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Norvell L. Kinnaman, 44, auto salesman, died at 2:30 p.m. Sunday [February 17, 1963] at his home, 1917 Connor Avenue, Joplin. He had been ill four years. Born at Picher in 1918, an a graduate of Grove High School, Kinnaman had resided in Joplin 15 years. He was a veteran of World War II, a […]

Services were held December 8 for Clifford Kandall, 520 Parkside Circle, Streamwood, in St. Matthews Lutheran Church, Chicago, with interment in Randhill Cemetery. He died December 5 [1959] at the age of 37 and leaves his wife, Betty Jean and three children.

Marine M/Sgt. Harold G. Klein, 42, a Southtown resident all of his life, died in Oahu, Hawaii, Monday [November 26, 1956] following a heart attack. The Marine, one of the Carlson Raiders of World War II fame, had been in the Marines 18 years and was to retire in two years. Military services will be […]

DeRidder, Nov. 25 (Special) – The body of Bruce Lamar Kellogg, corporal, USMC, arrived from Patuxent River, Maryland, Friday. Cpl. Kellog, 24, died Nov. 21 [1954] in a motorcycle accident. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. with the Rev. S. R. Brooks officiating. Burial will be in the Sugartown Cemetery with the […]

Ralph Lewis Kauffman, 31, drowned in the Smith River Saturday afternoon [June 19, 1954] while fishing. He resided at 1316 Gross Street, Indianola. He had completed two years at Humboldt State College where he was studying business administration. He was a member of the Accounting Club. He was a veteran of World War II. He […]

Charles Konopka, 28, of 21 Second Street, Larksville, who served during the war with the First Marine Raiders and was wounded on Iwo Jima and at Guadalcanal, died yesterday morning [November 23, 1947] at 11:30 at the home of a brother, Benjamin Konopka of Collinsville, Conn.. A member of the Military Order of the Purple […]

Navy war casualties as released by the Office of War Information included the following from this area: Navy Dead [May 22, 1945]: Pfc. William Garland Killgore, USMCR; parents, Mr. and Mrs. Casey Killgore, Route 1, Arp.

SEGUIN, Oct. 31—The body of Cpl. George Henry King, USMC, 21, killed in action at Okinawa, May 21, 1945, has been returned to Seguin for reburial services which were held Monday. Full military honors were accorded. Survivors include his parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Henry King and two brothers.

Memorial services for Corporal Evan Robert Kelchner were held in the Ayrshire Methodist Church at 3 o’clock last Sunday afternoon, June 3. Corporal Kelchner, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. N. Kelchner of Ruthven, was killed in action on Okinawa Island on April 15th [1945], and was buried in the Sixth Marine Division Cemetery on […]

BARBERTON—Services will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the Paul L. Mills Funeral Home for Cpl. George Johnston Karr, 21, who was killed in action on Okinawa April [2], 1945. Before enlisting, Cpl. Karr lived at 536 Yale St., Barberton. The family home now is at 74 Borton Ave., Akron. He was a graduate […]