Services for Eldred Lee Earl, 69, Lawrence, will be at 2:00 p.m. Thursday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. Burial will be 11:00 a.m. Monday, in the Pleasant View Cemetery in Logan, Kansas.
Mr. Earl died Sunday, December 19, 2010, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital, in Lawrence, Kansas.
He was born April 30, 1941, in Speed, Kansas, the son of Dean Elton Earl and Zelma LaVern Quanz Hoover.
Mr. Earl worked as a Die Cut Operator at Lawrence Paper Company for 38 years.
He married Rosalee Marie Carver, March 22, 1969 in Phillipsburg, Kansas at the First Baptist Church. She survives of the home.
He was preceded in death by his mother, father, step-father, a niece and a nephew.
Mr. Earl was a benefactor and active member of the NRA, participated in the civil war reenacting, he enjoyed western movies, and collecting John Wayne memorabilia.
Other survivors include two brothers, Larry Dean Earl and wife Patricia, Glade, KS, Skip Lee Hoover and wife Sammy, Emporia, KS; sisters, Sally Kay McCorkle, Phoenix, AZ, Connie Beth Bigler, Lindsborg, KS, Tonda Earl Hugill and husband Pat, Chandler, AZ; 8 nieces and nephews; and 5 great nieces and nephews.
Friends may call from noon to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home, where the family will receive them from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday.
The family suggests memorials to the Eldred Lee Earl Memorial Fund, sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, P.O. Box 1260, Lawrence, KS 66044.
We were so sorry to hear about Lee. Just want to let you know that you are in our thoughts…
A few times in life one meets another who, from the beginning, occupies a special place in one’s life and thoughts. Lee was one of those, and I am deeply saddened by his passing. Please know that he will be remembered long after today. My feelings are with Rosalee and his extended family, and I wich for you all the happiness in the future that must have been yours with Lee in your lives.
We are greatly sadden by your loss. We all have lost a good friend.
Please accept my deepest sympathies for your loss. There is a void that cannot be replaced. Our loved ones have a permanent impact on our lives and they should never leave us. Their influence is invaluable all throughout our life, so they should be with us forever, especially when we have a problem and we need their advice. The God of all comfort wanted mankind to live forever and never experience suffering, pain and death. He sent his Son to earth to erase everything that plagues mankind, particularly death. God’s Kingdom headed by Christ will establish a Paradise earth and bring our precious loved ones back again so we can enjoy living with them happy and healthy and sharing all our experiences with them, never to loss them again.