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Franklin C. Bidinger

Birth	:	1 Jun 1926 Stull, Douglas County, Kansas, USA
Death	:	15 Feb 2011 Clinton, Douglas County, Kansas, USA
Burial	:	Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Douglas County, USA
Coordinate	:	38.9136009, -95.4105988
Description	:	Graveside services for Franklin C. Bidinger, 84, Clinton, will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Clinton Cemetery, with the Rev. Steve Bubna officiating, and Dr. Dan Neuenswander, vocalist. Mr. Bidinger died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, at his home. He was born June 1, 1926, in Stull, Kan., the son of Frank A. and Edith Gibler Bidinger. He graduated from Liberty Memorial High School. Mr. Bidinger began working at a young age as a farmer and a body man for Winter Chevrolet, specializing in renovating totaled cars. He was a welder and machinist. He worked for the American Walnut Company, cutting and shipping logs... Read More	Graveside services for Franklin C. Bidinger, 84, Clinton, will be at 11:30 a.m. Friday at Clinton Cemetery, with the Rev. Steve Bubna officiating, and Dr. Dan Neuenswander, vocalist. Mr. Bidinger died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, at his home. He was born June 1, 1926, in Stull, Kan., the son of Frank A. and Edith Gibler Bidinger. He graduated from Liberty Memorial High School. Mr. Bidinger began working at a young age as a farmer and a body man for Winter Chevrolet, specializing in renovating totaled cars. He was a welder and machinist. He worked for the American Walnut Company, cutting and shipping logs to Kentucky and Louisiana. He traveled as a demonstrator for Dale Babbitt Electric Welding Alloys. He spent 20 years, including serving as supervisor, in the inside shop at the City of Lawrence Water Dept, followed by 12 years as Shop Foreman and Supervisor of Steam at the University of Kansas. He began playing fast pitch softball at the age of 12. He had a sneaky fast ball and a dazzling knuckler. With him pitching and his father catching, they formed the rare father-son battery combination. The Clinton teams played in state tournament play for four years, ending in 1958. In 1955, the team won fourth place in the state competition. He later played competitively for numerous sponsored teams, including the Metzger's, who made a bid for a national title in 1968 in Clearwater, Fla. He had a myriad of hobbies over the years, none of which he invested in lightly. Some of his hobbies include coon hunting, breeding angel fish, raising and selling minks, gardening, and encouraging the environmental use of purple martins. He was known as the Bird Man, and established the Purple Martin Sanctuary in Clinton with his wife, Betty. During his best year of housing martins, he counted over 300 pairs of martins, many of which returned the next year. He was a member of Clinton Presbyterian Church. He married June Tate in 1953. They later divorced. He married Bethany Louise "Betty" Neuenswander on Dec. 27, 1978, in Colony, Kan. She survives of the home Other survivors include a son, Kit Bidinger, Topeka; six step sons, John Oehlert and wife DeVonna, Paul Oehlert and wife Kris, and Luke Oehlert and wife Sheri, all of Lawrence, Mike Oehlert and wife Robbye, Round Rock, Tex., William Oehlert and wife Paula, La Porte, Tex., and Dan Oehlert, Eudora; four step daughters, Janie Landau and husband Rex, Lawrence, Mary Oehlert, Kansas City, Kan., Beth Sherman and husband Roy, McPherson, and Pat Oehlert, Hutchinson; a sister, Rita Harrison, Clinton; two grandchildren, Misty Stofer and Leslee Kennedy; 22 step grandchildren, two great grandchildren, 20 step-great grandchildren, two nephews, Dana and Curt, and three nieces, Tina, Denise, and Diana. He was preceded in death by his parents, and a son, Michael in 2009. Friends may call from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. Friday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, where the family will receive them from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. A procession to the cemetery will follow the visitation. The family suggests memorial contributions to the Clinton Historical Society, for the establishment of a bird aviary in Mr. Bidinger's memory, in care of the funeral home, 601 Ind., Lawrence, KS, 66044.

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Franklin C. Bidinger's memorial is located at: Clinton Cemetery, Clinton, Douglas County, USA.
When did Franklin C. Bidinger death?
Franklin C. Bidinger death on 15 Feb 2011 in Clinton, Douglas County, Kansas, USA
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Latitude: 38.9136009
Longitude: -95.4105988

Family Members:

Parent

Frank Albert Bidinger

(1905 - 1981)

Edith Frances Gibler Bidinger

(1900 - 1989)

Spouse

Bethany Louise “Betty” Neunswander Bidinger

(1931 - 2019)

Siblings

Rita Lea Bidinger Harrison

(1929 - 2012)

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