Barbara Jean Platt
1934 - 2015 (81 years)-
Name Barbara Jean Platt Born 14 Feb 1934 Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas 
[1, 2] Gender Female Died 16 Nov 2015 Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas [1, 2] Buried La Harpe Cemetery, La Harpe, Allen County, Kansas [1, 2] Person ID I3415 Gritton Last Modified 25 Mar 2024
Father Eldon Lewis Platt, b. 11 Jul 1906, Kansas , d. 27 Sep 1973, Kansas (Age 67 years) Mother Nora Louise Sharpless, b. 4 Sep 1907, Kansas , d. 22 May 1980 (Age 72 years) Family ID F675 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Wayne Eugene Gerdsen, b. 28 Oct 1931, Moran, Allen County, Kansas , d. 13 Apr 2010, Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas (Age 78 years) Married 22 May 1952 La Harpe, Allen County, Kansas [1] Last Modified 6 Jul 2019 Family ID F1432 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 14 Feb 1934 - Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas 
Married - 22 May 1952 - La Harpe, Allen County, Kansas 
Died - 16 Nov 2015 - Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas 
Buried - - La Harpe Cemetery, La Harpe, Allen County, Kansas = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Barbara Jean Gerdsen, 81, Rogers, Ark., formerly of LaHarpe, died Monday, Nov. 16, 2015 at Circle of Life in Bentonville, Ark. She was born Feb. 14, 1934, in Fort Scott, to Elden and Louise (Sharpeless) Platt. She grew up south of LaHarpe on a farm with five brothers. She was a graduate of LaHarpe High School.
On May 22, 1952, she married Wayne Eugene Gerdsen in LaHarpe Methodist Church Parsonage. They lived on a farm north of LaHarpe. Barbara was a housewife, sold Avon and was mother to their two sons Steven and Ken Gerdsen. She was a member of LaHarpe Christian Church where she was a Sunday school teacher. She also loved to sing in church.
She was survived by their two sons, Steven and his wife Jessica (Daniel) Gerdsen, Rogers, Ark., and Ken Gerdsen, Junction City; five grandchildren, Danielle, Derek, Dana, Kevin and Kayla Gerdsen; and four great-grandchildren, Hazeline, Jordan, Chole and Jael.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Light of LaHarpe Baptist Church (LaHarpe Baptist Mission on sign). Burial will be at the LaHarpe Cemetery.
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- Barbara Jean Gerdsen, 81, Rogers, Ark., formerly of LaHarpe, died Monday, Nov. 16, 2015 at Circle of Life in Bentonville, Ark. She was born Feb. 14, 1934, in Fort Scott, to Elden and Louise (Sharpeless) Platt. She grew up south of LaHarpe on a farm with five brothers. She was a graduate of LaHarpe High School.
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