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Junior Dale Hosford
October 3, 1922 — November 9, 2017
Junior Dale Hosford, 95, Olathe, Kansas died Thursday, November 9, 2017 at Homestead Memory Care of Olathe, KS.
Graveside services and burial will be Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 11:00 A.M. at the Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas. The Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home has been entrusted with the final care.
Dale was born October 3, 1922 in Whiting, KS, the son of Frances Elmo and Mary Ann Gragg Hosford. He attended Muscotah Elementary School, Muscotah, KS and graduated from Atchison High School, Atchison, KS.
Dale and Edna M. Pruett of Atchison, KS, were united in marriage on December 20, 1941 in Platte City, MO. Edna was the love of his life and they enjoyed more than 75 years together until her death at age 93 on July 20, 2017.
Dale served in the United States Army from November 23, 1942 until his honorable discharge on January 14, 1946. He had been stationed and served in northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and central Europe and was awarded the European African Middle Eastern Theatre Campaign Ribbon and the Victory Ribbon. On return from the war Dale worked for the Missouri Pacific Railway and then as a patrolman for the Kansas Highway Patrol. In later years, Dale and his wife owned and operated several restaurants, including Buzz-Inn Restaurants in Garden City, KS and Newton, KS and the A & W Restaurant in Newton, KS for over twenty five years before retiring in 1993 to Lenexa, KS.
Survivors include, two sons, John (Connie) Hosford, Newton, KS; Mark (Natalie) Hosford, Lawrence, KS; two daughters, Pamela (Tom) Hill, Lenexa, KS; Kathryn (Ed) Lee, Salina, KS; nine grandchildren, twenty-six grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
Graveside services and burial will be Wednesday, December 20, 2017 at 11:00 A.M. at the Leavenworth National Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas. The Arensberg-Pruett Funeral Home has been entrusted with the final care.
Dale was born October 3, 1922 in Whiting, KS, the son of Frances Elmo and Mary Ann Gragg Hosford. He attended Muscotah Elementary School, Muscotah, KS and graduated from Atchison High School, Atchison, KS.
Dale and Edna M. Pruett of Atchison, KS, were united in marriage on December 20, 1941 in Platte City, MO. Edna was the love of his life and they enjoyed more than 75 years together until her death at age 93 on July 20, 2017.
Dale served in the United States Army from November 23, 1942 until his honorable discharge on January 14, 1946. He had been stationed and served in northern France, Ardennes, Rhineland and central Europe and was awarded the European African Middle Eastern Theatre Campaign Ribbon and the Victory Ribbon. On return from the war Dale worked for the Missouri Pacific Railway and then as a patrolman for the Kansas Highway Patrol. In later years, Dale and his wife owned and operated several restaurants, including Buzz-Inn Restaurants in Garden City, KS and Newton, KS and the A & W Restaurant in Newton, KS for over twenty five years before retiring in 1993 to Lenexa, KS.
Survivors include, two sons, John (Connie) Hosford, Newton, KS; Mark (Natalie) Hosford, Lawrence, KS; two daughters, Pamela (Tom) Hill, Lenexa, KS; Kathryn (Ed) Lee, Salina, KS; nine grandchildren, twenty-six grandchildren and five great-great grandchildren.
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