Charleston - Lewis Danforth Joslyn, an attorney at Charleston for more than 46 years, died Friday at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau following a lengthy illness. He was 72 years old.
He was born Nov. 14, 1907, to Augusta Danforth and Otis Wilbra Joslyn. He married Margaret Gallup Joslyn on Feb. 14, 1937.
He earned his law degree from the University of Missouri in 1934, where he was elected president of the law school student body.
From 1936 until 1940, he served in the Missouri House of Representatives and later served eight years in the Missouri Senate. In late 1948, he was appointed by Governor Phil Donnelly to fill the unexpired term of Circuit Judge J. C. McDowell. Throughout his legal career, he engaged in the general practice of law, associated first with his father, O. W. Joslyn, and in later years with Col. William P. Wright, the late Judge Thomas B. Russell, Albert G. Tindall, Philip Pruett and Jeffrey Vaughan. In addition to his law practice, much of his life was devoted to farming.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Dr. Wallace Danforth Joslyn; a daughter, Ann Lese Joslyn; a son, Lewis Joslyn Campbell by a previous marriage to the former Eleanor Lennes; sisters, Mrs. Clyde L. (Evelyn) Shepard, Mrs. George D. (Hope) Rogers and Mrs. Eugene M (Floy) Sparling; and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Otis W. Joslyn Jr. and a sister, Mrs. F. Garland (Emily) Russell.
A memorial service will be conducted Saturday at the First Christian Church here.
Arrangements have been made for a private family graveside service at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Charleston.
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He was born Nov. 14, 1907, to Augusta Danforth and Otis Wilbra Joslyn. He married Margaret Gallup Joslyn on Feb. 14, 1937.
He earned his law degree from the University of Missouri in 1934, where he was elected president of the law school student body.
From 1936 until 1940, he served in the Missouri House of Representatives and later served eight years in the Missouri Senate. In late 1948, he was appointed by Governor Phil Donnelly to fill the unexpired term of Circuit Judge J. C. McDowell. Throughout his legal career, he engaged in the general practice of law, associated first with his father, O. W. Joslyn, and in later years with Col. William P. Wright, the late Judge Thomas B. Russell, Albert G. Tindall, Philip Pruett and Jeffrey Vaughan. In addition to his law practice, much of his life was devoted to farming.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Dr. Wallace Danforth Joslyn; a daughter, Ann Lese Joslyn; a son, Lewis Joslyn Campbell by a previous marriage to the former Eleanor Lennes; sisters, Mrs. Clyde L. (Evelyn) Shepard, Mrs. George D. (Hope) Rogers and Mrs. Eugene M (Floy) Sparling; and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Otis W. Joslyn Jr. and a sister, Mrs. F. Garland (Emily) Russell.
A memorial service will be conducted Saturday at the First Christian Church here.
Arrangements have been made for a private family graveside service at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Charleston.
Southeast Missourian
Charleston - Lewis Danforth Joslyn, an attorney at Charleston for more than 46 years, died Friday at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau following a lengthy illness. He was 72 years old.
He was born Nov. 14, 1907, to Augusta Danforth and Otis Wilbra Joslyn. He married Margaret Gallup Joslyn on Feb. 14, 1937.
He earned his law degree from the University of Missouri in 1934, where he was elected president of the law school student body.
From 1936 until 1940, he served in the Missouri House of Representatives and later served eight years in the Missouri Senate. In late 1948, he was appointed by Governor Phil Donnelly to fill the unexpired term of Circuit Judge J. C. McDowell. Throughout his legal career, he engaged in the general practice of law, associated first with his father, O. W. Joslyn, and in later years with Col. William P. Wright, the late Judge Thomas B. Russell, Albert G. Tindall, Philip Pruett and Jeffrey Vaughan. In addition to his law practice, much of his life was devoted to farming.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Dr. Wallace Danforth Joslyn; a daughter, Ann Lese Joslyn; a son, Lewis Joslyn Campbell by a previous marriage to the former Eleanor Lennes; sisters, Mrs. Clyde L. (Evelyn) Shepard, Mrs. George D. (Hope) Rogers and Mrs. Eugene M (Floy) Sparling; and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Otis W. Joslyn Jr. and a sister, Mrs. F. Garland (Emily) Russell.
A memorial service will be conducted Saturday at the First Christian Church here.
Arrangements have been made for a private family graveside service at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Charleston.
Southeast Missourian
He was born Nov. 14, 1907, to Augusta Danforth and Otis Wilbra Joslyn. He married Margaret Gallup Joslyn on Feb. 14, 1937.
He earned his law degree from the University of Missouri in 1934, where he was elected president of the law school student body.
From 1936 until 1940, he served in the Missouri House of Representatives and later served eight years in the Missouri Senate. In late 1948, he was appointed by Governor Phil Donnelly to fill the unexpired term of Circuit Judge J. C. McDowell. Throughout his legal career, he engaged in the general practice of law, associated first with his father, O. W. Joslyn, and in later years with Col. William P. Wright, the late Judge Thomas B. Russell, Albert G. Tindall, Philip Pruett and Jeffrey Vaughan. In addition to his law practice, much of his life was devoted to farming.
Survivors include his wife; a son, Dr. Wallace Danforth Joslyn; a daughter, Ann Lese Joslyn; a son, Lewis Joslyn Campbell by a previous marriage to the former Eleanor Lennes; sisters, Mrs. Clyde L. (Evelyn) Shepard, Mrs. George D. (Hope) Rogers and Mrs. Eugene M (Floy) Sparling; and three grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Otis W. Joslyn Jr. and a sister, Mrs. F. Garland (Emily) Russell.
A memorial service will be conducted Saturday at the First Christian Church here.
Arrangements have been made for a private family graveside service at the I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Charleston.
Southeast Missourian
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