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Howell Dean "H.D." Wyatt
23 Oct 1906 – 15 Feb 2008
| Birth | 23 Oct 1906 |
| Death | 15 Feb 2008 |
| Cemetery | Valley Falls Cemetery Valley Falls , Jefferson County , Kansas , USA |
| Added by | JodyM on 08 Sep 2017 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/24779101 |
Bio
Howell Dean, "H.D." Wyatt, 101, Topeka, formerly of Valley Falls, died Feb. 15, 2008, at a Topeka care center. He was born Oct. 23, 1906, at Mount Washington, Mo., the son of Ulysses Vinson and Lizzie Patterson Wyatt. He graduated from Belton High School in 1924 and from Central Methodist College at Fayette, Mo., in 1928. Mr. Wyatt was a U.S. Navy Lieutenant in World War II, stationed at Port Orchard at Seattle and serving 16 months as a fuel officer in the South Pacific. He was president of Kendall State Bank in Valley Falls from 1970 to 1971. He also served as the bank's vice-president and director. He had been president of Citizens State Bank in Valley Falls from 1947 to 1964. He was a Sinclair refining agent in Valley Falls from 1928 to 1942. He was a member of Valley Falls United Methodist Church, where he was past president of the church board and chairman of the financial committee. He served as mayor of Valley Falls for 12 years and was a charter member and past president of the Valley Falls Rotary Club. He was a charter member of Grahem-Herbers VFW Post 3084, past president and treasurer of the Valley Falls Community Club and past secretary-treasurer of the Valley Falls Cemetery Association. He was a member of the Kansas Bankers Association, a Master and Life Member of the Kansas Masonic Lodge, a 76-year member of A.F. & A.M. Lodge 236 at Meriden and the former A.F. & A.M. Lodge 21 at Valley Falls. He became an Abdullah Shriner in 1934 at Leavenworth. He was a 50-year member of the International Order of Odd Fellows 86 in Valley Falls. He married Mary Ellen Noland on June 15, 1929, in Kansas City. She died Jan. 19, 2002. He also was preceded in death by two brothers, Wilbur W. Wyatt, on Oct. 30, 1975, and Paul V. Wyatt, on Feb. 25, 2005. Survivors include a nephew, J.R. Wyatt and wife Peggy, Rocky Mount, Mo.; a sister-in-law, Katie Wyatt, Claremont, Calif.; five nieces, Susanne Wyatt, Walnut Creek, Calif., Courtney Krakauer, Healdsburg, Calif., Mary Pat Wyatt-Voelckers, Douglas, Alaska, Sister Barbara Noland, El Quince, Guatemala, and Marian Keltner, Las Vegas, Nev.; and four cousins, Blanche Hare, Fort Worth, Texas, Rebecca Krieg, Grand Prairie, Texas, Alan Wilhite, Bellingham, Wash., and Lee Wilhite, Gladstone, Mo. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Feb. 21 at Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls. Burial will be in Valley Falls Cemetery with Masonic services. Military honors at the cemetery will be conducted by Grahem-Herbers VFW Post 3084. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. Feb. 21 until service time. Memorial contributions may be made to Valley Falls United Methodist Church or the Valley Falls Cemetery Association, sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, 810 Broadway, Valley Falls, KS 66088. Online condolences may be sent to
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