Basil Howard See
OAKLEY Basil Howard See, 87, died April 30,
1999, at Oakley.
He was born Nov. 4, 1911, in Scott County, the
son of Irvin Henry and Lottie Ryan See. A resident of Oakley since 1980,
he grew up in Manning, and had formerly lived in Scott County as a
farmer. He was 30-year resident of Grandview, Mo., where he was a school
custodian.
He was a member of St. Josephs Catholic Church
at Oakley and a volunteer for Meals on Wheels at the Senior Citizens
Center.
In 1940 he married Madge Hall. She died in
1978. On Sept. 27, 1980, he married Lidwina Marie Rome at Kansas City,
Kan. She survives.
Other survivors include: two brothers, Russell,
Mt. Vernon, Mo., and Walter, Scott City; four sisters, Hazel Eikermann,
Flagler, Colo., Dorothy Patton and Pearl Strickert, both of Scott City,
and Lorena Turley, Modoc; and six grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by an infant son;
Leslie; a brother, Earnest; and two sisters, May Fick and Fern Kiser.
Rosary will be at 7:30 p.m. Monday at Kennedy-Koster
Funeral Home, Oakley. Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Josephs
Catholic church, Oakley, with Frs. Roger K. Meitl and August Moeder
presiding. Friends may call from 2 to 9 p.m. Monday at the funeral
home. Burial will be in Scott City Cemetery at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
Memorials may be sent to St. Joseph Chruch,
Oakley, in care of the funeral home.
The Hutchinson News
Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas
Sunday, May 2, 1999
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