Hugo H. Paapanen, 86, Tulsa, Okla., died at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1996, at a Joplin nursing home after a short illness. He was the father of Bill Paapanen, 2122 Laura Lane, Joplin.

Mr. Paapanen was born July 4, 1910, in Ely, Minn. He graduated from Ely High School and Ely Community College. He had lived in Tulsa for the past 55 years. He worked 30 years with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, working out of the Tulsa district office. He retired in 1968. He was a member of the University United Methodist Church, Tulsa. 

He married Aune Nahkala on Oct. 31, 1931. She died Nov. 13, 1988. 

Additional survivors include four grandchildren. Graveside services will be at 3:30 p.m. Saturday in Rose Hill Memorial Park Cemetery, Tulsa. The Rev. John Price will officiate. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at home of the son. 

Contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, Southwest Missouri Chapter, Springfield. 

Arrangements are under the direction of Mason-Woodard Mortuary, Joplin. 

Paul McConnell 

GREENFIELD, Mo. … Paul Eugene McConnell, 70, Quincy, Ohio, a former Greenfield resident, died at 9:40 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1996, at his home after an illness.

Mr. McConnell was born Jan. 7, 1926, in Dade County. He was an electrician He graduated from Coyne Electrical School in Chicago, Ill. He was a veteran of World War II. 

Survivors include a son, Dan McMcConnell, Troy, Mo.; a daughter, Paula Foster, Quincy,; a brother, Raymond McConnell, Terra Bella, Calif.; five sisters, Marjorie Drake, Greenfield, Mary Russell, Kansas City, Kan., Marquerite McConnell, Kansas City, Mo., Juanita Skaggs, Joplin, and Lucille Butterworth, Greenfield; five grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Greenfield Funeral Chapel. The Rev. Kenneth Lerwick will officiate. Burial will be at Vaughn Cemetery, north of Greenfield. 

The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral chapel. 

Mildred Beetem 

MONETT, Mo. … Mildred Zelma Beetem, 87, 121 Fairway, died at 3:40 a.m. 

Thursday, Sept. 26, 1996, at Aurora Community Hospital after a short illness. 

Mrs. Beetem was born Oct. 30 , 1908, at Denver, Colo. She was a homemaker. She was a former resident of Purdy, moving to Monett five years ago. She was a member of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Monett, the St. Stephen's Altar Guild, and the Golden Harvest Quilters' Club, Monett. She also was a member of Chapter 190 of the Order of the Eastern Star. 

She married Lyle Beetem on Nov. 17, 1945, at Reno, Nev. He died July 1, 1990. 

Survivors include a daughter, Rosetta Anderle, Canon City, Colo.; a brother, Max Ludwick, Littleton, Colo.; four grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. 

Services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Monett. The Rev. James Moon Vicar will officiate. Burial will be in Purdy Cemetery, Purdy. 

Visitation will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Friday at Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home, Monett. 

Contributions may be made to St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Memorial Fund, in care of the funeral home. 

Ralph Crockett

LAMAR, Mo. … Ralph Reed Crockett, 87, rural Lamar, died at 7:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, 1996, at his home after a long illness. 

Mr. Crockett was born Sept. 14, 1909, at Lamar. He was a lifetime Barton County resident. 

He was a lifelong farmer in the Oakton community, southwest of Lamar. 

He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a member of Bethel Church, southwest of Lamar. 

He married Elva Frances Brown on May 14, 1944, southwest of Lamar. She survives. 

Other survivors include five sons, David Dean Crockett, Daniel Gene Crockett, Donald Dwayne Crockett, Darrel Dee Crockett and Dwight Dale Crockett, all of Lamar; four daughters, Dorothy Darlene Dunn, Winchester, Kan.; Daisy Delia Reeder, Nevada, and Delores Deane Peters and Dora Delle Rector, both of Lamar; 28 grandchildren; five stepgrandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and 10 great-stepgrandchildren. 

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Lohmeyer-Konantz Funeral Home, Lamar, with Dan Rees officiating. Burial will be in Oakton Cemetery, southwest of Lamar. 

Pallbearers will be his grandsons John Reed Dunn, Dwayne Crockett, Davy Crockett, Devin Crockett, Jason Crockett and Scott Dunn. 

Ruby Gann 

SARCOXIE, Mo. … Services for Ruby Lois Gann, 57, Sarcoxie, who died Wednesday, will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Housh Funeral Home, Sarcoxie. 

The Rev. Michael Henderson will officiate. The body will be cremated. 

Ramona Hill

FAIRVIEW, Mo. … Ramona B. Hill, 57, Fairview, died at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 24, 1996, at Freeman Neosho Hospital, Neosho, after a sudden illness. 

Mrs. Hill was born July 12, 1939, in Webster County, Iowa. She moved to Fairview in 1975 from California. 

She was a homemaker and a volunteer at Wheaton Elementary School. For the past 10 years, she had worked at the Fastrip convenience store in Wheaton. 

She married Vernon W. Hill on March 24, 1956, at Fort Dodge, Iowa. He survives. 

Other survivors include a son, Lonnie Hill, Neosho; two daughters, Elizabeth Ann Hill, Cape Canaveral, Fla., and Sandra Cook, Wheaton; a brother, Rodger McFarland, state of California; three sisters, Mary Williams and Georgia McFarland, both of Pottsboro, Texas, and Velda Butrick, Longmont, Colo.; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. 

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Dice Cemetery, Fairview, with the Rev. Walter Smart officiating. Friends may call after 2 p.m. today at McQueen Funeral Home, Wheaton. 

Contributions may be made to the American Heart Association. 

Joseph Lauletta 

MONETT, Mo. … Joseph Lauletta, 74, 1204 15th St., died at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1996, at a local nursing home after a long illness. 

Mr. Lauletta was born Dec. 24, 1921, in Chicago, Ill. He retired from the Parks District of Chicago. 

Survivors include two sisters, Grace Lamb, Richie, Fla., and Kerri Orlando, Round Lake, Ill.; two stepsisters, Anna Stoneham, San Francisco, Calif., and Betty Tomeo, Tahoe, Calif.; and two stepbrothers, Al Gest, Purdy, and Don Gest, Chicago. 

Arrangements are pending with Rago Brothers Funeral Home, Chicago, Ill. 

Local arrangements are under the direction of Bennett-Wormington Funeral Home, Monett. 

Dorothy Maize 

LOCKWOOD, Mo. … Dorothy M. Maize, 67, Lockwood, died at 10:18 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1996, at Barton County Memorial Hospital, Lamar. 

Mrs. Maize was born April 24, 1929, at Kirksville. She was a retired bookkeeper, working at the former Dade County Memorial Hospital. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of Lockwood. 

She married Merle Maize on Aug. 25, 1945, at Lancaster. He survives. 

Also surviving are two sons, Gayland Maize, Dadeville, and Michael Maize, Yukon, Okla.; a daughter, Carolyn Boehne, Lockwood; two brothers, Edward Bentley, Knob Noster, and Reginald Bentley, Hope, Ark.; 10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. 

Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Pennsboro Cemetery, south of Greenfield. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m., today at the Lockwood Funeral Chapel. 

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association. 

Flossie Martin >br> 

LAMAR, Mo. … Flossie Mildred Martin, 82, Lamar, died at 9:08 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1996, in Barton County Memorial Hospital, Lamar, after a short illness. 

Mrs. Martin was born Jan. 16, 1914, in Ogallala, Neb. She was a homemaker and a volunteer for the Good Samaritan Shop in Lamar. She was a member of the Lamar Country Club and the Lamar Christian Church. She had lived in Barton County for 26 years. 

She married Leonard Vance Martin in 1944 at Eureka Springs, Ark. He died in 1969. 

Survivors include a son, Melvin James Catt, Richardson, Texas; a brother, Chester A. Sawyer, Harrisonville; three sisters, Phyllis Haskins, Nevada, and Bonnie Mason and Wilma True, both of Lamar; and three grandchildren. 

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Daniel Funeral Home, Lamar. The Rev. Clif Crockett will officiate. Burial services at Lake Cemetery, Lamar, will be private. 

Earl Miller 

WEBB CITY, Mo. … Services for Earl C. Miller, 94, 601 E. Tracy St., who died Tuesday, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Hedge-Lewis Funeral Home, Webb City. The Rev. Clem Moore will officiate. Burial will be in the Ozark Memorial Park Mausoleum, Joplin. 

Pallbearers will be Joe Reuther, Ronnie Rudolph, Gary Durham, Wayne Durham, John Briscoe, and Jack Stapleton. 

George Poole 

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. … George Poole, 63, Springfield, died at 6:50 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, 1996, at St. John's Regional Health Center, Springfield, after an illness. 

Mr. Poole was born Feb. 19, 1933, at Kansas City. He was a graduate of the University of Missouri at Columbia Law School. He was an attorney and held a privat practice for many years. He was a member of the Missouri Bar Association and Christ Episcopal Church, Springfield. 

Survivors include a son, Bill Poole, Kansas City. 

Services will be at 9:30 a.m. Saturday at Christ Episcopal Church. Father Kenneth Chumbley will officiate. Burial will be in the Mount Hope Cemetery, Webb City. 

Contributions may be made to the Christ Episcopal Church. 

Arrangements are under the direction of Gorman-Scharpf Funeral Home, Springfield. 

Beverly Reeves 

STELLA, Mo. … Beverly L. Reeves, 54, Willard, a native of Stella, died at 12:20 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1996, at St. John's Regional Health Center, Springfield, after a two-year illness. 

Mrs. Reeves was born Nov. 21, 1941, at Stella. She had been a Willard resident for the past 26 years. She was a health aid for the Willard School District. 

She was a member of the Willard Mount Zion Presbyterian Church. 

Her husband, Jack Reeves, survives. 

Additional survivors include a son, Scott Reeves, Willard; her mother, Inez Coonrod, Pineville; and a brother, Joe Coonrod, Rolla. 

Services will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Willard Mount Zion Presbyterian Church. 

The Rev. Richard Menzel will officiate. 

Graveside services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Pineville Cemetery. 

Contributions may be made to Willard Mount Zion Presbyterian Church. 

Arrangements are under direction of Klinger Mortuary, Springfield. 

Larry Roberts 

MOUNT VERNON, Mo. … Larry Allen Roberts, 52, Mount Vernon, died at 8:45 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1996, at St. John's Regional Health Center, Springfield, after a short illness. 

Mr. Roberts was born July 27, 1944, in Rogers, Ark. In 1968, he graduated from the University of Arkansas. He was a music teacher in public schools and also choir director at the United Methodist Church for many years. In 1987, he retired as a caseworker for the state Division of Family Services, Mount Vernon. He was a member of the First United Methodist Church, Mount Vernon, and a volunteer for the Missouri Rehabilitation Center Auxiliary. 

He married Kathy Krick on Oct. 31, 1969, in Berryville, Ark. She survives. 

Additional survivors include a daughter, Amy Roberts, of the home; two brothers, Steve Roberts, Rogers, Ark., and Bill Roberts, New Braunfels, Texas; and a sister, Lynn Laney, Pea Ridge, Ark. 

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church. 

The Rev. Sandra Nenadal will officiate. 

The body will be cremated. 

Visitation will be at the church after the service. 

Contributions may be made to the neuro-intensive care unit at St. John's Regional Health Center, Springfield. 

Arrangements are under the direction of the Fossett-Mosher Funeral Home, Mount Vernon. 

Donald Elsten 

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. … Donald E. Elsten, 68, 930 E. 32nd St., Baxter Springs, died Thursday, Sept. 26, 1996, at a local nursing home after an illness. 

Mr. Elsten was born April 9, 1928, at Peyote, Texas. He lived in the Baxter Springs area most of his life. 

He worked as a maintenance welder for B.F. Goodrich Tire Co., Miami, Okla., retiring in 1986. He was a member of the Miami local of the United Rubber Workers union. 

He was a U.S. military veteran, serving on Guam from 1946 to 1948. 

He married Betty Lou Robertson on Dec. 26, 1946, at Columbus. She died July 15, 1996. 

Survivors include five sons, Stanley Elsten, Riverton, Gordon Elsten, Joplin, Mo., Coy Elsten, Carl Junction, Mo., Larry Elsten, Baxter Springs, and Chris Elsten, Oklahoma City, Okla.; a brother, Floyd B. Elsten, Riverton; two sisters, Donna Sue Hilton, Carl Junction, and JoAnn Clark, Joplin; 11 grandchildren; and a great-grandchild. 

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Quaker Valley Cemetery, north of Riverton. 

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Derfelt's Baxter Chapel, Baxter Springs. 

Douglas Farley 

COLUMBUS, Kan. … Douglas C. Farley, 64, 626 Garfield St., died at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1996, at his home after an illness. 

Mr. Farley was born Feb. 15, 1932, in Rodell, W.Va. He received his bachelor's degree in business administration at Concord College, Athens, W.Va. He served in the Marines from 1949 to 1955 and then the Army from 1962 to 1975. He served in the Vietnam and Korean wars. He was a recipient of a Purple Heart. 

He was a member of the Columbus Christian Center, Joe Carter Post No. 1372, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Columbus, and Keith Reeves Post No. 3, American Legion, Columbus. 

He married Connie L. Van Dyne on May 3, 1977, at Joplin, Mo. She survives. 

Additional survivors include four sons, Mark Farley, Fort Thomas, Ky., Scott Farley, Crestwood, Ky., Mark Frazier, Columbus, and Dan Frazier, Parsons; three daughters, Kim Johnson, Louisville, Ky., Kelly Quick, Lexington, Ky., and Tammy Torbett, Pittsburg; his mother, Gladys Farley, Lexington; a brother, Kent Farley, Springfield; and a sister, Cassie Pile, Lexington. 

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Murdock Funeral Home, Columbus. The Rev. Jim Lewis will officiate. Burial will be in Park Cemetery, Columbus. 

The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. today at the funeral home. 

Military rites will be conducted by the Keith Reeves Post No. 3, American Legion. 

Contributions may be made to the Columbus Christian Center, in care of the funeral home. 

Orin Kaasa 

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. … Orin Gordon Kaasa, 96, Baxter Springs, died Thursday, Sept. 19, 1996, at his home after an illness. 

Mr. Kaasa was born Oct. 4, 1899, at Merrill, Wis. He graduated as a chemical engineer from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. After a brief period in the Army after World War I, he began work for Sinclair Oil Refinery, now known as Atlantic Richfield Corp. He worked for the company for 42 years. 

Early in his career, he applied for a patent for inventing a process to obtain high-octane gasoline. He traveled throughout the United States setting up instrumentation in new gasoline refining plants. 

For the last 10 to 12 years of his career in research and development, he headed up field experiments. 

In 1950, he married Lois Kellogg Mason. They lived in Tulsa, Okla., until his retirement in 1962. They then moved to Baxter Springs. She died in 1976. 

Surviving are a daughter, Zoe Beverly Leatherman, Clawson, Mich.; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. 

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at Derfelt's Baxter Chapel. The body has been buried. 

Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice. 

Joseph Lamb 

BAXTER SPRINGS, Kan. … Joseph Lamb, 79, 217 E. 14th, Baxter Springs, died at 2:30 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, 1996, at a local nursing home after a long illness. 

Mr. Lamb was born Sept. 9, 1917, at Granby, Mo. He had lived in the Baxter Springs area most of his life. He was a member of the Baptist Church, Baxter Springs. 

There are no immediate survivors. 

Graveside services will be at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Seneca (Mo.) Cemetery. The Rev. Marvin Cleveland will officiate. 

Arrangements are under the direction of Derfelt's Baxter Chapel. 

Lola Scroggins 

COLUMBUS, Kan. … Lola I. Scroggins, 96, Columbus, died at 7:03 a.m. Thursday Sept. 26, 1996, at a local nursing home after an illness. Mrs. Scroggins was born March 28, 1900, in West Mineral. She worked for Spencer Chemical Co., near Crestline; the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant, Parsons; Torchias Cafe, Columbus; and Mike's Fine Foods, rural Columbus. She retired in 1978. 

She married Clarence R. Scroggins on Feb. 15, 1922, at Girard. He died Jan. 11, 1989. 

Additional survivors include a daughter, Imogene Sandella, Columbus; two brothers, Roy Spriggs, rural Pittsburg, and Ray Spriggs, rural Pittsburg; and five grandchildren.

Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Murdock Funeral Home, Columbus. The Rev. Vinita Jones will officiate. Burial will be in the Park Cemetery, Columbus. 

Contributions may be made to the Beaulah Community Church, Beaulah. 

Mildred Littleton 

MIAMI, Okla. … Mildred G. Littleton, 89, 5119 I St., north of Miami, died at 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1996, at her home after a long illness. 

Mrs. Littleton was born Sept. 6, 1907, in Earlsboro. She was a 1924 graduate of Shawnee High School, and a graduate of the Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee. She taught in Miami public schools from 1954 to 1972. She was a member of First United Methodist Church, Miami. 

She gave private piano lessons for many years and was an organist at her church for 20 years. She was a founder of the civic music association, now known as the Miami Community Concerts Association. She served on the board of her church, was the former president of the church women's club. 

She was initiated into Chapter C.I. of the PEO Sisterhood in 1928. She later was a member of Chapter A.J. She joined Chapter D.R. in Miami in 1946. She was a founding member of the Oklahoma Sigma Alpha Iota Music Sorority. She was a former president of the Roosevelt School Parent-Teacher Association, and was a member of the Ottawa County Retired Educators' Association and Ottawa County Historical Society. 

She married Charlie A. Littleton in 1924. He died in 1963. 

Survivors include three daughters, Betty Littleton, Columbia, Mo., Charlene Lingo, Miami, and Carol Littleton, Los Angeles, Calif.; a sister, Gladys Williamson, Shawnee; three grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. 

Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at the First United Methodist Church, Miami. The Rev. Chuck Horton will officiate. Burial will be in GAR Cemetery, Miami. 

Pallbearers will be Bill White, Jim Stackable, Louis Green, Ray Judkins, Ron Gilbert and Willie Osborn. 

Contributions may be made to the Coleman Theater, First United Methodist Church, or to the National Arthritis Foundation, in care of Cooper-Althouse Funeral Home, Miami. 

Machelle Slaton 

NORTH MIAMI, Okla. … Services for Machelle L. Bonham Slaton, 25, 407 Oak St., who died Tuesday, will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at Jim Thomas Funeral Home, Commerce. 

Scott Cooper will officiate. Burial will be in GAR Cemetery, Miami. 

Pallbearers will be David Spence, Barry Bonham, Mark Witten, Kenny Riefle, Jason Smith and Tommy Joe Smith. 

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. 

Contributions may be made to the Crisis Center of Miami, in care of the funeral home. 

Margie Taylor 

MIAMI, Okla. … Margie L. Taylor, 85, 917 O St. N.W., died at 9:15 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1996, at Baptist Regional Health Center, Miami, after a short illness. 

Mrs. Taylor was born Feb. 15, 1911, at Waynesville, Mo. She had lived in Miami since 1957, moving from Galena, Kan. She was a homemaker and a member of Bethany Christian Church, Miami. 

She married Loyal ``Bill'' Taylor on April 19, 1947, at Girard, Kan. He died Dec. 30, 1993. 

Survivors include two sons, Lloyd Bangle, Verdigris, and Larry Spangle, Houston, Texas; two daughters, Florene Maddon, Miami, and Joann Clanton, Tulsa; a sister, Goldie Hignite, Miami; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. 

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Bethany Christian Church, Miami. Bayrl Bates will officiate. Burial will be in Welch Cemetery. 

Pallbearers will be Carter Carlton, Marvin Cornwell, Bob McDowell, Albert Wilson, Neil Captain and Dennis Lohrenz. 

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Paul Thomas Funeral Home, Miami. 

Fannie Wagner 

MIAMI, Okla. … Fannie Byrl Wagner, 97, 415 A St. S.E., died at 12:45 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, 1996, at Baptist Regional Health Center, Miami, after a long illness. 

Mrs. Wagner was born Nov. 10, 1898, in the Ottawa community, east of what now is Miami. She was a lifelong area resident. She was a housewife and homemaker. She was a member of Friends Church, Miami. 

She married Lester J. Wagner on Nov. 16, 1919, in the Ottawa community. He died Sept. 18, 1973. 

Survivors include a daughter, Darlene Worsham, Bartlesville; three sons, James L. Wagner, Miami, Elmer D. Wagner, Bartlesville, and Bobby D. Wagner, Angel Fire, N.M.; six grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and three great- great-grandchildren. 

Graveside services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Ottawa Indian Cemetery, east of Miami. The Rev. Lauren Messenger will officiate. 

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Cooper-Althouse Funeral Home, Miami. 

Edna Walker 

PICHER, Okla. … Edna Adele Walker, 84, 501 Main St., Picher, died at 4:25 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 25, 1996, at Freeman Hospital East, Joplin, Mo., after a sudden illness. 

Mrs. Walker was born May 5, 1912, at Carterville, Mo. She was a lifelong area resident. She was a member of the Cardin Christian Church, Picher. 

She married George L. Walker on Sept. 5, 1929, at Columbus, Kan. He died April 4, 1972. 

Survivors include two sons, Donald Cawyer and Ronald Cawyer, both of Picher; two daughters, Myrna Cawyer, Picher, and Ida Rose Hathaway, Perry, Kan.; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren. 

Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. today at GAR Cemetery, Miami. The Rev. John Seitz will officiate. 

Arrangements are under the direction of Derfelt's Baxter Chapel, Baxter Springs, Kan. 

Ted Warden 

BLUEJACKET, Okla. … Theodore ``Ted'' Eugene Warden, 83, Bluejacket, died at 1:06 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26, 1996, at Craig General Hospital, Vinita, after a long illness. 

Mr. Warden was born Aug. 27, 1913, at Canton, Texas. He had lived in Craig County for the past 60 years. 

He married Eupha G. Huxtable on Nov. 6, 1937, at Bluejacket. She died on Feb. 18, 1987. 

Survivors include a son, Jack Warden, Bluejacket; three daughters, Catherine Humble, Vinita, Leta Shaw, Claremore, and Vivian Langley, Ste. Genevieve, Mo.; and a sister, Geneva Thomas, Denver, Colo. 

Arrangements are pending with Thomas Funeral Home, Welch.