Glenn Wright Grossnickle (1901 - 1985)

Born 21 Mar 1901 in Pottawatomie County, Kansas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Kathleen D. (Doyle) Grossnickle — married 20 Feb 1924 in Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas

Descendants

Died 24 Sep 1985 at age 84 in Onaga, Pottawatomie, Kansas, United States

Biography

Obituary

Glenn W. Grossnickle, 84, Onaga died Tuesday, September 24, 1985, while sitting in his car parked on a city street in Onaga. A physician said Mr. Grossnickle died of natural causes. He was born March 21, 1901, south of Onaga, the son of John and Mate Wright Grossnickle. He was a farmer south of Onaga many years before he moved into Onaga about five years ago. He was a graduate of Onaga High School in 1920 and later was graduated from a business college in Lawrence. He was a member of Onaga Lodge No. 188, AF&AM and received his 50 year pin for the lodge in 1972. He was married to Kathleen Doyle of Onaga February 20, 1924 in Onaga. She survives. Other survivor include two daughters, Mrs. Jean Ridgeway, Ventura, Calif.; Mrs. LaVon Flowers, Onaga; four sons, Glenn W. Grossnickle, Jr., Sacramento, Calif.; John Grossnickle, Onaga; Ronny Grossnickle, Corning and Thomas K. Grossnickle, Bonner Springs; fourteen grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren. And twelve great-grandchildren. Services were at two o'clock Friday, September 27, 1985 at the Congregational Church in Onaga. Burial was in Onaga Cemetery.^[1]

Burial

Onaga Cemetery Onaga Pottawatomie County Kansas, USA Plot: Block 5, Lot 23, Grave 4^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Onaga Herald - October 3, 1985
2. ↑ [1]findagrave

• Ray Domanski Family Tree

"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X77M-KM2 : accessed 30 September 2015), Glenn W Grossnickle, Vienna, Pottawatomie, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0033, sheet 3B, family 69, line 71, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 715; FHL microfilm 2,340,450.

"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR2M-28X : accessed 30 September 2015), Glenn Grossnickle, Vienna Township, Pottawatomie, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 75-34, sheet 3A, family 46, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 1252.