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Marion "Gale" Albers

Birth
Ponca City, Kay County, Oklahoma, USA
Death
28 Sep 1997 (aged 68)
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lakes, Lot 32, Space 9
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Marion Gale Albers

WICHITA, Kan. - Gale Albers, former Ponca City resident, died Sunday, Sept. 28, 1997, at the Via Christi-St. Joseph Hospital, Wichita, Kan. He was 68.

A rosary will be conducted at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the DeVorss Flanagan-Hunt Mortuary, 201 South Hydraulic in Wichita. The funeral Mass will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Church of the Magdalen in Wichita. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery in Wichita.

Marion Gale Albers was born April 27, 1929, in Ponca City, the son of Walter F. and Irene (Davis) Albers. He grew up and attended schools in Ponca City. He served as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army.

On Nov. 27, 1957, he was married to Norma Lee Dodson in Ponca City and the couple made their home in Wichita, where Albers was employed at Cessna Aircraft as a mod mechanic. He retired in 1993, and spent his retirement years enjoying his family and grandchildren.

Survivors include his wife, Norma Lee, of the home in Wichita; two daughters, DeAnn Konkel and her husband Sam of Haysville, Kan., and Laura Lee Helm and her husband, Rocky, of Wichita, Kan.; two sisters, Phyllis Mingo and her husband Dick, of Bountiful, Utah, and Joan "Jodie" Gilbert of Ponca City; one brother-in-law Warren Adler of Ponca City; and three grandchildren, Seth Konkel, Shelbie Konkel and Colton Helm. He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter F. and Irene Albers; and one sister, Maudine "Dean" Adler.

Memorial contributions may be made in Mr. Albers' name to the American Red Cross, 707 North Main Street, Wichita, KS 67203 or to the Catholic Charities Foundation, 437 North Topeka, Wichita, KS 67202.

From The Pages Of The Ponca City News, Tuesday, September 30, 1997
Marion Gale Albers

WICHITA, Kan. - Gale Albers, former Ponca City resident, died Sunday, Sept. 28, 1997, at the Via Christi-St. Joseph Hospital, Wichita, Kan. He was 68.

A rosary will be conducted at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the DeVorss Flanagan-Hunt Mortuary, 201 South Hydraulic in Wichita. The funeral Mass will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday at the Church of the Magdalen in Wichita. Burial will be in Lakeview Cemetery in Wichita.

Marion Gale Albers was born April 27, 1929, in Ponca City, the son of Walter F. and Irene (Davis) Albers. He grew up and attended schools in Ponca City. He served as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army.

On Nov. 27, 1957, he was married to Norma Lee Dodson in Ponca City and the couple made their home in Wichita, where Albers was employed at Cessna Aircraft as a mod mechanic. He retired in 1993, and spent his retirement years enjoying his family and grandchildren.

Survivors include his wife, Norma Lee, of the home in Wichita; two daughters, DeAnn Konkel and her husband Sam of Haysville, Kan., and Laura Lee Helm and her husband, Rocky, of Wichita, Kan.; two sisters, Phyllis Mingo and her husband Dick, of Bountiful, Utah, and Joan "Jodie" Gilbert of Ponca City; one brother-in-law Warren Adler of Ponca City; and three grandchildren, Seth Konkel, Shelbie Konkel and Colton Helm. He was preceded in death by his parents, Walter F. and Irene Albers; and one sister, Maudine "Dean" Adler.

Memorial contributions may be made in Mr. Albers' name to the American Red Cross, 707 North Main Street, Wichita, KS 67203 or to the Catholic Charities Foundation, 437 North Topeka, Wichita, KS 67202.

From The Pages Of The Ponca City News, Tuesday, September 30, 1997


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