Earl Clarence Daylor

WAMEGO ~ Earl Clarence Daylor, 73, Wamego, died Sunday, June 29, at the Wamego City Hospital. He was born January 9, 1930, in Wamego, Kan., to Leo and Irene Georges Daylor. He attended St. Bernards Grade School and graduated from Wamego High School in 1948. Earls father died when he was young, and his mother ran the family John Deere Agency and service station. When Earl was 19, they bought the gasoline tank wagon business from an uncle, and Earl took over the management of this business. Later, the John Deere agency was sold, and Earl bought the service station. In 1983, he conv erted the service station into a convenience store, The Last Stop in Wamego. In 1995 he sold the bulk fuel plant and tank wagon business. Earl retired in 1998, and sold The Last Stop to C.R. and Cindy Worthing. In his early years, he was very active and involved in community work, his church and business organizations. He has always been a member of the Wamego Chamber of Commerce, and was voted Citizen of the Year in 1987. Mr. Daylor was elected to the Wamego City Commission in 1977 and served as mayor in 1979. He was on the Board of Directors of Wamego Telephone Co., a member of the Wamego County Club, the Columbian Theatre Foundation, the Wamego Historical Society, the Wamego Senior Center, an honorary member of the Future Farmers of America, and served as a volunteer fireman for 20 years. In addition to his community involvement, the Kansas Oil Marketers Association was a big part of his life. He served on the KOMA board of directors for over 20 years and was a member of Senior Oil Marketers Association. Earl was a lifetime fan of the KU football program, and a member of the Topeka Jayhawk Club. Earl was a member of St. Bernards Catholic Church, and served as a past member of the church council. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus, and served as Grand Knight in Wamego during 1955 and 1956. He was a Fourth Degree Knight. He married Louise Palmer on September 8, 1951, in Beloit, Kan. She survives, of the home. Other survivors include four sons, Michael Daylor, Little Rock, Ark., Steve Daylor and his wife, Kim, Houston, Texas, Bryan Daylor and his wife, Trish, San Ramon, Calif., and Pat Daylor and his wife, Jackie, Wheaton, Ill.; three daughters, Pamela Fulmer and her husband, Todd, Wamego, Kan., Paula Ellis and her husband, Gary, Manhattan, Kan., and Susan Hatfield and her husband, Roy, of Wamego, Kan.; two sisters, Jean Holzhuter and her husband, Ray, Salina, Kan., and Ruth Siebert and her husband, Walt, of Wamego, Kan.; 11 grandchildren and numerous cousins, nieces, nephews and an aunt. Mass of Christian Burial will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, July 3, 2003, at St. Bernards Catholic Church with Father John Pilcher as the celebrant. Burial will follow in St. Bernards Cemetery. There will be a prayer service at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at Stewart Funeral Home in Wamego, with the family greeting friends at a visitation until 9 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Bernards Church Building Fund, or the Wamego Public Library, and sent in care of Stewart Funeral Home, P.O. Box 48, Wamego, KS 66547.