Obituaries
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CHEROKEE, KS – Clarence H. Sherman, 85, of Cherokee, KS, died at
11:35 am, Wednesday, July 7, 2010, at the Sunset Manor Nursing Home
in Frontenac, KS of a long illness.
He was born April 6, 1925 at Coal Camp #12 in Gross, Kansas the son
of Otto Marion and Dortha Mildred Monk Sherman. He had been a
resident of Cherokee since 1966.
Mr. Sherman was a veteran of WWII serving in the US Army from 1943
to 1946.
He married Mamie Bush on April 24, 1946 in Girard, KS. She
preceded in death on December 7, 2006.
Mr. Sherman was a butcher working at Hull and Dillion Packing
Company in Pittsburg for 22 years and Krestmier in Pittsburg for 5 years
prior to his retirement.
He was of the Baptist Faith and a member of the Cherokee American
Legion Post #35 and AARP. He was the Assistant Fire Chief for the
Cherokee Volunteer Fire Department for several years and has served
as a reserve police officer with the City of Cherokee.
Survivors include three daughters Jean Karnes and her husband Dan
of Cherokee; Sylvia Blythe of Cherokee; and Kalyn Thomas and her
husband Don of Wellsville, KS; a foster daughter Jane Johnson and her
husband Lee of Frontenac; one brother Charles Sherman and his wife
Maudie of Arcadia, KS. Five grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren
and one great-great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; a granddaughter
Lisa Clinton Perrino; a great-grandson Seun Afonja; three brothers
Frances Sherman, Harry Sherman, and Leonard Sherman.
Memorial services will be 10 am Saturday at the Bath-Naylor Funeral
Home & Crematory in Weir, KS, with the Rev. Bud Clapp, officiating.
Inurnment will be in the Cherokee City Cemetery. Military graveside rites
will be given by the Cherokee American Legion Post #35. The family will
receive friends from 7 to 8 pm Friday at the Bath-Naylor Funeral Home &
Crematory in Weir, Kansas. A memorial has been established to the
Cherokee Volunteer Fire Department or Hospice Compassus in care of
the funeral home.
11:35 am, Wednesday, July 7, 2010, at the Sunset Manor Nursing Home
in Frontenac, KS of a long illness.
He was born April 6, 1925 at Coal Camp #12 in Gross, Kansas the son
of Otto Marion and Dortha Mildred Monk Sherman. He had been a
resident of Cherokee since 1966.
Mr. Sherman was a veteran of WWII serving in the US Army from 1943
to 1946.
He married Mamie Bush on April 24, 1946 in Girard, KS. She
preceded in death on December 7, 2006.
Mr. Sherman was a butcher working at Hull and Dillion Packing
Company in Pittsburg for 22 years and Krestmier in Pittsburg for 5 years
prior to his retirement.
He was of the Baptist Faith and a member of the Cherokee American
Legion Post #35 and AARP. He was the Assistant Fire Chief for the
Cherokee Volunteer Fire Department for several years and has served
as a reserve police officer with the City of Cherokee.
Survivors include three daughters Jean Karnes and her husband Dan
of Cherokee; Sylvia Blythe of Cherokee; and Kalyn Thomas and her
husband Don of Wellsville, KS; a foster daughter Jane Johnson and her
husband Lee of Frontenac; one brother Charles Sherman and his wife
Maudie of Arcadia, KS. Five grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren
and one great-great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife; a granddaughter
Lisa Clinton Perrino; a great-grandson Seun Afonja; three brothers
Frances Sherman, Harry Sherman, and Leonard Sherman.
Memorial services will be 10 am Saturday at the Bath-Naylor Funeral
Home & Crematory in Weir, KS, with the Rev. Bud Clapp, officiating.
Inurnment will be in the Cherokee City Cemetery. Military graveside rites
will be given by the Cherokee American Legion Post #35. The family will
receive friends from 7 to 8 pm Friday at the Bath-Naylor Funeral Home &
Crematory in Weir, Kansas. A memorial has been established to the
Cherokee Volunteer Fire Department or Hospice Compassus in care of
the funeral home.
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