John William McFadden age 92, passed away at his home in Stella, Nebraska. He was the second child of William Ruthvan and Dorothy Lulu Olsen McFadden. John was born in Wichita, Kansas. He was educated in Kansas and in California. The day after he graduated from high school he joined the Coast Guard and served in World War ll. He took part in several campaigns from Hollandia 4-23-1944 to Morotai 9-19-1944. During his war days, he saw the destruction of the Japanese fleet. Later he would write to his Aunt Maude about the experience.
After the War ended, John flew back home to California. He met and married Gloria Russel on the 23rd of March 1947 at the Mount San Antonia College Chapel, near Walnut, California.
John and Gloria have three sons: (due to the privacy of our family members their name will not be known at this time) They were born from 1951 to 1958.
In August of 1954, John graduated from California Polytechnic College, in San Luis Obispo, with a degree in Agricultural Engineering. The family moved to Arizona where John and Gloria has a successful Insurance company.
John met and married Corrnett Davis, John adopted her two children at a very young age.
He is preceded in death of his parents, a sister, three brothers. Surviving after his death is his wife Connett, his four sons, a daughter, two sisters, one in California and one in Texas. Several grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
A poem that was read before his passing by his family at his side.
Gone From My Sight
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone.
Gone where? Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,
hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.
And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone,"
there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"
And that is dying...
-Henry Van Dyke
We will all miss and love him always.
After the War ended, John flew back home to California. He met and married Gloria Russel on the 23rd of March 1947 at the Mount San Antonia College Chapel, near Walnut, California.
John and Gloria have three sons: (due to the privacy of our family members their name will not be known at this time) They were born from 1951 to 1958.
In August of 1954, John graduated from California Polytechnic College, in San Luis Obispo, with a degree in Agricultural Engineering. The family moved to Arizona where John and Gloria has a successful Insurance company.
John met and married Corrnett Davis, John adopted her two children at a very young age.
He is preceded in death of his parents, a sister, three brothers. Surviving after his death is his wife Connett, his four sons, a daughter, two sisters, one in California and one in Texas. Several grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
A poem that was read before his passing by his family at his side.
Gone From My Sight
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone.
Gone where? Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,
hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.
And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone,"
there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"
And that is dying...
-Henry Van Dyke
We will all miss and love him always.
John William McFadden age 92, passed away at his home in Stella, Nebraska. He was the second child of William Ruthvan and Dorothy Lulu Olsen McFadden. John was born in Wichita, Kansas. He was educated in Kansas and in California. The day after he graduated from high school he joined the Coast Guard and served in World War ll. He took part in several campaigns from Hollandia 4-23-1944 to Morotai 9-19-1944. During his war days, he saw the destruction of the Japanese fleet. Later he would write to his Aunt Maude about the experience.
After the War ended, John flew back home to California. He met and married Gloria Russel on the 23rd of March 1947 at the Mount San Antonia College Chapel, near Walnut, California.
John and Gloria have three sons: (due to the privacy of our family members their name will not be known at this time) They were born from 1951 to 1958.
In August of 1954, John graduated from California Polytechnic College, in San Luis Obispo, with a degree in Agricultural Engineering. The family moved to Arizona where John and Gloria has a successful Insurance company.
John met and married Corrnett Davis, John adopted her two children at a very young age.
He is preceded in death of his parents, a sister, three brothers. Surviving after his death is his wife Connett, his four sons, a daughter, two sisters, one in California and one in Texas. Several grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
A poem that was read before his passing by his family at his side.
Gone From My Sight
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone.
Gone where? Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,
hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.
And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone,"
there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"
And that is dying...
-Henry Van Dyke
We will all miss and love him always.
After the War ended, John flew back home to California. He met and married Gloria Russel on the 23rd of March 1947 at the Mount San Antonia College Chapel, near Walnut, California.
John and Gloria have three sons: (due to the privacy of our family members their name will not be known at this time) They were born from 1951 to 1958.
In August of 1954, John graduated from California Polytechnic College, in San Luis Obispo, with a degree in Agricultural Engineering. The family moved to Arizona where John and Gloria has a successful Insurance company.
John met and married Corrnett Davis, John adopted her two children at a very young age.
He is preceded in death of his parents, a sister, three brothers. Surviving after his death is his wife Connett, his four sons, a daughter, two sisters, one in California and one in Texas. Several grandchildren, nieces, and nephews.
A poem that was read before his passing by his family at his side.
Gone From My Sight
I am standing upon the seashore. A ship, at my side,
spreads her white sails to the moving breeze and starts
for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength.
I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck
of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other.
Then, someone at my side says, "There, she is gone.
Gone where? Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast,
hull and spar as she was when she left my side.
And, she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port.
Her diminished size is in me -- not in her.
And, just at the moment when someone says, "There, she is gone,"
there are other eyes watching her coming, and other voices
ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!"
And that is dying...
-Henry Van Dyke
We will all miss and love him always.
Family Members
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Advertisement
