Bullet Wound Is Fatal
Brother Says Robert Lee Franklin Had Been Despondent
Robert Lee Franklin, 27, of 3116 Benton boulevard, died yesterday at the General hospital about four hours after he was admitted with a bullet wound In the head. Mr. Franklin was found wounded on the floor of his third floor
bedroom, a 22 caliber rifle beside him. Mr. Franklin had been off work a week with a cold and ear ailment and had been despondent. A brother, Elmer Franklin, who rooms at the same address, said the victim was born in Mountain Grove, Mo., and moved to Kansas City in 1948. Since then he had handled baggage and mail at the Union Station for the Kansas City Terminal railway. He was a veteran of the Korean war and spent ten months In Korea before he was discharged in 1952. He was a bachelor.
Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Elva Wright, Mountain Grove; Mrs. Thelma Cooper, Glendale, Calif.; Mrs. Irene Bennett, Macomb, Mo., and Mrs. Barbara Jean Paarman, Oskaloosa, Ia., and seven other brothers, Elvin Franklin, Hastings, Neb, Raymond Franklin, Richmond, Calif., Clifford Franklin, Wichita., Lloyd Franklin, 3205 East; Sixty-second street, Rex Franklin, Springfield, Mo., Roy Franklin, air force, South Carolina, and George Franklin, army. Services and burial will be at Mountain Grove.
Note: Son of Benjamin Raymon and Lillie Mae Robinett Franklin.
Bullet Wound Is Fatal
Brother Says Robert Lee Franklin Had Been Despondent
Robert Lee Franklin, 27, of 3116 Benton boulevard, died yesterday at the General hospital about four hours after he was admitted with a bullet wound In the head. Mr. Franklin was found wounded on the floor of his third floor
bedroom, a 22 caliber rifle beside him. Mr. Franklin had been off work a week with a cold and ear ailment and had been despondent. A brother, Elmer Franklin, who rooms at the same address, said the victim was born in Mountain Grove, Mo., and moved to Kansas City in 1948. Since then he had handled baggage and mail at the Union Station for the Kansas City Terminal railway. He was a veteran of the Korean war and spent ten months In Korea before he was discharged in 1952. He was a bachelor.
Also surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Elva Wright, Mountain Grove; Mrs. Thelma Cooper, Glendale, Calif.; Mrs. Irene Bennett, Macomb, Mo., and Mrs. Barbara Jean Paarman, Oskaloosa, Ia., and seven other brothers, Elvin Franklin, Hastings, Neb, Raymond Franklin, Richmond, Calif., Clifford Franklin, Wichita., Lloyd Franklin, 3205 East; Sixty-second street, Rex Franklin, Springfield, Mo., Roy Franklin, air force, South Carolina, and George Franklin, army. Services and burial will be at Mountain Grove.
Note: Son of Benjamin Raymon and Lillie Mae Robinett Franklin.
Family Members
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Elvin E. Franklin
1912–1979
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Elva Helen Franklin Wright
1915–1978
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Raymond Franklin
1917–1976
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Clifford "Pete" Franklin
1919–1996
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Elmer Sterling Franklin
1921–1990
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Thelma F. Franklin Cooper
1924–1991
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Velma Franklin
1924–1924
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Pvt Loyd James Franklin
1925–1973
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Irene Florence Franklin Bennett
1925–2005
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George W. Franklin Sr
1930–1996
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Roy Franklin
1934–1992
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Rex Franklin
1934–2002
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Barbara Jean Franklin Bond
1938–1998
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Dorothy Franklin
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