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- [S888] Social Security Death Index 1935 - Current, (www.ancestry.com).
Name: Lawrence Raymond Steen
Last Residence: 67880 Ulysses, Grant, Kansas
Born: 29 Oct 1923
Died: 4 Dec 2009
State (Year) SSN issued: Kansas (Before 1951)
- [S927] Obituary.
Lawrence Steen
Published 12/7/2009 in Obituaries
ULYSSES -- Lawrence Steen, 86, of Ulysses, died Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses.
He was born Oct. 29, 1923, in Elkhart, to John and Kate Eskew Steen. He grew up in Ulysses and graduated from Grant County Rural School. He had lived in Ulysses since moving from Copeland in the 1930s.
On July 19, 1959, he married Patricia "Pat" Getty in Downs.
Mr. Steen worked for George Walters and Vic Barbo and retired from Mesa Petroleum as a gas dispatcher. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946, surviving the sinking of the USS St. Lo Carrier on Oct. 25, 1944, in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The USS St. Lo received the Presidential Unit Citation for the heroism of her crew. He enjoyed all sports, especially baseball, coached Little League baseball and was a Detroit Tigers fan. A carpenter, he built a house for he and his wife.
In addition to his wife, survivors include two sisters, Arline Isley of Ulysses, and Doris Roberts of Fairview, Okla.; and 18 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents.
A memorial graveside service will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday at Ulysses Cemetery, with the Rev. Wayne Flanders officiating. Military graveside rites will be conducted by Dexter D. Harbour American Legion Post No. 79.
Memorials are suggested to Grant County Senior Center or the donor's choice, both in care of Garnand Funeral Home, 405 W. Grant Ave., Ulysses, KS 67880.
- [S8] Information from an informant - Auskunft eines Informanten - Information d'un informateur.
Proposed Change: Lawrence Raymond Steen (I193030) Tree: Südpfalz / Southern Palatinate Link: http://www.birkenhoerdt.net/getperson.php?personID=I193030&tree=Suedpfalz Description: Birth: Elkhart, Morton County, Kansas, USA Buried: Ulysses Cemetery, Lincoln Township, Grant County, Kansas, USA Lawrence is here; www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45219348 ADDED 'USA' to birth place This cemetery is about 1 mile SE of the City of Ulysses, in Lincoln Township.
Mariner's Knoll Genealogy USA
- [S926] Find-A-Grave, (www.findagrave.com).
Lawrence Steen
Birth: Oct. 29, 1923
Death: Dec. 4, 2009
Lawrence Steen, 86, of Ulysses, died Friday, Dec. 4, 2009, at Bob Wilson Memorial Hospital in Ulysses.
He was born Oct. 29, 1923, in Elkhart, to John and Kate Eskew Steen. He grew up in Ulysses and graduated from Grant County Rural School. He had lived in Ulysses since moving from Copeland in the 1930s.
On July 19, 1959, he married Patricia "Pat" Getty in Downs.
Mr. Steen worked for George Walters and Vic Barbo and retired from Mesa Petroleum as a gas dispatcher. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946, surviving the sinking of the USS St. Lo Carrier on Oct. 25, 1944, in the Battle of Leyte Gulf. The USS St. Lo received the Presidential Unit Citation for the heroism of her crew. He enjoyed all sports, especially baseball, coached Little League baseball and was a Detroit Tigers fan. A carpenter, he built a house for he and his wife.
In addition to his wife, survivors include two sisters, Arline Isley of Ulysses, and Doris Roberts of Fairview, Okla.; and 18 nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents.
A memorial graveside service was at Ulysses Cemetery. Military graveside rites were conducted by Dexter D. Harbour American Legion Post No. 79.
Garden City Telegram 12/7/09
Burial:
Ulysses Cemetery
Ulysses
Grant County
Kansas, USA
Created by: Denny Jackson
Record added: Dec 07, 2009
Find A Grave Memorial# 45219348
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1923 - 2009 (86 years)