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  1. Donald Estel Page: Birth: 13 JUL 1924 in Junction City,Geary Co.,Kansas. Death: 27 DEC 1976 in Roland,Sequoyah Co.,Oklahoma

  2. Robert Dale Page: Birth: 15 MAR 1926 in Junction City,Geary Co.,Kansas. Death: 12 AUG 1976 in Downey,Los Angeles Co.,California

  3. Betty Mae Page: Birth: 1 JUN 1928 in Junction City,Geary Co.,Kansas. Death: 17 JUL 1998 in Fort Smith,Sebastian Co.,Arkansas

  4. Carol Lee Page: Birth: 6 MAY 1930 in Junction City,Geary Co.,Kansas. Death: 16 DEC 1992 in Long Beach,Los Angeles Co.,California

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a. Note:   . It goes something like this: 1. Don was living at Warnburg Apts when married. They were on Washington St. across the street from the St. Xavier Church. 2. Don and Irene moved to 418 So. Washington, the former home of James and Cora Smythe, and the location where Irene's sister Henrietta had been born. Don Jr. was born at 418. It was demolished in 1981, and Henrietta cried when she heard of it. Don and Irene soon moved to 420 So. Washington. 3. They moved to E 17nth St. on the south side of the street in the first or second block, near the waterworks, but weren't there long. 4. They moved to 120 W 3rd. Bobby was born there. 5. They moved to 406 W 13nth St. Betty was born there. House stands near the street curb. Don Jr. discovered an old Army Colt revolver under the kitchen sink. Uncle Clarence and Olive Stiffler lived at 801 W. 12th St. 6. They moved to what was then called 1105 W 6th St. Carol and Danny were born there. 7. They moved to 232 E 5th St., a stucco house. Railroad yard was at the end of the street. Don Jr. hurt his hand playing with railroad signaling dynamite caps here. Don Sr. fell from a tree hurting his back. Bobby raised banty chickens. Grandpa Jim would visit. Don and Irene were divorced. Danny managed to stick a railway spike through his foot playing in the backyard., and eventually started school at this place. Nearby at the corner of Washington and 6th St was the old Busy Bee candy kitchen, a favorite place for Danny to try to mooch free samples. Because of the moves, the children attended at various times the Franklin, Washington, and Lincoln schools. 8. Moved to 119 E. Spruce St. The house was no longer there in 1981. Only Don, Bob, and Danny were there - Betty and Carol were living with grandma Lillian in Minneapolis, Kansas. This house was near the Acme Holstein dairy farm situated next to a loop in the Smoky Hill River - perfect for Bobby to try to create a stampede. This was at the height of the Great Depression, and Irene was working dawn to dusk at Park Steam Laundry, 121 E 6th St., to earn a living.
  !Irene was engaged to Cecil C. Mills, an autogyro test pilot for the army, but he died Jan. 1939 in a crash at Marshall Field, next to Fort Riley, and is buried at Fort Riley. "Airplane Crashes Near Station at Marshall Field. JUNCTION CITY, Kas. UP). Robert A. Kummrow, second lieutenant air corps reserve, and his observer, Cecil C. Mills, were killed in an airplane crash Monday four miles from Marshall field at Fort Riley where they were stationed. Lieutenant Kummrow's home is in Morrison, 111. Mills, an enlisted man, was with the First observation squadron. Cause of the crash was not determined immediately but first information was that the plane struck the ground and apparently exploded. Lieutenant Kummrow had been stationed at Marshall field since February, 1938" "Sues in Death Of Army Pilot Wichita Feb 8 Edna Pearl Ratcllff of Hutchlnson filed suit In federal court today against the United States government lor which she contended Was due her under law ror the death of her son two years ago In the crash of an army plane Her son Cecil C Mills was killed while serving ns a pilot at Fort Rllcy January 29 1939 the pe tition stated nnd Mrs Ratcllff contended that his dependent she should receive the amount Mills would have received for three years pay In the army " 1920 census of Hutchinson, Reno Co., Kansas: Charles Mills 49 Edna Mills 40 (She later married a Mr. Everett and/or Mr Ratcliff) Dortha Mills 16 Alfred Mills 15 Stewart Mills 13 Bernice Mills 11 Cecil Mills 8 Clifford Mills 6 Dwight Mills 4 [4 4/12]
  !We lived near the Kemphs who were at 121 E. Pine St. Our house was near a deep ravine near the river where gypsies and itinerant unemployed "hoboes" often camped during the Great Depression. Grandma Languein was Danny's babysitter then. She lived at 220 S Franklin St. Uncle Dale Page worked as a truck driver for the Park Steam Laundry, but by this time was a volunteer fireman for the city. He was good to his young nephews, giving them money to go to the movies downtown. Uncle Dale and Mildred lived 515 W. Pine St. It was here that Grandpa Jim gave Danny a "pen-knife" shortly before he died and taught him how to whittle whistles, boats, and toys - his first toys. 9. About 1938 Irene was at 115 W. Walnut St., next door to her sister Ruth Wood at 121 W. Walnut. So, the kids got to play with their cousins Jimmy, Joanne, and Judy Wood. It was at this time that she met Belton, then a horse soldier in the Cavalry at nearby Fort Riley. His unit became "mechanized" before the war started. 10. About 1940 moved to 604 W. Chestnut, then the last house on the street; this was a 2 story house. Irene's friend Lola Davies lived downstairs with her soldier husband, and Irene and the boys lived upstairs. It was on a fairly steep street which gave the boys a nice opportunity to build themselves a cart, a "racer," to coast downhill. It was then at the north edge of town, and the boys would go on extended hiking trips into the countryside, bringing back assorted reptiles, and other souvenirs. We spotted a "blue racer," a snake that was supposedly extinct. On one trip we saw a flock of bluebirds - not just one two as usual, but a flock. Uncle Clarence and Olive (Page) Stiffler lived then at 801 West 12th St. 11. About 1942, Irene and Belton were at 330 1/2 W. 1st St., and at one time all the kids were there together. That's where Bobby accidentally put a bullet through some knuckles, and where Don enlisted in the Army. 12. About 1943, Irene and Belton and the kids moved to 330 W 1st. It was here that Betty got severely hit on the forehead by a swinging porch chair due to horseplay by the boys. For a while, Danny was placed in St. Joseph's home in Abilene, and Bobby went to California to live with his father. Before World War II had ended, Irene and Belton had to move to Hopkinsville, Kentucky (near Camp Campbell) with Danny and Betty, then to Abilene, Texas. Betty and Danny rode a bus each day to attend the rural Wiley School near Abilene. Danny was placed for another year at St. Joseph's Home in Abilene, Kansas. Later, we moved to Brownwood, Texas (near Camp Bowie). When Belton was overseas during the invasion of Europe, Irene and Danny were living with Belton's mother and his sister Inez in Magnolia, Arkansas, then with Belton's sister Thelma in Springhill, Louisiana. At that location Irene worked at a nearby munitions factory, and was bitten by a black widow spider while sitting on the front proch, but the resulting deep wound eventually healed. Later Belton was assigned to Killeen, Texas (near Camp Hood) then to Brownwood, Texas, and to El Paso, Texas, as Belton's duties took him from one military base to another. It was at Brownwood where Danny joined the Air Force, and Belton was again sent overseas to Korea. Later, Irene and Belton were at Fort Benning, at Columbus, Georgia, but eventually Belton retired from Fort Chaffee at Fort Smith, Arkansas. Irene and Belton farmed for a while at Waldron, Arkansas south of Forth Smith, and his sister Thelma and Charlie Vines lived not far away. They raised calves and strawberries, but he continued to commute to Fort Chaffee. They later moved into Fort Smith to be nearer hospitals, and finally bought a home in Arkoma, Oklahoma, just across the state line from Fort Smith. Irene and Belton were members of the United Methodist Church, Arkoma, Oklahoma. Later, Danny bought a home in Arkoma, and they lived with him.
  !Irene worked as a salesclerk, steam press operator, and practical nurse to support her children. She was a loving mother, whose interests were always centered on her children, even when they were adults and had their separate families. Lifetime hobbies included crocheting, sewing, and quilting. Suffered from diabetes effects in late life and died of heart attack.
  !Southwest Times Record, Fort Smith, Arkansas, Apr. 8, 1977: "Mrs. Irene A. Pyle, 71, of Arkoma died Thursday in a local hospital. She was a member of the Arkoma United Methodist Church and the Electa Chapter No. 11 of the Order of Eastern Star in Muldrow. Survivors include her husband, Belton, two daughters, Mrs. Betty Stoughton of LomPoc, Calif., and Mrs. Carol Honsaker of Garden Grove, Calif., one son, Dan E. Page of the home, two sisters, Mrs. Henryetta Bloomquist of Falun, Kan. and Mrs. Anita Smith of Salina, Kan.; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be at 2 p. m. Saturday in the Arkoma United Methodist Church with burial in Woodlawn Cemetery by Fentress Mortuary. The body will lie in state from 1 p. m. Saturday until the funeral hour."
  !1925 census of Junction City, Geary Co., Kansas: Donold Page 23 Irene Ado Page 19 Donold J Page 8m
  !1930 census Smokey Hill, Geary Co., Kansas: Donald E Page 28 Irene A Page 24 Donald E Page 5 Robert D Page 4 [4 1/12] Bettie M Page 1[1 10/12]
  !1940 census of Junction City, Geary Co., Kansas: Irena Ada Page 34 (div) Donald Page 15 Robert Page 14 Danny Page 7
Note:   !It was something of a family legend about how many places the family lived in Junction City


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