LARRY OBERLE
1934 - 2018
Obituary
Larry Joseph Oberle of Newton passed
away of cancer on Monday (Jan. 1, 2018). He was 83. Services will be
at Trinity Heights United Methodist Church, 1200 Boyd Ave., Newton,
KS 67114.
Mr. Oberle was born in Great Bend on
March 17, 1934, and was raised on a farm near Claflin.
He graduated from St. Joseph's Military
Academy in Hays. He attended Kansas State University in Manhattan and
was in the U.S. Army from 1953 to 1956, serving in Korea and Japan.
Except for three years working for
Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Co. in Pampa, Texas, he worked in the
grain elevator business until retiring in 1991. He worked for General
Mills, Producers Grain Corporation and Continental Grain Company in
Amarillo, Texas; Enid, Oklahoma; Independence, Missouri; Columbus,
Ohio; Kearney, Nebraska; and Dumas, Texas. Larry was a manager for
TNM&O Bus Company in Amarillo, Texas. He was the driver for the
Regal Eagle at the University of North Texas.
Larry enjoyed bicycling, woodworking
and gardening. He attended Trinity Heights United Methodist Church in
Newton.
He was Roman Catholic and a Third
Degree Lifetime member of the Knights of Columbus, Council 4621 in
Amarillo, Texas.
He married Kaye LeMaster on May 13,
1957, in Pampa, Texas.
Survivors include wife, Kaye Oberle;
two sons, Scott (Connie) of McKinney, Texas, and Clark (Stephanie) of
Justin, Texas; daughter, Jessie Kaye (James Ontiveros) of Newton;
seven grandchildren: Lyndsey of Atlanta, Sarah of Washington, D.C.,
Jennifer of Buffalo, New York, Susannah of Cottage Grove, Minnesota,
Alyssa of Fort Worth, Texas, Colby of Sherman, Texas, and Chase of
Justin, Texas; and 10 great-grandchildren. He is also survived by
three brothers: Mark Oberle of Victoria, Texas, Kent Oberle of
Midland, Texas, and Rick Oberle of Suffolk, Virginia; and two
sisters, Sr. Zita Oberle of Wichita and Doris Griffin of Overland
Park.
He was preceded in death by a sister,
JoAnn Winkler of Great Bend.
Memorial service will be 10:30 a.m.
Friday (Jan. 5, 2018) at Trinity Heights United Methodist Church,
with Pastor Donna Voteau presiding. Recitation of the Holy Rosary
will be 7 p.m. Thursday (Jan. 4, 2018) at Trinity Heights United
Methodist Church and the family will receive friends following the
Rosary.
Memorial gifts are suggested to Prairie
View, PO Box 467, Newton, KS 67114 or Cal Farley's Boy's Ranch, PO
Box 1890, Amarillo, TX 79174-0001.
