Roy Franklin “Oscar” Mozingo

Roy Franklin “Oscar” Mozingo, 82, of Gridley, Kansas, passed away Thursday afternoon, July 30, 2015, at the Presbyterian Manor in Lawrence, Kansas.
He was born February 3, 1933, at Gridley, the son of Walter Lawrence and Esther A. (Smith) Mozingo.
He grew up in Gridley and graduated from Gridley High School in 1951.
He served in the United States Army from May 1953 to April 1955.
On January 29, 1956, Roy and Elsie J. Brewer were married in Emporia, Kansas. They became the parents of two daughters.
Roy was a heavy equipment operator. He worked on the construction of the new turnpike at Emporia, for Gridley Lumber Company and Diebolt Lumber Company in LaHarpe, KS. He worked with his father, W. L. Mozingo, and later owned and operated his own heavy equipment business.
Roy was a longtime member of the Gridley Christian Church. He was also a member of Hebron Lodge #314, A.F. & A.M. and Phillips-Stukey-Shaffer Post #296, American Legion in Gridley.
Roy and Elsie suffered the loss of their daughter, Janice Kay Trahan, on February 25, 1998.
He was also preceded in death by his parents; a son-in-law, Galen Douglass; two brothers, Walter and Melvin Mozingo; and a sister, Lillian Leighton.
He leaves Elsie, his wife of more than 59 years; his daughter, Debbie Douglass-Metsker and husband Phillip, Lawerence, KS; five grandchildren, Jeremy (Amy) Douglass, Baldwin City, KS, Jana (Tim) Flory, Lawrence, KS, Brooke (Gary) Tidd, Holly (Kevin) Day, and Thad Trahan and fiancé Hana Laymon, all of Yates Center, KS; ten great-grandchildren, Hannah Tribble, Lawrence, KS, Dalton Douglass, Hayleigh Wempe, and Galen “Dodge” Douglass, all of Baldwin City, KS, Brevin and Maison Flory, Lawrence, KS, and Kamdyn Trahan, Mylin, Bektin, and Logan Tidd, all of Yates Center. KS; his son-in-law, David Trahan, Yates Center; a brother, Gerald F. Mozingo, Lebanon, TN; a sister, Marjorie Hursh, Gridley, KS; a number of nieces and nephews; many other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held 10:30 Friday, August 7, 2015, at the Gridley Christian Church. Burial will follow in the Gridley Cemetery.
The family will meet with friends from 6:00 to 7:00 P.M. Thursday, August 6, at Jones Funeral Home in Burlington.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Gridley Christian Church, and may be sent in care of the funeral home.
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