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Chase County Kansas Obituaries
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Ragsdale, Floyd F Floyd F. Ragsdale, 84, of
Emporia died Oct. 1, 2002, at
Newman Regional Health.
Mr. Ragsdale was a sanita-
tion supervisor at Interstate
Brands-Dolly Madison Bakery
before he retired 20 years ago.
He was an Army veteran of
World War II.
Floyd F Ragsdale, the son of
Wilson C. and Mable B. Reeves
Ragsdale, was born Dec. 22,
1917, at Emporia. He married
Oma Klinger on April 4, 1950,
at Cottonwood Falls.
Mr. Ragsdale was a member
of the Emporia Salvation
Army Citadel. He was a life
member of Veterans of Foreign
Wars Lowry-Funston Post
1980 and a member of the
National Guard in Emporia.
He is survived by his wife;
three daughters, Nancy Ticker
of Emporia and Barbara Lewis
and Sally Williams, both of
Topeka; two sons, Floyd H.
Ragsdale of Topeka and Frank
J. Ragsdale of Bonner Springs;
24 grandchildren; and many
great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Roxanne
Strawder; three brothers,
Ernest Ragsdale, Carl
Ragsdale and Junior Ragsdale;
and two sisters, Dorothy
Brown and Eva Davis, died
earlier.
The funeral was Oct. 5,
2002, in the Roberts-Blue-
Barnett Funeral Home
Chapel. Former Emporian
Cap. Denis James of the
Salvation Army in Sault Ste.
Marie, Mich., conducted the
service. Burial was in
Cottonwood Cemetery, west of
Emporia.
Memorial contributions to
the Emporia Friends of the Zoo
or the H. Dale Buck Fund or
Animal Welfare can be sent to
the funeral home, P.O. Box
175, Emporia, KS 66801.
Chase County Leader-News, Cottonwood Falls, Kansas October 10, 2002
by Lorna Marvin
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