Edythe C. (Whisler) Ragain

Tuesday, March 11, 2003

ATWOOD -- Edythe C. (Whisler) Ragain, 77, died Monday (March 10, 2003) at the Rawlins County Health Center in Atwood.

She was born May 16, 1925, in Atwood, to William and Ellen Fern (Zimmerman) Whisler. She was a 1943 graduate of Atwood High School.

On Sept. 8, 1961, she married Claude Edmond "Ed" Ragain at Goodland, Kan. They lived in Attica, Kan., for 28 years and returned to Atwood in 1994. She was a homemaker.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and a brother, Kenneth Whisler.

Survivors include her husband, Ed of Atwood; a son, Richard "Dick" Harvanek and wife, Nan of Littleton, Colo.; a brother, William Whisler of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a sister, Fern Palmer of Marion, Kan.; and two step-grandchildren.

Graveside services will be Saturday, 2 p.m., at the Atwood Fairview Cemetery at Atwood with the Rev. Terry McGuire officiating.

There will be no visitation.

Memorials may be given in her name to the American Cancer Society, Rawlins County Unit in care of Brantley Funeral Home, 215 South Fourth, Atwood, KS 67730.

Brantley Funeral Home of Atwood is in charge of arrangements.