This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: 13KimBaker Surnames: Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kansas.counties.cowley/914.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I did the look up for you in the Arkansas City Traveler. Her obituary appeared Monday, November 4, 1985, page 12. If you would like the photocopy of the obituary, contact me within 30 days off site at rbaker13@ sbcglobal.net. -- Kim Baker, Topeka, KS. _________ Fannie Mabel Fortner, 88, 1404 N. First St., died Saturday (Nov. 2, 1985) at Arkansas City Memorial Hospital. She was a former laundry worker. She was born Feb. 2, 1897, in Walnut, Kan., to Theodore Correll and Annie Calton Correll. She moved with her family to Pratt County where she received her education. She moved to Arkansas City in 1940. She married Albert Fortner in 1945. She worked at the Domestic Laundry, Arkansas City, and later Derby's Laundry, Arkansas City. She was a member of St. Paul's Methodist Church, Wichita. Her survivors include her daughter, Ethel Evenger, Arkansas City; two brothers, Virgil Correll, Higginsville, Mo., and Roy Correll, Satanta; her sister, Ethel Basiliere, South Burlington, Ct.; two grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband Albert who died in 1949, five brothers and three sisters. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Riverview Cemetery with Rev. Jerald K. Hooley officiating. Rind-Erdman-Oldroyd Funeral Home is in charge. Friends may call at the funeral home until 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. A memorial has been established with the American Cancer Society. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.