Arthur West

Obituaries

September 30, 2010 - 12:00 AM

Arthur Lee West, 90, of rural Moran died Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010, at Windsor Place Nursing Center in Iola.
He was born Jan. 31, 1920, west of Iola, to Charles and Fransina (Morning) West. He grew up in Iola and served in the U.S. Army during World War II.
On Sept. 22, 1942, he married Ruby I. Koon at Fort Ord, Calif., where he was stationed with the Army. Following his honorable discharge, they made their home in Iola where he worked at Lehigh Portland Cement Company and at Abts Auto Parts. They moved to a farm southwest of Moran in 1945 where he farmed and had a dairy. From 1956 to 1962, they made their home in Denver, Colo., where he worked for ICX Trucking. They returned to the farm in 1962.
He was a member of Paint Creek Church of the Brethren in rural Uniontown and American Legion Post No. 385 in Moran.
He is survived by his wife of the home; two sons, Dick and his wife, Dixie, Elsmore, and Ralph and his wife, Virga, Friend; four grandchildren, Jena Parker and her husband, Scott, Shawnee, Aaron West, Manhattan, Sarah West, Merriam, and Amber West, Friend; and one great-granddaughter.
Four brothers, Tommy, Charles Elzie “Rosie,” Ray and Glen, and two sisters, Ruby and Mary, died earlier.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel in Iola. The Rev. Chub Bolling will officiate. Burial will be in Moran Cemetery with military honors.
Memorials to Moran American Legion may be left at the funeral home. Online condolences for the family may be left at iolafuneral.com.

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