1923
Kenneth
2008
Kenneth E. (Booie) Brainard
May 15, 1923 — April 4, 2008
Newton, Kansas
Kenneth Edward (Booie) Brainard, 84, lifetime Newton resident, passed away Friday, April 04, 2008. Booie was born May 15, 1923 to Chester Irvin and Mary Martha (May) Brainard in Newton, Kansas.
He married Marylee Garrett in Hutchinson on June 7, 1947. He served in the United States Navy during WWII from 1941 to 1945 as an aviation machinist’s mate, most of that time being spent at Pearl Harbor.
Kenneth was a former lineman and foreman with KG & E of Newton and also Thornton & Florence Electric and C& T Line Construction of Wichita, Kansas. He retired in 1985.
He held a membership with the First United Methodist Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Eagles Lodge and the American Legion Post # 231 all of Newton .
Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Marylee, Newton; 2 daughters, Martha (John) Crowe, Rosehill, KS and Peggy (Steve) Frankamp, Wichita; sister, Judy Long, Newton; grandchildren Cara and Brayden Crowe and Garrett Framkamp.
Preceding him in death were brothers Roy, Russell and Chester (Pebby) Brainard, and sisters Wilma Jean Stein, Lucille Linderman, Esther Armstrong, Alma Shipley, and Charlotte Stevens.
Services will be held on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 10:00 A.M. at the Broadway Colonial Funeral Home Chapel, with Pastor Jeff Gannon presiding.
Visitation will be Monday, April 7, 2008 from 12 noon to 8:00 P.M. with the family greeting friends from 5:30 P.M to 7:00 P.M. at the funeral home.
Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Newton. Military Services conducted by United States Navy.
Memorials may be made out to Hospice Care of Kansas.
Friends may also sing the guest book online at www.broadwaycolonialfh.com
Kenneth Edward (Booie) Brainard, 84, lifetime Newton resident, passed away Friday, April 04, 2008. Booie was born May 15, 1923 to Chester Irvin and Mary Martha (May) Brainard in Newton, Kansas.
He married Marylee Garrett in Hutchinson on June 7, 1947. He served in the United States Navy during WWII from 1941 to 1945 as an aviation machinist’s mate, most of that time being spent at Pearl Harbor.
Kenneth was a former lineman and foreman with KG & E of Newton and also Thornton & Florence Electric and C& T Line Construction of Wichita, Kansas. He retired in 1985.
He held a membership with the First United Methodist Church, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Eagles Lodge and the American Legion Post # 231 all of Newton .
Survivors include his wife of 61 years, Marylee, Newton; 2 daughters, Martha (John) Crowe, Rosehill, KS and Peggy (Steve) Frankamp, Wichita; sister, Judy Long, Newton; grandchildren Cara and Brayden Crowe and Garrett Framkamp.
Preceding him in death were brothers Roy, Russell and Chester (Pebby) Brainard, and sisters Wilma Jean Stein, Lucille Linderman, Esther Armstrong, Alma Shipley, and Charlotte Stevens.
Services will be held on Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 10:00 A.M. at the Broadway Colonial Funeral Home Chapel, with Pastor Jeff Gannon presiding.
Visitation will be Monday, April 7, 2008 from 12 noon to 8:00 P.M. with the family greeting friends from 5:30 P.M to 7:00 P.M. at the funeral home.
Burial will be at Greenwood Cemetery in Newton. Military Services conducted by United States Navy.
Memorials may be made out to Hospice Care of Kansas.
Friends may also sing the guest book online at www.broadwaycolonialfh.com
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