Gentry county Missouri, Obituaries: John W. Kenyon Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm Submitted by: Don Raymond The Stanberry Headlight, Gentry County, Missouri, Thursday, February 11, 1954, front page: Rites Held Sunday for Member of Pioneer Gentry County Family: John W. Kenyon, age 84, a member of one of the pioneer Gentry county families, died last Thursday afternoon at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Ray L. Johnson, southwest of Stanberry. He had been ill and confined to a St. Joseph hospital for about one week before being taken to the Johnson home. Prior to entry in the hospital, he had been making his home with another son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Snider, at St. Joseph. Funeral rites were held for him Sunday afternoon at the Stanberry Christian church, with the Rev. Edward Carter, King City, officiating. Burial was in the High Ridge cemetery. Services were under the direction of the Phillips mortuary. Mr. Kenyon was the son of the late George T. and Mary Kenyon. He was born on the Kenyon homestead about four miles south of Stanberry. This farm was his home for nearly 83 years. He was married in 1904 to Miss Ina Bell. She died Oct. 18, 1950. Several months later Mr. Kenyon went Leeton, Mo., to live with his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Snider. The Snider family moved to St. Joseph last December and brought Mr. Kenyon there with them. He was a charter member of the Island City Christian church. Surviving him are three daughters, Mrs. Johnson, at whose home he died; Mrs. Snider, with whom he had lived for several years, and Mrs. Russell Shinaut, King City.