Homer Charles Goodell
Homer Charles “Smoke” Goodell of Lebo died Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006, at Newman Regional Health. He was 80.
Mr. Goodell, who was an electrician, was electrical supervisor at Emporia State University before he retired in 1992. He also was a longtime farmer and rancher in Lyon and Coffey counties.
The son of George and Maude Henry Goodell, he was born March 4, 1926, in Saffordville. He married Dorothy Conrade on Aug. 27, 1950, in Americus. They were divorced. He married Delores Rosenquist on July 11, 1993, in Hartford. She survives.
Mr. Goodell is also survived by four sons, Alan Goodell of Lebo, Robert Goodell of Gardner, John Goodell of Council Grove and Bradley Goodell of Lamont; two daughters, Sharon Lightwine of Topeka and Cheryl Thorne of Pfluggerville, Texas; four stepsons, Larry Rosenquist, Daniel Rosenquist, Ronald Rosenquist and Dale Rosenquist; three sisters, Suzetta Bulton, Barbara Adkins and Janice Stead, all of Emporia; one brother, Joseph Goodell of Emporia; 13 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Two sisters, Betsy Goodell and Julia Britain; and two brothers, David Alan Goodell and George Goodell Jr., died earlier.
The funeral will be at 10 a.m. Friday at the Lebo United Methodist Church. Burial will be at Lincoln Cemetery at Lebo.
Memorial contributions to the Kansas Fish and Game Commission may be sent in care of the Jones VanArsdale Funeral Home, P.O. Box 43, Lebo, KS 66856.