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Gerald F. Landoll
Gerald F. Landoll, 70, Pierce City, passed away Monday, March 19, 2007, at his home.
He served in the U.S. Army from May 1960 to May 1962 and worked as an engineer for the Burlington-Northern Railroad before retirement.
Mr. Landoll is survived by two sons, Nevada attorney Eric Landoll and Northeast Vernon High School principal Brad Landoll; three grandchildren; two brothers, Harold, Pierce City, and Allen, Kansas City; and a sister, Judy Meirick, Pierce City.
Two sons, Russell and Bruce; and a sister, Jackie Lawson, preceded him in death.
A graveside service was held Friday, March 23, in St. Mary's Cemetery, Pierce City, with Fr. Peter Morciniek officiating.
Lorin Leroy Askew
Lorin Leroy Askew, 87, El Dorado Springs, was born July 11, 1919, to Lorin and Ada Askew in Utica, KS. He passed away on May 29, 2007. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend.
He was united in marriage to Nadene Rogers on April 23, 1939, and enjoyed 64 years of a loving marriage until her death in 2003. Their marriage was blessed with the birth of one daughter, Joann.
Lorin was an auto mechanic by trade, and worked as a transmission specialist in Overland Park, KS, until his retirement. The Askews then moved to El Dorado Springs, where Lorin worked at Witt Printing Company for several years. He was a faithful member of the El Dorado Springs Church of God (Holiness).
His family wishes to extend their heartfelt gratitude to the staff of Community Springs Nursing Facility for the loving care given Lorin during his last five years.
Lorin is survived by his daughter and son-in-law, Joann and Jesse Skaggs, Overland Park, KS; one grandson, David Skaggs and his wife, Lanee, Overland Park, KS; three great-grandchildren – Jessica, Justin and Jared, and two brothers, Hubert, Kansas City; and Eldon, Mission KS.
Funeral services were held Friday, June 1, at the Church of God (Holiness) with Rev. Lyle Parker, Rev. Joe Trussell and Rev. Bill Rose officiating. Music was provided by Tricia Conley, Lance Skaggs, Debbie Goodwin, Wanda Casey and Faith Trussell.
Interment was in Johnson County Memorial Gardens in Overland Park, KS, under the direction of Hackleman and Sons Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Wayne Downer, Randy Bland, Randall Bland, Brent Bland, Kirk Bland, Charles Worthington and Kevin Askew.
Mildred Leota Smith Eslinger
Mildred Leota Smith Eslinger, 92, was born Oct. 12, 1914, to Thomas Llewellyn Smith (Dec. 15, 1884 – Aug. 4, 1946) and Elsie Evalena Williams Smith (Dec. 31, 1889 – Nov. 21, 1975) and went to be with her Lord and Savior on Wednesday, May 30, 2007, at the Westminster Retirement Village in Ponca City, OK.
Mildred was born on the family farm north of Virgil City, youngest of three children. She attended grade school at Pleasant Valley then seventh and eighth grades at Nine Wonders, graduating from El Dorado Springs High School in 1932 before attending Springfield Beauty College in 1935-36. She lived most of her life in Nevada.
On Aug. 21, 1937, Mildred married Martin Edward Eslinger at Centenary Methodist Church in Nevada. They would have celebrated 70 years in Aug. 2007. This union was blessed with two daughters, Karen Eslinger Cripps and Dr. Connie Eslinger, Houston. They made their first home in Nevada and later lived in San Diego, CA, before returning to Nevada where they resided from 1947 until 2007, when they moved to Ponca City, OK, to be near their daughter.
Mildred was a beauty operator at the Artistic Beauty Shoppe of Nevada and a Convair cowling airplane maintenance person at the Consolidated Vultee Aircraf Corporation in San Diego, including President F.D. Roosevelt's # 1 plane. After returning to Nevada, Mildred was employed at the Hat Factory and then for 12 years at Key Work Clothes Co.
She was an active member of Pine Street Baptist Church for over 56 years, being baptized there in 1951.
She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, David Wilmer Smith and wife, Jessie Mildred, and Earnest Lester Smith.
Survivors include her husband, Martin Edward Eslinger, Ponca City, OK; two daughters, Dr. Connie Eslinger, Houston, TX; and Karen Cripps and husband, Ray, Ponca City, OK; grandchildren – Lonnie Cripps, Fayetteville, AR; Rodney Cripps and wife, Sarah, Lancaster, S.C., Kathy Cripps, Oklahoma City, OK; great-granddaughter, Mackenzie Cripps, Webb City; sister-in-law, Norma Smith, San Diego, CA; five nieces and one nephew.
Service were Tuesday, June 5, at Pine Street Baptist Church with Pastor Rodney Cripps, grandson, officiating. Interment followed in Virgil City Cemetery under the direction of Ferry Funeral home. Casketbearers were Lonnie Cripps, Gary Rose, Hubert Fox, Jack Bastow, Leo Markham and Wayne Lehman. Honorary casketbearers were Ron Stewart, Virgil Driver, Max Wagoner, John Nichols and her Pine Street Baptist Church Sunday School Class.
The family requests memorial contributions to the Elsie Smith Memorial Scholarship Fund Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, through Ferry Funeral Home, P.O. Box 264, Nevada, Missouri 64772. Mildred set this scholarship up in memory of her mother, Elsie Smith, to encourage young people to further their education in a Christian setting.
Kenneth L. Harra
Kenneth L. Harra, 45, El Dorado Springs, was born February 4, 1962, to Terry Lee and Shirley Harra in Kansas City. He passed away Saturday, June 2, 2007 at St. Johns Regional Health Center in Springfield.
Kenneth joined the Air Force and graduated with honor from the Air Training Command. He also joined the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged in 1997.
Kenneth was married to Kathy Ames and they had seven children. He was a cabinet maker by trade and owned his own business. Kenneth was a man who worked hard and strived to please people. He was strong-willed and was an even stronger Christian. Kenneth was loved by many and was a friend to all. He will be greatly missed and is now at peace with loved ones who went before him.
He is survived by his wife Kathy, of the home; his father, Terry Harra; two sons, Kevin Harra and Tyler Barnum; five daughters, Kristina McCartney, Brandy Nicole Harra, Amber Dawn Harra, Chelsea Harra and Courtney Harra; one grandchild, Skylar Harra.
Services for Kenneth L. Harra were held at 2:00 p.m., on Tuesday, June 5, 2007, at the Hackleman Chapel with Rev. Steve Highlander officiating. Burial was in the Taberville Cemetery under the direction of Hackleman and Sons Funeral Home. Pallbearers were Kevin Harra, Bo Rector, Terry Harra, Tyler Barnum, Herbert Russell and Jeff Mart. Honorary pallbearers were Jerry Stutesman and Brian Mart.
Elton Francis 'Hotdog' Markham
Elton Francis “Hotdog” Markham, 79, El Dorado Springs, was born in Cedar County on July 18, 1927, to Frances “Frank” Marion and Iola Grace Murray Markham, the oldest of two sons. He passed away Sunday, June 3, 2007, at Community Springs Nursing Home after a short battle with cancer.
Elton was united in marriage to Vernie Joan Neely on Dec. 24, 1955. To this union two children were born, Randall and Linda Kay.
After graduation from high school in El Dorado Springs, Elton served two years in the Korean Conflict, stationed in Germany as a heavy equipment operator and driver for the company commander. Upon returning from Germany, he resumed farming on the family farm north of El Dorado Springs, where he eventually bought his own farm in 1956. He lived there most of the time until his passing.
During Elton's life he did many different jobs. He worked three years for the El Dorado Springs R-2 Schools as a bus driver and built houses in El Dorado Springs with Wilmer Smith and his brother, Leo Markham. In later years, he ran his own feed business from his home and the Appleton City area. Through all of his jobs he continued to farm and do custom hay baling.
Many young men from his neighborhood obtained their first job from him, baling hay. When you worked for Elton, you became one of his family. They were expected to eat their meal with his own family if they were there at meal time. Each one of these men still hold a special place in the family's heart. One of Elton's proudest moments was when one of the young men returned to El Dorado Springs after 30 years to help him hay once again.
Elton was always ready and willing to help friends and neighbors in time of need. One young man of the El Dorado Springs area credits Elton with saving his life. He had been to the Taberville Bar and, of course, had a little too much to drink and started home. Since Elton only lived three miles south of Taberville, this young man stopped there for help at midnight. Elton made this young man stay at his home until he could get the kid's dad there to pick him up.
Elton's later years were spent taking care of his two granddaughters while their parents worked. They love to help their granddad garden and do all sorts of things. Their favorite time was when he would take them for a trailer ride behind the lawn mower.
Elton enjoyed traveling and visiting friends. He frequented many sales just to visit with many friends and neighbors. He loved to hunt and fish, but he never did get his `big buck.'
He enjoyed teaching his children the importance of family and to care for nature. He was not a wealthy man with material objects, but he was wealthy in all things that mattered, his friends and family.
Elton was preceded in death by his wife, Joan; parents, Frank and Iola; and numerous brothers and sisters-in-law.
He is survived by one son, Randall Markham, Webb City; one daughter, Linda Knight and husband, Rick; two granddaughters, Rickayla and Raelynn, all of El Dorado Springs; one brother, Leo Markham and wife, Nina Faye, El Dorado Springs; one brother-in-law, Ermon Cubbage, Nevada; and many nieces, nephews, other family and a host of friends who will greatly miss him and a special friend and caretaker, Lola Faye Amick.
Services will begin at 2 p.m. Saturday, June 9, in the Hackleman Chapel with burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Visitation will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday evening. Arrangements are under direction of Hackleman and Sons Funeral Home.
Shirley Lou Palmer
Shirley Lou Palmer, 81, Stockton, was born March , 1926, in El Dorado, KS, and passed away Wednesday, May 3, 2007, from cancer.
She grew up in Kansas City, graduating from Northeast High School in 1943. She married Randall, her high school sweetheart, in 1946, when he returned from WWII. They moved to Pittsburg, KS, where they raised their children, Paige and Eric, and live for 45 years. She moved to Stockton, where she lived until her death.
She was creative, having painted a ceiling mural, written plays, acted, sang in the church choir and learned to play one song, Silent Night, on the piano. She was a member of South Broadway Baptist Church, Pittsburg, KS. ÁShe quilted with her friends from church and played bridge with the `Clutterbutts' in Pittsburg for four decades. She read extensively and never quit learning and trying new things. As an adult, she joined an adult theater group and studied Russian and basic car mechanics.
She and Randall traveled extensively in the U.S. and abroad, going to Britain, Europe, Russia, Australia, China, Mexico and more, but she was always modest about her opportunities and accomplish-ments.
She had close relationships with her children and granddaughters, Eronn and Brooke, and adored great-grandchildren, Max and Carmen. Her family love extended to those her children and grandchildren chose as partners.
She is survived by her husband, Randall Palmer; daughter, Paige Detlefson and her husband, Dennis; son, Eric Palmer and wife, Patricia; granddaughter, Eronn Cantu and husband, Jason, and their two children, Max and Carmen; granddaughter, Brooke Palmer and her fiancée, Chris Stock; and her sister, Charlotte Miller.
Services were held Saturday, June 2, at D.W. Newcomer's Sons Floral Hills Chapel with intermenty in Floral Hills Memorial Gardens under the directions of D.W. Newcomer's Sons Floral Hills Chapel, Kansas City.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Cedar County Library, Stockton Building Fund. 717 East Street, Stockton, MO 65785 or Kansas City Hospice House, 12000 Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO 64145.
Thomas R. Reedy Sr.
Thomas R. Reedy Sr., 99, Nevada, was born Aug. 27, 1907, in Vernon County to Samuel J. Reedy and Martha Leland Mitchell Reedy. He passed away Sunday, May 27, 2007, at Moore-Few Care Center in Nevada.
Thomas was the third of 18 children. He was married April 19, 1941 , in Vernon County, to Frances Marie Burris. She preceded him in death on Dec. 22, 2003.
Mr. Reedy was a lifelong resident of Vernon County. He grew up in the Walker and Harwood areas and graduated eighth grade from the Moss School. Thomas farmed and was a carpenter all his working life. He was an avid gardener and worked for Green Thumb in Nevada until his retirement. He was a member of the United Methodist Church in Walker and the Modern Woodmen of America.
Survivors include two sons, Thomas R. Reedy Jr. and his wife, Virginia, Kidder; and Jerry Reedy and his wife, Glenda, Moundville; one daughter, Martha Waltrip and her husband, Jim, Nevada; 10 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren and seven great great-grandchildren; one brother, William Elmer Reedy, Oregon; seven sisters - Grace Smith and Martha Lytle, both of Butler; Jewell Ellerman, Harwood; Betty Percy and Nellie Shaw, both of El Dorado Springs; Sarah Hart and Bonnie Rutherford, both of Idaho; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Services were held Thursday, May 31, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, with Rev. Bill Platt officiating. Interment followed at Mt. Vernon Cemetery, Walker.
The family suggests that memorials be made to the American Cancer Society in care of the funeral home.
