Whelan, Lonnie Randall (1941 – 2011)

WHELAN, KOBS, MCTWIGGAN, OBARA, FISH, KIBBY, SOMA, HORST

Posted By: Denise Wurner (email)
Date: 9/19/2013 at 19:28:18

Name of deceased: Lonnie Randall Whelan

Aged: 69 yrs, 7 mo, 19 days

Residence: Osceola, MO

Born: Aug. 14, 1941 in Harlan, IA

Died: April 2, 2011 at Cox hospital, Springfield, MO

Funeral services: Memorial service: April 8, 2011, at the Dunnegan Bible Baptist church in Dunnegan MO; Graveside Services at Graceland Cemetery, Avoca, IA; Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Survived by: wife, Janice Whelan of Osceola, MO; son, Lonnie Whelan Jr. (spouse, Ann-Margaret) of San Clemente, CA; step children, Kevin Kobs (spouse, Sheril) of Avoca, IA, Keith Kobs (spouse, Cindy) of Avoca, IA, Kim Kobs of Maryville, TN, and Kathy Mctwiggan of AZ; grandchildren, Carly, Nick, and Ryann of San Clemente, CA; step-grandchildren by a previous marriage that was very special to him: Yvette, Donnie, Kathy and Jeff Obara; 9 step-grandchildren; 9 step-great-grandchildren; mother, Zoe (nee Fish) Kibby of Dunlap, IA; sister, Keva Soma of Dunlap, IA; brothers, Kevin Kibby of Osceola, MO, Kelly Kibby (spouse, Toni) of Westside, IA; nieces; nephews; extended family and friends

Predeceased by: Father, Raymond Whelan; stepfather, Cless Kibby; infant baby sister, Kyla Kibby; brother-in-law, Les Soma

Education: attended school in Harlan, IA, and Dunlap, IA areas; graduated 1959

Religious affiliation: was baptized at the Dunnegan Bible Baptist Church, Dunnegan, MO, on April 25, 2010

Military service: U. S. Marine Corps, 1960 - 1964

Marriages: (1) no information provided (2) Janice Marie Horst; May 1999; location not provided

Employment: retired in 2007 from many years in the trucking industry. In 2008, he began driving the school bus for the Osceola (MO) school system.

Hobbies/Interests: no information provided

Sources: ancestry.com, findagrave.com, pauleyjones.com