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Millicent E Wright Renwan

Female 1896 - 1973  (76 years)


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  • Name Millicent E Wright Renwan 
    Born 26 Apr 1896  Aliceville, Coffey County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 29 Jan 1973  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 1 Feb 1973  Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I5931  Rossville
    Last Modified 3 Nov 2017 

    Father Nathan Alex Wright,   b. 1865,   d. 1948  (Age 83 years) 
    Mother Junie Danner Wright,   b. 11 Mar 1869, Coffey County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Jun 1950  (Age 81 years) 
    Married 28 Nov 1893 
    Family ID F2513  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Paul H Renwan,   b. 1876,   d. 2 Dec 1964  (Age 88 years) 
    Married 21 Nov 1945  Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 8 Dec 2019 22:18:55 
    Family ID F5605  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 26 Apr 1896 - Aliceville, Coffey County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 21 Nov 1945 - Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- Renwan, Millicent 1
    Obituary- Renwan, Millicent 1
    Millicent Renwan
    Services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Christian Church at Rossville for Mrs. Millicent E. Renwan, 76, Rossville, who died Monday in a Topeka hospital where she was readmitted Jan. 5. She suffered a cerebral hemorrhage.

    She was born April 26, 1896, near Aliceville in Coffey County and spent her early life in the Burlington community. She was graduated from Burlington High School and attended Kansas State Teachers College at Emporia.

    She taught six years in Coffey County rural schools and later taught in city schools at Pratt, Burlington, Kanopolis, and Rossville. She was instrumental in establishing the Rossville Community Library and was librarian there from 1950 to 1966.

    Mrs. Renwan was a member of the Rossville Christian Church and the Dorcas Sunday school class at the church. She also was a member of Amaryllis Chapter No. 321, Order of Eastern Star, at Rossville and the Kansas Library Assn.

    She was married to Paul Renwan Nov. 21, 1945, at Hiawatha. He died Dec. 2,1964.

    A brother, Warren Wright, Hiawatha, survives.

    Burial will be in Rossville Cemetery. Mrs. Renwan will lie in state until 10 a.m. Thursday at Parker Mortuary and! after noon Thursday at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Rossville Christian Church.
    Funeral card- Renwan, Millicent 2
    Funeral card- Renwan, Millicent 2
    MRS. MILLICENT E. RENWAN
    April 26, 1896 Jan. 29, 1973
    SERVICES
    Rossville Christian Church
    2:00 p.m. Feb. 1, 1973
    OFFICIATING
    Rev. Bob Sieh
    MUSIC
    "In The Garden"
    "Beyond The Sunset"
    VOCALIST
    Dorothy Slemmons
    PIANIST
    Janet Dodge
    INTERMENT
    Rossville Cemetery

    CASKET BEARERS
    Robert Reid, Burns Hesse, Jerry Mason,
    Gary French, Melvin Ketter, Kenneth Bennett