William Kenneth Lasbury

1923 - 1995  (71 years)

• Name	William Kenneth Lasbury
  Born	12 Oct 1923	Wood River, Madison, Illinois, USA
  Gender	Male
  FindaGrave ID	17356226
  Occupation	Teller / Mountaineer Racetrack, Chester, Va
  Died	29 Sep 1995	Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, USA
  	WHEELING, W. Va. - William Kenneth Lasbury, 71, formerly of Wood River, died Friday Sept. 29, 1995, at home. He was a teller at Mountaineer Race Track in Chester, Va., for 41 years. A U.S. Navy World War II veteran, he was a member of the American Legion. He was a graduate of Shurtleff College in Alton and Goodman Theater School in Chicago. Born in Wood River Oct. 12, 1923, he was the son of the late Edwin Woodside and Alice Josephine (McFetridge) Lasbury. Surviving are three sisters, Mildred Evans of Peoria, his twin, Ada Goodman Link of Wood river, and Alice Dvorchak of Wood River; many loving nieces and nephews; and a sister-in-law, Dorothy Lasbury of Wood river. Preceding him in death were three brothers, Tom, Eddie and Lester Lasbury, and two sisters, Dorothy Considine and Beatrice Huber. Visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Monday at Marks Mortuary in Wood River, where services will be at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. The Rev. Ron Chasteen will officiate. Military graveside rites will be held at Valley View Cemetery in Edwardsville by East Alton American Legion Post 794. Memorials may be made to Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children of St. Louis.
  Buried	Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, USA   [1, 2]
  	Address: Valley View Cemetery, Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, USA
  Person ID	I487	Lasbury Family
  Last Modified	18 Aug 2023

  
  

  Father	Edwin Woodside Lasbury           b. 24 Oct 1883, Bowling Green, Pike, Missouri, USA           d. 8 Feb 1939, Wood River, Madison, Illinois, USA  (Age 55 years)
  Mother	Alice Josephine McFetridge           b. 20 Sep 1884, Alton, Madison, Illinois, USA           d. 14 Dec 1981, Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, USA  (Age 97 years)
  Married	4 Nov 1903	St. Louis, Missouri, USA
  Family ID	F142	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 12 Oct 1923 - Wood River, Madison, Illinois, USA Died - 29 Sep 1995 - Wheeling, Ohio, West Virginia, USA Buried - Address: Valley View Cemetery, Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, USA - - Edwardsville, Madison, Illinois, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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