Clarence Levi Terrell's Obituary
Clarence "Ted" Levi Terrell, age 92, a long-time resident of Grenola, passed away Thursday, January 5, 2012, at Twilight Manor in Howard, where he had resided since May 2011. Clarence was born on July 5, 1919, on the "Old Doc Archer Place," three miles east of Grenola, the son of Lige Early and Terressa (Conde) Terrell.
On February 14, 1940, Clarence was united in marriage to Margaret Maud Christina Nettrouer in Howard. He and his wife farmed and ranched. In 1961, they purchased a farm a few miles south of where Clarence was born. Until that time, they rented farmsteads and land except for an Eighty that he bought and resold. For many years the Terrells operated a Grade A dairy. They switched to a cow-calf operation after their children were grown. He affectionately called his wife "Bunch" (short for Honey Bunch) for 69 years. He gave each of his children nicknames and sometimes close acquaintances. He named his dairy cows so that when their names were called, they came into the barn to be milked. As a youth, Clarence trapped and sold fur to buy his school clothes. For sport, in the 1980s, he went coon hunting on mule-back. He was a skilled mechanic and he liked listening to country-western music and watching western movies.
Clarence is survived by his five children: Betty Jean Rumbley and husband Jim of Trenton, Mo., Darline Terrell of Leawood, Kan., Robert Levi Terrell and wife Gayle of Gilbert, South Carolina, Judy Ann Terrell of Winfield, Kan., and Nadine Kay Baumgartel and husband Marlin of Howard, Kan. He also leaves eight grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, his parents, two brothers, a sister, and a grandson.
Funeral services will be held at 10 A.M. on Monday, January 9, 2012 at Countryside - Zimmerman Funeral Home in Howard with Pastor Robin Haines officiating. Visitation will be Sunday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment is to be at Greenlawn Cemetery east of Grenola. Family suggests contributions to the Grenola Historical Society and may be left in care of the funeral home. Online condolences may be left at www.countrysidefh.com. Arrangements are under the direction of Countryside - Zimmerman Funeral Home, Howard.
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