Finding Aid for the Leavenworth County, KS Funeral Programs

Title

Finding Aid for the Leavenworth County, KS Funeral Programs

Rights

Rights Information

Type

Collection

Creator

Kenneth and Jean Donald

Date

1968-2017

Description

The collection mainly consists of funeral programs and obituaries. The dates on the documents range from the late 1960s through 2017 and some contain clipped obituaries. Many other obituaries were kept as well. The obituaries were primarily obtained from The Leavenworth Times and have been photocopied due to the acidic nature of the newspaper. The majority of the funeral programs come from individuals whose funeral service or burial was in Leavenworth County, Kansas. The programs are divided by letters of the alphabet, but have not been alphabetized within each folder.

Language

English

Place

Leavenworth County--Kansas

Publisher

Midwest Genealogy Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri

Extent

1 box

Identifier

MGC 1208

Subject

Funeral rites and ceremonies

Burial

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Collection Summary
Title
Leavenworth County, KS Funeral Programs
Date
1968-2017
Extent
1 archival box

Name and Location of Repository
Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence (Mo.)
Reference code: MGC 1208-LFP
Processed by: Jolene Clark, 2020; finding aid created by Jolene Clark, 2020

Name of Creator
Kenneth and Jean Donald
Biographical History
Several envelopes addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Donald from Leavenworth, Kansas indicate that the
funeral programs may have been collected by the family. It is unknown if all of the funeral programs
were relatives or acquaintances of the family. Kenneth Donald was born in 1947 and died in 2016. He is
buried in Leavenworth National Cemetery in Leavenworth, Kansas.
Scope and Content
The collection mainly consists of funeral programs and obituaries. The dates on the documents range
from the late 1960s through 2017 and some contain clipped obituaries. Many other obituaries were
kept as well. The obituaries were primarily obtained from The Leavenworth Times and have been
photocopied due to the acidic nature of the newspaper. The majority of the funeral programs come
from individuals whose funeral service or burial was in Leavenworth County, Kansas. The programs are
divided by letters of the alphabet, but have not been alphabetized within each folder.

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Collection Inventory
System of Arrangement
These records are arranged in 7 folders.
Folder 1, Funeral programs, A-E
Folder 2, Funeral programs, F-J
Folder 3, Funeral programs, K-O
Folder 4, Funeral programs, P-T
Folder 5, Funeral programs, U-Z
Folder 6, Obituaries
Folder 7, Thank you cards and notes

Rights and Access
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use by appointment.
Physical Access
Most records within this collection are housed within file folders.
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce must be secured from the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Languages and Scripts of the Material
Materials in the collection are entirely in English.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated anonymously.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected for this collection.
Existence and Location of Originals
Originals owned by the Midwest Genealogy Center.
Notes
The following sources were consulted during the preparation of the biographical history:
 Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA:
Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.

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