In
Memoriam
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This web page is dedicated to the memory of our classmates and our
family and friends who have left this life and are no longer with us.
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Our Classmates
In
memory of our classmates who have passed away
Let
us not dwell on the circumstances of their passing, but celebrate how
they touched our lives
May
they be forever young
Ron Thomason
(Oct 3, 1949 - June 2, 2009)
George L. Carpenter (Aug 27, 1950 - Mar 31, 2008)
Lonnie E. Ogden (Sept 13, 1950 - Apr 7, 2007)
Cheri Lou (Hartenbower) Balun (Oct 30, 1950 – Jan 24, 2007)
Larry L. Kasselman (Mar 31, 1950 – Apr 24, 2003)
Leslie H. Schiewe (1950
- 1990)
David D. Roth (1949
- 1988)
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Ronald G. Thomason
(Oct 3, 1949 - June 2, 2009)
ANDOVER, KS - Ron Thomason, 59, passed away
June 2, 2009. He was born in Great Bend, KS on
Oct 3, 1949. Ron grew up in Ellinwood, attended
Ellinwood High School, graduating with the Class
of 1968. He then completed his Engineering
education at Kansas State University. Ron spent
most of his life working as an engineer. For the
last 10 years, Ron was employed at LSI in the
Wichita area as an engineer.
A Memorial Service will be held at 10:30 AM
Saturday June 6, 2009 at Lakeview Funeral Home
12100 E. 13th Street, Wichita, KS.
He is preceded in death by his father George
Thomason of Ellinwood and brother Bob Thomason,
who was making his home in North Carolina. He is
survived by his wife Lydia Thomason and mother
Cleo B. Thomason both of Andover KS, and by a
large extended family and friends. In lieu of
flowers a memorial has been established with
American Heart Association.
Tribute posted by Lydia
Thomason, Ron's wife at www.tributes.com
"Ron was a very good and kind person. He
was a great husband and cared about other people
as well. He had a sense of humor that was kind
of contagious. I remember one day when he came
home from work he thought it was really funny
that other engineers were saying "this
crapped out and that crapped out." He was
always trying to get people to lighten up some.
He cared about everyone around him and he did a
good job at work. He also took care of other
family members and took an interest in their
lives."
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George L. Carpenter
(Aug 27, 1950 - Mar 31, 2008)
LOWELL, Ark. — George L. Carpenter, 57, died
March 31 at his home in Lowell. Born Aug. 27,
1950, at Calico Rock, Ark., he was the son of
James Herbert and Mildred Sherwood Carpenter. He
married Bonnie L. McCloskey on April 25, 2002, at
Rogers, Ark. A resident of Lowell for the past
nine years, he was formerly of Phoenix, Ariz. He
was a machinist for Pratt & Whitney United
Technology Co. in airline engine manufacturing.
Survivors include his wife, Bonnie, of Lowell;
a son, Daniel Owen Carpenter of Lawrence; a
stepdaughter, Deona Romine of Coshocton, Ohio; two
brothers, James Carpenter and Larry Carpenter,
both of Ellinwood; two sisters, Merle Boepple of
Monahans, Texas, and Mollie Staudinger of
Ellinwood; and his mother, Mildred Carpenter, of
Ellinwood.
A graveside service will be held at 1:30 p.m.
April 25 at Lakin-Comanche District Cemetery in
Ellinwood, with the Rev. Jeff Frakes officiating.
Memorial donations may be made for Circle of Life
Hospice, 901 Jones Road, Springdale, Ark., or to
Golden Belt Home Health & Hospice.
Funeral arrangements provided by Kimple Funeral
Home of Ellinwood.
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Lonnie E. Ogden
(Sept 13, 1950 - Apr 7, 2007)
 Lonnie
E. Ogden, Springfield, went to be with his Lord
and Savior on Saturday, April 7, 2007, at the
age of 56. He passed peacefully with his family
by his bedside in Cox South Hospital. Lonnie had
fought a long seven-year illness. Lonnie was
born September 13, 1950, in Lyons, Kansas. He
was the eldest of five children born to Bill
Ogden and Verna Ogden Dunnaway.
In 1969, Lonnie married Vickie Jones of
Ellinwood, Kansas. They had two children during
their 37 years of marriage. Lonnie was a devoted
husband, wonderful father, and papa.
While living in Kansas, he worked in the oil
field and also was a meat cutter at a packing
plant. After moving to Springfield, Missouri,
Lonnie worked as a meat cutter and then went
into route sales. He enjoyed serving people and
sharing his heart and faith with others. He was
saved and baptized at Calvary Baptist Church in
Ellinwood, Kansas at the age of 16. Lonnie was
ordained as a deacon on December 7, 1997, at
Mentor Baptist Church, and was a devoted member
and deacon the past three years at Fender
Baptist Church.
Lonnie was preceded in death by his parents.
He is survived by his wife, Vickie; one
daughter, Jackie Wilkison and her husband, Mark,
of Springfield, Mo.; one son, Pastor Lance Ogden
and his wife, Felicia, Nixa; stepfather Gene
Dunnaway; stepmother Ruth Ogden; two brothers,
Rick and Richard Ogden of Kansas; Kim Vu of
Texas and JoAnn Gentry of West Plains, Mo.; his
five grandchildren, Johnny, Chelsea, Jamie,
Skyler and Jesse; also other family and many
nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Lonnie
will be missed by many.
The family would like to thank everyone at
Cox South Hospital, Walnut Lawn and Mercy Villa
for their wonderful care and love for Lonnie.
Funeral services will be in Greenlawn Funeral
Home East, Springfield, Mo., Tuesday, April 10,
at 1 p.m. Burial in Hope Dale Cemetery.
Visitation will be held this evening from 6 to 8
p.m. in the funeral home. Memorial contributions
may be made to American Stroke Association.
For those of you who would like to send your
condolences to Lonnie's family, here is Vicki
(Jones) Ogden's address:
Vicki Ogden
905 S. Barnes Ave
Springfield, MO 65802
The family has chosen the American Heart
Assn, the American Diabetes Assn, and the
American Stroke Assn as recipients of memorials
to Lonnie. If you would like to donate to one of
these associations in Lonnie's name, please send
your check to the funeral home. Be sure to
designate it as Lonnie Ogden Memorial.
Greenlawn Funeral Home East
3540 Seminole
Springfield, MO 65809
Please keep Lonnie and Vicki and their family
in your prayers.
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Cheri Lou (Hartenbower) Balun
(Oct 30, 1950 – Jan 24, 2007)
ELLINWOOD — Cheri Lou Balun, 56, died Jan.
24, 2007, at the Hutchinson Hospital. Born
October 30, 1950, in Great Bend, she was the
daughter of Louie Powell Hartenbower and Mildred
Faye West Hartenbower.
She was a 1968 graduate of Ellinwood High
School and attended Emporia State and Fort Hays
State universities. A lifetime resident of
Ellinwood, she had been a financial coordinator
for National Billing in Ellinwood; AR Processor;
legal secretary for G.I. Robinson and Robert
Peter; Peoples State Bank and Sunflower Bank
financial secretary; and secretary for Eldon
Hamm Insurance, all in Ellinwood.
She married Edwin John Balun, Jr. in 1974 at
Ellinwood. He died in 1999. Cheri was a very
important member of the Immanuel United Church
of Christ in Ellinwood, being the primary church
organist and choir accompanist for most of her
adult life.
Survivors include a son, Wesley Balun of
Ellinwood; a daughter, Farra Mourning of
Ellinwood; a brother, Forrest Hartenbower of St.
Joseph, Mo.; her mother, Midge Hartenbower of
Ellinwood; and two grandchildren.
A memorial funeral service was held on
Saturday January 27th at the Immanuel United
Church of Christ in Ellinwood, with the Rev.
Larry Young officiating. Burial was at the Lakin-Comanche
District Cemetery in Ellinwood. Memorials are
suggested to Immanuel United Church of Christ
Organ Fund.
Funeral arrangements provided by Kimple
Funeral Home.
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Larry L. Kasselman
(Mar 31, 1950 – Apr 24, 2003)
ELLINWOOD — Larry L. Kasselman, 53, died
April 24, 2003, at the Robert Dole Medical Center
in Wichita. He was born March 31, 1950, at Great
Bend, the son of Robert D. and Jerry L. Bates
Kasselman.
A resident of Ellinwood for the past year,
coming from Buffalo, N.Y., he was employed in
concrete construction. Kasselman was a former
member of First Baptist Church of Ellinwood. He
was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in the
Vietnam War.
Survivors include his companion, Cheri Balun of
Ellinwood; two sons, Jamey Kasselman of Tampa,
Fla., and Jeremy Kasselman of Buffalo; his mother
of Cheektowaga, N.Y.; one brother, Lewis Kasselman
of Bonner Springs; and one sister, Cheryl Archer
of Holly Springs, N.C.
A memorial funeral service was held at the
Kimple Funeral Chapel in Ellinwood, with the Rev.
Larry Young officiating. Burial was at the Lakin-Comanche
District Cemetery in Ellinwood.
Memorials are suggested to Immanuel United
Church of Christ of Ellinwood or Diabetes
Research, both in care of the funeral home.
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