Eldon Lewis Platt
1906 - 1973 (67 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Eldon Lewis Platt was born on 11 Jul 1906 in Kansas; died on 27 Sep 1973 in Kansas; was buried in La Harpe Cemetery, La Harpe, Allen County, Kansas. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
- Census: 1940, Marion, Bourbon County, Kansas
Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39007703/eldon-lewis-plattFamily/Spouse: Nora Louise Sharpless. Nora (daughter of William M. Sharpless and Ruth F. Caroline Wiggans) was born on 4 Sep 1907 in Kansas; died on 22 May 1980; was buried in La Harpe Cemetery, La Harpe, Allen County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Harvey M. Platt
was born on 22 Apr 1928 in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas; died on 19 Sep 1981 in El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas; was buried in Sunset Lawns Cemetery, El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas. - 3. Emmett Leon Platt was born on 29 Dec 1930 in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas; died on 10 Jul 1995; was buried in Resthaven Gardens of Memory, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas.
- 4. Barbara Jean Platt was born on 14 Feb 1934 in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas; died on 16 Nov 2015 in Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas; was buried in La Harpe Cemetery, La Harpe, Allen County, Kansas.
Generation: 2
2. Harvey M. Platt (1.Eldon1) was born on 22 Apr 1928 in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas; died on 19 Sep 1981 in El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas; was buried in Sunset Lawns Cemetery, El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas. Notes:
Harvey M. Platt, 53, El Dorado, father of Debra Diver of Augusta, died Saturday at Susan B. Allen Memorial Hospital.
His service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at the First Southern Baptist Church in El Dorado. Rev. Jack Kinkade and Rev. Marvin Platt will officiate. Burial will be in the Sunset Lawn Cemetery.
A memorial has been established with the American Heart Association.
He was born April 22, 1928 in Fort Scott to Eldon L. and Louise Sharpless Platt.
He married Barbara Latimer Aug. 21, 1953 in Iola. She survives.
He was a transport driver for Getty Refinery in El Dorado.
He was a member of the First Southern Baptist Church and the LaHarpe Masonic Lodge. He served in the U.S. Air Force during the 1950's.
Other survivors include two more daughters, Teresa Borger and Donna Platt, both of El Dorado; two brothers, Emmett Platt of Haysville and Marvin of Springdale, La.; a sister, Barbara Gerdsen of LaHarpe and four grandsons.
Carlson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Taken from The El Dorado Times 9-21-1981
Buried:
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Section C, Lot 48, Space W4.3. Emmett Leon Platt (1.Eldon1) was born on 29 Dec 1930 in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas; died on 10 Jul 1995; was buried in Resthaven Gardens of Memory, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas. Notes:
Buried:
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Section Prayer, Lot 116, Space C24. Barbara Jean Platt (1.Eldon1) was born on 14 Feb 1934 in Fort Scott, Bourbon County, Kansas; died on 16 Nov 2015 in Bentonville, Benton County, Arkansas; was buried in La Harpe Cemetery, La Harpe, Allen County, Kansas. Notes:
Barbara Jean Gerdsen, 81, Rogers, Ark., formerly of LaHarpe, died Monday, Nov. 16, 2015 at Circle of Life in Bentonville, Ark. She was born Feb. 14, 1934, in Fort Scott, to Elden and Louise (Sharpeless) Platt. She grew up south of LaHarpe on a farm with five brothers. She was a graduate of LaHarpe High School.
On May 22, 1952, she married Wayne Eugene Gerdsen in LaHarpe Methodist Church Parsonage. They lived on a farm north of LaHarpe. Barbara was a housewife, sold Avon and was mother to their two sons Steven and Ken Gerdsen. She was a member of LaHarpe Christian Church where she was a Sunday school teacher. She also loved to sing in church.
She was survived by their two sons, Steven and his wife Jessica (Daniel) Gerdsen, Rogers, Ark., and Ken Gerdsen, Junction City; five grandchildren, Danielle, Derek, Dana, Kevin and Kayla Gerdsen; and four great-grandchildren, Hazeline, Jordan, Chole and Jael.
Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Light of LaHarpe Baptist Church (LaHarpe Baptist Mission on sign). Burial will be at the LaHarpe Cemetery.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/167588802/barbara-jean-gerdsenBarbara married Wayne Eugene Gerdsen on 22 May 1952 in La Harpe, Allen County, Kansas. Wayne was born on 28 Oct 1931 in Moran, Allen County, Kansas; died on 13 Apr 2010 in Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas; was buried in La Harpe Cemetery, La Harpe, Allen County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]