Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Dial, Nora Eilene
Former Admire resident
Nora Eilene Dial, 86, died
Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2003, at
Emporia Presbyterian Manor.
She had lived in Lyon County
since 1953.
Mrs. Dial managed the
turnpike restaurant and other
restaurants in Lyon County.
She also was a switchboard
operator in the Admire area
and a homemaker.
Nora Eilene Anderson, the
daughter of Nels and Elsie
Haugen Anderson, was born
May 2, 1916, at Jasper, Minn.
She married Thomas Nicholas
Dial on March 16, 1936, at
Jasper, Minn. He died April 5,
1988.
Mrs. Dial was a member of
the Norwegian Lutheran
Church in Pipestone, Minn.
She is survived by a son,
Thomas N. Dial of Strong City;
two daughters, Beverly Dial
Hart and Eileen Dial
McWilliam, both of Admire; a
sister, Esther Bowden of Sioux
Falls, S.D.; five grandchildren;
and four great-grandchildren.
Two sisters, Marion
Preussler and Gladys Kletke;
and a grandson, Jeffrey Lynn
Hart, died earlier.
The funeral was Jan. 25,
2003, in the Rosean
Community Center in North
Lyon County. The Rev. Mark
Stukey of Admire conducted
the service. Burial was in
Rosean Cemetery.
Memorial contributions to
the Emporia Friends of the Zoo
or the Humane Society of the
Flint Hills can be sent to the
Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral
Home, PO. Box 175, Emporia,
KS 66801.
Chase County Leader-News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas, Jan 30, 2003