Kellum services

Mr. Kellum died Saturday, June 7, 2003, at his home.

He was born Sept. 12, 1919, in rural Coffey County, the son of William C. and Mary Myrtle (Ferris) Kellum.

Mr. Kellum was a World War II veteran and earned the Purple Heart. He served in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska and in the South Pacific. He held various jobs after returning from the war. In 1956 his family moved to Lecompton, where he became a farmer.

He married Laura Crouch on July 3, 1941. She died July 24, 1981. He married Margaret Foley Moore on April 16, 1983. She survives of the home.

Other survivors include three sons, Wayne and Kenny, both of Lecompton, and Marvin “Buddy,” Pittsburgh; a daughter, Karen Ice, Lawrence; three stepsons, Stephen Moore, Basel, Switzerland, Charles Moore, Arlington, Wash., and Fredrick Moore, Auburn, Wash.; a stepdaughter, Rachelle Gasca, Seattle; three sisters, Verna “Babe” Brosemer and Geneva “Dot” Duncan, both of Topeka, and Benita Knight, Stover, Mo.; 11 grandchildren, eight stepgrandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, where the family will receive friends from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday.

The family suggests memorials to Douglas County Visiting Nurses Assn. or the Lecompton Historical Society, sent in care of the funeral home.

Online condolences may be sent at www.rumsey-yost.com.