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Courtney, Roy Lester

Courtney, Roy Lester

Male 1913 - 1984  (71 years)


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  • Name Courtney, Roy Lester 
    Birth 10 Oct 1913  Dodge City, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 19 Nov 1984  Lakin, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Syracuse, Kansas, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I274  Hastings-A
    Last Modified 22 Apr 2025 

    Father Courtney, Allen,   b. 12 Jan 1873, Nelson Co, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 1951, Syracuse, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Spencer, Bessie E,   b. 8 Jun 1880, Freeborn, Minnesota, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1963, Denver, Colorado, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Family ID F1122  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Roy could grab a rattlesnake, crack it like a whip and the head would pop off. Then added the snake rattles to his collection. Once lived/worked on a farm with the living room kitchen in Kansas, bedrooms in Colorado. Barn in Kansas, work shed in Colorado. Had the best hand/foot powered tools in the work shed. Fond memories of spending hours pedaling the drill press, holes in every piece of wood I could find. Loved spending hours around the coal stove in the living room, lite by kerosene lamps and listening to stories of the old days. Taught me to milk cows and goats, collect eggs and arrange eggs in a nest when he wanted hen's to incubate the eggs. Lost an eye in a wheat harvesting accident as a child, would squint his bad eye whenever he'd smile, laugh.
    • Roy could grab a rattlesnake, crack it like a whip and the head would pop off. Then added the snake rattles to his collection. Once lived/worked on a farm with the living room kitchen in Kansas, bedrooms in Colorado. Barn in Kansas, work shed in Colorado. Had the best hand/foot powered tools in the work shed. Fond memories of spending hours pedaling the drill press, holes in every piece of wood I could find. Loved spending hours around the coal stove in the living room, lite by kerosene lamps and listening to stories of the old days. Taught me to milk cows and goats, collect eggs and arrange eggs in a nest when he wanted hen's to incubate the eggs. Lost an eye in a wheat harvesting accident as a child, would squint his bad eye whenever he'd smile, laugh.