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    1. [KSShawnee] Obituary: P.J. CLEVENGER..
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    3. The Topeka Daily Capital Saturday February 2, 1952 P.J. Clevenger, 99, Dies; Noted Banker. P.J. CLEVENGER, 99, former vice-president of the Central National Bank and widely known in Topeka banking circles, died Friday morning at his home, 303 West Tenth, after an illness of three days. He would have been 100 years old on June 26. Mr. CLEVENGER was born in 1852 at Cream Ridge, N.J. He moved to Champaign, Ill., when he was 17 years old and in 1882, he came to Kansas. In addition to his banking activites, he was interested in farming. He had extensive land holdings at one time. He moved to Topeka in 1902 and in 1906 he retired at vice-president of the Central National Bank. He continued as a member of the board of directors until 1936, when his son, the late R.C. CLEVNGER, became president of the National Bank of Topeka. His son died in July, 1937. Grandson Heads Bank. Mr. CLEVENGER was a director of the National Bank of Topeka at the time of his death. His grandson, R. Charles CLEVENGER, is president of the bank. He became a member of the Masonic Lodge in 1880 in Howard, Ill., and was a former commander of teh Commandery at Horton, Kan. He was a 33rd degree Scottish Rite Mason. He was elected knight commander of the Court of Honor in 1919. He transferred his Blue Lodge membership to Topeka Lodge No. 17 after moving to Topeka. He was a charter member of the Topeka Country Club and a member of the First Methodist Church. Survivors Listed. He was married September 15, 1875, in Chicago to Miss Sarah Belle SCHREI, who died January 20, 1930. He is survived by a son, F.S. CLEVENGER, Long Island, N.Y.; a daughter, Mrs. Robert FULLERTON, Topeka; six grandchildren, Mrs. Francis C. GREEN, Urbana, Ill.; Mrs. Charles FREDERICK, Carmel, Calif.; R. Charles CLEVENGER, Topeka; Robert C. FULLERTON, Spokane, Wash.; Wallace FOOTE, Evanston, Ill.; and Paul FULLERTON, Glendale, Calif., and nine great-grandchildren. The funeral will be at 12:30 p.m., Saturday at the Wall-Diffenderfer Mortuary. Dr. Eugene Frank, pastor of the First Methodist Church, and the Scottish bodies will conduct the services. Pallbearers will be Charles O. BLEVANS, Herbert C. BINGER, John E. KIRK, J.A. BENSON, Harry SCHAFER, J.M. BRIER Jr., M.F. COSGROVE and Charles H. MARTIN. Burial will be in the family lot in Urbana, Ill.

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