Lola M. Hunter
1936 - 2023
Lola M. Hunter, at age 87, of Larned, went to be with her Lord and her late husband, Elton Hunter, on his 90th birthday, November 13, 2023.
She was born to Paul and Flossie Taylor in Osborne County, Kansas, on November 8, 1936.
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.
Lola and Elton raised three children on the farm until June 1976, when she became a preacher’s wife, supporting Elton's career change from farmer to 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 lived in Stockton until 2020 when she moved to Country Living assisted living in Larned.
Survivors include children Diane Hiebert (Dallas) of Rozel, Vicki Strausberg of Wichita, and Dwight Hunter (Gina) of Chattanooga, Tenn.; her brother Dan Taylor of Salina; sister Kathy Arbogast of Downs; 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 2 p.m. at the funeral home in Stockton. Visitation will be on Thursday, 5-8 p.m., with the family receiving friends from 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. 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.
