Wednesday, December 17, 2014

John Elliot

(From Knell Mortuary)

John Philip Elliot, 78, Carthage, passed away Sunday, December 14, 2014 at Freeman West Hospital, Joplin, Missouri. John Philip Elliot was born October 8, 1936 in Wichita, Kansas; the son of the late Philip Dee Elliot and Helen Florence White Elliot. He was a graduate of Shawnee High School, Kansas City, Missouri and attended various Colleges and Universities.John married Doris Anderson on August 26, 1955 in Wichita; she survives. He was a general manager at Dale Electronics, Tempe, Arizona and later sales manager for Dale Electronics, Yankton; South Dakota, retiring in 1992. John was a U. S. Air Force veteran during the Korean Conflict. He and his wife, Doris, were members of the First Church of the Nazarene, Carthage.

Additional survivors include; three daughters, Cheryl Lynn (Darwin) Harts, Norfolk, Nebraska, Sharon Kay Bailey, Phoenix, Arizona and Sandra Sue (Russell) Slocum, Otterville, Missouri; two sons, John Dee (Penni) Elliot, Denton, Texas and Stephen James (Christine) Elliot, New Bern, North Carolina; two sisters, Rosalyn (Louis) Johnsen, Spring, Texas and Dee Ann Tucker, Olathe, Kansas; fourteen grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren.

Memorial services will be held at 11:00 AM, Thursday, December 18 at the First Church of the Nazarene, Carthage. Ministers Mark Kerr and Russell Slocum will officiate. Private family inurnment will be held at a later date. Memorial gifts are suggested to First Church of the Nazarene "Send a Kid to Camp" program, in care of Knell Mortuary, 308 W. Chestnut, Carthage, MO, 64836. Online condolences may be expressed through www.knellmortuary.com. - See more at: http://www.knellmortuary.com/displayobit1.aspx?callid=1689#sthash.2pmrENng.dpuf

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