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Fred Henry Short

Male 1894 - 1949  (55 years)


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  • Name Fred Henry Short 
    Born 4 Mar 1894  Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 20 Oct 1949  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Headstone indicates DOD as October 20, 1949.
    Buried Valley View Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6237  Rossville
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2018 

    Father John T Short,   b. 1849,   d. 1932  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Clara Cora Clay Short,   b. 1859,   d. Oct 1922, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 63 years) 
    Family ID F2341  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Cassie Elizabeth Sadler Short 
    Children 
     1. James Donald Short,   b. 1918,   d. 1960  (Age 42 years)
     2. Lloyd Alvin Short,   b. 1920,   d. 1983  (Age 63 years)
     3. Helen Louise Short Wallack Ray,   b. 1922,   d. 1992  (Age 70 years)
     4. Herbert M (Pete) Short,   b. 24 Jan 1927,   d. 26 Jan 1991  (Age 64 years)
     5. Margaret Elizabeth (Peggy) Short,   b. 10 Jan 1929,   d. 31 Jan 1947  (Age 18 years)
     6. Robert D Short
    Last Modified 7 Jun 2018 14:10:06 
    Family ID F7777  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Valley View Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Short, Fred
    Obituary- Short, Fred
    FRED HENRY SHORT
    Funeral services for Fred Short, 55, were held Monday at the Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary. Services also were held at 3 p. m. at the Methodist Church in St. Marys, with burial in St. Marys.

    Mr. Short died Thursday at the home of his son Herbert Short, 1012 Monroe, Topeka

    Mr. Short was born in Rossville, March 4, 1894 the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. John T. Short. He had been a resident of Topeka for six years while employed at Capital Super Service.

    Survivors are three other sons, Jas. D., of Hayward, Calif.; Lloyd A., of Yuma, Arib.; and Robert D., of Topeka; a daughter, Mrs. G. W. Ray, of Topeka; five sisters, Mrs. William Faulkner and Mrs. Nora Faust of Topeka; Mrs. Carrie Payne, of Seattle Mrs. Alma Ober of Carlsbad, Calif.; and Mrs. Maude Woods of Topeka; a brother, Don Short of St. Marys; eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.