Taken from the Leavenworth Times Jan 16, 1945
John Coldren is Dead at 74
Retired Contractor Left Many Monuments to His Skill as Builder.
John H. Coldren, 74, retired contractor and rock quarry operator, died at this residence on rural route one at 1:15 o'clock this morning following an illness of more than ten years. He had been confined to bed the past six years.
Mr. Coldren was born in Leavenworth, May 13, 1870, a son of Hosia and Anna Coldren, pioneers of Leavenworth. As a young man he was in the contracting and building business and built several buildings at Fort Leavenworth and Wadsworth. The last building he erected was the Jewish temple, Sixth and Osage street. He then operated a rock quarry on the Spruce street hill, west of town.
On September 13, 1922, Mr. Coldren was severely burned in a gasoline explosion while trying to prime a engine at the rock quarry. Since that time his health had been failing. He was a member of Salem Evangelical church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Fannie Coldren of the home address; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Tinkler, 125 Kickapoo; Mrs. Charlotte Jones, North Hollywood, Calif, and Mrs. Frances Woodward, 700 Osage; three sons, chaplain Raymond Coldren, US Army, in Belgium, John D. Coldren, LeRoy, KS; Edgar Coldren, Leavenworth; two step-sons, Emery Clay, Portland OR, Paul Clay, St. Joseph, MO; one grandson, John Paul Coldren of the home, and six other grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Jessie Watson and Miss Anna Coldren, both of 1100 Ottawa street; and two brothers, Bert and George Coldren of Wichita, Kas.
Private funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday at the Sexton funeral chapel. The Rev. A. C. Ernst of the Salem Evangelical church will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Muncie cemetery.
Contributed by: Sue Rush
John Coldren is Dead at 74
Retired Contractor Left Many Monuments to His Skill as Builder.
John H. Coldren, 74, retired contractor and rock quarry operator, died at this residence on rural route one at 1:15 o'clock this morning following an illness of more than ten years. He had been confined to bed the past six years.
Mr. Coldren was born in Leavenworth, May 13, 1870, a son of Hosia and Anna Coldren, pioneers of Leavenworth. As a young man he was in the contracting and building business and built several buildings at Fort Leavenworth and Wadsworth. The last building he erected was the Jewish temple, Sixth and Osage street. He then operated a rock quarry on the Spruce street hill, west of town.
On September 13, 1922, Mr. Coldren was severely burned in a gasoline explosion while trying to prime a engine at the rock quarry. Since that time his health had been failing. He was a member of Salem Evangelical church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Fannie Coldren of the home address; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Tinkler, 125 Kickapoo; Mrs. Charlotte Jones, North Hollywood, Calif, and Mrs. Frances Woodward, 700 Osage; three sons, chaplain Raymond Coldren, US Army, in Belgium, John D. Coldren, LeRoy, KS; Edgar Coldren, Leavenworth; two step-sons, Emery Clay, Portland OR, Paul Clay, St. Joseph, MO; one grandson, John Paul Coldren of the home, and six other grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Jessie Watson and Miss Anna Coldren, both of 1100 Ottawa street; and two brothers, Bert and George Coldren of Wichita, Kas.
Private funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday at the Sexton funeral chapel. The Rev. A. C. Ernst of the Salem Evangelical church will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Muncie cemetery.
Contributed by: Sue Rush
Taken from the Leavenworth Times Jan 16, 1945
John Coldren is Dead at 74
Retired Contractor Left Many Monuments to His Skill as Builder.
John H. Coldren, 74, retired contractor and rock quarry operator, died at this residence on rural route one at 1:15 o'clock this morning following an illness of more than ten years. He had been confined to bed the past six years.
Mr. Coldren was born in Leavenworth, May 13, 1870, a son of Hosia and Anna Coldren, pioneers of Leavenworth. As a young man he was in the contracting and building business and built several buildings at Fort Leavenworth and Wadsworth. The last building he erected was the Jewish temple, Sixth and Osage street. He then operated a rock quarry on the Spruce street hill, west of town.
On September 13, 1922, Mr. Coldren was severely burned in a gasoline explosion while trying to prime a engine at the rock quarry. Since that time his health had been failing. He was a member of Salem Evangelical church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Fannie Coldren of the home address; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Tinkler, 125 Kickapoo; Mrs. Charlotte Jones, North Hollywood, Calif, and Mrs. Frances Woodward, 700 Osage; three sons, chaplain Raymond Coldren, US Army, in Belgium, John D. Coldren, LeRoy, KS; Edgar Coldren, Leavenworth; two step-sons, Emery Clay, Portland OR, Paul Clay, St. Joseph, MO; one grandson, John Paul Coldren of the home, and six other grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Jessie Watson and Miss Anna Coldren, both of 1100 Ottawa street; and two brothers, Bert and George Coldren of Wichita, Kas.
Private funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday at the Sexton funeral chapel. The Rev. A. C. Ernst of the Salem Evangelical church will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Muncie cemetery.
Contributed by: Sue Rush
John Coldren is Dead at 74
Retired Contractor Left Many Monuments to His Skill as Builder.
John H. Coldren, 74, retired contractor and rock quarry operator, died at this residence on rural route one at 1:15 o'clock this morning following an illness of more than ten years. He had been confined to bed the past six years.
Mr. Coldren was born in Leavenworth, May 13, 1870, a son of Hosia and Anna Coldren, pioneers of Leavenworth. As a young man he was in the contracting and building business and built several buildings at Fort Leavenworth and Wadsworth. The last building he erected was the Jewish temple, Sixth and Osage street. He then operated a rock quarry on the Spruce street hill, west of town.
On September 13, 1922, Mr. Coldren was severely burned in a gasoline explosion while trying to prime a engine at the rock quarry. Since that time his health had been failing. He was a member of Salem Evangelical church.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Fannie Coldren of the home address; three daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Tinkler, 125 Kickapoo; Mrs. Charlotte Jones, North Hollywood, Calif, and Mrs. Frances Woodward, 700 Osage; three sons, chaplain Raymond Coldren, US Army, in Belgium, John D. Coldren, LeRoy, KS; Edgar Coldren, Leavenworth; two step-sons, Emery Clay, Portland OR, Paul Clay, St. Joseph, MO; one grandson, John Paul Coldren of the home, and six other grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Jessie Watson and Miss Anna Coldren, both of 1100 Ottawa street; and two brothers, Bert and George Coldren of Wichita, Kas.
Private funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock Thursday at the Sexton funeral chapel. The Rev. A. C. Ernst of the Salem Evangelical church will officiate. Burial will be in Mount Muncie cemetery.
Contributed by: Sue Rush
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