Wayne Cecil Rash

Thursday, September 19, 2013

Wayne Cecil Rash, age 89, a resident of Garland, Kan., died Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013, at Fort Scott Mercy Hospital. He was born June 30, 1924, in Phelps City, Mo., the son of Roy Rash, Sr. and Effie Ethel Pressnell Rash. Wayne graduated from high school in Rock Port, Mo. He later served with the United States Merchant Marines during World War II and the Korean Conflict. He married Evalena Pate in 1945. To this union six children were born. They were later divorced. He then married Donna Mae Cole on Jan. 26, 1980 and to this union one son was born. Wayne had worked for several years for Owens Corning in Kansas City, Kan., and later for Labconco in Fort Scott where he retired at the age of 80. Wayne was a member of the Oskaloosa Free Will Baptist Church in Oskaloosa, Mo.

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