Gloria Gean Ogle, age 81, of Iola, Kansas, passed away November 7, 2023, at the Allen County Regional Hospital, Iola, Kansas. Gloria was born March 12, 1942, in Chanute, Kansas, to David Lloyd Overbay and Leota Mae (Spence) Overbay on their wedding anniversary.
Gloria went to a one room school house until her father sold their farm and moved to town where she finished her education at Chanute High School. She held various jobs until she got married to Kenny Ogle on July 31, 1960, in Miami, Oklahoma.
Gloria loved to travel on weekends with her family to many horse shows and rodeos. She was a very strong cheerleader of her girls. Gloria loved to garden and hunt with Kenny. Her family was very important to her. She was a good grandmother and very proud of her grandchildren. She loved hummingbirds and had many feeders for them so she could watch them. Gloria will be greatly missed for her big heart and caring nature.
Gloria was preceded in death by her husband, Kenny Eugene Ogle; her parents; and two sisters, Kathryn Summers, Delores Moyer.
Gloria is survived by her daughters, Carmen Shafer, Ronda (Kent) Tomson; three grandchildren, Ceri (Ryan) Coffield, Reine (Jeremy) Meyer, Ralph Caston Shafer; and two great-grandchildren, Marin Coffield and Milly Coffield; and sister Geraldine Hammer of Iola.
A visitation will be from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 12, 2023, in The Venue at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service. A memorial service will be at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, November 13, 2023, in the chapel at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service. Inurnment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery, Chanute, Kansas.
Memorials are suggested to Wings of Warriors or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital or Shriners Hospitals, and may be left with Feuerborn Family Funeral Service, 1883 US Highway 54, Iola, Kansas.
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