Harold Thomas Black
December 2, 1926 — November 4, 2014
Harold Thomas Black
Harold Thomas Black passed away November 4, 2014. He was born on December 2, 1926 in Greenwood County, Kansas to John and Ethel K. Black. He graduated from Reece High School in 1942 and attended Kansas State College in Manhattan, Kansas. He entered the US Navy in January 1945 and served in the Pacific during World War II. After his Honorable Discharge from the service in April 1946, he returned to K-State and earned a bachelor’s degree in animal husbandry in 1948. He was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity.
Harold married Virginia Lee Chamberlin of Kansas City, Kansas on May 28, 1949. The couple farmed in Greenwood County. Subsequently the family moved to Eureka and later Chanute, Kansas where Harold worked at grain elevators. Harold joined the Adolph Coors Company as an agronomist in 1970 in Monte Vista, Colorado and moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho in 1972 where he continued with Coors until his retirement in 1992. Harold and Virginia returned to Eureka in 1996. The Black family attended the Christian Congregational Church in Eureka.
He is preceded in death by his parents, a son Paul Thomas, and his sister Mary R. Symcox. He is survived by his wife Virginia of Eureka, and his children Dr. John A Black, Akron Ohio; Rebecca A. Hurt, Wichita, Kansas; Sarah E. Willis, Plano, Texas; and David R. Black, McKinney, Texas. He is survived by his sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, eight grandchildren, and his sisters Dorothy M. Black, Denver, Colorado and Virginia Stanfield, Reece, Kansas.
Memorial services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Friday, November 7, 2014 at Koup Family Funeral Home in Eureka. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Greenwood County Historical Society Museum or to the Eureka Public Library. Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home, P.O. Box 595, Eureka, KS 67045, which was in charge of service arrangements.
Harold Thomas Black passed away November 4, 2014. He was born on December 2, 1926 in Greenwood County, Kansas to John and Ethel K. Black. He graduated from Reece High School in 1942 and attended Kansas State College in Manhattan, Kansas. He entered the US Navy in January 1945 and served in the Pacific during World War II. After his Honorable Discharge from the service in April 1946, he returned to K-State and earned a bachelor’s degree in animal husbandry in 1948. He was a member of the Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity.
Harold married Virginia Lee Chamberlin of Kansas City, Kansas on May 28, 1949. The couple farmed in Greenwood County. Subsequently the family moved to Eureka and later Chanute, Kansas where Harold worked at grain elevators. Harold joined the Adolph Coors Company as an agronomist in 1970 in Monte Vista, Colorado and moved to Idaho Falls, Idaho in 1972 where he continued with Coors until his retirement in 1992. Harold and Virginia returned to Eureka in 1996. The Black family attended the Christian Congregational Church in Eureka.
He is preceded in death by his parents, a son Paul Thomas, and his sister Mary R. Symcox. He is survived by his wife Virginia of Eureka, and his children Dr. John A Black, Akron Ohio; Rebecca A. Hurt, Wichita, Kansas; Sarah E. Willis, Plano, Texas; and David R. Black, McKinney, Texas. He is survived by his sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, eight grandchildren, and his sisters Dorothy M. Black, Denver, Colorado and Virginia Stanfield, Reece, Kansas.
Memorial services will be held at 10:00 A.M., Friday, November 7, 2014 at Koup Family Funeral Home in Eureka. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Greenwood County Historical Society Museum or to the Eureka Public Library. Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home, P.O. Box 595, Eureka, KS 67045, which was in charge of service arrangements.
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