Graveside services will be held at noon, Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at Riverview Cemetery in Arkansas City, KS. He died on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at the Hillside Village in De Soto, KS.
He was born on April 8, 1928 in Strawn, KS the son of Joe and Pearl (Sharp) Burkhart.
He attended various grade schools in Reece, Quincy, Virgil, Lamont, Humbolt & Belmont all in Kansas. He attended high school in Yates Center, KS and completed and received a G.E.D. from the USAF in 1953 at Columbus, OH.
He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War.
He went through air craft and engine school at Shepard Field in Wichita Falls, TX and through Foxboro instrument school in Dallas, TX. He worked for Job Hunt in Yates Center, KS for four years. He spent 17 years working for APCO Oil Company in Arkansas City, KS. He worked for Burkhart Electric in Lawrence for six years. He owned and operated Raco Electric in Lawrence and neighboring cities for 20 years from 1969 to 1989, always based in Lawrence & Kansas City, KS.
Eldon married Phyllis Ann Wilson June 24, 1950 in Arkansas City, KS. She survives of the home. To this union was born, one son, Steven Ray, Redondo Beach, CA. Steve has always been the apple of his parent's eyes, "aside from salvation", the greatest accomplishment to his parents here in this life. Other survivors include one brother, Vernon D. Burkhart, Yates Center, KS and two sisters, Bonnie Reno, Chanute, KS and Fran Morrison, Lawrence, KS. He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Paul, Nathan, Homer and Donald Burkhart; and one sister, Orvetta Burkhart "Rathbun".
-Journal World/Lawrence,Ks/02-25-2012
He was born on April 8, 1928 in Strawn, KS the son of Joe and Pearl (Sharp) Burkhart.
He attended various grade schools in Reece, Quincy, Virgil, Lamont, Humbolt & Belmont all in Kansas. He attended high school in Yates Center, KS and completed and received a G.E.D. from the USAF in 1953 at Columbus, OH.
He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War.
He went through air craft and engine school at Shepard Field in Wichita Falls, TX and through Foxboro instrument school in Dallas, TX. He worked for Job Hunt in Yates Center, KS for four years. He spent 17 years working for APCO Oil Company in Arkansas City, KS. He worked for Burkhart Electric in Lawrence for six years. He owned and operated Raco Electric in Lawrence and neighboring cities for 20 years from 1969 to 1989, always based in Lawrence & Kansas City, KS.
Eldon married Phyllis Ann Wilson June 24, 1950 in Arkansas City, KS. She survives of the home. To this union was born, one son, Steven Ray, Redondo Beach, CA. Steve has always been the apple of his parent's eyes, "aside from salvation", the greatest accomplishment to his parents here in this life. Other survivors include one brother, Vernon D. Burkhart, Yates Center, KS and two sisters, Bonnie Reno, Chanute, KS and Fran Morrison, Lawrence, KS. He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Paul, Nathan, Homer and Donald Burkhart; and one sister, Orvetta Burkhart "Rathbun".
-Journal World/Lawrence,Ks/02-25-2012
Graveside services will be held at noon, Tuesday, February 28, 2012 at Riverview Cemetery in Arkansas City, KS. He died on Thursday, February 23, 2012 at the Hillside Village in De Soto, KS.
He was born on April 8, 1928 in Strawn, KS the son of Joe and Pearl (Sharp) Burkhart.
He attended various grade schools in Reece, Quincy, Virgil, Lamont, Humbolt & Belmont all in Kansas. He attended high school in Yates Center, KS and completed and received a G.E.D. from the USAF in 1953 at Columbus, OH.
He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War.
He went through air craft and engine school at Shepard Field in Wichita Falls, TX and through Foxboro instrument school in Dallas, TX. He worked for Job Hunt in Yates Center, KS for four years. He spent 17 years working for APCO Oil Company in Arkansas City, KS. He worked for Burkhart Electric in Lawrence for six years. He owned and operated Raco Electric in Lawrence and neighboring cities for 20 years from 1969 to 1989, always based in Lawrence & Kansas City, KS.
Eldon married Phyllis Ann Wilson June 24, 1950 in Arkansas City, KS. She survives of the home. To this union was born, one son, Steven Ray, Redondo Beach, CA. Steve has always been the apple of his parent's eyes, "aside from salvation", the greatest accomplishment to his parents here in this life. Other survivors include one brother, Vernon D. Burkhart, Yates Center, KS and two sisters, Bonnie Reno, Chanute, KS and Fran Morrison, Lawrence, KS. He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Paul, Nathan, Homer and Donald Burkhart; and one sister, Orvetta Burkhart "Rathbun".
-Journal World/Lawrence,Ks/02-25-2012
He was born on April 8, 1928 in Strawn, KS the son of Joe and Pearl (Sharp) Burkhart.
He attended various grade schools in Reece, Quincy, Virgil, Lamont, Humbolt & Belmont all in Kansas. He attended high school in Yates Center, KS and completed and received a G.E.D. from the USAF in 1953 at Columbus, OH.
He was a U.S. Air Force veteran of the Korean War.
He went through air craft and engine school at Shepard Field in Wichita Falls, TX and through Foxboro instrument school in Dallas, TX. He worked for Job Hunt in Yates Center, KS for four years. He spent 17 years working for APCO Oil Company in Arkansas City, KS. He worked for Burkhart Electric in Lawrence for six years. He owned and operated Raco Electric in Lawrence and neighboring cities for 20 years from 1969 to 1989, always based in Lawrence & Kansas City, KS.
Eldon married Phyllis Ann Wilson June 24, 1950 in Arkansas City, KS. She survives of the home. To this union was born, one son, Steven Ray, Redondo Beach, CA. Steve has always been the apple of his parent's eyes, "aside from salvation", the greatest accomplishment to his parents here in this life. Other survivors include one brother, Vernon D. Burkhart, Yates Center, KS and two sisters, Bonnie Reno, Chanute, KS and Fran Morrison, Lawrence, KS. He was preceded in death by his parents; four brothers, Paul, Nathan, Homer and Donald Burkhart; and one sister, Orvetta Burkhart "Rathbun".
-Journal World/Lawrence,Ks/02-25-2012
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