Riley County KS Archives Obituaries.....Norton, Ralph August 9, 1964 ************************************************ 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: Debra Crosby http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00010.html#0002467 April 3, 2019, 5:21 pm The Manhattan Mercury (Manhattan, KS) Mon Aug 10, 1964 pg 1 Longtime Local Druggist, Ralph Norton, Is Dead Ralph Norton, one of Manhattan's leading drug store owner for 18 years, died yesterday morning in Memorial Hospital after being in ill health for several years. Mr. Norton, who owned and operated the Norton Rexall Store at Fourth and Poyntz, had been a pharmacist for more than 50 years. He recently had received a letter of congratulation on his 50th anniversary in the profession from the Governor of Iowa, the first of five states in which Mr. Norton had been a registered pharmacist. Before coming to Manhattan Mr. Norton had been with the Walgreen Drug Store chain for 27 years. He was a 32nd degree Mason, a member of the Manhattan Shrine Club and the Isis Temple at Salina, the First Methodist Church, the Manhattan Optimist Club and other civic organizations. Mr. Norton is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ralph Norton of the home, 2030 Pierre; a son, Don Norton of Chicago; a step-son Jack Prather of Manhattan; and one sister, Mrs. John Jones of Woodward, Iowa. Friends may call at the Berliew - Cowan Funeral Home. Services will be held at the Buliew - Cowan Chapel at 10 a.m. Wednesday with the Rev. Kenneth Hemphill officiating. Interment will be in Sunset Cemetery. Additional Comments: Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Name: Ralph P. Norton Birth Date: 22 Apr 1891 Death Date: 9 Aug 1964 Cemetery: Sunset Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Manhattan, Riley County, Kansas Spouse: Fay Norton Cook County, Illinois, Birth Certificates Index, 1871-1922 Name: Arlene Ruth Norton Birth Date: 23 May 1922 Birth Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois Gender: Female Father: Ralph Norton Mother: Hazel Smith FHL Film Number: 1379111 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 Name: Hazel E Smith Gender: Female Spouse: Ralph P Norton Child: Arlene Ruth Norton 1940 Chicago, Cook, Illinois Ralph Norton 48 Retail Drugs Hazel Norton 44 Rolene Norton 17 Donald Norton 9 California Birth Index, 1905-1995 Name: Donald Vincent Norton Birth Date: 22 Jan 1931 Gender: Male Mother's Maiden Name: Smith Birth County: Los Angeles 1930 Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Ralph Norton 37 IA IA IA Hazel Norton 34 IL NY NY Arlene Norton 7 IL IA IL California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959 for Ralph Norton M1764 - Los Angeles, Selected Suburbs, 1907-1948 025 sailing from Honolulu Jan 25, 1930 arriving at Wilmington, California Jan 31, 1930 Name Age Births date & location Address in US Clarence Norton 67 26 Mar 1862 Fleishing, Oh Inglewood, CA Ralph Norton 34 Apr 22, 1891 Sharon, IA Chicago, IL Hazel E. Norton 38 Nov 19, 1895 Lee Center, IL Chicago, IL Arlene R. Norton 7 May 23, 1922 Chicago, IL Chicago, IL 1920 Jackson, Madison, Iowa Clarence M Norton 56 Emma O Norton 49 Mary Oaks 77 Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920 Name: Ralph Norton Age: 28 Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1892 Marriage Type: Marriage Marriage Date: 3 May 1920 Marriage Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois Spouse Name: Hazel E. Smith Spouse Age: 24 Spouse Gender: Female FHL Film Number: 1030726 [Ralph marries Hazel Smith in 1920, what happened to first wife Hazel Meisker Hand?] Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 Name: Hazel Norton Age: 23 Birth Year: abt 1892 Birth Place: Iowa Residence Date: 1915 Residence Place: 1200 High Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA Race: White Gender: Female Marital status: Married Father Birth Place: Iowa Mother Birth Place: Iowa 1915 Iowa, State Census Collection, 1836-1925 Name: Ralph Norton Age: 24 Birth Year: abt 1891 Birth Place: Iowa Residence Date: 1915 Residence Place: 1200 High Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, USA Race: White Gender: Male Marital status: Married Father Birth Place: Iowa Mother Birth Place: Iowa Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934 Name: Ralph Norton Event Type: Marriage Event Date: 12 Jun 1912 Event Place: Mahaska, Iowa Gender: Male Age: 22 Birth Year (Estimated): 1890 Father's Name: C M Norton Mother's Name: Geneva Humphry Spouse's Name: Hazel Meisker Spouse's Gender: Female Spouse's Age: 22 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated): 1890 Spouse's Father's Name: Charles Meisker Spouse's Mother's Name: Fannie 1910 Des Moines Ward 4, Polk, Iowa Name Age Charles Oldham 25 Lula Oldham 22 C M Norton 48 Roomer Widowed carpenter 1905 Iowa State Census, 1905 Name: Ralph T Norton Birth Year: abt 1891 Birth Place: Iowa Gender: Male Age: 14 Residence Year: 1905 Residence Place: Mahaska, Iowa, United States Father Birth Place: Illinois Mother Birth Place: Iowa 1900 Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa Mary J Humphrey 75 OH VA VA Clarence Norton 37 Apr 1863OH OH OH son in law widowed Ralph W Norton 8 Apr 1892 IA OH IA grandson 1900 Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa Lewis A Humphrey 42 Lillian Humphrey 40 Ervie Humphrey 7 Owen Humphrey 4 Bertha Norton 10 Jul 1889 IA niece Geneva H. Norton B: 1867 Death: 1893 buried Mahaska Co. Iowa, Delayed Birth Records, 1856-1940 Name: Ralph Norton Gender: Male Race: White Birth Date: 22 Apr 1891 Birth Place: New Sharon, Mahaska, Iowa, USA Father: Clarence M Norton Mother: Genevra A Humphrey Supporting documents: Family bible, Military record, life insurance, employment records. Iowa, Marriage Records, 1880-1940 Name: C M Norton Gender: Male Race: White Age: 27 Birth Year: abt 1862 Birth Place: Ohio Marriage Date: 9 Jan 1889 Marriage Place: Mahaska, Iowa, USA Father: Perry Norton Mother: Margaret E King Spouse: Neva Humphrey Name: Neva Humphrey Gender: Female Race: White Age: 24 Birth Year: abt 1865 Birth Place: Ohio Marriage Date: 9 Jan 1889 Marriage Place: Mahaska, Iowa, USA Father: Robert Humphrey Mother: Mary Perkins Spouse: C M Norton California, Death Index, 1940-1997 Name: Clarence Malcolm Norton Gender: Male Birth Date: 26 Mar 1862 Birth Place: Ohio Death Date: 10 Mar 1943 Death Place: Los Angeles Mother's Maiden Name: King submitter is not related and has no further information File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/riley/obits/n/norton2667gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ksfiles/ File size: 6.6 Kb