Extract from U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947:
Name: Mike LeRoy McMurtery
Age: 18
Birth date: 13 Jan 1929
Birth place: Bonner Springs, Kansas
Race: white
Address: 345 Cornell, Bonners Springs, Wyandotte, Kansas
Telephone: none
Name of person who will always know your address: Mrs Clara Koerner, 345 Cornell, Bonners Springs, Kansas
Employer: unemployed
Height: 5 feet 10½ inches
Weight: 159
Eyes: blue
Hair: brown
Complexion: sallow
Other characteristics: not listed
Registration date: 13 Jan 1947
Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Mike L McMurtery
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: 1929
Birthplace: not listed
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: military
Home in 1950: Spokane Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington
Marital status: single (never married)
Occupation: Air Force
Class of worker: for government employer
Census place: Spokane Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington
Date: 5 Sep 1950
Extract from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File 1850-2010:
Name: Mike McMurtery
Birth date: 26 Feb 1929
Death date: 3 Dec 2004
Cause of death: not listed
SSN: not listed
Branch: Air Force
Enlistment date: 28 Jun 1947
Release date: 15 May 1950
Extract from U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006:
Name: Mike L McMurtery
Service info.: Sgt US Air Force
Birth date: 26 Feb 1929
Death date: 3 Dec 2004
Cemetery: Fairmount Memorial Park
Cemetery address: W 5200 Wellesley Ave Spokane Washington 99205
Obituary from the "Spokesman-Review" of Spokane, Washington dated 8 Dec 2004:
Mike McMurtery
Spokane
Visitation for Mike L. McMurtery, 75, will be today from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Riplinger Funeral Home. Service is planned for Thursday at noon at Sunset Chapel at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Mr. McMurtery, a 54-year resident of Spokane, died Friday. He was born in Bonner Springs, Kan.
He enlisted in the Army Air Force at Fort Riley, Kan., in 1947 and was honorably discharged in 1950.
Mr. McMurtery was a retired Kaiser Mead employee. During the frequent lay-offs early in his career, he worked at a variety of jobs, from tending bar to hauling coal, and for a brief time he worked for the city.
In his younger years he enjoyed bowling, archery and playing softball.
Survivors include his wife, Lena; two sons, Michael and Gary McMurtery; a daughter, Brenda Nord; his former wife, Hedy McMurtery; five stepchildren, Linda Trieber, Jim and Dick Pettis, Judy Miller and Verna Jacobson; six grandchildren, one great-grandson, 14 stepgrandchildren and four stepgreat-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Spokane Veterans Affairs Hospital Hospice Unit.
He married Lena Mae Koepke 18 Aug 1992 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada.
Name: Mike LeRoy McMurtery
Age: 18
Birth date: 13 Jan 1929
Birth place: Bonner Springs, Kansas
Race: white
Address: 345 Cornell, Bonners Springs, Wyandotte, Kansas
Telephone: none
Name of person who will always know your address: Mrs Clara Koerner, 345 Cornell, Bonners Springs, Kansas
Employer: unemployed
Height: 5 feet 10½ inches
Weight: 159
Eyes: blue
Hair: brown
Complexion: sallow
Other characteristics: not listed
Registration date: 13 Jan 1947
Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Mike L McMurtery
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: 1929
Birthplace: not listed
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: military
Home in 1950: Spokane Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington
Marital status: single (never married)
Occupation: Air Force
Class of worker: for government employer
Census place: Spokane Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington
Date: 5 Sep 1950
Extract from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File 1850-2010:
Name: Mike McMurtery
Birth date: 26 Feb 1929
Death date: 3 Dec 2004
Cause of death: not listed
SSN: not listed
Branch: Air Force
Enlistment date: 28 Jun 1947
Release date: 15 May 1950
Extract from U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006:
Name: Mike L McMurtery
Service info.: Sgt US Air Force
Birth date: 26 Feb 1929
Death date: 3 Dec 2004
Cemetery: Fairmount Memorial Park
Cemetery address: W 5200 Wellesley Ave Spokane Washington 99205
Obituary from the "Spokesman-Review" of Spokane, Washington dated 8 Dec 2004:
Mike McMurtery
Spokane
Visitation for Mike L. McMurtery, 75, will be today from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Riplinger Funeral Home. Service is planned for Thursday at noon at Sunset Chapel at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Mr. McMurtery, a 54-year resident of Spokane, died Friday. He was born in Bonner Springs, Kan.
He enlisted in the Army Air Force at Fort Riley, Kan., in 1947 and was honorably discharged in 1950.
Mr. McMurtery was a retired Kaiser Mead employee. During the frequent lay-offs early in his career, he worked at a variety of jobs, from tending bar to hauling coal, and for a brief time he worked for the city.
In his younger years he enjoyed bowling, archery and playing softball.
Survivors include his wife, Lena; two sons, Michael and Gary McMurtery; a daughter, Brenda Nord; his former wife, Hedy McMurtery; five stepchildren, Linda Trieber, Jim and Dick Pettis, Judy Miller and Verna Jacobson; six grandchildren, one great-grandson, 14 stepgrandchildren and four stepgreat-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Spokane Veterans Affairs Hospital Hospice Unit.
He married Lena Mae Koepke 18 Aug 1992 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada.
Extract from U.S. World War II Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947:
Name: Mike LeRoy McMurtery
Age: 18
Birth date: 13 Jan 1929
Birth place: Bonner Springs, Kansas
Race: white
Address: 345 Cornell, Bonners Springs, Wyandotte, Kansas
Telephone: none
Name of person who will always know your address: Mrs Clara Koerner, 345 Cornell, Bonners Springs, Kansas
Employer: unemployed
Height: 5 feet 10½ inches
Weight: 159
Eyes: blue
Hair: brown
Complexion: sallow
Other characteristics: not listed
Registration date: 13 Jan 1947
Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Mike L McMurtery
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: 1929
Birthplace: not listed
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: military
Home in 1950: Spokane Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington
Marital status: single (never married)
Occupation: Air Force
Class of worker: for government employer
Census place: Spokane Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington
Date: 5 Sep 1950
Extract from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File 1850-2010:
Name: Mike McMurtery
Birth date: 26 Feb 1929
Death date: 3 Dec 2004
Cause of death: not listed
SSN: not listed
Branch: Air Force
Enlistment date: 28 Jun 1947
Release date: 15 May 1950
Extract from U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006:
Name: Mike L McMurtery
Service info.: Sgt US Air Force
Birth date: 26 Feb 1929
Death date: 3 Dec 2004
Cemetery: Fairmount Memorial Park
Cemetery address: W 5200 Wellesley Ave Spokane Washington 99205
Obituary from the "Spokesman-Review" of Spokane, Washington dated 8 Dec 2004:
Mike McMurtery
Spokane
Visitation for Mike L. McMurtery, 75, will be today from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Riplinger Funeral Home. Service is planned for Thursday at noon at Sunset Chapel at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Mr. McMurtery, a 54-year resident of Spokane, died Friday. He was born in Bonner Springs, Kan.
He enlisted in the Army Air Force at Fort Riley, Kan., in 1947 and was honorably discharged in 1950.
Mr. McMurtery was a retired Kaiser Mead employee. During the frequent lay-offs early in his career, he worked at a variety of jobs, from tending bar to hauling coal, and for a brief time he worked for the city.
In his younger years he enjoyed bowling, archery and playing softball.
Survivors include his wife, Lena; two sons, Michael and Gary McMurtery; a daughter, Brenda Nord; his former wife, Hedy McMurtery; five stepchildren, Linda Trieber, Jim and Dick Pettis, Judy Miller and Verna Jacobson; six grandchildren, one great-grandson, 14 stepgrandchildren and four stepgreat-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Spokane Veterans Affairs Hospital Hospice Unit.
He married Lena Mae Koepke 18 Aug 1992 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada.
Name: Mike LeRoy McMurtery
Age: 18
Birth date: 13 Jan 1929
Birth place: Bonner Springs, Kansas
Race: white
Address: 345 Cornell, Bonners Springs, Wyandotte, Kansas
Telephone: none
Name of person who will always know your address: Mrs Clara Koerner, 345 Cornell, Bonners Springs, Kansas
Employer: unemployed
Height: 5 feet 10½ inches
Weight: 159
Eyes: blue
Hair: brown
Complexion: sallow
Other characteristics: not listed
Registration date: 13 Jan 1947
Extract from the 1950 Census:
Name: Mike L McMurtery
Age: 21
Estimated birth year: 1929
Birthplace: not listed
Race: white
Sex: male
Relation to head-of-house: military
Home in 1950: Spokane Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington
Marital status: single (never married)
Occupation: Air Force
Class of worker: for government employer
Census place: Spokane Air Force Base, Spokane, Washington
Date: 5 Sep 1950
Extract from U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File 1850-2010:
Name: Mike McMurtery
Birth date: 26 Feb 1929
Death date: 3 Dec 2004
Cause of death: not listed
SSN: not listed
Branch: Air Force
Enlistment date: 28 Jun 1947
Release date: 15 May 1950
Extract from U.S. Veterans Gravesites, ca. 1775-2006:
Name: Mike L McMurtery
Service info.: Sgt US Air Force
Birth date: 26 Feb 1929
Death date: 3 Dec 2004
Cemetery: Fairmount Memorial Park
Cemetery address: W 5200 Wellesley Ave Spokane Washington 99205
Obituary from the "Spokesman-Review" of Spokane, Washington dated 8 Dec 2004:
Mike McMurtery
Spokane
Visitation for Mike L. McMurtery, 75, will be today from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at Riplinger Funeral Home. Service is planned for Thursday at noon at Sunset Chapel at Fairmount Memorial Park.
Mr. McMurtery, a 54-year resident of Spokane, died Friday. He was born in Bonner Springs, Kan.
He enlisted in the Army Air Force at Fort Riley, Kan., in 1947 and was honorably discharged in 1950.
Mr. McMurtery was a retired Kaiser Mead employee. During the frequent lay-offs early in his career, he worked at a variety of jobs, from tending bar to hauling coal, and for a brief time he worked for the city.
In his younger years he enjoyed bowling, archery and playing softball.
Survivors include his wife, Lena; two sons, Michael and Gary McMurtery; a daughter, Brenda Nord; his former wife, Hedy McMurtery; five stepchildren, Linda Trieber, Jim and Dick Pettis, Judy Miller and Verna Jacobson; six grandchildren, one great-grandson, 14 stepgrandchildren and four stepgreat-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Spokane Veterans Affairs Hospital Hospice Unit.
He married Lena Mae Koepke 18 Aug 1992 in Reno, Washoe, Nevada.
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Mike L McMurtery
SGT US Air Force
Feb 26 1929 - Dec 3 2004
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