Peggy May Lanning

Last updated 1 Mar 2024 in Spear–Johnson Family.

Individual

Born: 28 Apr 1933 in Clinton Township, Rawlins County, Kansas, United States

Died: 30 Jan 2022

Father: Russell James Lanning (1904 – 2002)

Mother: Erma Arabell Higley (1907 – 1997)

Supporting evidence for:
name

census-us-1940-ps-ks-rawlins-9-2a: 1940 U.S. Census, population schedule, Kansas, Rawlins County, Clinton Township, enumeration district 77-9, sheet 2A; 1940 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 Mar 2021) ⟩ "Kansas ⟩ Rawlins ⟩ Clinton ⟩ 77-9" image 4; citing “Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1252 (of 4643), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.”

Reference Detail: Line 13, household n/a

Comment Detail: Source includes name (Peggy Lanning).

marker-c-duane-peggy-saddler-2011-living: Gravestone of C. Duane (2011) and Peggy M. (living) Saddler; Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 9 Nov 2023), memorial IDs 179964078 (C. Duane) and 236460331 (Peggy), photograph uploaded 2 Jun 2017 by JMarble to memorial 179964078 only; citing “Beulah Cemetery (Colby, Thomas County, Kansas, USA), Block 60 Lot 9 Site 2” [Peggy died in 2022, after the photograph used for this evidence was taken but before the image was downloaded.]

Comment Detail: Source includes [married] name (Peggy M. (Lanning) Saddler).

obituary-peggy-saddler-2022: Obituary for Peggy May (Lanning) Saddler (2022); Baalmann Mortuary (https://www.baalmannmortuary.com/: accessed 8 Nov 2023), Baalmann Mortuary – Colby (Colby, Kansas)

Comment Detail: Source includes [married] name (Peggy May (Lanning) Saddler).

obituary-russell-lanning-2002: Obituary for Russell Lanning (2002); “Russell Lanning,” Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 7 Mar 2021), image “United States of America ⟩ Kansas ⟩ Hays ⟩ The Hays Daily News” page 6; citing “The Hays Daily News (Hays, Kansas), 31 Oct 2002 (Thursday), page A6, column 2”

Comment Detail: Source includes [married] name (Peggy Saddler).

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birth

census-us-1940-ps-ks-rawlins-9-2a: 1940 U.S. Census, population schedule, Kansas, Rawlins County, Clinton Township, enumeration district 77-9, sheet 2A; 1940 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 Mar 2021) ⟩ "Kansas ⟩ Rawlins ⟩ Clinton ⟩ 77-9" image 4; citing “Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1252 (of 4643), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.”

Reference Detail: Line 13, household n/a

Comment Detail: Source includes age (6) and location (Kansas). Using her age and the official census date of 1 Apr 1940 gives a birth date range from 2 Apr 1933 to 1 Apr 1934.

marker-c-duane-peggy-saddler-2011-living: Gravestone of C. Duane (2011) and Peggy M. (living) Saddler; Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 9 Nov 2023), memorial IDs 179964078 (C. Duane) and 236460331 (Peggy), photograph uploaded 2 Jun 2017 by JMarble to memorial 179964078 only; citing “Beulah Cemetery (Colby, Thomas County, Kansas, USA), Block 60 Lot 9 Site 2” [Peggy died in 2022, after the photograph used for this evidence was taken but before the image was downloaded.]

Comment Detail: Source includes date (April 28, 1933).

obituary-peggy-saddler-2022: Obituary for Peggy May (Lanning) Saddler (2022); Baalmann Mortuary (https://www.baalmannmortuary.com/: accessed 8 Nov 2023), Baalmann Mortuary – Colby (Colby, Kansas)

Comment Detail: Source includes date (April 28, 1933) and location (Clinton Township of SE Rawlins County, Kansas).

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death

obituary-peggy-saddler-2022: Obituary for Peggy May (Lanning) Saddler (2022); Baalmann Mortuary (https://www.baalmannmortuary.com/: accessed 8 Nov 2023), Baalmann Mortuary – Colby (Colby, Kansas)

Comment Detail: Source includes date (January 30, 2022).

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father

obituary-russell-lanning-2002: Obituary for Russell Lanning (2002); “Russell Lanning,” Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 7 Mar 2021), image “United States of America ⟩ Kansas ⟩ Hays ⟩ The Hays Daily News” page 6; citing “The Hays Daily News (Hays, Kansas), 31 Oct 2002 (Thursday), page A6, column 2”

Comment Detail: Source identifies Peggy [(Lanning)] Saddler as a daughter of Ruesell Lanning. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

census-us-1940-ps-ks-rawlins-9-2a: 1940 U.S. Census, population schedule, Kansas, Rawlins County, Clinton Township, enumeration district 77-9, sheet 2A; 1940 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 Mar 2021) ⟩ "Kansas ⟩ Rawlins ⟩ Clinton ⟩ 77-9" image 4; citing “Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1252 (of 4643), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.”

Reference Detail: Lines 9,13, household n/a

Comment Detail: Source identifies Peggy Lanning as a daughter of Russle Lanning. The source does not provide sufficient evidence to denote the type of parent/child relationship.

obituary-peggy-saddler-2022: Obituary for Peggy May (Lanning) Saddler (2022); Baalmann Mortuary (https://www.baalmannmortuary.com/: accessed 8 Nov 2023), Baalmann Mortuary – Colby (Colby, Kansas)

Comment Detail: Source identifies Peggy May Lanning as a biological child of James Russell Lanning.

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mother

obituary-peggy-saddler-2022: Obituary for Peggy May (Lanning) Saddler (2022); Baalmann Mortuary (https://www.baalmannmortuary.com/: accessed 8 Nov 2023), Baalmann Mortuary – Colby (Colby, Kansas)

Comment Detail: Source identifies Peggy May Lanning as a biological child of Erma Arabelle (Higley) Lanning.

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Family

Spouse/Partner: Charles Duane Saddler (1932 – 2011)

Married: 1 Sep 1951 in Gem, Thomas County, Kansas, United States

Supporting evidence for:
marriage

marker-c-duane-peggy-saddler-2011-living: Gravestone of C. Duane (2011) and Peggy M. (living) Saddler; Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 9 Nov 2023), memorial IDs 179964078 (C. Duane) and 236460331 (Peggy), photograph uploaded 2 Jun 2017 by JMarble to memorial 179964078 only; citing “Beulah Cemetery (Colby, Thomas County, Kansas, USA), Block 60 Lot 9 Site 2” [Peggy died in 2022, after the photograph used for this evidence was taken but before the image was downloaded.]

Comment Detail: Source includes date (Sept. 1, 1951).

obituary-peggy-saddler-2022: Obituary for Peggy May (Lanning) Saddler (2022); Baalmann Mortuary (https://www.baalmannmortuary.com/: accessed 8 Nov 2023), Baalmann Mortuary – Colby (Colby, Kansas)

Comment Detail: Source includes date (September 1, 1951) and location (Gem, KS).

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Miscellaneous Facts

Events

School: Tully rural school (first grade), Abt 1939-1940 at , Rawlins County, Kansas, United States

School: (second grade), Abt 1940-1941 at Atwood, Rawlins County, Kansas, United States

Moved To Residence: Abt Apr 1941 at , Thomas County, Kansas, United States

Church: Gem Baptist Church, 31 Dec 1949 at Gem, Thomas County, Kansas, United States

Graduate: Gem High School, 1951 at Gem, Thomas County, Kansas, United States

Moved To Residence: 1969 at , Thomas County, Kansas, United States

Moved To Residence: Jan 1998 at Colby, Thomas County, Kansas, United States

Church: First Presbyterian Church, 2001 at Colby, Thomas County, Kansas, United States

Supporting evidence for:
events

obituary-peggy-saddler-2022: Obituary for Peggy May (Lanning) Saddler (2022); Baalmann Mortuary (https://www.baalmannmortuary.com/: accessed 8 Nov 2023), Baalmann Mortuary – Colby (Colby, Kansas)

Comment Detail: Source includes school name and description (Tully rural school). The years are estimated from her age and graduation year from high school. The location is presumed to be the Tully post office that existed in Rawlins County for a few years in the late 1800s, and gave rise to the name of a hamlet that lasted a few decades more. It was possibly located near coordinates 39.589, -100.879.

obituary-peggy-saddler-2022: Obituary for Peggy May (Lanning) Saddler (2022); Baalmann Mortuary (https://www.baalmannmortuary.com/: accessed 8 Nov 2023), Baalmann Mortuary – Colby (Colby, Kansas)

Comment Detail: Source includes school grade (second grade) and location (Atwood, KS). The years are estimated based on the estimated years in first grade.

obituary-peggy-saddler-2022: Obituary for Peggy May (Lanning) Saddler (2022); Baalmann Mortuary (https://www.baalmannmortuary.com/: accessed 8 Nov 2023), Baalmann Mortuary – Colby (Colby, Kansas)

Comment Detail: Source includes approximate date ("spring of 1941" [estimated as Mar 1941]) and destination (Cumberland farm, Thomas County [, Kansas]). The town (now a ghost town) was probably located near the existing, but not publically accessible, Cumberland Cemetery, just north of Gem, Kansas, and a little south of the old Tully, Kansas post office (closed 1887).

obituary-peggy-saddler-2022: Obituary for Peggy May (Lanning) Saddler (2022); Baalmann Mortuary (https://www.baalmannmortuary.com/: accessed 8 Nov 2023), Baalmann Mortuary – Colby (Colby, Kansas)

Comment Detail: Source includes church name (Gem Baptist Church) and date (Dec 31, 1949). The church is presumably in Gem, Kansas.

obituary-peggy-saddler-2022: Obituary for Peggy May (Lanning) Saddler (2022); Baalmann Mortuary (https://www.baalmannmortuary.com/: accessed 8 Nov 2023), Baalmann Mortuary – Colby (Colby, Kansas)

Comment Detail: Source includes school name and description (Tully rural school). The years are estimated from her age and graduation year from high school. The location is presumed to be the Tully post office that existed in Rawlins County for a few years in the late 1800s, and gave rise to the name of a hamlet that lasted a few decades more. It was possibly located near coordinates 39.589, -100.879.

obituary-peggy-saddler-2022: Obituary for Peggy May (Lanning) Saddler (2022); Baalmann Mortuary (https://www.baalmannmortuary.com/: accessed 8 Nov 2023), Baalmann Mortuary – Colby (Colby, Kansas)

Comment Detail: Source includes year (1969) and destination ("Cumberland farm" [Thomas County, Kansas]). [See also Peggy's family's move in 1941.]

obituary-peggy-saddler-2022: Obituary for Peggy May (Lanning) Saddler (2022); Baalmann Mortuary (https://www.baalmannmortuary.com/: accessed 8 Nov 2023), Baalmann Mortuary – Colby (Colby, Kansas)

Comment Detail: Source includes date ("January of 1998") and destination (Colby [Kansas]).

obituary-peggy-saddler-2022: Obituary for Peggy May (Lanning) Saddler (2022); Baalmann Mortuary (https://www.baalmannmortuary.com/: accessed 8 Nov 2023), Baalmann Mortuary – Colby (Colby, Kansas)

Comment Detail: Source includes church name (First presbyterian Church), year (2001), and location (Colby [, Kansas]).

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Attributes

Residence: at Clinton Township, Rawlins County, Kansas, United States

Residence: at Clinton Township, Rawlins County, Kansas, United States

Residence: at Colby, Thomas County, Kansas, United States

Supporting evidence for:
attributes

census-us-1940-ps-ks-rawlins-9-2a: 1940 U.S. Census, population schedule, Kansas, Rawlins County, Clinton Township, enumeration district 77-9, sheet 2A; 1940 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 Mar 2021) ⟩ "Kansas ⟩ Rawlins ⟩ Clinton ⟩ 77-9" image 4; citing “Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1252 (of 4643), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.”

Reference Detail: Line 13, household n/a

Comment Detail: Source includes date (1 Apr 1935) and location (same house [implying Clinton Township, County: Rawlins, State: Kansas]).

census-us-1940-ps-ks-rawlins-9-2a: 1940 U.S. Census, population schedule, Kansas, Rawlins County, Clinton Township, enumeration district 77-9, sheet 2A; 1940 United States Federal Census, database with images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com: accessed 7 Mar 2021) ⟩ "Kansas ⟩ Rawlins ⟩ Clinton ⟩ 77-9" image 4; citing “Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA microfilm publication T627, roll 1252 (of 4643), National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.”

Reference Detail: Line 13, household n/a

Comment Detail: Source includes census date (1 Apr 1940) and location (Clinton Township, County: Rawlins, State: Kansas).

obituary-russell-lanning-2002: Obituary for Russell Lanning (2002); “Russell Lanning,” Newspapers.com (https://www.newspapers.com: accessed 7 Mar 2021), image “United States of America ⟩ Kansas ⟩ Hays ⟩ The Hays Daily News” page 6; citing “The Hays Daily News (Hays, Kansas), 31 Oct 2002 (Thursday), page A6, column 2”

Comment Detail: Source includes date (Oct. 30, 2002) and location (Colby [, Thomas County, Kansas]).

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General Notes and Anecdotes

Peggy enjoyed caring for her home as well as needle arts: sewing, quilting, embroidery, and cross-stitch. She made clothing for herself and her children, all daughters, as well as a baby quilt for each newborns. [obituary-peggy-saddler-2022]

She was involved with her churchs. While a member of the Gem Baptist Church, she served as a trustee and sat on various committees. At the Presbyterian Church, she served as a deacon and elder, and was on the session (a body of elected elders governing the local church within the Presbyterian governance) for several terms. She was also a member of several church committees and was a member of Women's Circle. [obituary-peggy-saddler-2022]

Supporting evidence for:
general notes

obituary-peggy-saddler-2022: Obituary for Peggy May (Lanning) Saddler (2022); Baalmann Mortuary (https://www.baalmannmortuary.com/: accessed 8 Nov 2023), Baalmann Mortuary – Colby (Colby, Kansas)

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Research Notes (Conflicts/Spelling/Followup)

FOLLOWUP

Peggy worked for three years as a secretary-bookkeeper for the Thomas County Engineer, 3 years as a secretary for Gem School, and 2 years as a paraprofessional at Colby Public Schools. However, no years are given; the occupations are presumbably correctly ordered chronologically, but starting or ending years are not given, nor is an indication if there were years between when she wasn't working. [obituary-peggy-saddler-2022]

Charles' and Peggy's children are {private}. [marker-c-duane-peggy-saddler-2011-living]

{private} married {private} Giess. Their children are {private}. [research-a-spear-family-history]

As of 30 Jan 2022, {private} Giess were living in Hays, KS. Their daughter Tara Lindsey Giess had passed. [obituary-peggy-saddler-2022]

{private} married {private} Mollenkamp. Their children are {private}. [research-a-spear-family-history]

As of 30 Jan 2022, {private} was married to {private} Jansonius, and living in Hays, KS. [obituary-peggy-saddler-2022]

{private} married {private} Cersovsky. Their children are {private}. [research-a-spear-family-history]

As of 30 Jan 2022, {private} Cersovsky were living in Colby, KS. [obituary-peggy-saddler-2022]

{private} married {private} Jones. [research-a-spear-family-history]

As of 30 Jan 2022, {private} was married to {private} Graham and living in Hays, KS. [obituary-peggy-saddler-2022]

Supporting evidence for:
research notes

marker-c-duane-peggy-saddler-2011-living: Gravestone of C. Duane (2011) and Peggy M. (living) Saddler; Find A Grave (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed 9 Nov 2023), memorial IDs 179964078 (C. Duane) and 236460331 (Peggy), photograph uploaded 2 Jun 2017 by JMarble to memorial 179964078 only; citing “Beulah Cemetery (Colby, Thomas County, Kansas, USA), Block 60 Lot 9 Site 2” [Peggy died in 2022, after the photograph used for this evidence was taken but before the image was downloaded.]

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obituary-peggy-saddler-2022: Obituary for Peggy May (Lanning) Saddler (2022); Baalmann Mortuary (https://www.baalmannmortuary.com/: accessed 8 Nov 2023), Baalmann Mortuary – Colby (Colby, Kansas)

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research-a-spear-family-history: {private} Engelmann, A Spear Family History, privately printed 1988, updated 2002, 2005; privately held

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