Funeral services with military honors for John H. Trowbridge, 81, Overland Park, formerly of Lawrence, will be 2 pm, Saturday September 28, 2019, at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, 3615 W 10th St, Lawrence, KS 66049. A visitation will be from 1 to service time. Burial will follow the service at Memorial Park Cemetery.
John was born September 4, 1938, in Kansas City, KS, the son of Howard Allen and Ruth Esther LaMont Trowbridge.
He joined the United States Air Force from 1957-1960 at Forbes Air Base in Topeka.
John worked at JB Big Boy Restaurant, owned his own Insurance agency on 6th Street, 84 Lumber before they moved to Overland Park to work for a property management company.
While living in Lawrence John was the Bishop at the Lawrence Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.
He married Connie Jean Hendrix on June 21, 1961 at Logan Temple Utah, she survives of the home.
Other survivors include his children, Tammy Lynn(Earl Randel), Linda Sue Huggins, Bruce Allan(Jennifer); nine grandchildren, ten great grandchildren and one great great-grandchild.
He is preceded in death by his parents Ruth and Howard, his brother James, and his favorite German Shepard dog, Shadow.
In lieu of flowers the family would like memorial contributions made to the Parkinson’s Foundation sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana Street Lawrence, KS 66044.
