Jack Oliver Wade
November 27, 1939 — January 15, 2012
Jack Oliver Wade, of Piedmont, died at Via Christi-St. Frances Hospital, in Wichita, on January 15, 2012, at the age of 72.
He was born in Piedmont on November 27, 1939, the son of Lyle “Shorty” and Loraine (Flaize) Wade. He was raised in Piedmont and Graduated with the class o 1957 from Piedmont High School.
On February 14, 1960 Jack was united in marriage to Karen Sue Lyon in Columbus, Kansas. She preceded him in death on May 16, 2000.
Jack worked as a farmhand for area farmers after his schooling, then as a painter for the Wichita Board of Education, and retired in 1986 as a machinist where he had worked for several Wichita companies. He started the Piedmont Fireworks Company in 1970, and after his retirement he worked there fulltime.
He is survived by son, Roy L. Wade and his wife, Crystal of Piedmont, grandchildren Jeff Decker and his wife Doris, Eric Whitaker, Feebee Bush, and Oliver Wade all of Piedmont, great grandson, Cort Decker of Piedmont, brothers, Richard Wade of Eureka, Paul Wade of Severy, and Roy Wade of Eureka, and sister Vivetta Hall of Guthrie, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his parents and wife.
In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established in his name to the Greenwood County Relay for Life and may be left in care of Koup Family Funeral Home at P.O. Box 595, Eureka, Kansas 67045.
He was born in Piedmont on November 27, 1939, the son of Lyle “Shorty” and Loraine (Flaize) Wade. He was raised in Piedmont and Graduated with the class o 1957 from Piedmont High School.
On February 14, 1960 Jack was united in marriage to Karen Sue Lyon in Columbus, Kansas. She preceded him in death on May 16, 2000.
Jack worked as a farmhand for area farmers after his schooling, then as a painter for the Wichita Board of Education, and retired in 1986 as a machinist where he had worked for several Wichita companies. He started the Piedmont Fireworks Company in 1970, and after his retirement he worked there fulltime.
He is survived by son, Roy L. Wade and his wife, Crystal of Piedmont, grandchildren Jeff Decker and his wife Doris, Eric Whitaker, Feebee Bush, and Oliver Wade all of Piedmont, great grandson, Cort Decker of Piedmont, brothers, Richard Wade of Eureka, Paul Wade of Severy, and Roy Wade of Eureka, and sister Vivetta Hall of Guthrie, Oklahoma. He was preceded in death by his parents and wife.
In lieu of flowers a memorial has been established in his name to the Greenwood County Relay for Life and may be left in care of Koup Family Funeral Home at P.O. Box 595, Eureka, Kansas 67045.
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