Individual Details

On the 1930 U. S. Census of Burlington, Coffey Co., Kansas, John C. Mears appears with his wife Lorena and children June F. and John C. Jr. John works as a salesman in retail dry goods. Lorena is an insurance agent.

Great Bend Daily Tribune, Great Bend, Kansas, Sunday, March 5, 1972, Page 2, Col. 2: Enterprise, Kan.---John C. Mears Sr., 69, retired sales representative for Saydah Brothers Linen and Clothing Company, died Friday at Memorial Hospital. He was a member of Masonic Lodge No. 172, Royal Arch Chapter No. 48 and Garfield Commandery No. 18, McPherson, Order of Eastern Star No. 468 Enterprise, and the Enterprise United Methodist Church. Survivors are his wife, Lorena; two sons, John C. Mears, Jr., Hanover Park, Ill., James H. Mears, Wichita; a daughter, Mrs. Harold (June) Curry, Goddard; six brothers, Van M. Mears and Marion H. Mears, both of Enterprise; Ralph J. Mears, Great Bend; H. Lee Mears, El Dorado; Robert M. Mears, Seattle, Wash., and Forest E. Mears, Pacifica, Calif.; four sisters, Mrs. Marie Hoard, Jamestown, Kan.; Mrs. Helen Arnold, Lyons, Mrs. Roberta Smith, Enterprise, and Mrs. Marjorie Deputy, Wichita; 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be held Monday at 2 p.m. in the Enterprise United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Abilene Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday from 3-4 p.m. at the Irwin Funeral Home in Enterprise.

Birth	22 Nov 1902	Beloit, Mitchell Co., Kansas
Residence	1910	Beloit, Mitchell Co., Kansas
Residence	1920	Beloit, Mitchell Co., Kansas
Marriage	Aug 1921	Lorena May Cooke
Residence	1925	Concordia, Cloud Co., Kansas
Residence	1930	Burlington, Coffey Co., Kansas
Death	3 Mar 1972	Abilene, Dickinson Co., Kansas
Burial		Abilene Cemetery, Abilene, Dickinson Co., Kansas

Spouse	Lorena May Cooke (1903 - 1991)
Child	June Frances Mears (1922 - 2013)
Child	John C. Mears Jr. (1924 - )
Child	James Robert Mears (1938 - )