- The Sunday News and Tribune
Jefferson City, Missouri
5 Nov 1972
John Robert Estes, 56, of 201 Binder Dr., died Friday at a Jefferson City hospital where he had been a patient since Sunday.
A native of Sedalia, he was born April 9, 1916, the son of Leland E. and Rosa Ann Ellis Estes.
On April 23, 1942, at Jefferson City, he was married to the former Miss Margie Livingston, who survives.
graduate of Central Missouri State College, Warrensburg, with the class of 1938, Mr. Estes served with the United States Coast Guard from 1941 until 1945, during World War II.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church here and Jefferson Lodge No. 43, AF and AM, the capital Shrine Club, and he was a member of the board of directors at St. Mary's Hospital.
From 1940 until 1941, he taught school in the Senior High School here, for the the past 11 years was construction superintendent of the Jefferson City Housing Authority.
Survivors include one son, Jay Robert Estes; two daughters, Lauran Lee Stokes and Danna Sue Sublett; his mother, Mrs. Rosa Ann Estes, a resident at a nursing home; and one sister, Mrs. E. Robert Drake.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at the Buescher Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery.
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1916 - 1972 (56 years)
