Lola M Hunter

Lola M. Hunter, at age 87 in Larned, KS, went to be with her Lord and her late husband, Elton Hunter on his 90th birthday, November 13, 2023. Lola was born to Paul and Flossie Taylor on November 8, 1936, in Osborne County, KS. She graduated from Glen Elder High School in 1954.

Lola married Elton Hunter on July 24, 1955, at the Glen Elder Methodist Church, and made her newlywed home on the Hunter family farm 6.5 miles west of Stockton, KS.

Lola and Elton raised three children on the farm until June 1976 when she became a preacher’s wife supporting Elton in his career change from farmer to being a minister in the United Methodist Church. She lived in the parsonages of Thornburg, Republic, Attica, and Protection, Kansas. After Elton’s retirement from the ministry, Lola and Elton moved back to the family farm. They also served part-time at the Rose Valley Church and would stay at the Rose Valley parsonage on the weekends.

Lola enjoyed painting, working on puzzles, word searches or her coloring books; and reading. Around April 2013, Lola and Elton moved to Stockton after selling the farm. After Elton passed away in 2016, Lola continued to live in Stockton until 2020 when she moved to Country Living assisted living in Larned.

Survivors include her brother, Dan Taylor of Salina, KS; sister, Kathy Arbogast of Downs, KS; children Diane Hiebert (Dallas) of Rozel, KS, Vicki Strausberg of Wichita, KS, and Dwight Hunter (Gina) of Chattanooga, TN; and grandchildren David Hunter, Amy Hiebert, Dani Hunter, and Duane Hiebert.

She was preceded in death by her husband; parents; brothers Donald, Larry, and Darrell Taylor; and sister, Wilma Kogler.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, November 17, 2023, at 2PM at the funeral home in Stockton. Visitation will be on Thursday, 5-8PM with the family receiving friends 5-6:30PM at the funeral home. Burial will follow at Mt. Vernon Cemetery.

Memorials are suggested to The Navigators (www.navigators.org) or Gideons International (www.gideons.org/donate) and may be sent to Plumer-Overlease Funeral Home, 723 N 1st, Stockton, KS 67669.