Lanville Milton Magner

Son, John Edward and Mary Catherine (Miller) Magner Children - 6

(3) Son: Walter Clarence Magner
Born: February 24, 1888 - Kansas
Died: September 4, 1954 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Interment: Oakwood Cemetery - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County

September 2016: Personal Note from Walter's daughter, Elaine
My dad, Walter began working for MK&T Railroad when he was 16 years old in the back shops.  In his off time, he was a pitcher for a Kansas minor league baseball team.

US City Directories, 1822-1995
1916 Household Members: Walter C. and wife, Hulda Magner
Walter's Occupation: Fireman MK&T Railroad
Home Address: 1720 Felix Avenue - Parsons, Kansas

World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Age: 29         DOB: 2/24/1888        Natural Born         Caucasian
Address: 2305 Belmont - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Occupation:  Locomotive Fireman - Employed by M.K.T. - Parsons, Kansa
Married:    Dependents: wife and son, one year old
Claim exemption from date, account of dependents

1920 US Census Address: 2216 Broadway - Parsons, Kansas
Walter                  age 31         Head of House
Hulda                   age 29         Wife
Harold                 age 4            Son
Doris Testorff     age 69          Widow

Doris Testorff - Immigrated to US in 1872 and Naturalization, 1873
1st wife, Hulda parents were born in Germany and spoke German


World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
Age:  54             DOB: 2/24/1888          Race: White
Address: 2203 Crawford Avenue - Parsons, Kansas
Occupation: M.K.T. Locomotive Engineer
5' 9"        185 lbs.       Blue Eyes        Gray hair
Name and address of person who will always know your address:
Frank Magner    Address: RR  Parsons, Kansas

Lanville Milton Magner

Son, John Edward and Mary Catherine (Miller) Magner Children  6

(2) Daughter: Edith Ruby Magner
Born: October 22, 1886 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Died: July 21, 1921- Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Interment: Oakwood Cemetery - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Spouse: Homer Otis Armour

Edith Ruby and Homer Otis Armour Children: 3
1) Daughter: Hilda Verena Armour
Born: 1907
Died: 1970
Interment: Oakwood Cemetery - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County

2) Son: La Faye H. Armour
Born: October 14, 1912 - Nebraska
Died: November 15, 1942 - Hoten POW Camp - Mukden, Manchuria (now Shenyang, China)
La Faye died in the Bataan Death March WWII
Interment: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punch Bowl)
                 2177 Puowaina Drive - Honolulu, Hawaii
                 Plot Q    Row 1    Grave 204

                La Faye H. Armour
                CPL 515 Coast Artillery Regiment
                World War II
                Service:  Army       Service ID: 38012586

3) Daughter: Elizabeth Armour
Born: July 20, 1914 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Died: August 15, 2008 - Pinecrest Nursing Home - Humboldt, Kansas - Allen County
Married: December 7, 1941

Spouse: Gale Williams McMillen
Born: January 21, 1908 - Wilson County, Kansas
Died: January 27, 1990 - Chanute, Kansas - Neosho County
Interment: Neosho County Memorial Park - Chanute, Kansas - Neosho County
Gale McMillen Parents: Noah Edward McMillen and Ada Ann Knapp

Lanville Milton Magner

Son, John Edward and Mary Catherine (Miller) Magner Children - 6

(1) Daughter: Eva Lou Magner   (Pronounced: it eh va lu)
Born: October 17, 1883 - Kansas
Died: 1968

Married: April 17, 1907 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Spouse: Charles Franklin Hollar
Born: March 1, 1886 - Fordland, Missouri - Webster County
Died: January 1951 - Source: Social Security Death Index    (Find-a-Grave has 1957)
Interment: White Chapel Memorial Gardens - Wichita, Kansas - Sedgwick County
Charles Franklin Hollar Parents: John Lowe Hollar and Italy Saphronia Bruton

Eva Lou and Charles Franklin Hollar Children:  3
1) Daughter: Thelma O. Hollar
Born: October 25, 1907 - Kansas
Died: May 7, 1994 - Wichita, Kansas - Sedgwick County
Spouse: Lorne L. Harshfield
Born: November 12, 1905
Died: December 24, 1969
Interment: White Chapel Memorial Gardens - Wichita, Kansas - Sedgwick Co.
        Thelma and Lorne Harshfield Children:
        Daughter: Marrion L. Harshfield       
        Born: May 10, 1926 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
        Died: January 7, 2013 -Wichita, Kansas - Sedgwick County
        Spouse: Bennie E. Dick
        Interment: Maize Cemetery - Wichita, Kansas - Sedgwick County

        Son: Edward Warren Harshfield        
        Born: October 11, 1927 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
        Died: December 10, 2014 - Springfield, Missouri - Greene County
        Interment: Missouri Veterans Cemetery at Springfield, Missouri

        Son: Kenneth Eugene Harshfield
        Born: July 5, 1929 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
        Died: March 11, 2011 - Wichita, Kansas - Sedgwick County

2) Son: Hubert Edward Hollar
Born: February 18, 1910 - Kansas
Died: January 27, 1974 - Albuquerque, New Mexico - Bernalillo County
Spouse: Thelma Louise
Born: November 13, 1912
Died: January 27, 1998
Interment: Sunset Memorial Park - Albuquerque, New Mexico - Bernalillo County

3) Daughter: Eileen J. Hollar

Lanville Milton Magner

John Edward Magner wife, Mary Catherine MILLER Magner

PHOTO SOURCE:  Elaine (Magner) Luman

I am posting this photograph of Mary Catherine MILLER Magner with the permission of her granddaughter, Elaine MAGNER Luman.  Thank you so much, Elaine.  Your grandmother is a beautiful woman.

Lanville Milton Magner

John Edward Magner wife, Mary Catherine MILLER Magner

Born:  April 14, 1862 - Lawrence County, Indiana
Died:  May 12, 1937 - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County

Burial: Oak Wood Cemetery - Parsons, Kansas - Labette County
Inside the cemetery, graves are located at 3rd Street and Laurel Street

 

PHOTO SOURCE:  My personal photographs

 

 

 

Lanville Milton Magner

John Edward Magner wife, Mary Catherine MILLER Magner Obituary

The Parsons Daily Sun Newspaper
Wednesday, May 12, 1937 - Front Page

Mrs. Magner Dies

Parsons Resident Since 1905

Heart Attack Victim

 



Mrs. Mary Magner, 75, a resident of Parsons since 1905, died at 1:30 o'clock this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Carl Davis, 1528 Appleton, as the result of a heart attack.  Although she had been in poor health for several weeks, she was able to attend church last Sunday, [May 9] when she received the First Baptist Church Award for being the oldest mother present.  She suffered a heart attack Monday night and another yesterday noon.

Mary Catherine Miller was born in Lawrence County, Indiana, April 14, 1862.  In 1882, she was married to John Edward Magner, also of Lawrence County and they came to Kansas, settling on a farm near Galesburg.  They lived there with the exception of four years spent in Missouri, until 1905 when they came to Parsons.  Mr. Magner died here December 28, 1920.

Mrs. Magner was a member of the Baptist church from the time she was 16 years old and has been an active member of the Parsons church during her residence here.  She had a wide circle of friends here who will be shocked to learn of her death.

Surviving her are two daughters; Mrs. Charles Hollar, 1701 Appleton and Mrs. Carl Davis, 1528 Appleton; two sons, Walter Magner, 2203 Crawford and Frank Magner, 1714 Stevens; a half-sister, Mrs. Anna Layton, East St. Louis, Illinois; 12 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held at 2:30 o'clock Friday afternoon at the First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Walter P. Arnold, assisted by the Rev. W.H. Tolliver, Kansas City, Kansas, officiating.  Burial will be in Oak Wood Cemetery.  The body will lie in state at the Rude Funeral Home tonight and at the home, 1528 Appleton, after the noon hour tomorrow.

Lanville Milton Magner

Son: John Edward Magner

John Edward and his wife, Mary Catherine (Miller) Magner are buried at the Historic Oak Wood Cemetery built in 1872 located in Parsons, Kansas - Labette County.
   
NOTE: These are my personal photographs that I snapped October 2016. 

Please visit John and Mary's Memorial Pages on Find-a-Grave that I created.