JOHN THOMAS STEWART
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JOHN THOMAS STEWART
John Thomas
Stewart passed away on
July 2, 2019 at 95.
John was born July 20,
1923, in Valley Falls, KS to
parents John Thomas
Stewart and Lela Marie
(Bledsoe) Stewart. John
married Arletia May
Torneden on July 27, 1943
in Oskaloosa, KS
John is survived by
Arletia, his wife of 75
years, sons John of
Lawrence and Robert
(wife Nancy) of Fountain
Hills, AZ, brother Ed (wife
Phyllis) of Broken Arrow,
OK, and granddaughter
Amy Stewart Harting
(husband Scott), great
grandsons Andrew
Stewart and Joshua
Harting, all of Surprise
AZ.
John is preceded in
death by brothers Fred
and Richard Stewart,
sister Eunice Stebbins,
daughter Gladys Stewart
Tipton, grandson Robert
and great grandson
Christopher Stewart.
John served as a
Chaplain's Assistant in the
U.S. Army 106th Division
during WWII. During this
time John was declared
missing in action and later
classified as wounded
prisoner of war. For his
service, T5 Johnnie
Stewart was awarded the
Combat Infantry Badge,
Purple Heart and Bronze
Star. After attending
Washburn University in
Topeka, Kansas, John was
an Insurance agent with
American Family
Insurance in Lawrence,
Kansas until his
retirement in 1989. John
was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church and
the Kiwanis Club in
Lawrence.
A memorial service will
be held on Wednesday,
July 10, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.
at Christ Covenant
Church, 2312 Harvard Rd,
Lawrence. Military
honors will be observed.
In lieu of flowers
donations can be made to:
Visiting Nurses
200 Maine St., Suite C
Lawrence, Kansas
66044
kansasvna.org