Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Conkle, Margaret
Former Burlington resident Margaret Conkle, 61, died Monday, April 19, 2004, at her home in Chanute.
The daughter of John Leo and Mae Merewether Hoag, she was born Nov 24, 1942, in Yates Center. She graduated from Yates Center High School in
1960.
She married Verlin Ray Conkle on Aug. 11, 1976, in El Dorado. They lived northwest of Burlington until they moved to Chanute in 2001. He sur-
vives.
In 1963, Mrs. Conkle moved to Burlington, where she was, for several years, an owner of the Wagon Wheel Restaurant. Later, she worked at the cafe at the Coffey County Sales Barn, for Hess' Station north of Burlington and at Casey's. Earlier. she worked in various restaurants in the area.
Mrs. Conkle is also survived by two daughters, Susie Tatman of Elmdale and Jo Skillman of Burlington; two sons, Josh
Inman of Burlington and Verlin Conkle of Miami, Okla.; a sister, Joyce Slater of Yates Center; a brother, Don Hoag of Springdale, Ark.; and seven grandchildren.
The service was April 21, 2004, in Key West Cemetery, east of Lebo.
Memorial contributions to Horizon Hospice of Chanute may be sent in care of Jones Funeral Home, Box 277, Burlington, KS 66839.
Chase County Leader News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Apr 29, 2004.