Leonard H. Bell, age 83, of Hays died Wednesday, September 12, 2012, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas.
Leonard was born March 6, 1929, in Hays to Leonard and Mary (Bollig) Bell. He was a U. S. Army Korean War Veteran. He was a machine operator for Thompson Pipe and Steel. He married Rita Wolf in February, 2007 in Victoria, Kansas. He was a member of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include his wife, Rita of the Sterling House in Hays; his sister, Neva Gatschet of Hays; his best friend, Harold Giebler of Hays and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by brothers, Robert, Victor, and Clarence Bell and sisters, Edna Brungardt and Mary Nay.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 15, 2012, at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. Burial with military honors by the Hays VFW will be in the St. Fidelis Cemetery in Victoria, Kansas. There will be a parish vigil service at 6:00 p.m. on Friday at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 20th and Pine. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 5 until 7 p.m. and on Saturday from 12:30 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. Memorials in his name and memory for the building fund at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church or to Hospice of Hays Medical Center in Hays. Condolences to the family at www.haysmemorial.com
Leonard H. Bell, age 83, of Hays died Wednesday, September 12, 2012, at the Hays Medical Center in Hays, Kansas.
Leonard was born March 6, 1929, in Hays to Leonard and Mary (Bollig) Bell. He was a U. S. Army Korean War Veteran. He was a machine operator for Thompson Pipe and Steel. He married Rita Wolf in February, 2007 in Victoria, Kansas. He was a member of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Survivors include his wife, Rita of the Sterling House in Hays; his sister, Neva Gatschet of Hays; his best friend, Harold Giebler of Hays and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by brothers, Robert, Victor, and Clarence Bell and sisters, Edna Brungardt and Mary Nay.
Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 15, 2012, at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. Burial with military honors by the Hays VFW will be in the St. Fidelis Cemetery in Victoria, Kansas. There will be a parish vigil service at 6:00 p.m. on Friday at the Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home, 20th and Pine. Friends may call at the funeral home on Friday from 5 until 7 p.m. and on Saturday from 12:30 p.m. until 1:00 p.m. Memorials in his name and memory for the building fund at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church or to Hospice of Hays Medical Center in Hays. Condolences to the family at www.haysmemorial.com
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