Ray Holderman Cadwell
Biography
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Date of Birth December 8, 1889
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Place of Birth Custer County, NE
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Date of Death March 1, 1947
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Place of Death Cowley County, KS
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Place of Burial Highland Cemetery, Winfield, KS
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Burial Notice Ray Holderman Cadwell, 1889-1947
Parents
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Father’s Name Willis Cadwell
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Mother’s Name Margaret Elizabeth ‘Lizzie’ (Holderman) Cadwell
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Parent’s Family Name Willis and Margaret (Holderman) Cadwell Family
Spouse
- Wife’s Name Pauline B. (Brooks) Cadwell, 1895-1972
Children
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Daughter’s Name Marjorie Eleanor (Cadwell) Morrell, 1918-2002
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Daughter’s Husband’s Name Cecil Harold Morrell, 1917-2009 (Obituary)
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Son’s Name Warren Rudolph Cadwell, 1921-2010 (Obituary)
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Son’s Wife’s Name Mary Clay (Keener) Cadwell, 1923-1999
Ray Holderman Cadwell’s Personal History
Ray Holderman Cadwell, 57, for 33 years a resident of Vernon township west of Winfield, was killed on his farm Saturday afternoon in a tractor accident.The tractor, pulling a trailer, slipped on an incline near a creek on the Cadwell farm and overturned into about two feet of water pinning Cadwell beneath it. When he failed to return to the house after dark, a search was started by relatives who found him in the creek about nine o'clock. The body was recovered about midnight after a truck and winch was sent from Winfield to lift the tractor.
Born Dec. 8, 1889, in Broken Bow, Nebr., Cadwell was a son of Willis and Elizabeth Cadwell. He came to Cowley county in June, 1914, and on June 9 married Pauline Brooks who survives him. To them were born two children, Mrs. Cecil Morrell of Winfield and Warren R. Cadwell of Wichita. Also surviving are two grandsons, two brothers and one sister. The sister is Mrs. Eva Waas of Kansas City, Mo., and the brothers are John of Broken Bow, Nebr., and Gaius of Albion, Nebr.
Ray Cadwell was a member of the First Baptist church in Winfield. Funeral services were held Wednesday at 3 p.m. from the Morris Funeral home and burial will be in Highland cemetery.Winfield Daily Courier, Winfield, Kansas March 3, 1947
Warren Rudolph Cadwell’s Personal History
Born May 22, 1921 in Winfield, Kansas, Warren Rudolph Cadwell was the son of Ray and Pauline (Brooks) Cadwell. He was raised and received his education in Winfield, graduating from Winfield High School in 1939. After high school he went to work as a mechanic in Wichita in the airline industry. He later joined the United States Army Air Corp where he proudly served his country in World War II.
During World War II he met his wife, Mary Black in England. They were united in marriage on April 21, 1945 in St. Mary’s Church in Farnham, Berkshire, England. After their marriage the couple returned to Winfield, where Warren went to work as a carpenter. He worked remodeling several homes in the Winfield area. He later went to work at Peabody Gordon and Piatt, where he continued as a carpenter until his retirement in 1988.
He enjoyed riding his bicycle and taking walks. He loved all kinds of animals.
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