Obituary of Charles Gish

CHARLES (CHUCK) WILLIAM GISH, AGE 77, PASSED AWAY ON THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 2008 AT WICHITA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER IN LEOTI, KANSAS. HE WAS BORN MAY 15, 1930 AT CALHAN, COLORADO, THE SON OF GEORGE A. & FERN E. HUNTSMAN GISH. HE HAD BEEN AT LEOTI RESIDENT SINCE 1971 MOVING FROM COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO. HE WAS A LABORER FOR HI- PLAINS FEEDYARD, FARMCO AT SELKIRK, KANSAS AND FOR RICHIE ROAD CONSTRUCTION. HE WAS A U.S. ARMY VETERAN OF THE KOREAN CONFLICT. MEMBERSHIPS INCLUDE- UNITED METHODIST CHURCH- LEOTI, KANSAS V.F.W.- LEOTI, KANSAS MOTO GUZZI MOTORCYCLE CLUB ON NOVEMBER 8, 1975 HE MARRIED PEGGY ANN CLARK AT LEOTI, KANSAS. SHE SURVIVES. OTHER SURVIVORS INCLUDE- FIVE SONS AND THEIR SPOUSES- CHARLES & MARY GISH- GARNETT, KANSAS CLAYTON GISH- GARNETT, KANSAS KENNETH & ISABELLE GISH, JR- GARDEN CITY, KANSAS STEVEN CLARK- LEOTI, KANSAS BOBBY MATTHEWS- DENVER, COLORADO FIVE DAUGHTERS AND THEIR SPOUSES- DEBBIE HOLTON- GARNETT, KANSAS DONNA & STEVE SCHWINDT- OTTAWA, KANSAS LINDA & ROBERT MEYER- LOVELAND, COLORADO GLENDA HORACEK- MENLO, KANSAS DEBBIE MATTHEWS- OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA ONE BROTHER AND HIS WIFE- DUANE & JOYCE GISH- SEDRO WOLLEY, WASHINGTON FIVE SISTERS & THEIR SPOUSES- CAROL & CHARLES ENRIQUEZ- CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS OPAL & CLARENCE LEFTWICH- CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS SANDY & DEAN GOIN- COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO BARBARA & BOB CARPENTER- WOODLAND PARK, COLORADO GEORGIA MAE PETRIE- COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO TWENTYSIX GRANDCHILDREN, THIRTYFIVE GREAT GRTANDCHILDREN HE WAS PREDEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS, A BROTHER, A DAUGHTER AND A GRANDDAUGHTER. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2:00 P.M. TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2008 AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN LEOTI, KANSAS WITH THE REVEREND RICK JUST OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN LEOTI CEMETERY WITH MILITARY HONORS PROVIDED BY THE LEOTI V.F.W. FRIENDS MAY CALL FROM 11:00 A.M. TO 8:00 P.M. MONDAY AND FROM 10:00 TO 11:00 A.M. TUESDAY AT PRICE & SONS FUNERAL HOME IN LEOTI, KANSAS. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVE TO THE CHUCK GISH MEMORIAL FUND IN CARE OF THE FUNERAL HOME.