Josie was born to Charles and Sarah Pearl Weakley Karr on February 11, 1916 in Lowell, Cherokee County, Kansas, the 4th of 5 children. Josie grew up on a farm and worked right along side her Pa, life on the farm was not easy.
After marrying Josie and Charles moved to California in the late 1940's and lived for a long time, moving back to Kansas for a short time in the Middle 1950's then back to California moving permanently to Kansas in 1992.
Josie worked for a time in the 1940's at the Old Rock Distillery, (It is no longer there) and then at the Parsons Ammunition Plant. A seamstress for all her life, she made most of the families clothes for a lot of years, and even made clothing for the great-grandchildren
Josie & Charles went to every swap meet both in Saugus and surrounding area in the San Fernando Valley. Often taking family members along for the fun.
Her siblings:
Margaret Ella Karr Sliger
Marion John Karr
Ruby "Lizzy" Karr Gates
William "Bill" Wilford Karr
In addition to her parents and siblings, grandma was preceded in death by a daughter in law Janet Myers Hendryx and a son in law John Charles, SR
After marrying Josie and Charles moved to California in the late 1940's and lived for a long time, moving back to Kansas for a short time in the Middle 1950's then back to California moving permanently to Kansas in 1992.
Josie worked for a time in the 1940's at the Old Rock Distillery, (It is no longer there) and then at the Parsons Ammunition Plant. A seamstress for all her life, she made most of the families clothes for a lot of years, and even made clothing for the great-grandchildren
Josie & Charles went to every swap meet both in Saugus and surrounding area in the San Fernando Valley. Often taking family members along for the fun.
Her siblings:
Margaret Ella Karr Sliger
Marion John Karr
Ruby "Lizzy" Karr Gates
William "Bill" Wilford Karr
In addition to her parents and siblings, grandma was preceded in death by a daughter in law Janet Myers Hendryx and a son in law John Charles, SR
Josie was born to Charles and Sarah Pearl Weakley Karr on February 11, 1916 in Lowell, Cherokee County, Kansas, the 4th of 5 children. Josie grew up on a farm and worked right along side her Pa, life on the farm was not easy.
After marrying Josie and Charles moved to California in the late 1940's and lived for a long time, moving back to Kansas for a short time in the Middle 1950's then back to California moving permanently to Kansas in 1992.
Josie worked for a time in the 1940's at the Old Rock Distillery, (It is no longer there) and then at the Parsons Ammunition Plant. A seamstress for all her life, she made most of the families clothes for a lot of years, and even made clothing for the great-grandchildren
Josie & Charles went to every swap meet both in Saugus and surrounding area in the San Fernando Valley. Often taking family members along for the fun.
Her siblings:
Margaret Ella Karr Sliger
Marion John Karr
Ruby "Lizzy" Karr Gates
William "Bill" Wilford Karr
In addition to her parents and siblings, grandma was preceded in death by a daughter in law Janet Myers Hendryx and a son in law John Charles, SR
After marrying Josie and Charles moved to California in the late 1940's and lived for a long time, moving back to Kansas for a short time in the Middle 1950's then back to California moving permanently to Kansas in 1992.
Josie worked for a time in the 1940's at the Old Rock Distillery, (It is no longer there) and then at the Parsons Ammunition Plant. A seamstress for all her life, she made most of the families clothes for a lot of years, and even made clothing for the great-grandchildren
Josie & Charles went to every swap meet both in Saugus and surrounding area in the San Fernando Valley. Often taking family members along for the fun.
Her siblings:
Margaret Ella Karr Sliger
Marion John Karr
Ruby "Lizzy" Karr Gates
William "Bill" Wilford Karr
In addition to her parents and siblings, grandma was preceded in death by a daughter in law Janet Myers Hendryx and a son in law John Charles, SR
