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Obituary of
Joseph Anthony "Joe" DeCoursey
(1923 - 1990)

Joe was the son of Francis C. "Frank" and Catherine C. "Kate" (Cotter) DeCoursey, the fifth of their nine children. He was born and grew up in Kansas City, Kansas. Joe married Virginia Carey, also of Kansas City, in 1945. They had 7 children. It appears that shortly after their marriage they moved to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and then in the late 1950's the family moved to Wichita, Kansas. The DeCoursey Creamery Co. had plants in both cities, presumably Joe was involved in running them. Related Items: Picture of his parents on their wedding day, 1915. Items concerning his father and accounts of family life in the DeCoursey Family. Obituary for his wife Virginia and obituary and newpaper article about his son, Tom Carey DeCoursey. Obituaries for his father, brother Frank E. and sisters Mary Martin, Helen Ruysser, Loretta Foster and Theresa Foley. Gravestones for his father Frank, mother Catherine and sisters Rita and Lorraine in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas. (FindAGrave.com) Picture of his brother Frank's crypt at Resurrection Mausoleum in Wichita, Kansas. (FindAGrave.com)

The Wichita Eagle (Wichita, Kansas) Sunday, February 11, 1990, p. 2B Obituary Overland Park Joseph A. DeCoursey, 66, former Wichitan, former DeCoursey Dairy co-owner, died Friday, Feb. 9, 1990. Service 10 a.m. Monday, Holy Cross Church. Survivors: wife, Virginia Ann; sons, Joseph A. Jr. of Blue Springs, Mo., Mark of Lawrence, Charlie of Prairie Village; daughters, Barbara Roy of Evanston, Ill., Jean Lowe of Leawood, Margaret Landolt of Chesterfield, Mo.; brother, Frank of Wichita; sisters, Rita DeCoursey, Loretta Foster, both of Kansas City, Kan., Mary Martin of Lenexa, Helen Ruysser of Mission Hills, Teresa Foley of Kansas City, Mo.; seven grandchildren. Joseph A. Butler & Son Funeral Home, Kansas City, Kan. Transcribed by Erica DeCoursey 2002