Mr. Black died Thursday, March 11, 2004, at his home.
He was born March 6, 1920, in McLouth, the son of James David and Kate (Lobb) Black. He graduated from McLouth High School in 1938 and lived most of his life in Lawrence. He attended a government training school at Kansas University.
Mr. Black worked at the O.A. Sutton Plant in Wichita, making aircraft parts for the B-29 bomber, and later for Vornado Fan. He then moved to San Luis Obispo, Calif., to work at General Fireproofing. He returned to Lawrence in 1969 and worked at Gibson's.
He owned and operated K&A Countryside Market in Oskaloosa until he sold it in 1985. He retired from the market in 1988.
He married Anna Belle Baker on Feb. 14, 1942, in Lawrence. She survives, of the home.
Other survivors include two daughters, Sharon Sue Wright, Lawrence, and Vicki Winningham, Corsicana, Texas; two sons, Kenneth H. Jr., Dallas, and Dee Jay, Iberia, Mo.; three sisters, Shirley Duncan, Valley Center, Wilma Yardley, Topeka, and Doris Stanfield, El Dorado; five brothers, Dale and James, both of Lawrence, Jerry Lee and Bob, both of Arkansas, and Eldon, Oregon; 11 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Saturday, March 13, 2004 ljworld
Mr. Black died Thursday, March 11, 2004, at his home.
He was born March 6, 1920, in McLouth, the son of James David and Kate (Lobb) Black. He graduated from McLouth High School in 1938 and lived most of his life in Lawrence. He attended a government training school at Kansas University.
Mr. Black worked at the O.A. Sutton Plant in Wichita, making aircraft parts for the B-29 bomber, and later for Vornado Fan. He then moved to San Luis Obispo, Calif., to work at General Fireproofing. He returned to Lawrence in 1969 and worked at Gibson's.
He owned and operated K&A Countryside Market in Oskaloosa until he sold it in 1985. He retired from the market in 1988.
He married Anna Belle Baker on Feb. 14, 1942, in Lawrence. She survives, of the home.
Other survivors include two daughters, Sharon Sue Wright, Lawrence, and Vicki Winningham, Corsicana, Texas; two sons, Kenneth H. Jr., Dallas, and Dee Jay, Iberia, Mo.; three sisters, Shirley Duncan, Valley Center, Wilma Yardley, Topeka, and Doris Stanfield, El Dorado; five brothers, Dale and James, both of Lawrence, Jerry Lee and Bob, both of Arkansas, and Eldon, Oregon; 11 grandchildren; and 12 great-grandchildren.
Saturday, March 13, 2004 ljworld
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Homer Edward Black
1918–1992
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Dale Franklin Black
1921–2007
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Wilma Mae Black Yardley
1923–2008
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Lloyd J. Black
1924–1996
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James Thomas Black
1926–2006
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Opal Elizabeth Black Sawhill
1927–1998
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Robert Lewis "Bob" Black
1929–2020
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Arnold Ray Black
1933–1933
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Shirley Jean Black Duncan
1937–2021
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Jerry L. Black
1940–2020
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