"Arthur H. Asbury, Leavenworth, a former recreational worker at the VA Center, died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1993, at Cushing hospital. He was 83.
He was born Jan. 6, 1910, in Buchanan County, Mo., the son of Christopher Columbus "Lum" and Elsie Jeanette Ogden Asbury. He worked in the recreation department at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center for 32 years before retiring.
He was a member of the National Campers and Hikers, the Pioneer Camping Club, and a member of King Solomon Masonic Lodge No. 10 AF & AM.
He married Edna L. Korth on Aug. 29, 1929, in Leavenworth.
She survives at the home.
Additional survivors include a daughter, Janice Calvacca, New City, N.Y.; a son (Ret.) Col Francis L. Asbury, Niceville, Fla.; a sister, Opal Fevurly, Leavenworth; a brother Frank Asbury, Easton; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by nine brothers.
The burial will be in Sunset Memory Gardens.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association."
The Leavenworth Times (Leavenworth, Kansas) Novemeber 17, 1993. Page 4
"Arthur H. Asbury, Leavenworth, a former recreational worker at the VA Center, died Tuesday, Nov. 16, 1993, at Cushing hospital. He was 83.
He was born Jan. 6, 1910, in Buchanan County, Mo., the son of Christopher Columbus "Lum" and Elsie Jeanette Ogden Asbury. He worked in the recreation department at the Dwight D. Eisenhower Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center for 32 years before retiring.
He was a member of the National Campers and Hikers, the Pioneer Camping Club, and a member of King Solomon Masonic Lodge No. 10 AF & AM.
He married Edna L. Korth on Aug. 29, 1929, in Leavenworth.
She survives at the home.
Additional survivors include a daughter, Janice Calvacca, New City, N.Y.; a son (Ret.) Col Francis L. Asbury, Niceville, Fla.; a sister, Opal Fevurly, Leavenworth; a brother Frank Asbury, Easton; six grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by nine brothers.
The burial will be in Sunset Memory Gardens.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association."
The Leavenworth Times (Leavenworth, Kansas) Novemeber 17, 1993. Page 4
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Ernest Smith Asbury
1900–1982
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Fredrick D. "Fred" Asbury
1902–1975
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John Rudolph Asbury
1904–1968
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Robert Faucett Asbury
1905–1974
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Lee Anderson Asbury
1907–1976
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Albert Jewel Asbury
1908–1945
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Marvin Ogden Asbury
1912–1949
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Opal Rose Asbury Fevurly
1913–2001
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Christopher Columbus Asbury Jr
1915–1957
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Woodrow Wilson Asbury
1918–1980
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Benjamin Frank "Frank" Asbury
1920–2008
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