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Walter James Bisbee

Male 1919 - 2004  (84 years)

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  • Name Walter James Bisbee  [1]
    Birth 21 Nov 1919  Dustin, Hughes, Oklahoma, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Male
    Other Name Jim  
    Occupation 1948-1965  [2] 
    printer and composing room foreman for Sherman County Harold 
    Occupation 1965-1987  [2] 
    printer and composing room foreman for the Great Bend Tribune 
    Death 2 Jul 2004  Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Barton, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Burial 6 Jul 2004  Great Bend, Barton, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Person ID I14447  Bisbee
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2010

    Father Lewis Henry Bisbee,   b. 13 Sep 1889, Alliance, Box Butte, Nebraska, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1976, Mena, Polk, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)
    Mother Mary Lucinda Tucker,   b. 2 Apr 1890, Hatfield, Polk, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1968, Mena, Polk, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Marriage 15 Jul 1908  Hatfield, Polk, Arkansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Family ID F3853  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family M.L. James
    Children 
    +1. J.D. Bisbee
     2. K.L. Bisbee
    Family ID F6111  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jan 2010

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 21 Nov 1919 - Dustin, Hughes, Oklahoma, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 2 Jul 2004 - Central Kansas Medical Center, Great Bend, Barton, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 6 Jul 2004 - Great Bend, Barton, Kansas, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Pin Legend  : Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  • Notes 
    • (Research):Bisbee Family Connection, vol 16, issue 3, Sept. 2004, p 5.
      "Walter "Jim" Bisbee, 84, died July 2 at Central Kansas Medical Center in Great Bend. He was born Nov. 21, 1919, at Dustin, Okla., the son of Lewis H. and Lucinda Tucker Bisbee. He married Minnie James on Dec. 6, 1941, at Mena, Ark. He was a resident of Great Bend for 38 years, coming from Goodland. He was a prind and composing room foreman for the Sherman County Harold for 17 years and the Great Bend Tribune for 22 years, retiring in 1987.
      "Bisbee was a veteran of the Word War II, serving with the United states Army with the rank of sergeant. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, American Legion and a lifetime member of the V. F. W.
      "Survivors include his wife of the home; one son, James D. Bisbee and wife, Linda, of Wichita; one daughter, Karen L. Webb and husband, Al, of McMinnville, Tenn.; two brothers, King Bisbee of Mena, Ark. and Lynn Bisbee of McColl, S.C.; two sisters, Jean Dickerson of Pomona, Calif., and Elsie Daniels of Mena, Ark.; one granddaughter, Lucinda Freeman and Husband, DeWayne, of Wichita. He was preceded in death by one brother, Bill Bisbee and two sisters, Leatha Sprinkle and Irene McElfresh.
      "Funeral service will be at 10:30 am on Tuesday at the First United Methodist Church in Great Bend, with the Rev. Gary Brooks officiating. Burial will be at the Great Bend Cemetery with Military Committal Rites conducted by the Fort Riley Honor Guard. Friends may call from 9 am-9 pm on Monday. Memorials are suggested to First United Methodist CHurch, (Pastors Mission Fund), Meals on Wheels and Great Bend Public Library."
      From Great Bend, Ks. Tribune, July 4, 2004.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 384.

    2. [S2021] Viola Bisbee Drake, Compiler, Bisbee Family Connection Newsletter, vol 16, issue 3, Sept. 2004, p 5, Walter "Jim" Bisbee Obitu ary.

    3. [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 501.