Jesse Lee Page
1920 - 1999 (78 years)
Generation: 1
1. Jesse Lee Page was born on 22 Nov 1920 in Rushville, Buchanan County, Missouri; died on 9 Nov 1999 in Rushville, Buchanan County, Missouri; was buried in Sugar Creek Cemetery, Rushville, Buchanan County, Missouri. Other Events:
- _MILT: US Army. T 5.
Notes:
Note on Find a Grave:
JESSE AND BETTY PAGE: Jesse "Red" married Betty Gilkison in 1946. They farmed most of their lives in the Sugar Creek Community where they raised one son, "J.W.". Betty worked for the Rushville State Bank. They were married 32 years when Betty passed away.
T/5 Jesse L. Page. Inducted April 11, 1946. Basic training Fort McClellen, Alabama. Sent to Fort Lawton, Washington for overseas. Served 8 months at Tokyo, Japan with 8th Army Occupation Forces. Discharged April 1947 at Camp Beale, CA.
Jesse L. "Red" Page
Jesse I. "Red" Page, 78, Rushville, MO, died Tuesday, November 9, 1999, at the Atchison Hospital. Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday, November 11, at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, Atchison, KS; burial in the Sugar Creek Cemetery near Rushville. Masonic services will be held at the graveside. Contributions in his memory may be made to either the Sugar Creek Cemetery Association or the Rushville Masonic Lodge.
Jesse Page was born on November 22, 1920, near Rushville, MO., the son of Jess and Jessie May Browning Page. He attended Valley Chapel grade school, graduated from DeKalb High School and also attended Hillyard N.S. Technical School in St. Joseph, MO. Mr. page served in the Army during World War II, serving in occupied Japan. Mr. Page was a lifelong Buchanan and Platte Co. farmer. He farmed throughout his life on the family farm which was homesteaded by his family in the 1830's. He was a member of the Sugar Creek Christian Church and a 50 year member of the Rushville Masonic Lodge, where he served as past master. He was also a 25 year member of the DeKalb Eastern Star, vice president and longtime member of the Sugar creek Cemetery Association and a former Buchanan county ACSC committeeman. He and Betty Jane Gilkison were married on April 3, 1946, and she preceded him in death on February 7, 1979. He was also preceded in death by one brother, William E. Page and one sister, Nellie Dilla. Mr. Page is survived by one son, Jesse W. (J.W.) Page, Lee's Summit, MO; three sisters, Elizabeth Frakes, Rushville, MO, Mary Kuhnert, Atchison, KS, and Nannie Martin, Savannah, MO; and two grandchildren, Cody Lee Page and Sunny Elizabeth Page. (Arrangements: Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, Atchison, KS)
The Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Missouri. Thursday, 11 November 1999.
Name:
son of Jess Page and Jessie May Browning
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50746655/jesse-lee-page
Section C, Lot 91, Grave 7Family/Spouse: Betty Jane Gilkison. Betty (daughter of William Isaac Gilkison and Lydia Marguarete Wright) was born on 18 Nov 1923 in Kansas; died on 7 Feb 1979 in Rushville, Buchanan County, Missouri; was buried in Sugar Creek Cemetery, Rushville, Buchanan County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]