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| Leland "Doc" Piersall May 2, 1916 February 2, 2008 |
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| Comments from friends and relatives May this tribute bring comforting words and pleasant memories during this difficult time. It has been an honor serving your family. Lanman Funeral Home Staff Name = Denise Taylor E-mail = djaytaylor5@cox.net Phone Number = 316-943-1702 Memorial Name = "Doc" Piersall Comments = Dear Gloria, Bill, Treva, Betty Lou, & Family. Dad & I would like to covey our Deepest Sympathy to you all. May the Peace of God be with you during your time of sorrow. Doc will be missed very much. He was a very kind man. I do not remember a time when he was not there for someone in need or at a reunion. I like to think we are all blessed to have known him. Love Denise Taylor and Jim Taylor/Wichita |
| HARDTNER-Leland “Doc” Piersall died on February 2, 2008 at the age of 91 with his wife, Gloria, his brother, Bill and niece and nephew; Rusty and Chonita Sternberger by his side. He was born to Bernell and Eunice McDowell Piersall on a farm near Shattuck, Oklahoma on May 2, 1916. He and his four sisters and three brothers grew up during the days of the Dust Bowl. In his teens he serving in the CCC’s from 1935 to 1937, clearing land and building what is now Boiling Springs State Park in Woodward, Oklahoma. He joined the Army for 5 years in 1940 at the age of 24 serving in the field artillery reaching the rank of staff sergeant. After he and Gloria Merritt were united in marriage in February of 1945 they moved from Boston, Massachusetts to Hardtner, Kansas in 1946, where they have lived for 62 years. He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers; Jack and Teddy Keith and two sisters; Eva Kathryn Bonham and Eileen Gwinner. He is survived by his wife, Gloria, one brother; Bill of Hardtner, Kansas, two sisters; Treva Baker of Anthony, Kansas and Betty Lukens of Medicine Lodge, Kansas, over fifty nephews and nieces and a host of friends. Funeral service will be Tuesday, February 5, 2008 at 2:00 P.M. at the United Methodist Church in Hardtner with Pastor Elizabeth Kirkwood officiating. Burial will follow in the Hardtner-Elwood Cemetery. Arrangements are by Lanman Funeral Home, Inc. of Kiowa, Kansas. Memorials may be made to the Hardtner Public Library or the Methodist Church of Hardtner through the funeral home. Visitation will be Monday, February 4, 2008 from 9:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. |
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