Obituary of Richard L. Buzzell

Sedan - Richard LeRoy Buzzell, age 64, of Sedan, Kansas passed away Sunday, May 9, 2010 at the Pleasant Valley Manor in Sedan. He was born April 18, 1946 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to Harvey E. Sr. and Elisabeth D. (Miller) Buzzell. He grew up and attended school in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma graduating from Harding High School. He attended Fort Scott Community College Truck Driving School and later Kansas Law Enforcement Academy in Hutchison, Kansas. On March 26, 1967 he married Wanda Dunagan in Guthrie, Oklahoma. They lived in Guthrie, Oklahoma from 1966 to 1979. Then they moved to Hoyt, Kansas until 1990 until coming to Sedan where they have lived for the past 20 years. Richard worked at Cessna Aircraft Company in Independence, Kansas for twelve years before retiring in 2009. He was a past member of the Soldier Creek Baptist Church; he was baptized in 1959 at the First Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was also a deacon and member of the First Baptist Church of Sedan. He is survived by his wife, Wanda of the home in Sedan; one son, Richard L. Buzzell Jr. of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; one daughter, April Hunt of Meriden, Kansas; three brothers, Harvey E. Buzzell Jr. of Casco, Maine, Ronald E. Buzzell of Guthrie, Oklahoma, and John Allen Buzzell of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; one sister, Teresa Ann Pruitt-Holman of Moore, Oklahoma; three grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, and one brother, Donald R. Buzzel. Church services will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, May 13, 2010 at the First Baptist Church in Sedan with Dr. J. Dean McNamara officiating. Burial will follow at the Greenwood Cemetery in Sedan. Visitation will be Wednesday, May 12, 2010 from 9:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. and the family will be greeting friends from 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the David W. Barnes Funeral Home in Sedan. The family has suggested memorials to the Richard L. Buzzell Sr. Memorial Fund c/o First National Bank of Sedan and these remembrances can be sent to the David W. Barnes Funeral Home, 209 N. Douglas, Sedan, Kansas 67361. Tagged as: First Baptist Church, Greenwood Cemetery