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Section 4. Daisy May Rightmire and Frank A. Bone
(Daisy May4 Rightmire, Daugherty3 Rightmire, John R.2, James1, Sr. )

(4) Daisy May Rightmire was born in Vandalia, Illinois on December 23, 1879. She married Frank A. Bone on August 27, 1901 in Kansas City, Kansas. Frank was born in 1879. Daisy May was a housewife and Frank was foreman on a tie gang for the railroad. Daisy May died on November 21, 1941 and Frank died of coronary thrombosis on July 17, 1941. Both are buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas.

Pictures of their gravestones are shown below:

Picture by James E. Rightmire


Picture by James E. Rightmire.

Daisy May and Frank Bone had five children:

(5) Frank L. Bone was born in Kansas City, Kansas in 1902. Frank died at his home at 1916 Grandview Blvd., Kansas City, Kansas on July 4, 1921. He was nineteen years old.

The following funeral notice appeared in the Kansas City Star:

"Bone--Frank L. Bone, 19 years old, died yesterday at his home, 1916 Brandview Boulevard, Kansas, City, Kansas. He leaves his parents, Mr. And Mrs. Frank Bone, and two brothers, Harry Bone and Jesse Bone. Funeral services, will be at 2 o'clock tomorrow at the home."

Frank is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas. A picture of his gravestone is shown below:

Frank L. Bone. Picture provided by James E. Rightmire

(5) Harry Leonard Bone, Sr. was born on December 13, 1903 in Kansas City, Kansas. He married Gladys M. Schone. Gladys was born on July 23, 1909 in Kansas City, Kansas. Harry died at Providence Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas on December 2, 1969. Gladys died on February 16, 1974 at Providence Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. Funeral notice for Harry L. Bone, Sr. as it appeared in the Kansas City Star on December 3, 1969 :

HARRY L. BONE, SR.

Harry L. Bone, sr., 65, of 1603 Walker, Kansas City, Kansas, died yesterday at Providence hospital. He was a lifelong Kansas City, Kansas, resident. Mr. Bone retired in 1958 as a sheet metal worker for the Rock Island railroad, where he worked 39 years. He was a member of the London Heights United Methodist church, the Wyandotte Masonic lodge and the Wyandotte Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. Surviving are wife, Mrs. Gladys Bone of the home; a son, Harry L. Bone, Jr., 4805 Arlington; a daughter, Mrs. Lois Spellman, 3402 North McCoy, Independence; a brother, Jerry A. Bone, 1520 North Sixty-fourth drive, and six grandchildren.

Funeral notice for Gladys M. Bone as it appeared in the Kansas City Star on February 18, 1974:

MRS. GLADYS M. BONE

Mrs. Gladys M, Bone, 64, of 6361 Tauromee, Kansas City, Kansas, died Saturday at Providence Hospital. She was a lifelong resident of Wyandotte County. Mrs. Bone was a member of the Central United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Wyandotte Aerie No.87, Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary. She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Lois Spellman, 3402 N. McCoy, Independence; a son Leonard (Harry) Bone, 4808 Arlington; her stepmother, Mrs. Elvira Schone, 510 N. 78th, Kansas City, Kansas; six grandchildren and a great-granddaughter. Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Gibson-Vutler Chapel; burial in Maple Hill Cemetery. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Tuesday at the chapel.

Both Harry and Gladys are buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas.
The pictures of their gravestones are shown below:

Picture provided by James E. Rightmire.


Picture provided by James E. Rightmire.


(5) Jesse B. Bone was born in Kansas City, Kansas in 1905. He died in Kansas City, Kansas on July 14, 1924 - at about nineteen years old. He also is buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas. Below is a picture of his gravestone.


Picture provided by James E. Rightmire.

(5) John Edward Bone was born in Kansas City, Kansas in 1919 and died two years later in 1921. He was buried in Maple Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Kansas. The picture of his gravestone is shown on the next page.

 

Picture by James E. Rightmire.


(5) Jerry A. Bone was born in Kansas City, Kansas in 1921. I have no information on Jerry.