Fifth Generation

322. Roy Elmer Troxel^475,601,602 was born on 15 Jul 1911 in Conway Springs, KS.^225,601 He graduated from high school at Argonia HS in Argonia, KS in 1926.²²⁵ He died on 13 Oct 1964 in Topeka, KS.^225,601 He had an occupation of Manager/Salesman.²²⁵ First Manager for Harding Glass Co. He was Lutheran.²²⁵ His residence was in Topeka, KS.²²⁵ He in Personable-Loved Fishing, golf.⁶⁰¹ Medical: Heart disease

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Roy had four sisters. Verl was the youngest child, Roy was next and Roy and Verl were very close emotionally to each other and played together a lot. Roy had a happy childhood. His Mother, Rose Ann, always had a big garden and flowers which she loved and the soil being sandy loam was rith for raising anything. Roy was much closer to his Mother than to his Father, David Elmer Troxel, and got his love of growing plants from his Mother.

When Roy was about two years old the Troxels moved a few miles west of Conwayh Springs to Argonia. Here his Father was manager of the Badger Lumber Co. Although his Father sold bicycles and Roy always wanted one, he never owned a bicycle till grown. I never heard Roy ever say an unkind word about his Father or anyone else either.

Argonia was about 900 population. The Troxels had a very modest home. Roy did not have a bedroom of his own and slept on a cot in the kitchen.









All the Troxels were musical and they had a piano. I think Vesta and Stella were the best pianists. Roy had a clear carrying tenor voice (
Allen's is most like Roy's) and he sang all the leads in the high school operettas. He tock voice lessons. This musical ability helped him later in business as it helped him to relax--he whistled (trilled) and sang and of course never off key.

The Troxel girls were musical, artistic and temperamental.The were loving towards each other although also jealous. I think they sort of worshipped Roy.

Roy's principal said Roy should have been in a large city school where he could have had challenging studies. He was very good in math, had a phenomenal memory and later in business remembered people's names even if he hadn't seemn them for six months. Roy made a good impression on people and they remembered him.

In the summer Roy wore only overalls and led a sort of Huck Finn existence and spent may days on the Chikaskia River with friends. This river had a sandy bottom and they "noodled" for fish in holes. Roy's love of fishing stayed with him all his life and was his main way to relax and get away from pressures. For gifts he was alway given fishing gear and must have had $500 worth when he died.

Roy's Father was mayor of Argonia and a leader in the community. Rose Ann was a seamstress and could look at a picture in the paper and make the dress shown. She was a Christian Scientist and lived this philosophy. I don't think Roy's Father went to church nor the children unless they wanted to go.

Roy's Father died when 58 years of age in a Wichita hospital. His lungs kept filling up with liquid but I don't know his medical problems.

Roy and his Mother moved to Wichita wher Ada and Vesta already lived. They lived on Hydraulic Street across from the ice skating rink. (Roy and I did skate ther occasionally.) In a few years Rose Ann moved to 629 Ellis and lived there till she died March 16, 1963.

Roy was working in the glass department at the Carl Graham Paint and Wallpaper Co. with Ray Laird when I substituted there for two weeks and met him. We started dating and in about nine months he proposed to me at the old Wichita Airport and we married June 34, 1938.at McPherson by Rev. Witherspoon who had been my neighbor in Sabetha. We went to Colorado for our honemoon and then spent a few days in Sabetha befor returning to Wichita.

We lived first in an apartment at 449 Dodge St. and then bought a house at 3009 Jeannette. Linda was born in 1941, David in 1943 and Allen in 1945. We moved to KC about a month after allen was born. My Father died in 1942 when Linda was 8 months and we asked Mom to live with us as she had no money and was in poor health.

Roy was working for Cook Paint Co. in KC at the time of Allen's birth. Roy was very loving towards his children and played with them a lot and did things with and for them. We had family gatherings at Rose Ann's little house and I think those were happy times for everyone.

While living here Roy met Carrol Day (glass company) who introduced him to Wayne Harding Sr. Roy became the first manager of Harding Glass in Topeka. Roy took this job with the understanding that Wayne Jr. would not come into the business. Harding bought out Al Robinson -Acme Glass Co- and Roy managed 1946 to March 1953. Wayne Jr.l did come into the business and the company expanded with branches in Garden City and Liberal.

Roy Lawson, Oskaloosa, had a storm screen/window company and he and Roy decided to go into business together. The called it the Keystone Jaxon Mfg. Co. Inc. and operated from April 1953 to Oct. 1953. Roy said once he felt like he was begging to try to sell these. This was the end of the friendship between the two Roys until years later when the became friends again. I never knew what the trouble was.

Through a man Roy knew in the Chicago area Roy got work with the Brasco Mfg. Co., Harvey, Illinois. Roy became their field salesman from Dec. 1953 to Mar. 1956. This was a Jewish company and they liked to put non-Jews in the field to make a better impression. Roy was sometimes gone 1,2 or 3 weeks but didn't seem to mind flying around the country. I used to drive him into the old Chicago airport (Midway now) and then pick him up.

From March 1956 to August 1959 Roy was general manager over three glass companies; Springfield, Illinois, Gary, Indiana, East Chicago, Indiana.

About March 1958 Roy had his first heart attack when Jim was 8 months old and Roy was 47. He was in the hospital six weeks. He never felt well after this heart attack. We left Park Forest in Sept. 1959 as Wayne Harding Jr. offered Roy managership of Harding Glass, KC. We lost $4,000 on our house as the housing market was depressed.

After about two years in KC we moved to Toppeka on Twilight Drive where Roy was with Scott Glass Company till his death.

Basically Roy was methodical about his clothes, never threw them around. He was veryclean about his person. He didn't have many clothes when a child so it was a pleasure for him to get nice things.

We lived at the following locations:

449 Dodge St., Wichita
3009 Jeannette, N. Wichita
3226 Norton, KC Mo.
1023 Orleans, Topeka
Country home, Lower Siilver Lake Rd. NW of Topeka
July flood of 1951 forced us to move to Silver Lake
3116 Munson, Topeka
10 Choate Rd., Park Forest, Illinois
417 Winnebago, Park Forest, Illinois
419 E 79th. St. Kansas City, Mo.
3549 Twilight Drive, Topeka

---Alice (Reinhardt) Troxel---


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Roy had four sisters. Verl was the youngest child, Roy was next and Roy and Verl were very close emotionally to each other and played together a lot. Roy had a happy childhood. His Mother, Rose Ann, always had a big garden and flowers which she loved and the soil being sandy loam was rith for raising anything. Roy was much closer to his Mother than to his Father, David Elmer Troxel, and got his love of growing plants from his Mother.

When Roy was about two years old the Troxels moved a few miles west of Conwayh Springs to Argonia. Here his Father was manager of the Badger Lumber Co. Although his Father sold bicycles and Roy always wanted one, he never owned a bicycle till grown. I never heard Roy ever say an unkind word about his Father or anyone else either.

Argonia was about 900 population. The Troxels had a very modest home. Roy did not have a bedroom of his own and slept on a cot in the kitchen.









All the Troxels were musical and they had a piano. I think Vesta and Stella were the best pianists. Roy had a clear carrying tenor voice (
Allen's is most like Roy's) and he sang all the leads in the high school operettas. He tock voice lessons. This musical ability helped him later in business as it helped him to relax--he whistled (trilled) and sang and of course never off key.

The Troxel girls were musical, artistic and temperamental.The were loving towards each other although also jealous. I think they sort of worshipped Roy.

Roy's principal said Roy should have been in a large city school where he could have had challenging studies. He was very good in math, had a phenomenal memory and later in business remembered people's names even if he hadn't seemn them for six months. Roy made a good impression on people and they remembered him.

In the summer Roy wore only overalls and led a sort of Huck Finn existence and spent may days on the Chikaskia River with friends. This river had a sandy bottom and they "noodled" for fish in holes. Roy's love of fishing stayed with him all his life and was his main way to relax and get away from pressures. For gifts he was alway given fishing gear and must have had $500 worth when he died.

Roy's Father was mayor of Argonia and a leader in the community. Rose Ann was a seamstress and could look at a picture in the paper and make the dress shown. She was a Christian Scientist and lived this philosophy. I don't think Roy's Father went to church nor the children unless they wanted to go.

Roy's Father died when 58 years of age in a Wichita hospital. His lungs kept filling up with liquid but I don't know his medical problems.

Roy and his Mother moved to Wichita wher Ada and Vesta already lived. They lived on Hydraulic Street across from the ice skating rink. (Roy and I did skate ther occasionally.) In a few years Rose Ann moved to 629 Ellis and lived there till she died March 16, 1963.

Roy was working in the glass department at the Carl Graham Paint and Wallpaper Co. with Ray Laird when I substituted there for two weeks and met him. We started dating and in about nine months he proposed to me at the old Wichita Airport and we married June 34, 1938.at McPherson by Rev. Witherspoon who had been my neighbor in Sabetha. We went to Colorado for our honemoon and then spent a few days in Sabetha befor returning to Wichita.

We lived first in an apartment at 449 Dodge St. and then bought a house at 3009 Jeannette. Linda was born in 1941, David in 1943 and Allen in 1945. We moved to KC about a month after allen was born. My Father died in 1942 when Linda was 8 months and we asked Mom to live with us as she had no money and was in poor health.

Roy was working for Cook Paint Co. in KC at the time of Allen's birth. Roy was very loving towards his children and played with them a lot and did things with and for them. We had family gatherings at Rose Ann's little house and I think those were happy times for everyone.

While living here Roy met Carrol Day (glass company) who introduced him to Wayne Harding Sr. Roy became the first manager of Harding Glass in Topeka. Roy took this job with the understanding that Wayne Jr. would not come into the business. Harding bought out Al Robinson -Acme Glass Co- and Roy managed 1946 to March 1953. Wayne Jr.l did come into the business and the company expanded with branches in Garden City and Liberal.

Roy Lawson, Oskaloosa, had a storm screen/window company and he and Roy decided to go into business together. The called it the Keystone Jaxon Mfg. Co. Inc. and operated from April 1953 to Oct. 1953. Roy said once he felt like he was begging to try to sell these. This was the end of the friendship between the two Roys until years later when the became friends again. I never knew what the trouble was.

Through a man Roy knew in the Chicago area Roy got work with the Brasco Mfg. Co., Harvey, Illinois. Roy became their field salesman from Dec. 1953 to Mar. 1956. This was a Jewish company and they liked to put non-Jews in the field to make a better impression. Roy was sometimes gone 1,2 or 3 weeks but didn't seem to mind flying around the country. I used to drive him into the old Chicago airport (Midway now) and then pick him up.

From March 1956 to August 1959 Roy was general manager over three glass companies; Springfield, Illinois, Gary, Indiana, East Chicago, Indiana.

About March 1958 Roy had his first heart attack when Jim was 8 months old and Roy was 47. He was in the hospital six weeks. He never felt well after this heart attack. We left Park Forest in Sept. 1959 as Wayne Harding Jr. offered Roy managership of Harding Glass, KC. We lost $4,000 on our house as the housing market was depressed.

After about two years in KC we moved to Toppeka on Twilight Drive where Roy was with Scott Glass Company till his death.

Basically Roy was methodical about his clothes, never threw them around. He was veryclean about his person. He didn't have many clothes when a child so it was a pleasure for him to get nice things.

We lived at the following locations:

449 Dodge St., Wichita
3009 Jeannette, N. Wichita
3226 Norton, KC Mo.
1023 Orleans, Topeka
Country home, Lower Siilver Lake Rd. NW of Topeka
July flood of 1951 forced us to move to Silver Lake
3116 Munson, Topeka
10 Choate Rd., Park Forest, Illinois
417 Winnebago, Park Forest, Illinois
419 E 79th. St. Kansas City, Mo.
3549 Twilight Drive, Topeka

---Alice (Reinhardt) Troxel---

Roy Elmer Troxel and Alice Agnes Reinhardt were married on 4 Jun 1938 in McPherson, KS.⁶⁰¹ Alice Agnes Reinhardt was born in 1915.⁶⁰¹ She had an occupation of.⁶⁰¹ Her residence was.⁶⁰¹ She.⁶⁰¹ She was.⁶⁰¹ .⁶⁰¹ .⁶⁰¹