Individual Details
Arthur Leonard Truitt Sr.
(22 Jan 1924 - 3 Aug 1958)
Inscription: Kansas, Lieutenant, USNR, WW II.
Atchison Daily Globe, Atchison, Kansas, Tuesday, August 5, 1958, Page 2: Funeral Thursday for Arthur Truitt. Funeral services will be held at Fort Scott Thursday for Arthur L. Truitt, 35, formerly of Atchison, who died Sunday following surgery at the Great Lakes naval hospital. Burial will be in the national cemetery there. He was a lieutenant in the naval reserve and conducted a greenhouse at Fort Scott, where he raised market tomatoes in water and chemicals. He leaves his wife, the former Dorothy Reece of Atchison; two sons, Gary, 13 and Artie, jr., 11; a daughter, Dorothy, 3; a half brother, Charles Haegelin, Oklahoma City, Okla.; a sister, Mrs. George (Virginia) Newell, Stillwater, Okla., his parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Haegelin, jr., Oklahoma City, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. August Haegelin sr., Atchison. Remembered in Atchison as a juvenile dancer, he was a graduate of the Atchison High School and served in the navy during World War II.
Atchison Daily Globe, Atchison, Kansas, Tuesday, August 5, 1958, Page 2: Funeral Thursday for Arthur Truitt. Funeral services will be held at Fort Scott Thursday for Arthur L. Truitt, 35, formerly of Atchison, who died Sunday following surgery at the Great Lakes naval hospital. Burial will be in the national cemetery there. He was a lieutenant in the naval reserve and conducted a greenhouse at Fort Scott, where he raised market tomatoes in water and chemicals. He leaves his wife, the former Dorothy Reece of Atchison; two sons, Gary, 13 and Artie, jr., 11; a daughter, Dorothy, 3; a half brother, Charles Haegelin, Oklahoma City, Okla.; a sister, Mrs. George (Virginia) Newell, Stillwater, Okla., his parents, Mr. and Mrs. August Haegelin, jr., Oklahoma City, and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. August Haegelin sr., Atchison. Remembered in Atchison as a juvenile dancer, he was a graduate of the Atchison High School and served in the navy during World War II.
Events
| Birth | 22 Jan 1924 | Herington, Dickinson Co., Kansas |  | ||
| Marriage | 22 Feb 1945 | Dorothy Velma Reese | | ||
| Death | 3 Aug 1958 | Great Lakes Naval Training Center, North Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois | | ||
| Burial | Fort Scott National Cemetery, Fort Scott, Bourbon Co., Kansas | |
Families
| Spouse | Dorothy Velma Reese (1923 - 2012) |
| Child | Gary A. Truitt (1945 - ) |
| Child | Arthur Leonard Truitt Jr. (1947 - ) |
| Child | Thomas E. "Tom" Truitt (1948 - ) |
| Child | Marti Dorothy Truitt (1955 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Ivor Elias Reese, Reese Family Tree (n.p: January 1963, n.d).
2. Ivor Elias Reese, Reese Family Tree (n.p: January 1963, n.d).
3. Ivor Elias Reese, Reese Family Tree (n.p: January 1963, n.d).
4. Find A Grave.