J. L. Wadkins

Wadkins, J.L., 84, retired Union Pacific Railroad switchman and brakeman, died Wednesday, July 27, 2005. Service, 1 P.M., Saturday, Downing Lahey West. Preceded by brothers, Howard and Talmadge; sister, Carolyn Bergerhouse; stepdaughters, Carolyn Ahlefeld and Sharon Elliss. Survivors: wife, Dorothy; sons, Danny and Jim; daughters, Linda and Phyllis; sisters, Francis Lambert, Joann Hall and Marilyn Cheney; 7 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; 1 great-great grandchild. Memorial established with The Leukemia Society, 555 N. Woodlawn, S-113, Wichita, KS 67208.