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Obituary- Queen, Earl 1

Earl Queen Dies of Cancer
Services were held Wednesday afternoon in the Rossville Methodist Church for Earl Wayne Queen, 16, who died Sunday in a Topeka hospital where he had been a patient since September 21. He had been ill 13 months with cancer.

Earl was born April 29, 1951 in Topeka and had lived in Rossville since he was nine months old. He was president of his sophomore class at Rossville High School and was a member of the Rossville chapter of Future Farmers of America.

He was a member of the Rossville Methodist Church and was active in the Rossville-Delia youth group of the church. He was president of the Rossville Rustlers 4-H Club. He had been employed by the Rossville Implement Company.

Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Helen Queen at home; his father, Donald W. Queen, Tecumseh; a sister, Rita Lou Queen, at home; and two brothers, Douglas Joe Queen and John Lee Queen, both of the home; and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne H. Spears, of Rossville, and Mr. and Mrs. C.T. Queen of Silver Lake.

Classes at Rossville High School were dismissed Wednesday for the funeral. The casket remained closed during services. Burial was in Rossville Cemetery.

Parker Mortuary of Topeka was in charge of arrangements. The family has announced that memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society.

[From Shawnee County Recorder 26 Oct 1967]

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