1925 - 2005 (80 years)
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Name |
Benjamin C Wade |
Suffix |
Sr. |
Born |
28 Feb 1925 |
Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
5 Nov 2005 |
Silver Lake, Shawnee County, Kansas |
Buried |
Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas |
Person ID |
I6844 |
Rossville |
Last Modified |
8 Nov 2017 |
Father |
Benajmin Franklin Wade, Sr., b. 21 Mar 1893, Willard, Shawnee County, Kansas , d. 3 Feb 1963, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 69 years) |
Mother |
Edna Blanche Lemon Wade, b. 1892, d. 22 Apr 1954 (Age 62 years) |
Family ID |
F3369 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Rose Bell Bixby Wade Jones, b. 24 Jan 1916, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas , d. 28 Apr 1991, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 75 years) |
Married |
15 Sep 1950 |
Kansas City |
Children |
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Documents |
 | Marriage- Bixby, Rosabelle-Wade, Ben Bixby-Wade
Rosabelle Bixby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tot Bixby and Ben Wade Jr. son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Wade Sr. were quietly married in Kansas City, last Friday. They will be at home on a farm west of Rossville, for the present. |
Last Modified |
29 Aug 2018 15:29:25 |
Family ID |
F4233 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 2 |
Norma Kay Burman Wade, b. 13 Sep 1931, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas , d. 28 Mar 1991, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 59 years) |
Married |
31 Jul 1970 |
Beloit, Mitchell County, Kansas |
Last Modified |
2 May 2018 14:24:26 |
Family ID |
F5698 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Documents |
 | Obituary- Wade, Benjamin C.
BENJAMIN C. WADE, SR.
Benjamin C. Wade, Sr., 80, Silver Lake, died Saturday, November 5, 2005, at his home.
He was born February 28, 1925, in Rossville, the son of Benjamin Franklin and Edna Lemon Wade.
Benjamin served in the U.S. Army during World War II, where he received the European African Middle Eastern Theater Ribbon with two Bronze Stars, three Overseas Service Bars, and the Purple Heart. He was a member of Jimmie Lillard Post #31 of the American Legion, Rossville, and Silver Lake Post #160. He was a lifetime member of the V.F.W. and a member of the 40/8 Club.
He worked for Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in the warehouse for 35 years. He was a member of Rubber Workers Local #307.
He married Norma K. Burman on July 31, 1970 in Beloit. She died March 28,1991. He was also preceded in death by two brothers, Homer Wade and William Wade, a sister, Donice Wollam, a daughter, Kerri Wade-Mattox, and a grandson, Thomas Matthews.
Survivors include a daughter, Donice Wade, Silver Lake; a son, Benjamin C. Wade, Jr., Silver Lake; two stepsons, Michael Douglas, Silver Lake, and Phillip Richardson, Topeka; two brothers, Thomas Wade, Sr., Silver Lake, and James Wade, Topeka; a sister, Clara George, Trenton, MO; and six grandchildren.
His service was at 10 a.m. Thursday at Penwell-Gabel Parker-Price Chapel, North Topeka. Burial was in Rossville Cemetery where military honors were conducted by Jimmie Lillard Post #31 of the American Legion of Rossville and Silver Lake Post #160. The family received friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Benjamin C. Wade, Sr. Memorial Fund and sent in care of P.O. Box 212, Silver Lake 66539.
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