Obituaries
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Violet Deane Carson, 87 of Frontenac died at 11:50 p.m. Monday
January 30, 2012 at the Via Christi Hospital in Pittsburg .
She was born June 14, 1924 in Meadville , MO the daughter of
Adolph L. and Vista L. (Sallee) Woollen. She has lived in the
Pittsburg/Frontenac area since 1974 moving here from Neosho , MO.
Deane attended the University of Missouri in Kansas City and
then was a graduate of Kansas City General Hospital School of Nursing.
She married Bill A. Carson on July 23, 1948 in Wadsworth , KS ;
he survives at the home.
Deane was a registered nurse working for St. Luke’s in Kansas
City ; she also worked for the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in
Wadsworth and was the Director of Nursing for New Horizons in
Pittsburg .
She was a member of the Southern Baptist Church of Cherokee,
KS; a member of the National Nursing Association and the Mt Carmel
Auxiliary.
Survivors include her husband Bill of the home; three sons Alan
Carson of Lees Summit, MO, Kent Carson of Fairland , OK , Marlin
Carson of Girard; a brother Lloyd Woollen of Kansas , OK; 5
Grandchildren and one Great-grandchild. She was preceded in death
by her parents, a brother Lionel Woollen and a sister Leoma Woollen.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Thursday February 2, 2012 at the
Bath-Naylor Funeral Home in Pittsburg with Reverend Monte Shoemake
officiating. Burial will follow in the Garden of Memories Cemetery. The
family will receive friends from 1 p.m. until service time on Thursday and
friends may call after 9 a.m. Condolences can be sent to www.
bathnaylor.com Memorial contributions can be made to the Kansas
Nurses Foundation in memory of Dr. Ellen Carson. Memorials may be
brought by or mailed to the Bath-Naylor Funeral Home 522 S.
Broadway Pittsburg, KS 66762.