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1. A Lifetime of Service A Lifetime of Service November/21/2001 Photos and obituary article about Leonard Passantino (1925-2001), or Bull Passantino, a "longtime Northeast resident" and "co-owner and operator of Passantino Bros. Funeral Home on Independence Boulevard."...
2. A Quiet Profession for Caring People A Quiet Profession for Caring People July/23-29/1998 Describes the current status of the funeral home industry.
3. Advertising Card Collection Finding Aid Advertising Card Collection Finding Aid ca. 1860-1910s Collection of cards used for advertising purposes in the late 19th century. Includes colorful illustrations for many types of products. The over 600 cards from Kansas City businesses have been digitized....
4. Almon Brown Strowger Almon Brown Strowger Photos, illustrations, and information on Almon Brown Strowger, or Almon Strowger (1839-1902), a telephone pioneer and inventor of "the step-by-step telephone switch, the basis for virtually every automatic...
5. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians 1938 Biographical sketch of John Wagner, operator of Wagner Funeral Home at Wyandotte and Linwood Boulevards. Born in Ohio in 1861 and raised in Kansas City, starting out as a "paper carrier" for the Kansas...
6. Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians Citizens Historical Association: Biographical Data of Kansas Citians 1938 Biographical sketch of Maurice Quirk, president of the Quirk & Tobin company at 20 West Linwood Boulevard. Born in Ireland in 1877 and emigraing to Kansas City in 1894 as an employee of the Welcome Manufacturing...
7. Death to William Flynn, Mortician Death to William Flynn, Mortician July 4, 1950 Vertical file contains a photo and obituary for William Flynn, "well known mortician and owner of the Flynn-Greenstreet Funeral home," dying in 1950. He was a native of Marshall, Missouri graduating from...
8. Deaths: Leon T. Wahl Is Dead Deaths: Leon T. Wahl Is Dead September/14/1964 Photo and obituary for Leon Wahl, "77, a funeral director many years." Native of Glasgow, Missouri coming to Kansas City about 1909 as "manager of the Mrs. C. L. Foster funeral home from 1909 to 1959,...
9. Frank Reising Frank Reising March/11/1964 Obituary for Frank Reising, founder of the Reising Funeral Home, dying in 1964.
10. Henry Sager Henry Sager Oct. 1, 1960 Henry Sager listed as a keeper of a warehouse in "The First Westport School Tax List."
11. Kansas City--An Illustrated Review of Its Progress and Importance Kansas City--An Illustrated Review of Its Progress and Importance May//1886 Illustration and description of the business of "J. T. Welden, funeral director, furnisher and embalmer, No. 828 Delaware Street," established in 1869.
12. Kansas City Undertakers & Cemeteries, 1859-1900 Kansas City Undertakers & Cemeteries, 1859-1900 Spring//1993 Chronological list of undertakers in Kansas City showing their locations and associated cemeteries, for aid in genealogy.
13. Kansas City Undertakers & Cemeteries, 1859-1900 Kansas City Undertakers & Cemeteries, 1859-1900 Spring 1993 Information about the moving locations of funeral "parlours" beginning with the mid-1800s.
14. Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 Kansas City, Missouri: Its History and Its People, 1800-1908 1908 Photo and bio of Edward Stine, senior partner of the "E. Stine & Son Undertaking Company, of Kansas City." Born in Pennysylvania in 1833 and coming here in 1858 as a furniture dealer before starting his...
15. KCResources, page 114 KCResources, page 114
16. KCResources, page 73 KCResources, page 73
17. KCResources, page 86 KCResources, page 86
18. Men Who Are Making Kansas City: A Biographical Dictionary Men Who Are Making Kansas City: A Biographical Dictionary 1902 Photo and bio of Edward Stine, "the well-known undertaker and early resident of Kansas City." Born in Pennsylvania in 1833 and coming to Kansas City in 1858 as a furniture dealer, cabinet maker, and undertaker...
19. Men Who Are Making Kansas City: A Biographical Directory Men Who Are Making Kansas City: A Biographical Directory 1902 Photo and bio of John Wagner, a prominent undertaker. Born in Ohio in 1861 and raised in Kansas City before becoming "president of the State Board of Embalming" and "president of the Missouri State Funeral...
20. T. B. Watkins T. B. Watkins File containing photos and information on Theron Watkins (1877-1950), or T. B. Watkins, a community activist, co-founder of the Watkins Brothers Funeral Home at 1729 Lydia Avenue, and step-father of local...