Albert Lanville Magner
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Photo of Jesse and Nora (Hughes) Gager Family after all were married~
Date of Photo is unknown
Photo Source: Noretta (Magner) Caldwell
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
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Jesse and Nora (Hughes) Gager Children: (7)
Daughter: Opal Mae Gager
Born: March 24, 1919 - Thayer, Kansas - Neosho County
Married: March 23, 1940
Spouse: Ralph W. Minkler "Red"
Died: June 26, 1988 - Kincaid, Kansas - Anderson County
Interment: Kincaid Cemetery - Kincaid, Kansas - Anderson County
Marriage Source: Find-a-Grave on their headstone
Death Source: Social Security Death Index - Ancestry.com
Spouse: Ralph W. Minkler "Red"
Born: August 6, 1918
Died: November 29, 2003 - Kincaid, Kansas - Anderson County
Interment: Kincaid Cemetery - Kincaid, Kansas - Anderson County
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Jesse and Nora (Hughes) Gager Children: (7) continued
Daughter: Dorothy Juanita Gager Obituary
The Topeka Capital-Journal
Topeka, Kansas
9 February 2002
Dorothy Weirich
GARNETT - Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church in Garnett for Dorothy J. Weirich, 92, Garnett, Kansas. She died Thursday, February 7, 2002 at a Garnett Hospital.
Mrs. Weirich and her husband owned and operated Weirich Grocery in Bush City for several years.
She was born July 28, 1909, at Thayer, the daughter of Jesse and Nora Hughes Gager. She was reared in Thayer and moved to Garnett from Bush City in 1981.
Mrs. Weirich was a member of the First Baptist Church in Garnett and American Baptist Women Ministries.
She married Phillip Lowell Weirich on April 27, 1929 in Thayer. He preceded her in death, December 4, 1994 at age 86.
Survivors include two sons, Gene Weirich, Garnett and Leslie Weirich, Augusta; and one daughter, Dolores Prather, Kincaid.
Obituary Source: Susan (Magner) Van Vleck, author of this Blog
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Jesse and Nora (Hughes) Gager Children: (7) continued
Daughter: Zella Nora Gager
Born: June 11, 1906 - Thayer, Kansas - Neosho County
Married: March 1927
Spouse: Ira Lester Hizey
Died: May 19, 1960 - Argo, Illinois - Cook County
Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County
Zella was born and raised in Thayer, Kansas; married Ira L. Hizey in March 1927. They lived in Parsons, Kansas where she worked at the Kansas Ordinance Plant during World War II. She and Ira separated when he was in the Merchant Marines. They had one daughter, Melvina Lee. Zella moved to Argo, Illinois where she died at he age of 53 due to stomach cancer.
Note: Ira Lester Hizey father's name is George Amos Hizey
Daughter: Mary Eliza Gager
Born: September 6, 1907 - Thayer, Kansas - Neosho County
Married: November 26, 1947 - Neosho County, Kansas
Spouse: Ennis Mortimer Mendenhall "Mort"
Died: March 1, 2000 - Jacksonville, Florida - St. John's County
Interment: Unknown at this time
Daughter: Dorothy Juanita Gager
Born: July 28, 1909 - Thayer, Kansas - Neosho County
Married: April 27, 1929 - Thayer, Kansas - Neosho County
Spouse: Phillip Lowell Weirich
Died: February 7, 2002 - Garnett, Kansas - Anderson County
Interment: Garnett Cemetery - Garnett, Kansas - Anderson County
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Jesse and Nora (Hughes) Gager Children (7)
Daughter: Jennie Doris Gager
Born: August 13, 1900 - Thayer, Kansas - Neosho County
Married: July 7, 1923 - Girard, Kansas - Crawford County
Spouse: Albert Lanville Magner
Died: July 16, 1999 - Chanute, Kansas - Neosho County
Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County
Daughter: Eva Elfa Gager
Born: June 17, 1902 - Thayer, Kansas - Neosho County
Married: November 10, 1923 - Thayer, Kansas - Neosho County
Spouse: William Bertsel Kramer
Died: May 30, 1992 - Iola, Kansas - Allen County
Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County
Son: Floyd Jessie Gager
Born: September 11, 1903 - Thayer, Kansas - Neosho County
Married: Never
Died: June 4, 1970 - Chanute, Kansas - Neosho County
Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County
When Floyd was six months old, he fell off a high feather bed. He passed out and was severely hurt. Floyd did not crawl or walk until he was three years old. He was 'retarded,' the word used back then where today we say mentally challenged. Floyd died at the Bryant Nursing Home in Chanute, Kansas at the age of 66 due to heart failure.
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Nora Mae (Hughes) Gager Obituary - 2 of 2
Sunday, April 23, 1939
Thayer (Kansas) News
LAST RITES FOR MRS. GAGER
A large crowd attended the services Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock for Mrs. Jesse Gager at the M.E. (Methodist Episcopal) Church.
Services were in charge of the Reverend Ira Nicklin and the Reverend L. C. Swan of Erie, Kansas.
Music was furnished by a quartet composed of Mr. and Mrs. Arch Walt, Mrs. A.E. Nell and Reverend Nicklin with Mrs. Milo Hazen at the piano. They sang, "Jesus Lover of My Soul," "Will the Circle Be Unbroken," and "No Night There."
Pallbearers were: George Zugmier, Albert Harms, M.A. Volkmann, Will Crockett, Frank Ross and Sam Sharples.
Burial was at the Galesburg cemetery with the Thayer Circle Ladies of G.A.R. in charge of the burial service.
Out of town relatives and friends who attended the funeral services for Mrs. Jesse Gager Saturday afternoon were: Mrs. Nellie Darling, Mr. and Mrs. Fenton and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tannehill of Cherryvale, Kansas; Art Moore of Chanute, Kansas; Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Moore and Velma and Mrs. Nannie Waters and Ross of Erie, Kansas; Mr. and Mrs. M.B. Packer of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Lunn, Mrs. Alma Lunn, Mrs. Hattie Essig, Ira Modsett, Mr. and Mrs. Ashford Modsett and Mr. and Mrs. Cicero Modsett of Parsons, Kansas; Mr. and Mrs. Hansel Shepard and family and Enos Shepard of New Mexico; Mrs. Ella Ramsey of Wichita, Kansas and W.O. Hughes of Buckingham, Colorado.
Obituary Source: Susan (Magner) Van Vleck, author of this Blog
Note: I did ask my cousin, Karen about Nora Gager's major operation and was told that she had stomach cancer. Sadly, she passed after the 2nd surgical treatment for that illness.
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Nora Mae (Hughes) Gager Obituary - 1 of 2
April 20, 1939 - Page 1
Thayer (Kansas) News
Mrs. Nora Gager Dies Wednesday
Well Known- Resident of This Vicinity Passes Away at Johnson Hospital in ChanuteThayer and vicinity was shocked and saddened to hear of the sudden death of Mrs. Nora Gager, which occurred at Johnson Hospital in Chanute, Wednesday evening, April 19, following a major operation which she underwent there Tuesday.
Mrs. Gager, who lived east of Sapp Schoolhouse, southeast of Thayer, had been in poor health for a long time although she was able to be up and around some lately. She was taken to the hospital Monday evening for an operation, which was the only thing which would restore her to health, but the shock of the operation was more than she could stand.
She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Hughes and was born southeast of Galesburg, September 4, 1876, being 62 years, 7 months and 16 days of age at the time of her passing. She was married to Jesse J. Gager, November 24, 1898 in Galesburg, seven children being born to this union.
Survivors are her husband; six daughters, Mrs. Jennie Magner of rural Parsons, Mrs. Eva Kramer and Mrs. Zella Hizey of rural Galesburg, Mrs. Dorothy Weirich of Bush City, Kansas and Miss Mary and Miss Opal of the home; one son, Floyd, at home and one brother, W.O. Hughes of Buckingham, Colorado; five sisters, Mrs. Cora Yeamans of Portland, Oregon; Mrs. Ella Ramsey of Wichita, Kansas; Mrs. Lestie Johnson of Long Beach, California; Mrs. Mollie Kent of Monterey Park, California and Mrs. Barbara Gardner, also of California, several grandchildren, nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
Mrs. Gager was a member of the United Brethren Church, the Ladies of G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) and the Royal Neighbor Lodge.
Funeral services will be held in the M.E. Church here at 2 o'clock Saturday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Ira Nicklin, pastor, and the Rev. L.C. Swan of Erie, Kansas. Burial will be in the Galesburg cemetery. The Wilson Funeral Home is in charge of these arrangements.
Obituary Source: Susan (Magner) Van Vleck, author of this Blog
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Jesse Jay Gager Obituary
September 22, 1966
Thayer (Kansas) News
Jesse Gager
Jesse Gager, formerly of rural Thayer died Saturday at the Bryant Nursing Home. Born November 2, 1874 at Montana, Kansas, son of Mr. and Mrs. Elford Gager. He married Nora Hughes November 24, 1898 at Galesburg. She died April 19, 1939.Gager, a retired farmer moved to Thayer in 1896 from Labette County, at the age of 21 years. He farmed until he was 82 years old.
He was a resident of Bryants Nursing Home since 1962.
Mr. Gager is survived by one son, Floyd Gager, of Chanute; five daughters; Mrs. Albert Magner (Jennie), Mrs. W.B. Kramer, both of Galesburg; Mrs. E. M. Mendenhall, Thayer; Mrs. P.L. Weirich, Garnett; Mrs. R. W. Minkler, Kincaid; one sister Ida Packer, Bartlesville, Oklahoma; 17 grandchildren and 43 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services was held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Thayer Christian Church with Leonard Leake officiating. Burial was at the Mount Hope Cemetery in Galesburg, Kansas under the direction of Robinson Funeral Home.
Obituary Source: Susan (Magner) Van Vleck, author of this Blog
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Jennie Doris (Gager) Magner Parents
They were married November 24, 1898 at Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho CountyJesse and Nora (Hughes) Gager were blessed with seven children.
Source: Marriage Records - Volume F - Page 307 - Probate Office at the Neosho County Courthouse in Erie, Kansas
SOURCE: Susan (Magner) Van Vleck, author of the Blog
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Jennie's Parents
Father: Jesse Jay GagerBorn: November 2, 1874 - Montana, Kansas - Labette County
Died: September 17, 1966 - Chanute, Kansas - Neosho County
Interment: Mount Hope Cemetery - Galesburg, Kansas - Neosho County
School terms were five to six months and teacher salary ranged from $25 to $40. While Jesse was courting Nora HUGHES, he had a nice buggy and fast horses. They married after 18 months of courtship and lived with his parents for three years. Nora HUGHES was a 21-year-old bride and Jesse was 24 years old. Jesse and Nora moved to their home then added rooms as their family grew. Two carpenters walked the 4 1/2 miles from Galesburg, Kansas to work for two dollars a day. When the children were small Jesse and a neighbor Ross Zugmire started a Sunday School at Sapp School House and occasionally a preacher would hold services. Jesse farmed until his death at age 82.
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Albert Lanville Magner's wife, Jennie Doris Gager Family
This next section will include family information about my paternal grandmother, Jennie Doris Gager's Family Tree
All of the following data and photographs were gathered from my Aunt Noretta Caldwell and her daughter Karen Caldwell unless noted otherwise.
Thank you and much LOVE to them both!
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