Obituary of Claude Tankersley

CLAUDE B. TANKERSLEY, AGE 80, PASSED AWAY ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2007 AT THE WICHITA COUNTY LONG TERM CARE UNIT IN LEOTI, KANSAS. CLAUDE WAS BORN MARCH 19, 1926 AT HANNA, OKLAHOMA THE SON OF JAMES LEO & LIZZIE BETH REYNOLDS TANKERSLEY. HE HAD BEEN A WICHITA COUNTY RESIDENT SINCE THE LATE 1940'S. HE WAS A VETERAN OF WORLD WAR TWO SERVING IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. HE HAD BEEN OWNER/OPERATOR OF TANKERSLEY TRUCKING FROM 1947 UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 2002. CLAUDE'S MEMBERSHIPS INCLUDE ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH- MARIENTHAL, KANSAS V.F.W. POST #6752 LEOTI, KANSAS WICHITA COUNTY ROUGHRIDERS- LEOTI, KANSAS ON MAY 1, 1951 HE MARRIED CHRISTINA CLARA BAKER AT MARIENTHAL, KANSAS. SHE PASSED AWAY ON MARCH 21, 2004 AT LEOTI, KANSAS CLAUDE'S SURVIVORS INCLUDE- FIVE SONS STEVE- LEOTI, KANSAS ORAN- SCOTT CITY, KANSAS GORDON- LEOTI, KANSAS RAY- LEOTI, KANSAS DAVE- HUTCHINSON, KANSAS ONE BROTHER- JAMES, JR.- ANCHORAGE, ALASKA ONE SISTER- FAYE SIMPSON- EUFAULA, OKLAHOMA TWO COUSINS- VERA WEST- PHAROAH, OKLAHOMA LLOYD & GLADYS KETCHUM- EUFAULA, OKLAHOMA FOURTEEN GRANDCHILDREN, FOUR GREAT GRANDCHILDREN VIGIL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 7:00 P.M. FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2007 AT ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MARIENTHAL, KANSAS. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 10:30 A.M. SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 2007 AT ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MARIENTHAL, KANSAS WITH FATHER BENJAMIN MARTIN OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN ST. MARY CEMETERY, MARIENTHAL, KANSAS. FRIENDS MAY CALL FROM 10:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. FRIDAY AT PRICE & SONS FUNERAL HOME IN LEOTI, KANSAS. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO ST. MARY CATHOLIC CHURCH OR THE WICHITA COUNTY L.T.C.U. IN CARE OF THE FUNERAL HOME.