Dateline: Las Cruces, New Mexico

Name of Deceased: Leonard Loraine Mullenix Age: 94
Date of Death: July 13, 2014
Place of Death: At his home in Las Cruces, New Mexico
Date of Birth: December 9, 1919 at Chase, Kansas
Parents Name: George & Lola (Fuson) Mullenix

OBITUARY INFORMATION

He married Audrey Estella Schwerdtfeger October 12, 1941 at Bushton, Kansas.
He had radio repair shops in Claflin and Bushton, Kan., in the late 1930’s and 1940’s. Following World War II, he worked as a service technician for Sears and Montgomery Ward. He later was employed as an electronics technician for the Federal Aviation Administration, retiring after sixteen years. Mr. Mullenix was a Las Cruces, N. M., resident who had previously lived in Kansas and New Mexico.
He was a United States Army veteran, serving during World War II.

SURVIVORS

Wife: Audrey Estella Mullenix of the home
six daughters: Charlotte Zielke and her husband Clyde of Rockledge, FL, Kerry Cleveland and her husband Terry of Roswell, NM, Kathy Scribner and her husband Eddie of Las Cruces, NM, Patricia Jones and her husband Steve of Ponder, TX, Linda Harden and her husband Paul of Ashland, KS, and Judy Green and her husband David of Franklin, TN
Grandchildren: Nineteen
Great-grandchildren: thirty-five

He was preceded in death by five brothers, Marvin Mullenix, Bernard Mullenix, Clarence Mullenix, Stanley Mullenix, and Oren Mullenix and one sister, Georgie Grizzell.

SERVICE INFORMATION

Funeral Service: Saturday, July 19, 2014
Time of Service: 1:00 p.m.
Place of Service: Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home
Interment: Bushton Cemetery, Bushton, Kansas
Visitation: 9:00 a.m. to noon, Saturday, July 19, 2014 at Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home, 415 N. Main, Hoisington, KS
Memorial Fund: Mesilla Valley Hospice, in care of Nicholson-Ricke Funeral Home

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