Edward Fengler

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Edward Fengler, 84, Moundville, Mo., passed away suddenly Monday morning, Sept. 17, 2007, at his home. He was born on July 8, 1923, in Moundville, the son of Erich and Amanda Kuhlman Fengler. He was married to LaRue Young, on Feb. 22, 1947, in Fort Scott, Kan., and she survives of the home.

Ed was a member of the Community Christian Church, of Nevada. He attended grade school at Moore and graduated from Bronaugh High School in 1941. He served in World War II with the 377 anti-aircraft division in Germany, England, France, and Belgium as a medic. He was discharged in 1945 and farmed until his retirement.

Survivors, in addition to his wife LaRue, include three daughters, Sharon Hinds and her husband, Vic, of Moundville, Carol Long and her husband, Les, of Cleburne, Texas, and Kathy Keithly and her husband, Doug, of Tulsa, Okla.; six grandchildren, Vickie Sprague and her husband Larry, Carla Gilliam and her husband, Brian, Rodney Hinds and his wife, Julie, Brian Long and his wife, Sherry, and Erich and Scott Kiethly; eight great-grandchildren; two sisters, Thelma Kennedy, of Horton, Mo., and Wilma Snyder, of Bronaugh; several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and one sister, Clara Ingles.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m., on Wedensday, Sept. 19, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, with Wes Anderson officiating. Interment will follow in Newton Burial Park, Nevada. Friends may call now and until the hour of service at the funeral home.

Those who wish, may contribute to the Community Christian Church, or in care of Ferry Funeral Home.