Harold L. Axtell, 81, of Climax Springs, Missouri, formerly of Altamont, Kansas, died at 7:25 a.m., Thursday, February 5, 2009, at Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach, Missouri.
He was born July 7, 1927 at Altamont, Kansas to Lee and Golda (Brown) Axtell. He grew up in Altamont and graduated from the Labette County Community High School there in 1945.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1946 to 1947 in Italy. He lived in Wichita where he worked as a mechanic for a Ford dealership there. He also worked for Boeing Aircraft in Wichita and Ryan Aviation in California and Aerosmith Aviation in Salt Lake City. He retired from Murdock Inc. in Compton, California in 1982.
Following his retirement, he moved to the Lake of the Ozarks and had lived there since. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and helping his neighbors and friends. He had belonged to the Masonic Lodge in his early years.
SURVIVORS:
One Sister: Carol Salsbery and her husband, Kenneth – Parsons, Kansas
Several Nieces and Nephews
Several Great-Nieces and Great-Nephews
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery at Altamont. Friends may call at the Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Parsons after 11:00 a.m., Monday.
Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association or the American Diabetes Association. These may be left at or mailed to Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 374, Parsons, KS 67357. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Harold L. Axtell, please visit our flower store.
He was born July 7, 1927 at Altamont, Kansas to Lee and Golda (Brown) Axtell. He grew up in Altamont and graduated from the Labette County Community High School there in 1945.
He served in the U.S. Army from 1946 to 1947 in Italy. He lived in Wichita where he worked as a mechanic for a Ford dealership there. He also worked for Boeing Aircraft in Wichita and Ryan Aviation in California and Aerosmith Aviation in Salt Lake City. He retired from Murdock Inc. in Compton, California in 1982.
Following his retirement, he moved to the Lake of the Ozarks and had lived there since. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and helping his neighbors and friends. He had belonged to the Masonic Lodge in his early years.
SURVIVORS:
One Sister: Carol Salsbery and her husband, Kenneth – Parsons, Kansas
Several Nieces and Nephews
Several Great-Nieces and Great-Nephews
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother and two sisters.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, February 10, 2009, at the Mt. Pleasant Cemetery at Altamont. Friends may call at the Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Parsons after 11:00 a.m., Monday.
Memorials are suggested to the American Heart Association or the American Diabetes Association. These may be left at or mailed to Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 374, Parsons, KS 67357. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Harold L. Axtell, please visit our flower store.
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