Forrest Elwood Jolly

Meriden – Memorial services for Forrest Elwood Jolly, 70, Ozawkie, will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Meriden United Methodist Church. Inurnment will be in Mount Vernon Cemetery in Atchison.Mr. Jolly died Thursday, Jan. 4, 2007, at his home. He was born Oct. 12, 1936, in Atchison, the son of Forrest E. and Ina S. Myers Jolly. He graduated from Atchison High School in 1954. He received his Bachelor of Science from Emporia State University and Master of Science in Education from Kansas University in 1988.Mr. Jolly served in the U.S. Air Force and was awarded the Soldier’s Medal for heroism. He worked for Kansas University in the Department of Student Services. He retired as a teacher from Capital City Schools in School District 501. He was a member of the Meriden United Methodist Church and was a life member of Masonic Lodge 158 in Atchison.He married Grace Olive Stouppe on Dec. 21, 1962, in Atchison. She survives, of the home. Other survivors include a sister, Patricia Miller, Atchison.The family suggests memorials to Jefferson County Friends of Hospice, sent in care of Barnett-Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, P.O. Box 416, Oskaloosa, 66066.