Karl Henry Porter
1894 - 1940 (46 years)-
Name Karl Henry Porter Born 3 Apr 1894 Auburn, Shawnee County, Kansas 
[1, 2] Gender Male Died 30 Nov 1940 Wakarusa, Shawnee County, Kansas [2, 3] Buried Shawnee Center Cemetery, Wakarusa, Shawnee County, Kansas [2] Person ID I1412 McKeown Last Modified 7 Aug 2023
Father William Porter, b. 1864, Liverpool, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England , d. 26 Dec 1942, Auburn, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 78 years) Mother Agnes Elmira Jane "Jennie" Parker, b. 16 Jul 1868, Panola, Woodford County, Illinois , d. 25 Jul 1938, Saint Cloud, Osceola County, Florida (Age 70 years) Family ID F455 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Greta Luella Seaver, b. 21 Jun 1896, Estherville, Emmet County, Iowa , d. 30 Nov 1940, Wakarusa, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 44 years) Children 1. Irma Eveline Porter, b. 18 Nov 1917, Auburn, Shawnee County, Kansas , d. 14 Sep 2001, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada (Age 83 years)2. Karl Henry Porter, b. 5 Sep 1924, Egbert, Laramie County, Wyoming , d. 30 Nov 1940, Wakarusa, Shawnee County, Kansas (Age 16 years)Last Modified 29 Nov 2021 Family ID F590 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 3 Apr 1894 - Auburn, Shawnee County, Kansas 
Died - 30 Nov 1940 - Wakarusa, Shawnee County, Kansas 
Buried - - Shawnee Center Cemetery, Wakarusa, Shawnee County, Kansas = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - Greta and husband Karl were married 24 Feb 1917 in Topeka, KS. They farmed near Auburn, KS. They were Presbyterians.
Greta and her husband and their 16-year-old son were in the family car going for a Saturday evening visit with friends when, at 7:17 PM, they were crossing the train tracks near the train station at Wakarusa, KS. A train that was running 15 minutes late, suddenly came around the bend and crashed into their car, pushing the car about fifty feet down the track and instantly killing all three of the Porters. The older Porters were thrown about fifty feet from the car. Karl Jr. was thrown also, but less far. They were in a 1939 Plymouth automobile.
They had a daughter also, Irma Eveline Porter, who lived at Junction City, KS at the time of her parents' death. Irma was married to Ralph D. Winters. Irma was born 18 Nov 1917 in Auburn, KS. She died 14 Sep 2001 in Las Vegas, NV.
[2] - Three Die in Wreck
Wakarusa, Nov. 30, (AP) Mr. and Mrs. Karl H. Porter and their 16-year-old son, Karl Jr., were killed tonight when their automobile was struck by a Santa Fe passenger train. A daughter, Mrs. Ralph D. Winter of Junction City, survives.
The Morning Chronicle, Manhattan, Kansas. Sunday, 1 December 1940, page 1.
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- Greta and husband Karl were married 24 Feb 1917 in Topeka, KS. They farmed near Auburn, KS. They were Presbyterians.
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