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J. Charles Walje, age 95, of Kansas City, KS. passed away on Monday, June 24, 2019. Visitation will be 9-10am, followed by the Funeral at 10am, both Friday, June 28th at the Alden-Harrington Funeral Home. J. Charles Walje, age 95, of Kansas City, KS passed away on Monday, June 24, 2019. Visitation will be 9-10am, followed by the Funeral at 10am, both Friday, June 28th at the Alden-Harrington Funeral Home. Burial to follow in the Pleasanton Cemetery, Pleasanton, KS. In lieu of flowers family suggests donations to Harbor Hospice at 7223 WEST 95TH St., STE, 230, Overland Park, KS.
Charles “Charlie” was born in Pleasanton, KS on January 20, 1924. He grew up in Pleasanton, attended the Pleasanton Christian Church and graduated from Pleasanton High School in the Class of 1941. Later, he was a faithful member of Stony Point Christian Church (KCK) and the Fontana Christian Church.
Charlie, as part of “The Greatest Generation”, served in the US Army, Signal Corps, on the island of Saipan during WWII, and was proud to share that he “landed on the island of Saipan on The Fourth of July, 1944, with REAL Fireworks in the Sky!”
Charlie had a dedicated career as an electrician with Phillips Petroleum for over 35 years. He was a past Master of Delaware Lodge #96, past Worthy Patron from Sincerity #295 Order of the Eastern Star, and a member of Masonic Lodge #1242 in Borger, TX. Charlie served as assistant leader with the Boy Scouts of America Troop #45 (KCK), was a member of VFW #6401 (KCK), and American Legion #156 in Paola. He was an active member of SAVE-A-CONNIE and had volunteered at the Airline History Museum for over 25 years.
Charlie was preceded in death by his wife, Maxine in 1987 and second wife, Nell (Justice) Walje in 2008.
He is survived by five children: Dennis Walje and wife Ava, of Granbury, TX, Karen Daugherty and husband Steve, and Debbie Garcia and husband Louie of Basehor, KS, Virginia Luce of Otterbein, IN, and Vernon Justice of Kansas City, KS. Charlie also leaves behind eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He was loved by family and friends.

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Jesse married Naylor, Maxine Marie in 1946. Maxine was born in 1925; died in 1987; was buried in 1987 in Pleasanton Cemetery, Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

J. Charles Walje, age 95, of Kansas City, KS. passed away on Monday, June 24, 2019. Visitation will be 9-10am, followed by the Funeral at 10am, both Friday, June 28th at the Alden-Harrington Funeral Home. J. Charles Walje, age 95, of Kansas City, KS passed away on Monday, June 24, 2019. Visitation will be 9-10am, followed by the Funeral at 10am, both Friday, June 28th at the Alden-Harrington Funeral Home. Burial to follow in the Pleasanton Cemetery, Pleasanton, KS. In lieu of flowers family suggests donations to Harbor Hospice at 7223 WEST 95TH St., STE, 230, Overland Park, KS.
Charles “Charlie” was born in Pleasanton, KS on January 20, 1924. He grew up in Pleasanton, attended the Pleasanton Christian Church and graduated from Pleasanton High School in the Class of 1941. Later, he was a faithful member of Stony Point Christian Church (KCK) and the Fontana Christian Church.
Charlie, as part of “The Greatest Generation”, served in the US Army, Signal Corps, on the island of Saipan during WWII, and was proud to share that he “landed on the island of Saipan on The Fourth of July, 1944, with REAL Fireworks in the Sky!”
Charlie had a dedicated career as an electrician with Phillips Petroleum for over 35 years. He was a past Master of Delaware Lodge #96, past Worthy Patron from Sincerity #295 Order of the Eastern Star, and a member of Masonic Lodge #1242 in Borger, TX. Charlie served as assistant leader with the Boy Scouts of America Troop #45 (KCK), was a member of VFW #6401 (KCK), and American Legion #156 in Paola. He was an active member of SAVE-A-CONNIE and had volunteered at the Airline History Museum for over 25 years.
Charlie was preceded in death by his wife, Maxine in 1987 and second wife, Nell (Justice) Walje in 2008.
He is survived by five children: Dennis Walje and wife Ava, of Granbury, TX, Karen Daugherty and husband Steve, and Debbie Garcia and husband Louie of Basehor, KS, Virginia Luce of Otterbein, IN, and Vernon Justice of Kansas City, KS. Charlie also leaves behind eight grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. He was loved by family and friends.

To plant a memorial tree in honor of J. Charles "Charlie" Walje, please visit our Heartfelt Sympathies Store.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Baptism: 29 Jan 1883, St Paul German Evangelical Church, Clear Creek Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA

Charles married Moore, Annabelle on 23 Dec 1916 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, USA. Annabelle (daughter of Moore, Milton Leroy and Baugh, Letha Alice) was born on 18 Sep 1889 in Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, USA; died on 22 Sep 1969 in Bonner Springs, Wyandotte, Kansas, USA; was buried after 22 Sep 1969 in Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• FSID: LH2X-DPN
• Birth: 26 Apr 1860, Tecklenburg, Steinfurt, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
• Residence: 1900, Heaths Creek Township, Pettis, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1910, Mound City, Linn, Kansas, USA
• Residence: 1930, Potosi, Linn, Kansas, USA

Notes:

August Herman Walje and his brother, Heinrich Charles Fredrick Walje, were engaged to marry the Zinn sister, Friedricke and Christine; when the sisters died of typhoid fever. After their deaths of typhoid, the Walje brothers married two other of the Zinn sisters. August married Katharina and Charles married Maria.

August married Zinn, Katharina on 7 Jun 1881 in St Paul German Evangelical Church, Clear Creek Township, Cooper, Missouri, USA. Katharina (daughter of Zinn, Conrad and Langlotz, Anna Barbara) was born on 22 Jul 1846 in Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Hessen, Germany; died on 23 May 1917 in Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, USA; was buried after 23 May 1917 in Pleasanton Cemetery, Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife

Notes:

August Herman Walje and his brother, Heinrich Charles Fredrick Walje, were engaged to marry the Zinn sister, Friedricke and Christine; when the sisters died of typhoid fever. After their deaths of typhoid, the Walje brothers married two other of the Zinn sisters. August married Katharina and Charles married Maria.

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• FSID: KLVS-QW7

Milton married Baugh, Letha Alice on 11 Oct 1883 in Pleasanton, Linn, Kansas, USA. Letha was born on 6 Jul 1853 in Kansas, USA; died on 29 Oct 1923 in Logan, Kentucky, USA; was buried after 29 Oct 1923 in Logan, Kentucky, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]