Extracted from The Manhattan Free Press (Manhattan, KS)
George McKaskle
George ``Mac'' McKaskle, age 84, passed away May 20, 2009, at Mercy Regional Health Center in Manhattan.
He was born October 8, 1924, in Winnsboro, Louisiana, and had been an area resident since 1964.
George served for 20 years in the United States Army and then was the owner and operator of DK Donuts in Manhattan for many years.
George was a member and past Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post # 1786, and was a member of the 40 & 8, American
Legion and the Eagles.
He was married to Alda Mae Small
in January of 1956. She preceded
him in death on February 15, 2000.
He married Donna J. Lundquist on
October 15, 2000 in Manhattan.
Donna survives of the home.
Additional survivors include one
son, Jimmy Dale McKaskle and his
wife Gaye of Leesville, LA; one
daughter, Patricia Gullotine and her
husband Leo of Denton, TX; one sister,
Rubye Darby of Dayton, TX; one
brother, Charles Ray McKaskle and
his wife Barbara of Baton Rouge,
LA; four step children: Rick
Lundquist and his wife Glenda of
Weatherford, TX, Tammy Schlosser
and her husband Jim of Herington,
KS, Brad Lundquist and his wife
Alvina of Colorado springs, CO, and
Guy Lundquist and his wife Teresa
of Topeka, KS; many grandchildren
including Ashley, Conner and
Amelia; and many great grandchildren.
George was also preceded in death
by five brothers and one sister.
Funeral services with full military
honors will be held at 10:30 A.M.
Wednesday, May 27th, at the
Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen Funeral
Home with Pastor Clarence Sumner
officiating. Interment will follow in
Valley View Memorial Gardens
Cemetery east of Manhattan.
The family will receive friends
from 6:00 until 7:00 P.M. Tuesday,
May 26th, at the funeral home.
Online condolences may be left for
the family through the funeral home
website at
www.ymlfuneralhome.com.
Memorial contributions may be
made to the Terry C. Johnson Center
for Basic Cancer Research or the
Shriners Hospital for Children.
Contributions may be left in care of
the Yorgensen-Meloan-Londeen
Funeral Home, 1616 Poyntz Avenue,
Manhatten, KS 66502.
Thursday, May 28, 2009