Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Roy Edwin Brassfield, 86, Olathe, a former Osawatomie and Paola resident and Osawatomie barber, died Wednesday, June 29, 2005, in the Good Samaritan Center in Olathe. Mr. Brassfield owned and operated a barber shop in Osawatomie from 1953 until retiring in 1981. He was born March 19, 1919, in Gardner, the son of Daniel Roy and Mattie Pearl Mooney Brassfield. He grew up in the Spring Ridge community and attended Wild Creek rural school. On Jan. 28, 1939, he and Helen Lourean Swearingen were married in Paola. They made their home in Osawatomie and became the parents of two daughters. They celebrated 66 years of marriage in January of this year. He worked at Hercules for a time, first as a carpenter and then in making powder. He had also worked on the section gang for Missouri Pacific Railroad. From April 1944 until April 1946, he served with the U.S. Army during World War II. After being honorably discharged, he attended Moler Barber College in Kansas City, Mo. They lived in Paola and Ottawa before moving back to Osawatomie. They moved to Olathe in November 1989. He also served as a volunteer deputy in Miami County and in the Osawatomie Police Department. His memberships included the Veterans of Foreign Wars, American Legion and the Kansas Peace Officers Association. Those preceding him in death included a brother, Lloyd, who died at the age of 9. Survivors include his wife of the home; two daughters, Helen Irene Fickell of Olathe and Judy Marie Milburn of Burlington; three grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; two stepgranchildren; and two stepgreat-grandchildren. Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in Osawatomie Cemetery with military honors. Arrangements are under the direction of Eddy-Birchard Funeral Home in Osawatomie where he will be in state from 1 to 8 p.m. today. * Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association.

Roy married SWEARINGEN, Helen Lourean on 28 Jan 1939 in Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA. Helen was born about 1919. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Emmetsburg Democrat
Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa
Wednesday, July 25, 1917

COUNTY'S 1543 PATRIOTS
Names of Those Drawn Last Friday from Palo Alto County for Service in the
U.S. Army

The following is the unofficial list of the young men of Palo Alto county
who on Friday were drawn for service in the U.S. army. The list is given in
the order that they will be drawn.

275, Daniel R. Brassfield...E'burg

Daniel married MOONEY, Mattie Pearl on 8 Jan 1914 in Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, USA. Mattie (daughter of MOONEY, Samuel and WHITE, Anna) was born on 23 Dec 1894; died about Apr 1981 in Osawatomie, Miami, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

LOOKING FOR CHILDREN OF DANIEL ROY BRASSFIELD AND PEARL MOONEY SHE IS THE D/O SAMUEL MOONEY ANNA WHITE.SAMUEL THE S/O JOHN RILEY MOONEY S/O WILLIAM COOK MOONEY. I AM OF THE LINE JOHN LEWIS MOONEY THE BRO TO WILLIAM COOK MOONEY. JUST TRYING TO FILL IN SOME GAPS IN FAMILY TREE.THANKS RLMOONEY70@aol.com 12/4/2000

Theodore married BRASSFIELD, Elsie A about 1890. Elsie (daughter of COLBOTH, Henry and WISE, Sarah E) was born in Dec 1853 in Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married WHITE, Anna. Anna was born about 1871. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]