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Note: him that because I thought he always looked grumpy. When I startedcalling him that, he started calling me "Junior" because I was ajunior in high school. Ivan was the president of the board for the Little Walnut-HickoryWatershed in Butler County, Kansas. The following is taken from the "El Dorado Times" dated 21 March 1974. "The Ivan Sewards Observed Anniversary Ivan and Lizzie Seward observed their 50th wedding anniversary thismonth. They enjoyed a three-day trip in 'celebration' of theoccasion. Mr. and Mrs. Seward drove first to Enid, Oklahoma, for a visit withtheir granddaughter, Cathy Seward, who is a junior in PhillipsUniversity, taking a course in physical therapy. Ivan and Lizzie went on into western Oklahoma where they enjoyed thebeauty of the Wichita Mountains and visited the Holy City. They spentthe night and the following day with Mr. and Mrs. Jones Graves,friends of long standing, in Lawton, Oklahoma. The four enjoyedsightseeing and visiting. Children and grandchildren of the Sewards gave each of them anappropriate gift for their golden wedding anniversary -- a goldwatch."
Note: I called Ivan "Grumps" one day when I was in high school. I called
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Note: before he died. He had had heart trouble.
Note: I remember visiting my grandfather in the hospital just a few days
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Note: Leon, KS, on Thursday, November 18, 1976 at 10:30 a.m. Pastor WarrenRuble and Reverend C. M. Nutter officiated. Mrs. George Coulter wasthe organist and the soloist was Mrs. Tom Holman. Casket Bearerswere: Norman Steele, Leroy Larson, Jim Knox, Willard Morgan, WalterWoods, and Russell Matthews. Honorary Bearers were: George Coulter,E. L. Hogue, Rolla Dilts, Claude Gilliland, Will Dixon, WilburMarshall, Harold Jones, and Bryant Anderson. Masonic gravesideservices conducted by Joppa Lodge No. 223, A.F. & A.M.; Arley Kistler,orator.
Note: Ivan's funeral service was held at the Leon United Methodist Church in
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Note: In the 1910 census, Ivan is 7 and living with his parents.
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Note: In the 1920 census, Ivan C. is 17 and living with his parents.
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