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Joseph Frank “Joe” Oglesby

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Joseph Frank “Joe” Oglesby Veteran

Birth
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA
Death
12 Mar 1970 (aged 70)
Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida, USA
Burial
Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida, USA GPS-Latitude: 28.3059502, Longitude: -81.3776474
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1 65 1 C
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The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida), 13 March 1970 (Friday)

Mr. Joseph Frank Oglesby, 70, Rt. 2, Kissimmee, died Thursday.

A commercial artist, he was a native of Salt Lake City, Utah, and came to the Kissimmee area in 1954.

He was a veteran of World Wars I and II. At 48 he enrolled in the University of Tennessee with his two sons and graduated in 1951. He earned his mater's degree in 1953.

He was art director of the Tampa Tribune in 1925 and '26. He was scoutmaster for the first crippled Boy Scout troop. Members of the troop were patients at the Scottish Rite Hospital, Decatur, Ga.

Mr. Oglesby was a member of St. Johns Episcopal Church, Kissimmee. He was a technical illustrator for Radiation Inc., Melbourne from May 1958 until his retirement in 1965.

Survivors: wife, Mrs. Molly Meriweather; sons, Joseph M., Daytona Beach, Milton L. II, Amarillo, Tex.; sister, Mrs. George S. Pickett III, Winston-Salem, N.C., eight grandchildren.
The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida), 13 March 1970 (Friday)

Mr. Joseph Frank Oglesby, 70, Rt. 2, Kissimmee, died Thursday.

A commercial artist, he was a native of Salt Lake City, Utah, and came to the Kissimmee area in 1954.

He was a veteran of World Wars I and II. At 48 he enrolled in the University of Tennessee with his two sons and graduated in 1951. He earned his mater's degree in 1953.

He was art director of the Tampa Tribune in 1925 and '26. He was scoutmaster for the first crippled Boy Scout troop. Members of the troop were patients at the Scottish Rite Hospital, Decatur, Ga.

Mr. Oglesby was a member of St. Johns Episcopal Church, Kissimmee. He was a technical illustrator for Radiation Inc., Melbourne from May 1958 until his retirement in 1965.

Survivors: wife, Mrs. Molly Meriweather; sons, Joseph M., Daytona Beach, Milton L. II, Amarillo, Tex.; sister, Mrs. George S. Pickett III, Winston-Salem, N.C., eight grandchildren.

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DMEC US Navy
World War II



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  • Created by: JMO
  • Added: Jun 13, 2000
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5009637/joseph_frank-oglesby: accessed ), memorial page for Joseph Frank “Joe” Oglesby (7 Sep 1899–12 Mar 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 5009637, citing Rose Hill Cemetery, Kissimmee, Osceola County, Florida, USA; Maintained by JMO (contributor 4946590).