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Felix O'Brien Obituary

Felix O'Brien, 76, of St. Paul, died at 1:45 p.m., Thursday, February 6, 2014 at Labette Health in Parsons.
He was born April 22, 1937, in Pittsburg, to Joseph A. and Mary Cleo (Duling) O'Brien.
He grew up on a farm east of St. Paul and graduated from St. Francis High School.
On June 6, 1959 he and Ruth Anne Bradshaw were married at the St. Francis Church in St. Paul. She preceded him in death on June 19, 2006.
Felix was a co-owner of the O'Brien Ready Mix Company. He retired several years ago. He was a member of the St. Francis Catholic Church. He enjoyed traveling to various places, including Canada.
Survivors include: four sons – K. Kelly O'Brien and his wife Janice, St. Paul, Daniel D. O'Brien and his wife Misty, St. Paul, Benjamin B. O'Brien, St. Paul, and Perry P. O'Brien and his wife Melinda, Brazilton; 11 grandchildren - Christel Martin and her husband Pat, Abigail O'Brien, Heather O'Brien and her fiance Coby Sinclair, Erin Jordan and her husband Chris, Elizabeth O'Brien and her fiancé Allen Arthur, Johanna Winter and her husband Jeff, Christy Boyers and her husband Clint, Ryan O'Brien, Kaleigh O'Brien, Riley O'Brien, and Austin O'Brien; 10 great-grandchildren – Brock O'Brien, Charlotte Plumb, Hayden Sinclair, Daniel Sinclair, Adeline O'Brien, Lily Winter, Gracie Winter, Thomas Winter, Gretchen Boyers and Sophia; seven brothers – Owen O'Brien and his wife Jean, St. Paul, Jay O'Brien and his wife Mauricia, St. Paul, Bob O'Brien and his wife Patty, Chetopa, Gene O'Brien and his wife Letty, Denver, Colorado, Lou O'Brien and his wife Karen, Altamont, Dennis O'Brien and his wife Marilyn, Parsons, and Martin O'Brien and his wife Vicki St. Paul; seven sisters – Jolene Born and her husband Ed, St. Paul, Margaret O'Toole and her husband Jim, Girard, Rose Mary Debler, Alma, Kansas, Julia Peter and her husband Dave, Chanute, Virginia Heere and her husband Rick, Lawrence, Elizabeth Holt and her husband Jeff, Eagle River, Alaska, and Lou Ann Fike and her husband Dennis, Westmoreland.
Funeral Mass will be at 11 a.m., Monday, at the St. Francis Catholic Church in St. Paul. After cremation burial will be in the St. Francis Cemetery in St. Paul. The rosary will be prayed at 6 p.m., Sunday, at the church and afterwards the family will receive friends at the Parish Hall.
Friends may call at the Carson-Wall Funeral Home in St. Paul on Sunday from 12 noon to 4:30 p.m., when the casket will be moved to the church.
Memorials are suggested to the St. Paul Alumni and Friends (for the St. Paul Baseball Complex) or the American Cancer Society. They may be sent to the funeral home at Box 272, St. Paul, KS66771. Online condolences may be left at www.wallfuneralservices.com

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Published by Morning Sun on Feb. 8, 2014.

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February 10, 2014

Eternal rest grant unto him O Lord....
Mary Lynn Duling Tupper

February 10, 2014

Felix, my Mom and Dad have many fond memories of the O'Brien family....
your last 2 trips out to see her really made her happy....
Enjoy your heavenly life...
God Bless you..
love Martha

February 10, 2014

Rest in peace cousin--The Ermey cousins

February 9, 2014

Rest in peace, Felix. Your Aunt Patricia Duling Riley

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