JOHN IRL MICHAELS

 

CLASS OF 1910

DECEMBER 26, 1891 - JANUARY 18, 1977

Wichita Eagle” Thursday, 1/20/1977:

John I. Michaels, 85, of 1916 S. Topeka, retired chief engineer with Davis Manufacturing died Tuesday, 1/18/1977. Memorial service 11 a.m., Friday, Broadway Christian Church. Survivors: widow, Gladys; sons, John I. of Vienna, Va., Franklin of Bethel Park, Pa., James of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Kenneth B. of Enfield, Conn.; stepsons, John A. Ginter of Albuquerque, Duff Ginter of Annadale, Va.

John Irl was born in Ulysses, KS. He graduated from OSH with the Class of 1910. He was married October 14, 1917, in Linn, KS to Mabel Lorainne Leusylen. They moved to Wichita in 1918. Mabel died October 7, 1969. In 1924, John Irl was one of three inventors of a combined harvester, thrasher, and separator, which was patented Feb. 19, 1929 (Patent 4229932).

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Irl Michaels
JOHN IRL MICHAELS

 

CLASS OF 1910

DECEMBER 26, 1891 - JANUARY 18, 1977

Wichita Eagle” Thursday, 1/20/1977:

John I. Michaels, 85, of 1916 S. Topeka, retired chief engineer with Davis Manufacturing died Tuesday, 1/18/1977. Memorial service 11 a.m., Friday, Broadway Christian Church. Survivors: widow, Gladys; sons, John I. of Vienna, Va., Franklin of Bethel Park, Pa., James of Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., Kenneth B. of Enfield, Conn.; stepsons, John A. Ginter of Albuquerque, Duff Ginter of Annadale, Va.

John Irl was born in Ulysses, KS. He graduated from OSH with the Class of 1910. He was married October 14, 1917, in Linn, KS to Mabel Lorainne Leusylen. They moved to Wichita in 1918. Mabel died October 7, 1969. In 1924, John Irl was one of three inventors of a combined harvester, thrasher, and separator, which was patented Feb. 19, 1929 (Patent 4229932).

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