Leslie Orear, a lifelong labor activist, died in Chicago on May 30 at the age of 103. After entering the Chicago stockyards at a time when the idea of unions for blue-collar workers was spreading like ...

MELVERN, Kan. - Marlin Keith Orear, 70, passed away Sunday, May 24, 2026, at Stormont-Vail Hospital, Topeka, Kan. He was born June 17, 1955, in Topeka, the oldest son of Joyce Nadine (Haynes) Orear ...

Les Orear has lived through much of the history of organized labor in Chicago. He was working at the meatpacking plant Armour & Company when the National Labor Relations Act gave workers the right to ...

John "Lefty" Orear, 65, of Jefferson City, passed away on Tuesday, April 7, 2015, at his home surrounded by his family, following a battle with cancer. He was born on April 24, 1949, in Triplett, ...

Kevin Wade Orear, 64, passed away on Wednesday, April 13, 2022, near Lebo, Kansas. He was born on May 12, 1957, in Topeka, Kansas, the son of Keith and Joyce (Haynes) Orear. Kevin grew up in Melvern ...

Someone called asking about an old book on the electrical workers union, and then someone wanted to make a contribution in someone’s memory. Only two calls by early afternoon, but that does not matter ...

The Great Depression of the 1930s is on peoples' minds these days. If you have family members who lived through it, you may hear their stories at the dinner table this Thanksgiving. It was a period of ...

Elizabeth “Liz” “Betty” Watt Orear French, age 91, died Saturday March 1, 2014, at Huntington Place in Janesville. She was born July 31, 1922, to Edison and Floy (Smith) Watt in St. Louis, Missouri, ...

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