Norman Ray Stockebrand
PEABODY -- Norman Ray Stockebrand, 81,
known to most as Joe, retired accountant, died Monday (Oct. 12, 1998)
at Newton Medical Center.
He was born Feb. 10, 1917, in Yates
Center, at the family homestead located in the country, to Louis
Ernest and Alice Louise (Weide) Stockebrand. He married Maxine Sutton
Aug. 17, 1941, at First United Methodist Church in Salina. She
survives of Peabody.
He and his family moved to Yates Center
when "Joe" was two years old and he attended school, church
and grew up with brothers, sisters and several "double cousins."
He attended Pittsburgh State Teachers College where he majored in
business and accounting. He graduated in 1939.
He was drafted into the United States
Army and served several years. He taught school at Peabody High
School for four years. He was accountant for John Berns, Baker
Furniture and Carpet, Culligan, Hillsboro Industries and Peabody
Co-op. He also sold insurance.
He was a member of the Peabody United
Methodist Church, Masonic Lodge and past president of the Kiwanis
Club. He and his wife moved from their country home into Peabody in
January 1997.
Other survivors include: three
daughters, Beth Brown of Elkin, W.Va., Patricia Becker of Olathe and
Jo Lynn Lewis of Wichita; three brothers, Tom Stockebrand and Myron
Stockebrand, both of Clearwater, Fla., and Ernest Stockebrand of
Yates Center; one sister, Marilee Van Wye of Prairie Village; and
eight grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a grandson, Bradley
Allen Lewis.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m.
Thursday at United Methodist Church in Peabody with Pastor Robert
Priest officiating. Burial will be in the Prairie Lawn Cemetery.
Friends may call from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. today at Baker Funeral Home
in Peabody.
Memorials have been established with
Peabody United Methodist Church and Peabody Community Living Center
in care of the funeral home.
