s cemetery, but, he was not identified among the remains returned to U.S. He lived long enough to celebrate a final Easter Mass for the POWs in late March and died on May 23, 1951. Chaplain Kapaun continued to minister to other prisoners of war (POW), even after he became mortally ill. During 1st Cavalry Division’s retreat from Unsan in November 1950, Chaplain Kapaun volunteered to stay with the wounded, was captured and taken to a Chinese-run prison camp on the Yalu River's south bank known as Camp 5. Army from Kansas and served in the China/Burma/India theatre during WWII and with the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division during the Korean War. Chaplain (Capt.) Emil Kapaun joined the U.S.
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