LIGHTBURNE OBITUARIES, Henry County, Missouri
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LIGHTBURNE, Alvan Richard 1909 - 1995

Alvan Richard Lightburne died Sunday, September 10, 1995. His life had begun 86 
years before on Sunday, June 6, 1909, in rural Liberty. After graduating from the 
public schools in 1928, he attended a Kansas City engineering school until the 
Great Depression of 1929. On January 27, 1934, Alvan Lightburne and Ruth 
Huntington wed. They celebrated their 61st anniversary this year. For over 30 
years Alvan's main career was spent as a skilled machinist for Remington Arms, 
until retiring in 1971. During many of these years he also was the locksmith and 
owner of Liberty Key Service, retiring in 1979. Throughout his lifetime, Alvan 
enjoyed his family and friends, walking (long before it became popular), working 
at the local museum, repairing his cars and vacationing in Colorado. He was a 
member of the Demolay Lodge and the Clay Co. Historical Society. His parents, 
Alvan William and Kate Withers Lightburne, preceded him in death. Alvan is 
survived by his wife, Ruth, Liberty; a sister, Martha Shirley, San Antonio, Texas; 
two daughters, Shirlee and husband, Tom Christian, Kansas City, and Karen and 
Husband, Gladden Dye, Clinton. Five grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren 
survive him, Debbie and husband, Bob, Joshua, Melissa and Christina Cremer, 
Kansas City; Cathy and husband, Brian, Jonathan and Jacob Randle, Pleasant Hill; 
Mike and wife, Jana, Megan and Matt Dye, Clinton; John and wife, Rhonda, Heather 
and Brad Dye, Buckner; Tom G. Christian, Olathe, Kansas, and son, Stephen, Idaho 
City, Idaho. Alvan left one nephew, Jim, and wife, Pam, Michael and Lauren 
Shirley, San Antonio, Texas. The funeral on Tuesday, September 12, at 10:30 at 
Church-Archer-Pasley Funeral Home and the burial following at the New Hope 
Cemetery were at Liberty.

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