University of Illinois Memorial: Remembering the life, death and legacy of JOHN KINGSOLVER
KINGSOLVER JOHN M. KINGSOLVER John M. Kingsolver, son of Roy L. and Rena E. Kingsolver, was born in 1925 in Delaware County, Indiana. He passed away on December 10, 2013. He was the oldest of four children, the others being Max, Mary and David. He attended rural schools in central Indiana, was a veteran of the US Navy during WWII and graduated from Purdue University in 1951. In 1948, he and Cynthia L. Lindesmith were married in Logansport, IN. Two children were the product of this...