Boytt Impson

Mr. Impson died Monday, Aug. 16, 2004, at Lawrence Presbyterian Manor.

He was born March 4, 1922, in Bokchito, Okla., the son of “Cap” Thomas Jefferson and Sadie Lester Impson.

He attended the Jones Academy and Chilloco Indian School. He received his bachelor’s degree in business education from Southeastern State College in Durant and his master’s degree in career counseling from East Texas State University in Commerce, Texas.

He served in the U.S. Army during World War II in Sicily, Italy, with the 134th Engineer Combat Battalion. He received the American Defense Service Ribbon, two Purple Hearts, an Oak Leaf Cluster and four Bronze Stars.

He retired in 1982 from Haskell Indian Nations University, where he was a career counselor for 23 years. Before moving to Lawrence, he was a high school teacher in Idaho and Wyoming. He was also a chemist for Gates Rubber Co. in Denver and a roughneck on oil rigs in Texas and Wyoming.

Mr. Impson was a member of Disabled American Veterans, American Legion Dorsey-Liberty Post No. 14, Lawrence Tennis Club, Square De-Lites Square Dance Club, River City Round Dance Club and the Haskell Retirees Club.

He married June Curtis. They later divorced.

Survivors include his companion, Betty Loucks, Lawrence; two sons, Loren, Mt. Ida, Ark., and Keiller, Dayton, Tenn.; one daughter, Delene Impson, Ottawa; one brother, Bon, Wynnewood, Okla.; two sisters, Sadie “Dot” Hampton, Fort Worth, Texas, and Lucille Thomas, Jerseyville, Ill.; seven grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.

The family suggests memorial contributions to the Nature Conservancy or to Alzheimer’s Research Foundation, sent in care of the mortuary.