Butler County KS Archives Obituaries.....Redburn, J. E. April 19, 1933 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Peggy Luce pegsue59@cox.net and December 9, 2006, 12:02 am The Butler County News, April 28, 1833 Obituary J. E. Redburn, 609 South Gordy Street, died here early Wednesday morning, April 19, 1933. He was 30 years old. Mr. Redburn was totally blind as the result of an automobile accident which occurred about 4 years ago while he was driving a truck 2 miles north of El Dorado. Since that time he had attended the State School for the Blind, Kansas City, Kansas, where he completed a course in basketry, upholstery and kindred subjects. He later engaged in this trade as a means of earning a livlihood. Six weeks ago to-day Mr. Redburn became ill and was bedfast until the tim eof his death. He was taken to the hospital early Tuesday evening and died a few hours later. Mr. Redburn had been a resident of El Dorado for the past 23 years, having come here from Pleasant Plains, Illinois. He married Miss Edith Ogden here on December 25, 1924. He was a member of the Methodist Church in El Dorado. Surviving are his widow; two sons, Kenneth Edward, aged 7 and Jimmie Ogden, 4; a brother, Ray Redburn, of El Dorado; a sister, Mrs. Edith Lindsey, of Augusta; and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. P. A. Redburn of El Dorado. Pallbearers were: Earl McPherson, Glenn Day, Paul Bisagno, Elbern Zang, Harold Marcum, and Ralph Bongard. Interment was in Belle Vista Cemetery. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/butler/obits/r/redburn417ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/ksfiles/ File size: 1.9 Kb