![]() ![]() ![]() The whole nation had geared up for war, and everybody pitched in to help, even farm girls from Oklahoma. was in full production on the huge B-25 bomber. By this time, the Second World War had begun and the plant in K.C. Within a year after starting at North American in Inglewood, an opening in their Kansas City plant came up and he transferred back home to take that position. sweetheart then, as he asked his mother to please tell her hello from him. I've read some of his letters to his mother from that time and I remember he must have had a H.S. His childhood was a rich and happy one in his memory, and he wanted Carol and I to experience all he had as a youngster, and more.ĭad graduated from high school and moved to Inglewood, California, where he got a job with North American on the airplane assembly line. He remembered skinny dipping in a farm pond outside this little country town of 4,000, working for his merit badges until he became an Eagle Scout, Sunday school picnics, sledding and kite flying, and he shared these stories and so many others with us from a time when life may have been simpler, but certainly harder in the effort to provide for a family. He knew the freedom a bicycle gives to a youngster and encouraged us to learn it for ourselves. I remember him as being a "bike expert" and sitting in his wheel chair in the garage teaching me to fix my own flat tire, repair the chain, put oil in the bearings, and anything that needed doing to get me back on wheels. It was always important to Dad that Carol and I have bikes, and take care of them. It must have been then that owning a bike became so important to Dad, probably because it was such a crucial piece of equipment for money earning to them, and undoubtedly because it became a "freedom" machine in town and around the countryside in Garnett. He and his older brother, Warren, also had paper routes in Garnett, at which each earned a dollar a week. He remembered his mom making donuts, and he and his older brother selling them door- to-door. Dad remembered the growing family's struggles to make ends meet during those years and remembered everybody pitching in to make money where ever they could. Around 1928, just a year before the Stock Market fall and the Great Depression, the family gave up farm life and moved to Garnett, Kansas, where Granddad Staley went to work for his father-in-law, George Gray, at his Church Furniture Factory. ![]() When he was 2 years old, the family moved to his granddad's farm south of Wellsville, Kansas, where his dad took over the farm work when his granddad retired from farming and moved to town. The following was prepared by Doug and read at the church service:ĭad was born in Kansas City, Missouri on November 2, 1922, the second of eight children. Following was a church service attended by hundreds of those whose lives he touched in his local church and community. A grave side service was attended by all his living siblings and many family members. Services were held in Fresno, California, on Friday, February 14. The Lord took him suddenly on Sunday, February 9th, following a stroke on Saturday from which he never regained consciousness. Heaven is a richer place due to the passing of our dear brother, father, uncle, grandfather. John Douglas Staley, NovemFebruary 9, 1997 ![]() Internal applications, then our B2B based Bizapedia Pro API™ might be the answer for you.Becky's turn BACK HOME Back to Cousins Page If you are looking for something more than a web based search utility and need to automate company and officer searches from within your WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE ADVANCED SEARCH FORM? Utilize our advanced search form to filter the search results by Company Name, City, State, Postal Code, Filing Jurisdiction, Entity Type, Registered Agent,įile Number, Filing Status, and Business Category. While logged in and authenticated, you will not be asked to solve any complicated Recaptcha V2 challenges. In addition, all pages on Bizapedia will be served to you completely ad freeĪnd you will be granted access to view every profile in its entirety, even if the company chooses to hide the private information on their profile from the general public. Your entire office will be able to use your search subscription. ![]()
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