2014 Fall Edition Newsletter

J. Carl Haley, age 86, passed away July 9, 2014 at his home in Paola, Kansas.

Carl was born February 25, 1928, to Harrison and Emma Haley, at Micawber, Oklahoma. His father died in 1932 and his mother died in 1977. Carl was reared and went to school in Okemah, Oklahoma. In May of 1946, he enlisted in the service with Battery B 4th FA Bn RTC and then was discharged to enlist into the regular Army to serve 18 months. During that service time he was assigned to the 521st Engineer Construction Battalion in Seoul, Korea, for four months, serving 12 months as tech 5 cook. He received his honorable discharge October 28, 1947. He returned to Okemah to work until moving to Paola in 1949. He made his home with his sister, Mary and her husband, Chuck Hollinsworth and was employed by Elmer Hagemeyer as maintenance man for the swimming pool and the Pla-Mart dance hall. )F NBSSJFE .JMESFE (SFBHPČ )BSU PO "VHVTU BU 1BPMB 6OJUFE .FUIPEJTU $IVSDI $BSM XBT employed by Miami County Highway Dept. from 1951 until the fall of 1952 when he was hired by Phillips Pipe Line Company terminal in Paola, Kansas, retiring in 1985 as Supervisor of the mechanical

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William Eugene Ewan, age 85, of Paola, Kansas passed away April 17, 2014 at his home.

Bill was born on January 7, 1929 in Olathe, Kansas to Floyd and Lula E. Ewan. He attended Olathe Public Schools and graduated from Olathe High School in 1947 and Central Business College in 1950. He was married to Mildred Colleen Metz on July 22, 1948. Bill worked at Dennis Chevrolet in Olathe for 15 years. He went to work for Chrysler Corporation in 1961 as an Internal Auditor. In his XPSL GPS $ISZTMFS IF USBWFMFE FYUFOTJWFMZ BOE MFę UIF DPSQPSBUJPO BT "DDPVOUJOH 4VQFSWJTPS JO *O IF CFDBNF UIF $ISZTMFS %FBMFS JO 1BPMB ,BOTBT "ę FS MFBWJOH UIF EFBMFSTIJQ JO IF XFOU

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He and Colleen cruised to the Caribbean three times and Alaska four times. Bill liked trains and they rode every Amtrak route in the USA and some Via routes in Canada. He was always active in real estate and had rentals in Johnson, Miami, and Linn counties. He also subdivided several farms.

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