Dateline:Claflin
Larry Thomas Haxton, 70, died October 26, 2014, at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington. He was born Sept. 30, 1944, in Great Bend, the son of Wallace and Louise (Werhahn) Haxton. Larry graduated from Chase High School in 1962. He joined the United States Air Force and was honorably discharged in 1966. A resident of Claflin since 1980, Larry worked as a gauger for Kaw Pipeline,was then a co-owner of Folk Well and Lease, and later retired in 2006 from the Farmers CO-OP in Claflin. Larry was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church and the Odin Knights of Columbus. Larry loved playing sports but even more so watching his children and grandchildren play sports.
On Nov. 29, 1969, he married Mary “Janie” Steffan in Chase. She survives. Other survivors include; four children, Monte Haxton and wife Robyn of Argonia, Gina Oberle and husband Doug of Victoria, Kyle Haxton and wife Amy of Hoisington, and Kevin Haxton and wife Emily of Ellsworth; sister, Shirley Long and husband Bob of Chase; brother, Duane Haxton and wife Barbara of Newton; eleven grandchildren, Karly Oberle, Caden Oberle, Zachariah Haxton, Quincy Cross, Mason Haxton, Avery Haxton, Aubreigh Haxton, Kanye Cross, Leyton Haxton, Khary Cross and Elyse Haxton.
Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m., Thursday, October 30, 2014, with a vigil service and Knights of Columbus rosary at 7 p.m., Wednesday, all at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Friends may call 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home. Burial will be in the Claflin Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Clara Barton Hospital Foundation or Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, P.O. Box 146, Hoisington, Ks 67544.
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