John Lapsansky^[1]

Abt 1889 - 1948  (58 years)

• Name	John Lapsansky  [2]
  Birth	Abt 11 Sep 1889	Prob. Scranton, PA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1948	Bronx, NY City, NY   [3, 4]
  Burial	1948	Glen Cove Cemetery, Narrowsburg, Sullivan Co., NY   [3]
  Person ID	I6077	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Family	Minnie Charlotte Dexter,   b. 5 Sep 1886, Mast Hope, Pike Co., PA d. Oct 1981, Huntington, Cabell Co., WV (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	9 Oct 1917	Grace Church, Allentown, Lehigh Co., PA Bethlehem Diocese By Rev. R.H.Kline
  Family ID	F64813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  Retired from the Erie-Lackawanna Railroad. Honorably discharged from the US Navy, 3/4/1916 as a Yeoman, First Class from the USS Missouri at Philadelphia, PA. Discharge no. 12976. Source: Discharge certificate in the possession of Jon Case. He was paid a travel allowance to New York of $3.64 for the 91 mi. distance. Jon saw photographs of the Missouri in the Panama canal - the first battleship through the canal. ---------------------------------------------------------- Obituary from an unknown newspaper (prob. Scranton, PA): JOHN LAPSANSKY DIES IN BRONX HOSPITAL John Lapsansky, 403 West 22nd St., NY City, a native Scrantonian and former Olyphant resident, died yesterday morning at St. Joseph's Hospital, the Bronx, after a long illness. Mr. Lapsansky was a member of the Masonic Order and was employed by the Lackawanna Railroad at its Hoboken, NJ offices. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie C. Lapsansky; two stepsons, William K. Case, Huntington, WV, and Harold L. Case, Olyphant, and one grandson. The funeral will be held from a Narrowsburg, NY funeral home at a time to be announced. (Medical):at age 26. Blue/grey eyes, brown hair. Died at a tubercular hospital. [5]

  
  

• Sources

  [S3318] Jon Todd Gibson Case, jontoddgibsoncase. [S3643] Minnie Dexter, Minnie Dexter Case Notes, (Handwritten Notes). [S818] Edey Werman , Glen Cove Cemetery Listing, Sullivan Co., NY, (http://c-23.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/ny/sullivan/cemeteries/glencove.txt). [S3663] John Lapsansky Obituary. [S3664] U.S. Navy Enlistment Record.