Horace Doyle Copeland's Obituary
Horace Doyle Copeland passed away January 13, 2015 in Eureka Kansas. Doyle was the oldest of seven children born to Horace and Edith Copeland on a farm near Severy, Kansas on July 1, 1916.
Doyle was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, Ted and Bill Copeland and a sister Marge Hebb.
After attending college in Emporia, Kansas Doyle and his father were in the farming and cattle business. After several years of farming Doyle went into missionary work. He dedicated the rest of his life in service to the people of his church, traveling to many states. Doyle retired in 2012 and spent several happy years at Red Bud Rest Home in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Doyle recently returned to Howard, Kansas as his health deteriorated.
Doyle is survived by three sisters: Marcia Dean, Wilma Cooley and Virginia Coble, 12 nieces and nephews and numerous great- nieces and great- nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Friday, January 16, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. at Countryside Funeral Home in Howard. Internment will follow at Cresco Cemetery. Memorials are suggested to the Red Bud Rest Home in Guthrie, OK and can be left with or mailed to Countryside Funeral Home in Howard. Online condolences may be left at www.countrysidefh.com. Services are entrusted to Countryside Funeral Home 206 E. Washington., P.O. Box 1233, Howard, KS 67349.
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