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- Chanute Newspaper
..Jerry Willard Turner, 61, died Thursday, June 27, 2002 at the Neosho Memorial Regional Medical Center.
..He was born April 18, 1941 at Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of Willard M. Turner and Dorothy Smith Turner. He graduated from Uniontown High School, Uniontown, Kansas in 1959.
..He was the under sheriff for Bourbon County for two and one-half years and then became a Kansas Highway Patrol Trooper in Neosho County, Kansas in 1973. In June of 1993 he was promoted to Master Trooper and specialized in the Breath Alcohol Unit. He retired from the Highway Patrol in 1996. He was currently the Safety Director at Consolidated Oil Well Services in Chanute.
..His happiest times were spent at home with his family and attending his children's activities. He could always be found riding his Harley Davidson, sitting on the deck or at the pond, working in the yard, or cooking on the grill.
..He was a member of the Chanute Church of the Nazarene; was a former Troop-Director and Troop-Representative for the Kansas State Trooper's Association.
..On June 26, 1998 he married Karen Kimble at their home in Chanute, Kansas. She survives.
..Other survivors include 2 sons, Matt Turner of Independence, Kansas and Chris Turner of Lansing, Kansas; three daughters, Jade Turner of Emporia, Kansas, Jenna and Jerra Turner of Gordon, Nebraska; 2 step-sons, Brett Rollow of the home and Aaron Rollow of Grove, Oklahoma; 2 granddaughters, and 2 step-grandsons; his mother, Dorothy Turner-Evans of Chanute; a brother, James Turner of Devon, Kansas; a sister, Judy Funk of Chanute, Kansas.
..He was preceded in death by his father.
..Funeral services will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, July 1, 2002 at the Chanute Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Mark McCuistion officiating. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 29, 2002 and on Sunday from 2:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., both at Gibson-Koch-Friskel Chapel, Chanute.
..There will be a funeral procession Tuesday, from the Chanute Church of the Nazarene beginning at 1:30 p.m. to the Woods Cemetery in Redfield, Kansas where there will be a memorial graveside inturnment at 3:00 p.m. led by Pastor Mark McCuistion.
..The suggests memorial contributions to the Chanute Church of the Nazarene and may be left in care of the Gibson-Koch-Friskel Chapel, 16 N. Forest, Chanute, Kansas 66720.
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