John William Foresman

1943 - 2001  (58 years)

• Name	John William Foresman
  Nickname	Bill
  Born	19 Jan 1943	Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Gender	Male
  Died	24 Oct 2001	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Cremated
  Person ID	I3692	Rossville
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	John Lyman Foresman,   b. 27 Sep 1917, Wamego, Pottawatomie County, Kansas ,   d. 11 Jun 2000, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Nora Dell Patton Foresman,   b. 14 Apr 1921, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas ,   d. 17 Apr 2007, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  (Age 86 years)
  Married	27 Aug 1940	St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Documents		Marriage- Patton, Nora-Foresman, John Patton-Foresman Mrs. Lorraine Patton announces the marriage of her daughter, Nora Dell to Mr. John Lyman Foresman, son of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Foresman of Wamego, Kans. The marriage took place at 9 o'clock Tuesday morning, August 27, at the Immaculate Conception Catholic church at St. Marys, the Rev. Father John A. Barens S.J. officiating. The altar was beautiful with lighted candles and baskets of flowers. Miss Audria Foresman of Topeka, sister of the groom was brides maid and Mr. Foresman chose his brother Roy for best man. The bride was lovely in a floor length dress of white satin and net and white shoes. She wore a short veil with a wreath of white gardenias, and she carried an arm bouquet of orchids, asters, ferns and statice. Her only jewelry was a little gold cross and chain. The brides maid wore a sky blue chiffon dress, floor length with white turbin, silver slippers and carried an arm bouquet of white asters, ferns and statice. Mrs. Foresman received her education in both the Rossville Grade and high school. She also is a graduate from the Stewart Beauty Academy of Topeka, Kans. She passed the state board of cosmotology. She worked in the Powder Puff and College Hill Beauty Shop at Topeka, and was owner and operator of the Kut and Kurl Beauty Shoppe at Silver Lake. Since April she has been at home with her mother. Mr. Foresman received his education at Wamego, Kans. from the parochial grade and high school. He has been farming with his father and will continue farming. The young couple will be at home to their friends on a farm east of Wamego. A wedding breakfast was served at the home of the bride, after the wedding. The immediate family of the bride and groom were present including: Mr. and Mrs. John Foresman, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Foresman and daughter, Audria and son Roy, Mrs. Joe D. Parr, Jeannine, Thane and Larry, Mrs. Chas Meade, Mrs. Patton, Clyde and Eileen. Out-of-town guests at the wedding were Mrs. August Hoferer and daughter Bernadine Taylor, Gail Ault, Marcia Ault, Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Applegate and daughter Julia, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Foresman all of Wamego; Mrs. W.E. Patton, Cleo Patton, Mrs. Chas. Meade, Mrs. Joe D. Parr, Luella Olson, Gladys Martin, Winifred Decker, Lois Hogan, Anita Lemon and Maxine Marney all of Rossville. [From 29 Aug 1940]
  Family ID	F1968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Janet Metivier Foresman
  Married	1966	Norwich, New London County, Connecticut
  Notes	Not sure if the children are from this marriage or if any are from second marriage.
  Children	1. James Foresman   2. Daniel Foresman   3. Junita Foresman Cavallaro   4. Jennifer Foresman Perham
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2019 23:16:19
  Family ID	F3163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Karen Reid Foresman
  Married	7 Oct 1979	Norwich, New London County, Connecticut
  Last Modified	25 Dec 2019 23:16:28
  Family ID	F3164	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Foresman, John W. J. William “Bill” Foresman John William “Bill” Foresman, 58, St. Marys, died Wednesday, October 24, 2001, at a Topeka hospital. He was born January 19, 1943, in Wamego, the son of John L. and Nora Dell Patton Foresman. He had lived in St. Marys since October 2001, moving from Auburn where he had lived for 11 years. He grew up in the Rossville and St. Marys communities; graduated from St. Marys High School in 1961, and served in the United States Coast Guard from 1961 until 1965. He lived in the Norwich, CT community many years and moved back to Kansas in 1981. He was a carpenter for St. Francis Hospital many years and retired in 1998. He had worked construction before he worked at St. Francis. Bill was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, St. Marys. In June 1966, he married Janet Metiyier at Norwich, CT. They were divorced. He married Karen Reid October 7, 1979, at Norwich, CT. She survives. Other survivors include two sons, James Foresman, Maple Hill, and Daniel Foresman, of the home; two daughters, Junita Cavallaro, Waterbury, CT, and Jennifer Per- ham, Taffville, CT; his mother, Nora Dell Foresman, St. Marys; a brother, Thomas Michael Foresman, Rossville; and eight grandchildren. He was cremated. A memorial Mass of Christian Burial was at 10 a.m. Monday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, St. Marys. Burial will be at a later date. Memorial contributions may be made to the Basic Cancer Research at Kansas State University and sent in care of the funeral home. Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home, St. Marys, was in charge of arrangements.