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Cleve N Sumner

Male 1911 - 1963  (52 years)


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  • Name Cleve N Sumner 
    Born 19 May 1911  Emmett, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 27 May 1963  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I6569  Rossville
    Last Modified 17 Apr 2018 

    Father Walter Levi Sumner,   b. 16 May 1888, St. Clere, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Mar 1972, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Maude E Murrow Sumner,   b. 25 Apr 1891, Adrian, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Feb 1976, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Married 4 Apr 1910  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Documents
    Anniversary- Sumner, Walter and Maude
    Anniversary- Sumner, Walter and Maude
    anniversary
    The children of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sumner, Mayetta, will honor their parents upon the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary Sunday, Mar. 29, with a reception at the Delia Grade School.

    Friends and relatives are asked to call between three and five o’clock p.m. The couple asks that no gifts be presented.

    There are nine living children: Mrs. Chester Lutz, Mayetta; John Sumner, Cheyenne, Wyo.; Ted Sumner, Hereford, Tex.; Ray Sumner, Tacoma, Wash.; Everett Sumner, and Bob Sumner, Delia; Dale Sumner, and Don Sumner, Topeka; Bill Sumner, of Manhattan.

    A son, Cleve Sumner, died in 1963.

    Mr. and Mrs. Sumner were married Apr. 4, 1910, in Topeka. They have 31 grandchildren, and 36 great-grandchildren.
    Family ID F5263  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Josephine M Rice Sumner,   b. 31 Dec 1916, Mayetta, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Sep 1987, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 70 years) 
    Married 21 Jun 1934  Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Maxine C Sumner Catron,   b. 5 May 1936, Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Jan 2021, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    +2. Janice Marie Sumner Jacobson Rafols
     3. Delores Sumner Salisbury Porter
     4. Helen Sumner Cornelius
     5. Lester Sumner
    Last Modified 27 Feb 2022 17:22:36 
    Family ID F7090  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 21 Jun 1934 - Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Sumner, Cleve
    Obituary- Sumner, Cleve
    Cleve Sumner of Delia dies
    Cleve N. Sumner, 52, Delia, died Wednesday in a Topeka hospital were he had been a patient 13 days.

    Born May 19, 1911 near Emmett, he lived most of I his life in the Mayetta and Delia communities. He was a farmer.

    Mr. Sumner was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Delia.

    Survivors include his widow, Josephine, of the home; four daughters, Mrs. Maxine Catron, Delia, Mrs. Delores Salisbury, St. Marys, Mrs. Janice Jacobson, Rossville, and Miss Helen Sumner, Lawrence; a son, Lester Sumner, 1319 N. Harrison in Topeka; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sur Mayetta; a sister, Mrs. Chester Lutz, Delia; and eight brothers, John Cheyenne, Wyo., Melvin, Herford, Tex., Everett and Robert Sumner both of Delia, Raymond, serving with the U. S. Army in Okinawa, Donald, 1838 Meadow Lane, and Dale 822 E. 33rd both in Topeka and William Sumner, Manhattan.

    Service were at 10 a.m. Friday in the Sacred Heart, Church, Delia, with burial in the Catholic Cemetery, St. Marys.

    CARD OF THANKS - The kindness and sympathy of neighbors and friends in our recent sorrow will always remain with us as a precious memory. Our sincere thanks and gratitude for all those comforting acts.
    Mrs. Josephine Sumner and children