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     Her married name was Patty.¹ Imogene Unknown married Robert Minton Patty, son of Edwin Robert Patty and Lucy M. Deer.¹ Imogene Unknown was born circa 1903 at Kansas.¹

     Lewis Clair Glines INDEPENDENCE—A juvenile probation officer for Montgomery County, Clair Glines, died Monday evening at Mercy Hospital. He was 73. Glines had been a longtime resident here, and became probation officer for the county in 1959. Funeral arrangements are pending with the Potts Funeral Home. Glines was born Aug. 14, 1898 in Billings, Okla. and attended school in Tonkawa, Okla. After attending Oklahoma University, he worked in his father's drug store at Billings, Okla. Glines entered the U.S. Army in 1918 and was stationed In the U.S. during World War I. He was later employed at various oil companies, including Mid-Continent and Marlin Oil Companies. He moved here in 1929 and was bulk agent in this area for Texaco for 13 years. On Dec. 14, 1940, at Kansas City, Mo., he married Mary Ellen Patty, who died in 1951. On Dec. 31, 1953, he married Gladys Russell, who survives at the home. Glines was a member of the First United Presbyterian Church of, Independence, the Masonic Lodge of Lawton,Okla., Elks Lodge No. 780 of Independence, and the Harold R. Andrews Post No. 139 of the American Legion at Independence. Survivors include two sons, George of Parsons, and Allen of Houston, Tex; two step-daughters, Elaine Russell of Salina, Kan., and Mrs. Betty Arville of Oklahoma City; a step-son, Martin of Springhill, Kan; a grandchild and four step-grandchildren.² He was born on August 14, 1898 at Billings, Noble Co., Oklahoma Territory.^1,2 He married Mary Ellen Patty, daughter of Edwin Robert Patty and Lucy M. Deer, on December 14, 1940 at Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri.^2,3 Lewis Clair Glines died on June 5, 1972 at Independence, Montgomery Co., Kansas, at age 73.²

     Alan Clair Edwin Glines was buried at Mount Hope Cemetery, 1300 North Pennsylvania Avenue, Independence, Montgomery Co., Kansas.¹ He Alan Clair Edwin Glines, 69, of Independence, died Tuesday afternoon, July 3, 2012. He was the son of Lewis Clair Glines and Mary Ellen (Patty) Glines. He was born January 1, 1943 in Independence. He was a 1961 graduate of Independence High School and a 1966 graduate of the University of Kansas with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering. He later earned a master's degree in Management Systems from the University of Southern California. He began his professional career with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at the Mission Control Center, Houston, TX immediately following college. He began with the Gemini Programand soon became a flight controller on the Apollo missions to the moon. He was the Integrated Communications Officer (INCO) supporting the ill-fated Apollo 13 and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian award, along with other NASA controllers, for their efforts to successfully return the crippled spacecraft and its three astronauts to earth. After the last moon landings, he worked with the Skylabspace station for three manned missions and rose to Assistant Flight Director on the joint USA-Russian rendezvous in space on Apollo- Soyuz missions. He left NASA in 1979 and was a senior consulting engineer with the European Space Agency in Germany for ten years, then was a senior project specialist at TRW/Northrup-Grumman in California until his retirement in 2009, when he returned to Independence. He authored an autobiography, "A Kansan Conquers the Cosmos, or Spaced Out All My Life" detailing his early upbringing in Independence, his love of the theater sparked by his leading roles in high school and summer theater productions, and his long career as a NASA rocket scientist. The forward was written by Hubble Telescope repair expert and friend, Astronaut Story Musgrave. Alan held many awards and commendations and was a featured VIP speaker at many venues, including the University of Kansas Department of Aerospace Engineering, Pittsburg State University Physics Department, the Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, KS, and his favorite, the annual Spacefest in Tuscson, AZ, where he met with his former colleagues, including nearly all of the living Gemini astronauts and the Apollo moon walkers. He attended many of the reunions in Houston, TX of the first and subsequent lunar landings and was on a first-name basis with all of the Apollo moon walkers. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church, the Optimist Club, Rotary Club, and the Chamber of Commerce and attended all faithfully until his mobility decreased. He was preceded in death by his mother who died in 1950, his father, Clair Glines, and stepmother, Gladys (Russell) Glines. He is survived by one brother, George Glines and his wife, Elaine, Independence; two nephews, Andy Glines, Portland, Oregon and Jeff Glines, Purcell, Missouri, and a stepsister, Elaine Lyman, Salina. Funeral arrangements are with the Penwell-Gabel mortuary in Independence. In lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to his memory at the Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson and can be left at the funeral home. The family will receive friends on Friday, July 6, 2012 at 6:00-8:00 p.m. The funeral will be at the Penwell Gabel Chapel on Saturday, July 7, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery, Independence, with the Rev. John P. Wilson of the Presbyterian Church, Independence, presiding.¹ He was born on January 1, 1943 at Independence, Montgomery Co., Kansas.¹ He died on July 3, 2012 at Independence, Montgomery Co., Kansas, at age 69.¹

     Frances E. Ehrig was born on January 12, 1915 at Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa.¹ As of May 31, 1936,her married name was Patty.¹ She married George Benjamin Patty, son of Edwin Robert Patty and Lucy M. Deer, on May 31, 1936 at Independence, Montgomery Co., Kansas.¹ Frances E. Ehrig died on February 24, 1987 at Waterloo, Black Hawk Co., Iowa, at age 72.¹ She Memorial services for Frances E. Patty, 72, of 1103 Easton Ave., will be 11 a.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church. Mrs. Patty died of a heart attack Tuesday (Feb. 24) at Covenant Medical Center at Kimball Avenue. She was born Jan. 12, 1915, in Waterloo, daughter of John C. F. and Dorothea Horstmann Ehrig. She married George B. Patty on May 31, 1936, in Independence, Kan. She was a charter member of the Friends of the Library. Survivors include her husband; two daughters, Linda Kaiser of Columbus, Ohio, and Martha Campbell of High Bridge, N.J; and six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; she was preceded in death by six brothers. There will be no visitation. Her body was donated to medical science. on February 26, 1987.¹

     Mildred E. Johnston was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, 4523 Love Road, Millcreek Township, Erie Co., Pennsylvania.⁴ Her Social Security Number was 191-46-7013.⁵ She was born on May 18, 1905 at Pennsylvania.^1,5 As of circa 1929,her married name was Wilkins.⁶ She married Howard Frederick Wilkins circa 1929.^4,6 Mildred E. Johnston died in August, 1983 at Pennsylvania at age 78.⁵

     His Social Security Number was 177-01-3007.³ Shannon Grant Johnston was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane, McKean Co., Pennsylvania.⁴ He was born on October 17, 1906 at Jenks Township, Forest Co., Pennsylvania.^2,3,5 He married Pauline Elizabeth Gabriel circa 1928.^4,8 Shannon Grant Johnston died on February 23, 1994 at age 87.³

     John Edwin Johnston was buried at Mount Tabor Cemetery, Kane, McKean Co., Pennsylvania.⁴ His Social Security Number was 177-01-3018.³ He was born on October 14, 1908 at Parrish, Forest Co., Pennsylvania.^2,3 He married Bernice A. Barber on June 30, 1931 at Frewsburg, Chautauqua Co., New York.² John Edwin Johnston and Bernice A. Barber were divorced before 1962.³ John Edwin Johnston married Marjorie A. Eck on June 8, 1962.⁴ John Edwin Johnston died on June 8, 1992 at age 83.³

     His Social Security Number was 169-09-8769.⁸ Wade Arthur Johnson was buried at Mount Tabor Cemetery, Kane, McKean Co., Pennsylvania.^9,3 He was born on March 24, 1910 at Jenks Township, Forest Co., Pennsylvania; The veterans records have a birth date of Mar 26, 1910.^2,8,3,4,5 He married Marie V. Unknown circa 1928.¹⁰ Wade Arthur Johnson died on October 12, 1992 at Pennsylvania at age 82.^8,3

     Avenell Seora Johnston was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane, McKean Co., Pennsylvania.^1,6 She was born on April 19, 1911 at Parrish, Forest Co., Pennsylvania.¹ As of July 18, 1931,her married name was Roller.⁵ She married Hugh Robert Roller on July 18, 1931 at Kane, McKean Co., Pennsylvania.^1,5 Avenell Seora Johnston died on March 9, 1932 at Kane, McKean Co., Pennsylvania, at age 20.¹

     His Social Security Number was 177-01-3012.⁶ Raymond R. Johnston was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane, McKean Co., Pennsylvania.² He was born on August 23, 1912 at Pennsylvania.^1,6 He died in March, 1971 at Pennsylvania at age 58.⁶

     Doris A. Johnston Doris Johnson Gibson - She was born March 15, 1914 in Parrish, daughter of Arthur W. and Effie B. Porter Johnson. In 1939, she married Harold Erickson in Kane, who died in 1957. On July 16, 1960, she married LeRoy Gibson in Kane, who died in 1995. Mrs. Gibson worked at the Kane Shirt Factory for ten years, then at Stoll's Dry Goods and later as a waitress at the Hillcrest Restaurant, both formerly in Kane. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Kane, where she belonged to the King's Daughters Sunday School class, the Missionary Group and the Fellowship Group. She was active in the Meals on Wheels program, belonged to the Kane Senior Center and local chapter 294 of the AARP and volunteered at The Lutheran Home at Kane. She is survived by a daughter, Judith Punk of James City; a son, Paul Erickson of Frisco, Texas; a stepdaughter, Joyce Gill of Belle Vernon; several grandchildren; many great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death, in addition to her husbands and parents, by a stepdaughter, Patricia Walters; four sisters, Leda Murray, Mildred Wilkins, Avenell Roller and Dorothy Besecker; and four brothers, Shannon Johnston, John Johnston, Wade Johnson and Raymond Johnson.³ Her married name was Erickson.³ She was buried at Mount Tabor Cemetery, Kane, McKean Co., Pennsylvania.⁴ She married Harold Henry Erickson.³ Doris A. Johnston was born on March 15, 1914 at Parrish, Forest Co., Pennsylvania.^3,4 As of July 16, 1960,her married name was Gibson.³ She married LeRoy "Roy" Gibson on July 16, 1960 at Kane, McKean Co., Pennsylvania.^5,3 Doris A. Johnston died on October 31, 2005 at age 91.

     Dorothy Virginia Johnston was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane, McKean Co., Pennsylvania.⁵ Her Social Security Number was 177-01-4281.² Her married name was Besecker.⁶ Her married name was Carlson.² She married Ralph H. Besecker.⁶ Dorothy Virginia Johnston married Unknown Carlson.² Dorothy Virginia Johnston was born on March 23, 1915 at Parrish, Forest Co., Pennsylvania.² She died on February 19, 1988 at Pennsylvania at age 72.²

     Her Social Security Number was 177-01-4437.² Her married name was Murray.⁶ Leda Anita Johnston married Gordon Nicholas Murray.⁶ Leda Anita Johnston was born on July 30, 1916 at Parrish, Forest Co., Pennsylvania.^2,3,6 She died on October 29, 2002 at Eustis, Lake Co., Florida, at age 86.^2,6 She Leda Anita Murray, nee Johnson, 86, of Eustis, FL, formerly of Evanston, IL, born July 30, 1916, died Oct. 29, 2002, loving wife of the late Gordon Nicholas Murray; dear mother of Robert N. (Virginia) of Des Plaines, Susan C. (Tom) Neill of Brookfield, WI, Nancy J. (Jeff) Dunlap and Alfred N. II, both of Eustis, FL; grandmother of Kevin (Jennifer), Keith and Kristopher Murray, Peter (Nina) Neill, Heather (Michael) Torrey, Jennifer and Kayd Neill, Linda and Jason (Jennifer) Dunlap; great-grandmother of four; daughter of the late Arthur and Effie, nee Porter, Johnson; sister of Doris (the late Roy) Gibson; preceded in death by Millie (the late Howard) Wilkins, Shannon (Pauline) Johnston, John (the late Bernice) Johnston, Wade (Marie) Johnson, Avenell (the late Hugh) Roller, Raymond Johnson and Dorothy (Ralph) Besecker. A Memorial Service and private entombment later at Rosehill Cemetery Mausoleum, Chicago. on November 5, 2002.⁶

     Her Social Security Number was 169-09-8968.² Bernice A. Barber was buried at Mount Tabor Cemetery, Kane, McKean Co., Pennsylvania.³ She was born on February 18, 1914 at Kane, McKean Co., Pennsylvania.^2,4 As of June 30, 1931,her married name was Johnston.¹ She married John Edwin Johnston, son of Arthur Wade Johnston and Effie Blanche Porter, on June 30, 1931 at Frewsburg, Chautauqua Co., New York.¹ Bernice A. Barber and John Edwin Johnston were divorced before 1962.² Bernice A. Barber died on July 27, 1996 at Pennsylvania at age 82.²

     Hugh Robert Roller was buried at Forest Lawn Cemetery, Kane, McKean Co., Pennsylvania.² His Social Security Number was 169-09-8826.⁵ He was born on October 15, 1912 at Kane, McKean Co., Pennsylvania.^4,5 He married Avenell Seora Johnston, daughter of Arthur Wade Johnston and Effie Blanche Porter, on July 18, 1931 at Kane, McKean Co., Pennsylvania.^1,3 Hugh Robert Roller died in January, 1979 at Pennsylvania at age 66.⁵

     Infant Johnston was born on November 18, 1918 at Jenks Township, Forest Co., Pennsylvania.¹ He died on November 20, 1918 at Jenks Township, Forest Co., Pennsylvania.¹

     His Social Security Number was 333-12-6953.⁶ Gordon Nicholas Murray married Leda Anita Johnston, daughter of Arthur Wade Johnston and Effie Blanche Porter.⁵ Gordon Nicholas Murray was born on March 22, 1917 at Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois.^2,3,6,7,4 He died on January 20, 1999 at Eustis, Lake Co., Florida, at age 81.^7,6,8 He Mr. Gordon Murray, 81, - Mr. Murray, 1228 Overlook Road, Eustis, died Wednesday, Jan. 20. He was a retired college professor. Born in Chicago, he moved to Eustis from Port Charlotte in 1993. He was Presbyterian. He was an Army veteran of World War II. Survivors: wife, Leda J; sons, Alfred, Eustis, Robert, Des Plaines, Ill; daughters, Susan Neill, Brookfield, Wis., Nancy Dunlap, Eustis; nine grandchildren. on January 22, 1999.⁸

     His Social Security Number was 177-01-3013.⁴ Howard Frederick Wilkins was buried at Laurel Hill Cemetery, 4523 Love Road, Millcreek Township, Erie Co., Pennsylvania.⁵ He was born on September 8, 1907 at Kane, McKean Co., Pennsylvania.^4,2,3,6 He married Mildred E. Johnston, daughter of Arthur Wade Johnston and Effie Blanche Porter, circa 1929.^5,1 Howard Frederick Wilkins died in February, 1971 at age 63.⁴