1933
Marion
2013
Marion Taber
August 15, 1933 — April 1, 2013
Funeral service for Marion Alfred Taber, 79, of Kiowa will be Monday, April 29, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at the Congregational United Church of Christ. Burial will follow in the Mt. Hope Cemetery in Independence, Kansas at 4:00 p.m. Viewing will be Sunday, April 28, 2013 from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Marion was born on August 15, 1933 to William Daniel Taber and Ellen Jewett Taber at Cherry Vale, Kansas. He graduated from high school in Independence, Kansas. He was drafted into the US Army and served in the Korean War. After he returned from serving his country, he and Donna Rowden were married on December 24, 1958 in Independence, Kansas. He first went to Junior College in Independence and from there he went to the University of Houston for a semester then obtained a B.S. in education in 1959 from Kansas State University. He earned his master’s in guidance from Kansas State University the following year. Marion taught science in Golden City for a year, then went to Sarcoxie High School as a counselor. In 1966 he began working as an employment counselor with the Missouri Employment Security Division. In March 1967 he got the job he wanted as a counselor with Missouri Vocational-Rehabilitation. He came to Kiowa in 1982 and taught in the science field until his retirement. He had lived in Greenbrier Care Center in Enid for several years due to health reasons. While working in Missouri he was the national recipient of the John E. Fogarty Public Personnel Award which was presented the President’s Committee on Employment of Handicapped. He had also won the Elkins Award for distinguished service which was presented by the Great Plains Region.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Art, Martin, Leonard and two sisters; Elene and Thelma.
Marion is survived by his wife, Donna Taber; children, Debra Harlan and husband, Richard, Gena Fitzpatrick and husband, Kevin, William Taber and wife, Cheryl; grandchildren and great grandchildren, Robert and Karla Dooly and their children, Kole, Konner, Cayley and River Dooly, Tyler and Rebecka Dooly and Tyler’s children, Audrey Costello and Hunter Dooly, Zachary Jones and Carry Goodson and their son, Cole Jones, Rhett Jones, Justin Taber, Jacob Taber.
Memorials may be made to the Monty Thompson Continuing Education Fund, Kiowa Lions Club, Congregational United Church of Kiowa, Cancer Society and given to the funeral home at P.O. Box 42, Kiowa, Kansas 67070.
Marion was born on August 15, 1933 to William Daniel Taber and Ellen Jewett Taber at Cherry Vale, Kansas. He graduated from high school in Independence, Kansas. He was drafted into the US Army and served in the Korean War. After he returned from serving his country, he and Donna Rowden were married on December 24, 1958 in Independence, Kansas. He first went to Junior College in Independence and from there he went to the University of Houston for a semester then obtained a B.S. in education in 1959 from Kansas State University. He earned his master’s in guidance from Kansas State University the following year. Marion taught science in Golden City for a year, then went to Sarcoxie High School as a counselor. In 1966 he began working as an employment counselor with the Missouri Employment Security Division. In March 1967 he got the job he wanted as a counselor with Missouri Vocational-Rehabilitation. He came to Kiowa in 1982 and taught in the science field until his retirement. He had lived in Greenbrier Care Center in Enid for several years due to health reasons. While working in Missouri he was the national recipient of the John E. Fogarty Public Personnel Award which was presented the President’s Committee on Employment of Handicapped. He had also won the Elkins Award for distinguished service which was presented by the Great Plains Region.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Art, Martin, Leonard and two sisters; Elene and Thelma.
Marion is survived by his wife, Donna Taber; children, Debra Harlan and husband, Richard, Gena Fitzpatrick and husband, Kevin, William Taber and wife, Cheryl; grandchildren and great grandchildren, Robert and Karla Dooly and their children, Kole, Konner, Cayley and River Dooly, Tyler and Rebecka Dooly and Tyler’s children, Audrey Costello and Hunter Dooly, Zachary Jones and Carry Goodson and their son, Cole Jones, Rhett Jones, Justin Taber, Jacob Taber.
Memorials may be made to the Monty Thompson Continuing Education Fund, Kiowa Lions Club, Congregational United Church of Kiowa, Cancer Society and given to the funeral home at P.O. Box 42, Kiowa, Kansas 67070.
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