Robert West

Robert Logan West, 91, of Colony, Kansas, passed away peacefully in the presence of his family at Anderson County Hospital on Saturday, March 9, 2013. Robert was born August 9, 1921, on a farm in rural Colony, Kansas, the son of Logan and Gertrude West. He grew up in rural Colony and graduated from LeRoy High School in 1939. On April 24, 1946, he married Roberta McGhee in a parsonage in LeRoy, Kansas. After their marriage they moved to their lifelong home in rural Colony where they raised their three children. Robert was a proud serviceman, spending 3 years in the Army, from 1942 to 1945. Robert also spent most of his life farming before he retired in 1997. During that time he spent many years serving on the LeRoy COOP board. He enjoyed hunting, fishing and the outdoors, with many household pets bringing him joy through the years. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Roberta West of the home; three children, Ronda West, Randall West and his wife Karon, and Kylie Moon and her husband Jonathan; six grandchildren, Marilyn Cuch and her husband Cameron, Eric West and his wife Shay, Ryan West, Blake West, Brooke Connell and her husband Kipp and Piper Moon; and seven great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by parents Logan and Gertrude West, sister Avis Richards, brother Lawrence West, and brother Paul West. VISITATION: 6:00-8:00 p.m., Friday, March 15, 2013, at the First Christian Church in LeRoy, Kansas. FUNERAL SERVICE: 10:00 a.m., Saturday, March 16, 2013, at the First Christian Church in LeRoy, Kansas. BURIAL: Logue Cemetery east of LeRoy, Kansas MEMORIAL: Wounded Warrior Project Memorial gifts may be left with the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, which is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences for the family may be left on this website, www.iolafuneral.com .