Obituary for Wilbur Dean Kennedy Parker
Wilbur Dean Kennedy, 64, Parker, died December 19, 2001, at University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. at Eddy Birchard Funeral Home in Osawatomie with Rev. Richard Landess officiating. Born July 6, 1937, in Rantoul to Dean and Helen Sarah Kennedy, he graduated Lane High School in 1958 and married Leona Waddle in Ottawa in the mid 1950s.
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Wilbur Dean Kennedy Parker
Wilbur Dean Kennedy
Parker
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Eddy Birchard
Kennedy family man known for trucking and farming
Kennedy was a longtime truck driver and mechanic who owned Kennedy Trucking and built K and T Sales a Parker grocery. He also farmed the past 30 years and left four sons and five daughters plus two sisters and 19 grandchildren. Burial in Lane Cemetery with memorials to the American Diabetes Association. DIANA LYNN SMITH BURLINGTON Diana Lynn Smith 47 died December 21 2001 at her home after a battle with cancer. She had worked at multiple local businesses and was a member of First Baptist Church. Survived by husband Dennis Ray Smith son Tony Ray Chip Smith daughter Traci Lynn Smith brother and half siblings and two grandchildren. Burial at Graceland Cemetery Burling ton, memorials to her church.
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Ray Dean Kennedy
David Davison
Randy Kennedy
Springfield
Ronnie Kennedy
Melvern
Penny Holloman
Dawn Wendt
Pittsburg
Ida Trammell
Tulsa
Okla
Sarah Akes
Amy Kennedy
Betty L. Williams
Stillwell
Ramona Beach
Riverside
Calif
Katherine
Lindsay Kennedy
Tiana Trammell
Lane Cemetery
American Diabetes Association
Diana Lynn Smith
Burlington
Burlington First Baptist Church
Verl Ray
Edith
Llewellyn) Stewart
Alva
Freedom
Dennis Ray Smith
Perryton
Texas
Goodland
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Daily Republican
Hoover’s Thriftway
Graceland Cemetery
Not Great Escape at Dadeland Mall
A woman identified as Marsha Reid, 19, allegedly stole $900 in clothing from Dadeland Mall. She fled security, then jumped into the parked car of two off duty Miami-Dade officers Maj Grace O'Donnell and Lt James O'Donnell, attempting to escape while in handcuffs.
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Marsha Reid
Dadeland Mall
Reid
Miami-Dade
Maj
Grace O’donnell
James O'Donnell
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