October 22, 2003

The ADVOCATE

Serving Anderson, Southern Franklin and Western Linn Counties

Volume 7, No. 84

Transcribed with permission of Vern Brown



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“Ronald Lee Badders

1941-2003

Graveside services and interment for Ronald Lee Badders, 62, Burleson, TX, formerly of Garnett,

are Saturday, October 25, 2003, at 11:00 a.m. at Garnett Cemetery.  Military honors will be by

Garnett VFW and American Legion.  Mr. Badders died Tuesday, October 14, in the Veterans

Administration Hospital in Dallas, TX.

Ronald Lee Badders was born January 6, 1941, at Garnett, the son of Darwin and Roberta Mae

(McGinnis) Badders.  He graduated from Garnett High School with the Class of 1958.  He served

with the United States Navy from 1961 until 1966.  Ronald had lived in Texas for the past 25

years.   His hobbies included raising Thoroughbred horses.  He was in automobile sales.

Mr. Badders was preceded in death by his father, Darwin Badders in 1977.

Ronald is survived by his mother, Roberta Mae Badders, Ottawa, KS; his brothers, Darwin

Badders, Uniontown, KS, Clifford Badders, Ottawa, KS, Claude Badders, Brighton, TN, Gerald

Badders, Osawatomie, KS, Donald Badders, Iola, KS, Douglas Badders, Colony, KS, Rodney

Badders, Marshalville, OH, and John Badders, Olathe, KS; and his sisters, Donna Cannady,

Ottawa, KS, Delores Willis, Wellsville, KS, and Norma Tahash, Redding, CA.

The family will greet friends on Saturday at 10:00 a.m. at the funeral home before proceeding to

the cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the Ronald Badders Memorial

Fund, the beneficiary of which will be announced at a later date.

Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel is in charge of arrangements.”



Transcribed for 

Anderson County

Kansas

USGENWEB

By:  Lulu B. Nixon