Eugene McDonell

C. EUGENE McDONELL, AGE 79, WENT TO BE WITH HIS LORD ON FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2008 AT VIA CHRISTI/ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER IN WICHITA, KANSAS. GENE WAS BORN AUGUST 31, 1928 IN ORDWAY, COLORADO, THE SON OF CLYDE WILBUR AND EDITH FRANCES COLLINS McDONELL. A RESIDENT OF LEOTI SINCE 1953 MOVING FROM ORDWAY, COLORADO, HE WAS THE RETIRED OWNER/OPERATOR OF McDONELL LANDLEVELING COMPANY, BUILDING SEVERAL ROAD AND BRIDGES IN WESTERN KANSAS AS WELL AS DOING CUSTOM LANDLEVELING. GENE WAS A FORMER MEMBER OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH IN LEOTI, KANSAS AND FOWLER, COLORADO. ON JUNE 25, 1950 HE MARRIED ESTHER LEE COLTRIN AT FOWLER, COLORADO. SHE SURVIVES. GENE'S OTHER SURVIVORS INCLUDE TWO DAUGHTERS AND THEIR HUSBANDS- MICHELLE & MARK JONES- LEOTI, KANSAS MELISSA & GREG FLETCHER- LEOTI, KANSAS ONE SISTER- EMMELINE GREEN- FRIONA, TEXAS SEVEN GRANDCHILDREN KRISTEN, MATT & KAITLIN JONES TIFFANY, BRECK, NEIL & GABE FLETCHER HE WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 2:00 P.M. MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2008 AT THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH IN LEOTI, KANSAS WITH THE REVEREND RICK JUST OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL BE IN LEOTI CEMETERY. FRIENDS MAY CALL FROM 3:00 P.M. TO 8:00 P.M. SUNDAY & 10:00 A.M. TO 11:00 A.M. MONDAY AT PRICE & SONS FUNERAL HOME IN LEOTI, KANSAS. MEMORIALS MAY BE GIVEN TO THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OR WICHITA COUNTY AMUSEMENT ASSOCIATION IN CARE OF THE FUNERAL HOME.