Frank was the second of Edwin E. and Mary (McCormick) DeCoursey's six children. He was born in the small mining town of Alma, Colorado on Sept. 12, 1885. His father was in the mining business, among other things. In April 1901, when he was 15 years old, the family moved back to Leavenworth, Kansas, where his father had grown up and where his grandfather James had a dairy and stock farm. He attended St. Mary's College in Leavenworth, graduating in 1905. Shortly thereafter he moved to Kansas city to help his brother James run his newly started creamery company. He lived the rest of his life in Kansas City, working in the dairy and banking business. In 1915 he married Catherine "Kate" Cotter, the daughter of James J. and Bridget Cotter of Leavenworth. They had nine children, two sons and seven daughters.

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Pictures of his parents and siblings.
Picture of Frank and Kate on their wedding day in 1915 and Frank and his brothers Jim and Will ca 1925.
More information on Frank and his family in The DeCoursey Family.
Links concerning Colorado and the life of the DeCoursey, McCormick, Kilduff and Bishop families there.
Biographies from 1918 and 1952 and obituary for his brother James H. DeCoursey.
Links concerning the family dairy business.
Obituaries for his daughters Mary Martin, Helen Ruysser and Loretta Foster and sons Francis E. and Joseph.
Gravestones for Frank and his wife Catherine and daughters Rita and Lorraine in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas. (FindAGrave.com)
Picture of son Frank's crypt at Resurrection Mausoleum in Wichita, Kansas. (FindAGrave.com)

Services Tuesday
Frank DeCoursey Dies
      Frank C. DeCoursey, 82, chairman of Inter-State Federal Savings and Loan Assn., died Saturday at his home, 628 Ohio. He also was vice president of the Home State bank.
      Mr. DeCoursey had been ill about one month. He was born in Alma, Colo., and lived in Kansas City Kansas 60 years.
      With his late brothers, James H. DeCoursey and William B. DeCoursey, he founded the DeCoursey Creamery Co., in 1906. That firm now is part of Foremost Dairy Co. Mr. DeCoursey also had been associated with the Allvine Dairy Co.

He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic church, the Holy Name society, Knights of Columbus and Catholic Laymen's conference.

Mr. DeCoursey had served on the advisory board of Donnelly college. He was a past president of the Kansas Dairy institute.

Surviving are six daughters, Miss Rita DeCoursey, of the home; Mrs. Mary Martin, 408 N. 17th; Mrs. Helen Ruysser, 5220 Howe Dr., Roeland Park; Mrs. Jean Morrisey, 4916 Mohawk Dr., Roeland Park; Mrs. Loretta Foster, 539 N. Washington Blvd., and Mrs. Theresa Foley, Santa Rosa, Calif.; two sons, Frank E. DeCoursey and Joseph A. DeCoursey, both of Wichita; and 49 grandchildren.

Services will be at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Gibson-Butler chapel and at 9 a.m. at the church.

Burial will be in Mt. Calvary cemetery. Friends may call at the chapel after noon Monday.

Parish rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Monday; Knights of Columbus rosary will be at 9 p.m. Monday.

The family suggests memorials to St. Michael's monastary, 3535 Wood, or to a charity of the donor's choice.