Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameJohn Warren Conrow
Birth19 Mar 1897, Wabaunsee Co, KS
Census2 Apr 1930, Manhattan, Riley Co, KS
Memoroll#718, pg 1
Death31 May 1967, Manhattan, Riley Co, KS
BurialSunrise Cem, Manhattan, Riley Co, KS
Memoby Rev Charles L. Williams Jr
FatherWilliam Augustus Conrow (1864-1925)
MotherLena May Faulk (1869-1930)
Misc. Notes
Lived in Manhattan, KS in 1930 as a laboratory inspector (33, KS) for the Highway Dept with wife Anna M. (26, KS). Also living with them is a brother-in-law Gerald A. Lake (15, KS), who is Anna’s step-brother.
Rev. Charles L. Williams Jr. led his funeral services.
Spouses
Birth1903, Kansas
Death6 Oct 1933, Riley Co, KS
BurialSunset Cem, Manhattan, Riley Co, KS
Misc. Notes
Daughter of James Thomas Fletcher (1878-1904) and Ada Mary Glock (14 Apr 1879 - 19 Mar 1963).
In 1910, she is age 6 and listed as a step-daughter, because her mother, Ada M. Lake (31, KS) - is now in her second marriage to George Lake. Her mother’s parents were both born in Germany. Both Anna’s parents were born in Kansas. Same family in 1920, although 2 more Lake children were added.
no children
Marriage28 Sep 1923, Kansas
No Children
Birth26 Apr 1910, Chanute, Neosho Co, KS
Death31 Oct 1998, Manhattan, Riley Co, KS
Burial4 Nov 1998, Sunrise Cem, Manhattan, Riley Co, KS
MemoFirst Presbyterian Church
Misc. Notes
Dau of John Graham Hemphill and Zella Olive Osborn
[Marriage] The Marion County, Palmyra, MO - Wednesday, 23 January 1935, pg 6
KANSAS YOUNG PEOPLE MARRIED HERE
Miss Elizabeth Hemphill, of Chaunts, Kansas and Mr. John W. Conrow. of Manhattan, Kansas, were married in this city Monday afternoon at the Methodist parsonage. The ceremony was performed by the pastor, the Rev. C. S. Rennison. The wedding was witnessed by Miss Leta Todd and Mrs. C. S. Rennison
[Obituary]
BETTY CONROW
Betty Conrow, 88, Manhattan, died Oct. 31, 1998, at her home.
Mrs. Conrow worked at Manhattan City Hall and later for the Texas Contractor Magazine in Dallas.
She was born April 26, 1910, at Chanute, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Hemphill. She was reared in Chanute and moved to Manhattan in 1936. She lived in Dallas from 1970 until she moved back to Manhattan in 1977.
Mrs. Conrow was a member of First Presbyterian Church, Manhattan.
She married John W. Conrow Jan. 26, 1936, at Hamburg, lowa. He died May 31, 1967. She was also preceded in death by a son, Warren A. Conrow, in 1978.
Survivors include two sons, Bill Conrow, Fayetteville, Ark., and Stan Conrow, Richland Hills, Texas; four sisters, Dorothy Hilger, Ozawkie, Hanna Lee Grote and Peggy Grillot, both of Palm Harbour, Fla., and Kathryn Fiskin, Placentia, Calif.; four grandchildren; and 10 great-grand-children.
Services were Nov. 4 at the First Presbyterian Church, Manhattan. Burial was at Sunrise Cemetery, Manhattan.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Kansas State University Foundation General Scholarship Fund and sent in care of the Edwards-Meloan-Londeen Funeral Home, Manhattan.
Marriage21 Jan 1935, Palmyra, MO
ChildrenJohn William “Bill” (1937-2012)
 Warren Andrew (1945-1978)
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