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Duane Wesley HOISINGTON

Parents
Father Roy Albert HOISINGTON (27 Nov 1880 - Sep 1962)
Mother Marguerite 'Maggie' Laura Lucretia RILEY (21 Aug 1885 - )

Vitals

Birth 1 Jul 1910 Leoti, Wichita, KS
Death 11 Jan 2003 (age 92) Niceville, , FL 1
Burial  
Occupation Radio Station owner, manager, engineer

 

Marriage

Spouse Paula UNKNOWN
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Children

William Keith HOISINGTON

Notes

Graduation 1934 (age 24)

Graduated from Kansas Wesleyan College.

Obituary:

Duane W. Hoisington

NICEVILLE, Fla. - Duane W. Hoisington, 92, of Niceville, Fla., died Saturday, Jan. 11, 2003, at Emerald Pointe Nursing Home at Niceville.

Mr. Hoisington built and managed radio stations in Oklahoma, Missouri, Kansas and Arkansas, including KCRB, now KKOY, at Chanute and KNEM at Nevada, Mo. He was district sales manager for Collins Radio Company, retiring in 1980 as chief engineer of radio station WVNA at Tuscumbia, Ala.

Survivors include his wife, Paula; one son, William Keith Hoisington of Crestview, Fla.; one brother, Robert Keith of Omaha, Neb.; two granddaughters; and four great-grandchildren.

Services will be held at a later date. Arrangements are under the direction of Heritage Gardens and Funeral Home, Niceville.

Sources

  1. 1. Pittsburg (KS) Morning Sun. http://www.morningsun.net/stories/011403/obi_20030114042.shtml.

Unless otherwise indicated in the text, data is from "Hoisingtons in America" by Harry Hoisington, privately published 1935 and on file at NEHGS, Boston.

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