2010-12-15
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Title
2010-12-15
Subject
Cartwright, Harold M. "Hoss"
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
2010-12-15
Format
Clippings
Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Identifier
b16#59 2010
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “2010-12-15,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 25, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/2156.
Text
Harold ‘Hoss’ Cartwright
Harold M. “Hoss” Cartwright, 92, of Derby, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 14,
2010.
Visitation 1-4 p.m., Saturday, at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd, Derby. Rosary recited 7 p.m. Sunday; funeral mass at 10 a.m. on Monday, both at St. Vincent dePaul Catholic Church in Andover with burial following at 2 p.m.
Greenwood Cemetery, Eureka, Kan.
Harold was born to Jeremiah and Thelma Ruth (Olds) Cartwright on Nov. 21,1918 in Eureka.
Preceded by parents, brother, James Robert and sister, Marjorie May “Margie” English. Harold loved the family farm in the Flint Hills north of Eureka. He came to Wichita in 1939 for a job at Stearman, later Boeing, where he retired as a supervisor in 1981. At Emporia Teacher’s College he met Mary Gwendolyn “Gwen” Plain; they were married on Oct 12,1940 for 61 years until her death in 2001. To that union four children;
Mary Lynn (Jerry) Stevenson, Ft. Smith, Ark., H.D. (Deanna), Wichita, Roxanne (Al) Simpson, Tucson, Ariz.,and Cathy (Wes) Pechin, Derby; 11 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
A true member of the “Greatest Generation”, Harold served in the Army in WWII’s Pacific Theatre. One of his enduring legacies was generously sharing his life-long love of music and his skill in playing the guitar and mandolin with two generations of grandchildren and countless friends. Above
all, he was a loving and beloved husband, father and grandfather.
Memorials have been established with Derby Senior Center, 611 N Mulberry, Derby, KS 67037.
Original Format
Newspaper clippings affixed to loose-leaf notebook page
Title
2010-12-15
Subject
Cartwright, Harold M. "Hoss"
Description
Obituaries published in the Augusta Daily Gazette
Creator
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas]
Publisher
Augusta Public Library, Augusta, Kansas, USA
Date
2010-12-15
Format
Clippings
Language
English
Type
application/pdf
Identifier
b16#59 2010
Citation
Augusta Daily Gazette [Kansas], “2010-12-15,” Digital Augusta, accessed November 25, 2024, https://augusta.digitalsckls.info/item/2156.Text
Harold ‘Hoss’ Cartwright
Harold M. “Hoss” Cartwright, 92, of Derby, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 14,
2010.
Visitation 1-4 p.m., Saturday, at Smith Mortuary, 1415 N. Rock Rd, Derby. Rosary recited 7 p.m. Sunday; funeral mass at 10 a.m. on Monday, both at St. Vincent dePaul Catholic Church in Andover with burial following at 2 p.m.
Greenwood Cemetery, Eureka, Kan.
Harold was born to Jeremiah and Thelma Ruth (Olds) Cartwright on Nov. 21,1918 in Eureka.
Preceded by parents, brother, James Robert and sister, Marjorie May “Margie” English. Harold loved the family farm in the Flint Hills north of Eureka. He came to Wichita in 1939 for a job at Stearman, later Boeing, where he retired as a supervisor in 1981. At Emporia Teacher’s College he met Mary Gwendolyn “Gwen” Plain; they were married on Oct 12,1940 for 61 years until her death in 2001. To that union four children;
Mary Lynn (Jerry) Stevenson, Ft. Smith, Ark., H.D. (Deanna), Wichita, Roxanne (Al) Simpson, Tucson, Ariz.,and Cathy (Wes) Pechin, Derby; 11 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
A true member of the “Greatest Generation”, Harold served in the Army in WWII’s Pacific Theatre. One of his enduring legacies was generously sharing his life-long love of music and his skill in playing the guitar and mandolin with two generations of grandchildren and countless friends. Above
all, he was a loving and beloved husband, father and grandfather.
Memorials have been established with Derby Senior Center, 611 N Mulberry, Derby, KS 67037.
Original Format
Newspaper clippings affixed to loose-leaf notebook page