William Fail

Obituaries

August 6, 2011 - 12:00 AM

William “Bill” O. Fail, 95, of Chanute died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center in Chanute.
Bill was born on Oct. 18, 1915, in Rest, the son of George Roy and Bessie M. (Ramp) Fail. He attended Altoona schools.
On May 2, 1937, he married Winifred W. Worley in Los Angeles, Calif. They made their home in Los Angeles until 1947 when they moved to this area.
He worked as a machinist for Norris Stamping Manufacturing in Los Angeles during World War II. Upon his return to the area he was a farmer in Wilson County, and he also worked as a plant line manager for the Parsons Army Ordinance Plant until his retirement.
He was a member of the NFO, Humboldt Farmer’s Co-op board member, Cedar Creek Watershed Conservation board, Do-Si-Do Square Dance Club and Faith Bible Church in Chanute.
Along with his wife Winifred, he is survived by three daughters, Patricia A. Fail and her husband, Kenneth Sprague, Iola, Janice L. Van Hoozer and her husband, Gary, Buffalo, and Rita Hart, Independence; a son, Gary D. Fail and his wife, Connie, Chanute; grandchildren, Kiz and Joel Porter, Kip and Summer Van Hoozer, Kevin Olson, Brett and Betsy Olson, Valerie and Jay-Michael Jones, Nicholas and Amber Hart, James Hart and Brandon Fail and his fiancee, Jamie Bailey; great-grandchildren, Kassidy and Kaila Shockley, Warrick and Vera Olson and Whitley  and Deacon Jones; a brother, Marion Arthur, Chanute; and a sister, Ruby Juanita Fail Fusco, Topeka.
He was preceded in death by a sister, Reva Jean Amrine, and three brothers, Ivan Junior, Louis Irvin and Donald Roger Fail.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday at High Prairie Church in rural Altoona. Burial will follow in Altoona Cemetery.                                            
Visitation will be on Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Penwell-Gabel Gibson Chapel in Chanute.
Memorials to Cherry Street Youth Center or Kevin Olson Van Fund may be left at the funeral home.

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