Gordon Ralph Kent

Male 1922 - 2012  (89 years)


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  • Name Gordon Ralph Kent  [1, 2
    Born 24 Dec 1922  Sublette, Lee, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Residence Between 1935 and 1993  Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Age: 13 
    Residence 1986  Oswego, Labette, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Age: 64 
    Died 8 Dec 2012  Oswego, Labette, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Mount Hope Cemetery, Find A Grave Memorial# 101926307
    Person ID I7155  Clark Benscoter
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 

    Family Betty Ann Ronsick,   b. 3 Oct 1924, Iola, Allen, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1995, Oswego, Labette, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 23 Dec 1945  Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. D.G. Kent
     2. C.A. Kent
     3. D.L. Kent
    Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 
    Family ID F2151  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 24 Dec 1922 - Sublette, Lee, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 13 - Between 1935 and 1993 - Harlingen, Cameron, Texas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 23 Dec 1945 - Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 64 - 1986 - Oswego, Labette, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 8 Dec 2012 - Oswego, Labette, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Humboldt, Allen, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • OSWEGO - Gordon Ralph Kent, 89, died at 8:37 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 8, 2012, at Oswego following an illness.

      He was born Dec. 24, 1922, in Sublette, Ill., to William Ralph and Letta Mae (Scott) Kent. He had lived in Oswego since 1962, moving from Wausa, Neb.

      He graduated from the Humboldt High School before attending the University of Kansas. He was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U.S. Army Air Corp as a glider pilot in Europe. He worked as a rural mail carrier for several years, retiring in 1979. He had delivered mail through the Oswego, Edna and Bartlett post offices.

      He was a member of the First Methodist Church of Oswego. He was a former member of the Rotary Club and the Elks Club. His favorite pastime was sitting down with a good book.

      He married Betty Ann Ronsick on Dec. 23, 1945, in Humboldt. She died Nov. 20, 1995.

      Survivors include two sons, Darrel Kent of Tulsa and Duane Kent of Castle Rock, Colo.; a daughter, Cynthia Sanders of Oswego; seven grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

      Two sisters and a brother also preceded him in death.

      A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Derfelt Funeral Home in Oswego. Burial will be in the Humboldt Cemetery.

      Memorials may be made to the Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice.
      ---http://www.parsonssun.com/obituaries/article_d9a6ed8d-cade-57e1-a330-881fdd570d04.html, accessed 19 July 2018

  • Sources 
    1. [S774] U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 1, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
      Record for Gordon R Kent

    2. [S781] U.S. Public Records Index, 1950-1993, Volume 2, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;).
      Record for Gordon R Kent