This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Waples, Purcell, Larrabee, Kirkegaard, Guengerich, Sears, Dugdale Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0k.2ADE/3222 Message Board Post: Merle L. Waples, Sr., 67, Missouri Valley, died Oct. 15 at the University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha. Merle was born Oct. 27, 1938 in Logan. Merle lived in the Missouri Valley area most of his life. He attended Logan High School. After his school years, he served in the United States Navy. He worked as a security guard for Kent Security Company. Merle was preceded in death by his mother, Alta V. Purcell, and his step-father, Parley Purcell. Survivors include: his daughters, Melanie Larrabee and her husband, Richard, Round Mountain, Nev.; Melissa Kirkegaard and her husband, Glen, Round Mountain, Nev.; Michele Guengerich and her husband, Mark, Kansas City, Mo.; his sons, Merle Waples, Jr. and his wife, Susie, Moville; Mark Waples and his wife, Nancy, Ft. Lewis, Wash.; 17 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren; sisters, Roberta Sears, Bellevue, Neb.; and Patricia Dugdale, Missouri Valley. Funeral Services were held Oct. 19 at the Logan Memorial Chapel, Roger Seeley, officiant. Honorary Bearer was Jim Sears. Casket Bearers were: Merle Waples, Jr., Don Rodasky, John Burbridge, Tom Vandemark, Larry Joy, and Alvin Frain. Interment was in the Logan Cemetery. Respectfully submitted for other researchers. ©MISSOURI VALLEY TIMES - NEWS 2006