Staats, Kenneth Paul
Passed: 1946-05-05
Age: 22
Source: Jackson Herald
Death Notice:
Obituary Date: 1946-05-10
Information: RIPLEY YOUTH DIES IN AKRON - Kenneth Paul Staats, 22, a son of Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Staats of Ripley, died suddeny at a hospital in Akron on Sunday morning and the body was brought to the Vail mortuary in Ripley and prepared for burial. Staats was discharged from the army on January 27th of this year after serving three years and 18 months, much of which time was with the army in Europe. After his honorable discharge at Camp Meade, Maryland, he accepted employment with the B & W Tool Works at Akron, at which place he was still employed at the time of his death. Surviving in addition to the parents are the following brothers and sisters, Estel L. Staats of Akron; James Ralph Staats of Charleston; Mrs. Fred Hardman and Miss Mary Staats of Ripley. Funeral services will be held at the Baptist Temple in Ripley today (Wednesday) with Rev. P. E. Vandercoy officiating and burial will be in the Casto cemetery at Fairplain.