Maxwell A VENNER & Erna Frances KITCHEN
Husband: Maxwell A VENNER
Wife: Erna Frances KITCHEN, (daughter of George L KITCHEN), b. 23 Oct 1895, Missouri, d. 24 Dec 1974, Camden Mo, bur. Green Lawn Cemetery KC Mo
I remember my grandmother quite well as I was in high school when she died. She was a good cook who loved holidays and always paraded us kids on the Plaza at Easter. She had three husband by the time of her death. Her second husband was a man named Max whom she apparently loathed and because of this her third huband Robert Wessley teased her by nicknaming her Max Most people thought her name was Max but it was Erna Frances Kitchen.She told my father she was of Scottish, English and German extraction on her side. Singleton is a very English name and that was her mother's maiden name.. Robert “Buss” and my grandmother bickered constantly but it was a love match as they were both full of energy and he seemed to be the man who finally caught and kept her. They lived in California for a time according to my mother. Late in their lives they moved to a cabin at the Lake of the Ozarks and retired where she passed away in 1974 of acute pulmonary edema and arteriosclerosis. On her death certificate her husband Robert gave her fathers name as Jess which was incorrect as on the census in Wyandotte County when she is 14 her brother is Jess and her father is George. He did not know her mothers name however her mother is listed on the census as Nannie and on the census Nannie's brother is living there and his name is John Singleton making her maiden name Singleton probably.
Married 30 Jan 1932