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Jesse A. Kent

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Jesse A. Kent

Birth
Centralia, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA
Death
30 May 1974 (aged 73)
Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Centralia, Nemaha County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
42A
Memorial ID
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Birth & death edits and links to parents sent by KUfan (#47104946)
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Nemaha County Journal-Leader, Thursday, June 6, 1974, page 6:
Jesse Kent

Jesse A. Kent, 73, died Thursday, May 30 at 2:30 p.m. at his home in Bolivar, Mo., following a long illness.
Mr. Kent was a native of Centralia, Kansas.

He was a member of the First Christian Church of Bolivar, Mo. He began working for Burgner-Bowman-Matthews Lbr. Co. in Centralia, Kansas in 1925 and was in the lumber business for 46 years. He was a member of the "Over Forty Plus" club of the Southwestern Lumberman's Association. He was a member of the Bolivar Osage Lodge No. 61 and was a charter member of the Kiwanis Club.

He is survived by his wife, Florence (Nightingale) Kent, Bolivar, Mo.; a son, Eugene, Bolivar; two daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Toelle, Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Helen Rice, Columbia, Mo.; four sisters, Mrs. Karl Ozias, Centralia, Mrs. Merrill Root and Mrs. Robert Verbeck, both of Westerville, Ohio, and Mrs. Zina Starr, Peoria, Ill.; eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Memorial services were held Friday, May 31, in Bolivar, Mo., with graveside services at Centralia cemetery, 1 p.m. Saturday, June 1, with Rev. Robert Williams officiating.
Pallbearers were Dave Ayers, Charles Barrett, Duane Ice, Elza Lockhard, Byron Nightingale and Rex Nightingale.
Birth & death edits and links to parents sent by KUfan (#47104946)
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Nemaha County Journal-Leader, Thursday, June 6, 1974, page 6:
Jesse Kent

Jesse A. Kent, 73, died Thursday, May 30 at 2:30 p.m. at his home in Bolivar, Mo., following a long illness.
Mr. Kent was a native of Centralia, Kansas.

He was a member of the First Christian Church of Bolivar, Mo. He began working for Burgner-Bowman-Matthews Lbr. Co. in Centralia, Kansas in 1925 and was in the lumber business for 46 years. He was a member of the "Over Forty Plus" club of the Southwestern Lumberman's Association. He was a member of the Bolivar Osage Lodge No. 61 and was a charter member of the Kiwanis Club.

He is survived by his wife, Florence (Nightingale) Kent, Bolivar, Mo.; a son, Eugene, Bolivar; two daughters, Mrs. Evelyn Toelle, Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Helen Rice, Columbia, Mo.; four sisters, Mrs. Karl Ozias, Centralia, Mrs. Merrill Root and Mrs. Robert Verbeck, both of Westerville, Ohio, and Mrs. Zina Starr, Peoria, Ill.; eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Memorial services were held Friday, May 31, in Bolivar, Mo., with graveside services at Centralia cemetery, 1 p.m. Saturday, June 1, with Rev. Robert Williams officiating.
Pallbearers were Dave Ayers, Charles Barrett, Duane Ice, Elza Lockhard, Byron Nightingale and Rex Nightingale.


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