Earl Eugene "Gene" Magnus ^{2 3}

   Another name for Gene was Gene Magnus.

  Notes:

School record has birth 1928 ²

  Burial Notes:

Services were held at 2 p.m. June 10 at the Cedar Vale First Baptist Church. Dr. Stanley Upchurch officiated.
Military rites were conducted in Cedar Vale Cemetery by Kemp Barnes Post 201 of the American Legion.

  Details of his life include:

• Military: U.S. Navy.
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• Earl Eugene "Gene" Magnus [2883] attended Martha Washington School 1924 in , Cowley, KS Magnus, Eugene:b. 6/3/1928, parent E. W. Magnus, Ark City,1935 ²

• Earl Eugene "Gene" Magnus [2883] attended Progress Dist.School Dist 142 1936 in Cedar Vale, Cowley County, Kansas Magnus,Gerald Eugene: b. 6/3/1927, parent Earl Magnus, Cedar Vale, KS., 1936
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• Military: U.S. Navy.
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• Earl Eugene "Gene" Magnus [2883] obituary Earl Magnus
CEDAR VALE - Earl Eugene Magnus, 70, of Cedar Vale, died June 8, 1997, at his home.
Services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the Cedar Vale First Baptist Church. Burial will be in Cedar Vale Cemetery. Wheeler Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
A memorial has been established with the Cedar Vale Emergency Medical Service.
Magnus was born June 3, 1927, in Arkansas City, a son of Earl and Bertha (Vaughn) Magnus. He graduated from Cedar Vale High School in 1945 and served with the U.S. Navy.
On May 29, 1947, he married Maxine Duncan in Independence.
Magnus worked as a farm and ranchhand for Rolland and Mary Holland, the Haden Ranch, the Hays Ranch and the Frank White Dairy, all in the Cedar Vale area, and as a bus driver for USD 285.
He was a member of the Cedar Vale First Baptist Church where he had served as a trustee, deacon and head usher. He was also commander of Kemp-Barnes Post 201 of the American Legion and a member of Spencer-Ralston Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1254, Arkansas City. He had been chairman of the executive board of the Chautauqua County Extension Council and a leader of the Cedar Vale Go-Getters 4-H.
Survivors include his wife, Maxine Magnus, Cedar Vale; a son, Randy Magnus, Ponca City, Okla.; two daughters, Ragena Dobney, Chinle, Ariz., and Marcia Magnus, Cedar Vale; two brothers, Ernest Magnus, Arkansas City, and Gerald Magnus, Cedar Vale; a sister, Velda Hatcher, Arkansas City; three grandchildren, two stepgrandchildren, one great-grandson; and three stepgreat-grandchildren.
Earl Magnus

CEDAR VALE - Services for Earl Eugene Magnus, 70, who died June 8, 1997, were held at 2 p.m. June 10 at the Cedar Vale First Baptist Church. Dr. Stanley Upchurch officiated.
Military rites were conducted in Cedar Vale Cemetery by Kemp Barnes Post 201 of the American Legion.
Cindy Call was the organist, and Evelyn Upchurch was pianist. Mark Johnson sang "Amazing Grace" and "How Great Thou Art." The congregation sang "Make Me a Blessing."
Honorary casket bearers were Eldon Nelson, Oscar Hull, Paul Fulsom, Roy McNown, Chet Hobart, Mark Johnson, Harrison McNown, Joel M. Haden and Frank White.
Casket bearers were Eric, Kevin and Wade Magnus, Scott Walker, Dwight Myers and Mike Kirchner.
A memorial has been established with Cedar Vale Emergency Medical Service.
Wheeler Funeral Home of Cedar Vale was in charge of arrangements.
http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/obits/ks/ks-cowley23.htm

• His obituary was published in the on-line.
CEDAR VALE - Services for Earl Eugene Magnus, 70, who died June 8, 1997, were held at 2 p.m. June 10 at the Cedar Vale First Baptist Church. Dr. Stanley Upchurch officiated.
Military rites were conducted in Cedar Vale Cemetery by Kemp Barnes Post 201 of the American Legion.
Cindy Call was the organist, and Evelyn Upchurch was pianist. Mark Johnson sang "Amazing Grace" and "How Great Thou Art." The congregation sang "Make Me a Blessing."
Honorary casket bearers were Eldon Nelson, Oscar Hull, Paul Fulsom, Roy McNown, Chet Hobart, Mark Johnson, Harrison McNown, Joel M. Haden and Frank White.
Casket bearers were Eric, Kevin and Wade Magnus, Scott Walker, Dwight Myers and Mike Kirchner.
A memorial has been established with Cedar Vale Emergency Medical Service.
Wheeler Funeral Home of Cedar Vale was in charge of arrangements.
http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/obits/ks/ks-cowley23.htm

Gene married Melba "Maxine" Duncan on 29 May 1947 in Independence, , Kansas.¹ (Melba "Maxine" Duncan was born on 27 Jun 1927, died on 6 Nov 2011 in Sedan - Sedan City Hospital, Chautauqua County, Kansas and was buried in Cedar Vale - Cedar Vale Cemetery , Chautauqua County, Kansas.)