Birth date: Mar 27, 1953 Death date: Jun 17, 2026
William Eli Stark 73, of Columbus, KS died 12:14am Wednesday June 17, 2026 at the Wesley Hospital in Wichita, KS following an illness. William was born March 27, 1953 in Chanute, KS the son of Leslie Eugene and Addie Mae (Lakey) S Read Obituary
Bill always treated me like a member of the family growing up. He was a good man who had a heart of gold and I am thankful for the time I got to spend with their family. Lisa, Julie, Karen and Shiela my heart and prayers are with you all but he went home to be with the lobe of his life. I pray for peace and comfort for all of you.
This week we should be saying happy father's day and watching you enjoy your second chance at life, but instead we are saying goodbye.
Goodbye to the man who use to nail our windows shut so we wouldn't sneak out when we were teenagers. Who would sit in the driveway with his rifel waiting for whatever guy had the nerve to drop us off. Who tore our cigarettes up and doused them with water when he found them, and then left them exactly where you found them so we knew you did it. Who use to make us pancakes the size of a skillet, pour an entire box of cereal in a large bowl and give us four spoons to eat it. Who would cut an entire block of ice cream in fours and give us each a large square. Who once nailed all of our shoes to the ceiling so we would wake up and see them and know where they were before school. Who made the absolute worst stuffing in the world but thought it was the best.
We weren't good kids growing up and we made your life as difficult as we possibly could. As tough as you were you also had a kind loving heart that will be missed. I have begged God to let you live, turn time back and bring you home but I know in my heart you are home. You are with your dad, son, our mom, your brother and sister and most importantly God Himself. I will see you again. Love you, Karen.
I know where you are there are no tears, no pain and no loss. Unfortunately we are left here to feel the pain, shed the tears and experience the loss of a world without you in it. I am so thankful I got to spend as much time with you as I got to this past month but wish there was more time. I will see you again and pray you are having the best time in heaven. Going through your house got me thinking about your tools when I seen them. The tools setting there collecting dust are the tools you made Desta a beautiful dollhouse with, made mine and Sheila's hope chest with, fixed my picnic table, built Lisa a shelf and Julie a lamp, made me an even bigger hope chest as life got bigger, Sheila a cradlewhen she was pregnant, a wine cabinet and so many other things. You showed your love in many ways, and put your heart into every one of those efforts.
For now I only have my memories and those things you gave me throughout the years, but I look forward to seeing you again. I am not nearly as good at woodworking as you were but anything I do I will remember to try and put as much love into it as you did. I can't promise it will be straight though. Love you and you will be deeply missed.
Daddy you are gonna be truly missed for the rest of our lives. We should have had more time with you, but God needed you more. I don't understand why things happened the way they did, but I know you're where you ultimately wanted to be and that is with momma, Christopher and the Lord. I'm glad I got to spend the past few weeks with you. I'll cherish that forever. Love you daddy.
I'm so sorry for your loss. I will always remember uncle Willie for the great man He was.
I am so sorry for your loss
I will love and miss my dad terribly. I thank God he gave me this last month to be there for him and I know he is up there with my mom. And is rejoicing they are together.
