IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Jesse Michael
Southard
October 30, 1916 – September 13, 2008
Obituary
JESSE MICHAEL SOUTHARD
TOPEKA – Jesse Michael Southard, 91, of Topeka, KS, formerly of Hoyt, KS passed away Saturday, September 13, 2008 at the Topeka Homestead. He was born October 30, 1916 in Comisky, KS the son of Robert Charles and Elsie Dennis Southard.
Jesse worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone as a PBX repairman and owned a cattle ranch northeast of Hoyt, KS where he and his wife, Mary, lived for 40 years. He was a member of Masonic Lodge #327 in Hoyt and belonged to the Scottish rite and the Arab Shrine in Topeka. Jesse was a lifetime member of the Kansas Hereford Association.
He was married to Mary Catherine Chanoux on September 13, 1941 in Chicago, IL. She passed away September 12, 2004. He is survived by his daughters, Marilyn Rowland and her husband, Doug Flair of Topeka, KS and Janet Gartner and her fiancé, Bob Fleischer of Spring, TX; his brother, Albert Southard of Overland Park, KS; 7 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; his nephew, John Southard and his niece, Linda Harris.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at the Mercer Funeral Home in Holton, KS. Interment will be in Comisky Cemetery east of Council Grove, KS in Morris County. The family will greet friends for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the Shriner Children's Hospital c/o Mercer Funeral Home, Box 270, Holton, KS 66436.
TOPEKA – Jesse Michael Southard, 91, of Topeka, KS, formerly of Hoyt, KS passed away Saturday, September 13, 2008 at the Topeka Homestead. He was born October 30, 1916 in Comisky, KS the son of Robert Charles and Elsie Dennis Southard.
Jesse worked for Southwestern Bell Telephone as a PBX repairman and owned a cattle ranch northeast of Hoyt, KS where he and his wife, Mary, lived for 40 years. He was a member of Masonic Lodge #327 in Hoyt and belonged to the Scottish rite and the Arab Shrine in Topeka. Jesse was a lifetime member of the Kansas Hereford Association.
He was married to Mary Catherine Chanoux on September 13, 1941 in Chicago, IL. She passed away September 12, 2004. He is survived by his daughters, Marilyn Rowland and her husband, Doug Flair of Topeka, KS and Janet Gartner and her fiancé, Bob Fleischer of Spring, TX; his brother, Albert Southard of Overland Park, KS; 7 grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; his nephew, John Southard and his niece, Linda Harris.
Services will be 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at the Mercer Funeral Home in Holton, KS. Interment will be in Comisky Cemetery east of Council Grove, KS in Morris County. The family will greet friends for one hour prior to the service at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the Shriner Children's Hospital c/o Mercer Funeral Home, Box 270, Holton, KS 66436.
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