Loren Glee Tarr, 65, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. The Rev. John McCauley will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Alford-Clarke Post No. 852, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will conduct graveside services.
Mr. Tarr died today, Aug. 13, 1992, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
He had been a resident of Lawrence for the past 43 years. He previously lived in Leavenworth.
Tarr was a machinist and mechanic. He retired from Kansas University in 1988. He was an instrument maker in KU's Learned Hall. He formerly was employed at DuPont and Kansas Color Press.
He was born Dec. 1, 1926, in McLouth to George and Grace Quesenbury Tarr.
He was a life member of Alford-Clarke Post No. 852, VFW, serving as a post commander. He also was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 309.
He was a merchant seaman before World War II and served in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean Conflict.
He married Rose Farrell on Oct. 7, 1949, in Leavenworth. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include
two sons,
Allen, Lawrence, and Matthew, Galveston, Tex.;
a brother,
Leonard, Lawrence;
seven sisters,
Ruey Champion, Grace Wiley and Iva Torneden, all of Lawrence, Vivian Zule, Sylvia Tarr and Norma Tarr, all of Leavenworth, and Zelma Sanders, McLouth;
and four grandchildren.
Thursday, August 13, 1992
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Loren Glee Tarr, 65, Lawrence, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary. The Rev. John McCauley will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Alford-Clarke Post No. 852, Veterans of Foreign Wars, will conduct graveside services.
Mr. Tarr died today, Aug. 13, 1992, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
He had been a resident of Lawrence for the past 43 years. He previously lived in Leavenworth.
Tarr was a machinist and mechanic. He retired from Kansas University in 1988. He was an instrument maker in KU's Learned Hall. He formerly was employed at DuPont and Kansas Color Press.
He was born Dec. 1, 1926, in McLouth to George and Grace Quesenbury Tarr.
He was a life member of Alford-Clarke Post No. 852, VFW, serving as a post commander. He also was a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles No. 309.
He was a merchant seaman before World War II and served in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean Conflict.
He married Rose Farrell on Oct. 7, 1949, in Leavenworth. She survives of the home.
Other survivors include
two sons,
Allen, Lawrence, and Matthew, Galveston, Tex.;
a brother,
Leonard, Lawrence;
seven sisters,
Ruey Champion, Grace Wiley and Iva Torneden, all of Lawrence, Vivian Zule, Sylvia Tarr and Norma Tarr, all of Leavenworth, and Zelma Sanders, McLouth;
and four grandchildren.
Thursday, August 13, 1992
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Family Members
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George Leonard Tarr
1903–1994
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Ruey Isabel Tarr Champion
1905–1998
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Virinda Grace "Bitty" Tarr Wiley
1907–1998
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Eunice Venie "Venie" Tarr
1909–1965
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Iva Lee Tarr Torneden Stevens
1912–2005
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Amy Rose Tarr
1915–1917
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Vivian Marie Tarr Zule
1918–1992
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Sylvia Arlin Tarr
1921–2014
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Norma Lois Tarr
1923–2021
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Zelma Gay Tarr Sanders
1928–2014
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