John Gaskell
MUSCOTAH --- John "Sam" Gaskell, 80, Muscotah, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2001, at his farm near Muscotah.
Mr. Gaskell was a farmer and stockman and was recognized in 1957 as the Globe Honor Farmer of the Year. He served with the 490th Bomb Group in the Army Air Corps as a tail gunner aboard a B-24 Liberator and B-17 Line Flying Fortress in Germany and Europe during World War II. He was decorated with the Flying Cross, five Air Medal Clusters, an Oak Leaf Cluster, the Presidential Citation and five Battle Stars.
He was born Aug. 6, 1921, in Cameron, Mo., the son of Garfield and Lorene Owens Gaskell.
Mr. Gaskell was a member of the Muscotah United Church, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Whiting, the Farm Bureau Board, the Horton Hospital Board and the Atchison County Livestock Board.
He married Jean Burkett Gaskell on Aug. 25, 1941, in Horton. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, Michael Gaskell, Kansas City, Mo.; a daughter, Janet Kemp, Wichita; two brothers, David Gaskell, Horton, and Jim Gaskell, Chanute; two sisters, June Lancaster, Raytown, Mo., and Olive Amsbury, Silver City, N.M.; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren."
Uncle John was a true gentleman. I never heard him say a mean or unpleasant thing. Like most men who saw heavy fighting in the World War, he never talked about his experiences in social situations. Once, however, I showed him a map of Europe from a 1944 newspaper. "I bombed most of those cities," he said.
MUSCOTAH --- John "Sam" Gaskell, 80, Muscotah, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2001, at his farm near Muscotah.
Mr. Gaskell was a farmer and stockman and was recognized in 1957 as the Globe Honor Farmer of the Year. He served with the 490th Bomb Group in the Army Air Corps as a tail gunner aboard a B-24 Liberator and B-17 Line Flying Fortress in Germany and Europe during World War II. He was decorated with the Flying Cross, five Air Medal Clusters, an Oak Leaf Cluster, the Presidential Citation and five Battle Stars.
He was born Aug. 6, 1921, in Cameron, Mo., the son of Garfield and Lorene Owens Gaskell.
Mr. Gaskell was a member of the Muscotah United Church, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Whiting, the Farm Bureau Board, the Horton Hospital Board and the Atchison County Livestock Board.
He married Jean Burkett Gaskell on Aug. 25, 1941, in Horton. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, Michael Gaskell, Kansas City, Mo.; a daughter, Janet Kemp, Wichita; two brothers, David Gaskell, Horton, and Jim Gaskell, Chanute; two sisters, June Lancaster, Raytown, Mo., and Olive Amsbury, Silver City, N.M.; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren."
Uncle John was a true gentleman. I never heard him say a mean or unpleasant thing. Like most men who saw heavy fighting in the World War, he never talked about his experiences in social situations. Once, however, I showed him a map of Europe from a 1944 newspaper. "I bombed most of those cities," he said.
John Gaskell
MUSCOTAH --- John "Sam" Gaskell, 80, Muscotah, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2001, at his farm near Muscotah.
Mr. Gaskell was a farmer and stockman and was recognized in 1957 as the Globe Honor Farmer of the Year. He served with the 490th Bomb Group in the Army Air Corps as a tail gunner aboard a B-24 Liberator and B-17 Line Flying Fortress in Germany and Europe during World War II. He was decorated with the Flying Cross, five Air Medal Clusters, an Oak Leaf Cluster, the Presidential Citation and five Battle Stars.
He was born Aug. 6, 1921, in Cameron, Mo., the son of Garfield and Lorene Owens Gaskell.
Mr. Gaskell was a member of the Muscotah United Church, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Whiting, the Farm Bureau Board, the Horton Hospital Board and the Atchison County Livestock Board.
He married Jean Burkett Gaskell on Aug. 25, 1941, in Horton. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, Michael Gaskell, Kansas City, Mo.; a daughter, Janet Kemp, Wichita; two brothers, David Gaskell, Horton, and Jim Gaskell, Chanute; two sisters, June Lancaster, Raytown, Mo., and Olive Amsbury, Silver City, N.M.; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren."
Uncle John was a true gentleman. I never heard him say a mean or unpleasant thing. Like most men who saw heavy fighting in the World War, he never talked about his experiences in social situations. Once, however, I showed him a map of Europe from a 1944 newspaper. "I bombed most of those cities," he said.
MUSCOTAH --- John "Sam" Gaskell, 80, Muscotah, died Monday, Nov. 19, 2001, at his farm near Muscotah.
Mr. Gaskell was a farmer and stockman and was recognized in 1957 as the Globe Honor Farmer of the Year. He served with the 490th Bomb Group in the Army Air Corps as a tail gunner aboard a B-24 Liberator and B-17 Line Flying Fortress in Germany and Europe during World War II. He was decorated with the Flying Cross, five Air Medal Clusters, an Oak Leaf Cluster, the Presidential Citation and five Battle Stars.
He was born Aug. 6, 1921, in Cameron, Mo., the son of Garfield and Lorene Owens Gaskell.
Mr. Gaskell was a member of the Muscotah United Church, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Whiting, the Farm Bureau Board, the Horton Hospital Board and the Atchison County Livestock Board.
He married Jean Burkett Gaskell on Aug. 25, 1941, in Horton. She survives.
Other survivors include a son, Michael Gaskell, Kansas City, Mo.; a daughter, Janet Kemp, Wichita; two brothers, David Gaskell, Horton, and Jim Gaskell, Chanute; two sisters, June Lancaster, Raytown, Mo., and Olive Amsbury, Silver City, N.M.; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren."
Uncle John was a true gentleman. I never heard him say a mean or unpleasant thing. Like most men who saw heavy fighting in the World War, he never talked about his experiences in social situations. Once, however, I showed him a map of Europe from a 1944 newspaper. "I bombed most of those cities," he said.
