Bison – Margaret Louise Edwards, 82 passed away January 11, 2014 at the Hospice House, Hutchinson.

She was born April 19, 1931 in Oak Hill, Kansas; the daughter of Clarence and Sara Ware Folsom. A lifetime area resident of both Larned and Bison, she was a farm wife, a bookkeeper at the Bison COOP and the secretary at the Larned Jr. High School. 

She was a member of the United Methodist Church, Bison.

In 1949 she married Wayne Deckert at Great Bend. He passed away October 6, 1968. In 1971 she married Everett O. (Peck) Edwards at Bison. He passed away June 3, 2011.

Survivors include; her children, Lynette Kornelson and husband Paul, Hutchinson, Richard Deckert and wife Andrea, Larned, Jan Nuss and husband Steve, Plains and Scott Edwards and wife Norma, Bison; a brother, Ora Folsom and wife Judy, Great Bend; nine grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by; a brother, Bob Folsom.

Funeral will be 10:00 a.m. Wednesday at the Beckwith Mortuary Chapel with the Rev. Kathy Bannister presiding. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday and Tuesday at the mortuary. Burial will be in the Larned Cemetery, Larned.

In Lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to the United Methodist Church of Bison or the Hospice House of Reno County, both in care of the Beckwith Mortuary, P.O. Box 477, Larned, KS 67550. Personal condolences may be left at www.beckwithmortuary.com.