Microfilmed cemetery records at the Kansas State Historical Society:
John Kiene
lot owner: F.A. Kiene
Lot 174, Section I, Grave 12
died: 11/14/1936
buried: 11/16/36
age: 43
born: Kansas
late residence: Tulsa, Okla.
funeral director: Penwell
interment authorized by A.L. Kiene, Lawrence
Topeka State Journal, Monday, Nov. 16, 1936, page 5:
John Kiene
The body of John Kiene, 43, brother of the late L.L. Kiene, former sheriff of Shawnee county, who died Sunday in a Muskogee, Okla., hospital, was brought to Topeka and funeral services held here this afternoon from Penwell's chapel at 2 o'clock. Burial was made in Mt. Hope cemetery.
Kiene had been making his home in Tulsa, Okla., since leaving Topeka. He was born near Valencia, Kan., and was a graduate of Kansas State college at manhattan.
His widow and a son, of Tulsa; two sisters, Mrs. William Harris and Mrs. Ernest Longaker, both of Topeka; four brothers, Carl of Shreveport, La.; Albert, of Lawrence, Kan.; Arthur, of Kansas City, Kan., and Dr. Otto Kiene, Concordia, Kan.; and a sister-in-law, Mrs. L.L. Kiene, of Topeka, survive him.
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According to the Cook County, Illinois, Marriage Index, John married Grace Gilkison on 15 Nov 1919 in Chicago.
His WWI Draft Registration record gives a birth date of 30 Dec 1892. He was residing in Ellis County, Kansas. He was stout, medium height, with blue eyes and light hair. He was a farm hand for Mr. Peter Johnson of Hays, Kansas. His previous military experience was two years as a cadet at Kansas State Agricultural college.
Family Members
Parents
Francis A. Kiene
1839–1924
Rose Doriot Kiene
1847–1922
Spouse
Grace Gilkison Kiene
1893–1992
Siblings
Llewellyn L Kiene
1868–1924
Emma E. Kiene Harris
1869–1939
Carl Schutz Kiene
1870–1938
Guy Kiene
1873–1934
Julian Kiene
1875–1932
Albert L. Kiene
1877–1947
Otto Kiene
1879–1944
Carrie Frances Kiene
1880–1885
Fredric A Kiene
1884–1957
Rose Kiene Longaker
1886–1961
Ray Kiene
1888–1919
Children
John Lewis Kiene
1929–1991
