January 14, 2004
The ADVOCATE
Serving Anderson, Southern Franklin and Western Linn Counties
Volume 8, No. 4
Transcribed with permission of Vern Brown

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“Edith Alice Lile
1910-2004
Funeral services for Edith Alice Lile, 93, Parker, KS, were Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 10:00
a.m. at Parker United Methodist Church with Rev. Ed English officiating.   The eulogy was
delivered by Wesley Clyde Staatz, Mrs. Lile’s grandson.  Interment was in Parker Highland
Cemetery.  Mrs. Lile died Friday, January 9, at Anderson County Hospital Long Term Care.
Edith Alice Lile was born June 23, 1910, in Woods County, OK, the fourth of six children born to
Thomas A. and Matilda (Meyer) Chase.  She grew up near Freedom, OK, and was a 1929
graduate of Freedom High School.
Edith and Clyde A. Lile were married October 28, 1931, in Woodward, OK, and reached their
71st anniversary.  They became the parents of three children.  During the 1930’s Dust Bowl,
they moved from Oklahoma to Kansas, near Lawrence.  Later, they moved east of Greeley, KS. 
Then in 1946, they moved to their farm west of Parker, where they have resided for the past 58
years.
Edith was a loving homemaker and a ready, willing helper with the farm work.  She enjoyed
cooking and baking pies, sewing and quilting, gardening and preserving food, caring for the farm
animals, and horseback riding.  At the age of 39, Edith accepted Jesus Christ as her personal
Saviour.  She was a member of the Parker United Methodist Church.
Music was provided by Marjorie Prentice, organist, Beverlee Singer, pianist, and Ron Singer,
soloist.  Vocal selections included ‘God Be With You Till We Meet Again’ and congregational
hymns were ‘I Know Whom I Have Believed’ and ‘I Love To Tell The Story’.
Casketbearers were Brad Bell, Jay Bodenhamer, Arnie Lickteig, Charles Peterson, Eugene
Prentice, and Carl White.
Mrs. Lile was preceded in death by her husband, Clyde, on July 5, 2003; all five of her siblings;
and a great-granddaughter.
Edith is survived by her daughter, Clydene Staatz and her husband, Merlin, Seattle, WA; her sons,
Bert Lile and his wife, Rose, Greeley, and Otis Lile and his wife, Jean, Parker, KS: seven
grandchildren and thirteen great-grandchildren.
The family received friends on Monday, January 12, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
Memorials may be made to Lakemary Industries of Paola, the Parker United Methodist Church,
or Anderson County Hospital.
Farris-Feuerborn Memorial Chapel was in charge of arrangements.”

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Anderson County
Kansas
USGENWEB
By:  Lulu B. Nixon