Dudley "Sonny" Doolittle Jr., 83, Strong City, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009, at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.
A celebration of life service will be held Thursday at the Brown-Bennett-Alexander Funeral Home with Pastor Rick Smith officiating. Military honors, by a Fort Riley Honor Guard, will follow the service on the front lawn of the funeral home. He will be cremated after the service.
Dudley Doolittle, Jr., the son of Dudley and Zula Zon McQuillen Doolittle, Sr., was born May 23, 1926, in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended school in the Kansas City area and graduated from Kemper Military School in Kansas City, Kansas.
In his early years, he helped his Dad, who was a U.S. Congressman in Washington for six years, on the campaign trail. He also had "traveling road shows" in small towns on the weekends. He served in the United States Army and was stationed in the Philippines during World War II.
He and Dorothy Marie Deitrich were married Nov. 29, 1951, in Emporia. She survives.
He attended radio school in Kansas City and was an active ham radio operator most of his life. He owned and operated the Uptown Theater in Strong City and the Lyric Theater in Cottonwood Falls. He leased theaters in Marion, Council Grove, and Emporia. He had been in real estate, farm management, and owned several rental properties.
He was a member of and served as Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9728 and was a member of the Russell Blackburn American Legion, both in Strong City. He was a Presbyterian.
He was preceded in death by his son, Dudley Doolittle, III, a sister, Beverly Rath, and his parents.
There will be no formal family visitation. Friends may call at the funeral home, Tuesday, noon until 6 p.m., Wednesday, 9 a.m., until 8 p.m., and Thursday, 9 a.m. until service time.
Memorial contributions to the Uptown Theater Restoration Fund may be sent in care of the funeral home, 201 Cherry, Cottonwood Falls, KS, 66845.
A celebration of life service will be held Thursday at the Brown-Bennett-Alexander Funeral Home with Pastor Rick Smith officiating. Military honors, by a Fort Riley Honor Guard, will follow the service on the front lawn of the funeral home. He will be cremated after the service.
Dudley Doolittle, Jr., the son of Dudley and Zula Zon McQuillen Doolittle, Sr., was born May 23, 1926, in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended school in the Kansas City area and graduated from Kemper Military School in Kansas City, Kansas.
In his early years, he helped his Dad, who was a U.S. Congressman in Washington for six years, on the campaign trail. He also had "traveling road shows" in small towns on the weekends. He served in the United States Army and was stationed in the Philippines during World War II.
He and Dorothy Marie Deitrich were married Nov. 29, 1951, in Emporia. She survives.
He attended radio school in Kansas City and was an active ham radio operator most of his life. He owned and operated the Uptown Theater in Strong City and the Lyric Theater in Cottonwood Falls. He leased theaters in Marion, Council Grove, and Emporia. He had been in real estate, farm management, and owned several rental properties.
He was a member of and served as Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9728 and was a member of the Russell Blackburn American Legion, both in Strong City. He was a Presbyterian.
He was preceded in death by his son, Dudley Doolittle, III, a sister, Beverly Rath, and his parents.
There will be no formal family visitation. Friends may call at the funeral home, Tuesday, noon until 6 p.m., Wednesday, 9 a.m., until 8 p.m., and Thursday, 9 a.m. until service time.
Memorial contributions to the Uptown Theater Restoration Fund may be sent in care of the funeral home, 201 Cherry, Cottonwood Falls, KS, 66845.
Dudley "Sonny" Doolittle Jr., 83, Strong City, died Thursday, Dec. 24, 2009, at Newman Regional Health in Emporia.
A celebration of life service will be held Thursday at the Brown-Bennett-Alexander Funeral Home with Pastor Rick Smith officiating. Military honors, by a Fort Riley Honor Guard, will follow the service on the front lawn of the funeral home. He will be cremated after the service.
Dudley Doolittle, Jr., the son of Dudley and Zula Zon McQuillen Doolittle, Sr., was born May 23, 1926, in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended school in the Kansas City area and graduated from Kemper Military School in Kansas City, Kansas.
In his early years, he helped his Dad, who was a U.S. Congressman in Washington for six years, on the campaign trail. He also had "traveling road shows" in small towns on the weekends. He served in the United States Army and was stationed in the Philippines during World War II.
He and Dorothy Marie Deitrich were married Nov. 29, 1951, in Emporia. She survives.
He attended radio school in Kansas City and was an active ham radio operator most of his life. He owned and operated the Uptown Theater in Strong City and the Lyric Theater in Cottonwood Falls. He leased theaters in Marion, Council Grove, and Emporia. He had been in real estate, farm management, and owned several rental properties.
He was a member of and served as Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9728 and was a member of the Russell Blackburn American Legion, both in Strong City. He was a Presbyterian.
He was preceded in death by his son, Dudley Doolittle, III, a sister, Beverly Rath, and his parents.
There will be no formal family visitation. Friends may call at the funeral home, Tuesday, noon until 6 p.m., Wednesday, 9 a.m., until 8 p.m., and Thursday, 9 a.m. until service time.
Memorial contributions to the Uptown Theater Restoration Fund may be sent in care of the funeral home, 201 Cherry, Cottonwood Falls, KS, 66845.
A celebration of life service will be held Thursday at the Brown-Bennett-Alexander Funeral Home with Pastor Rick Smith officiating. Military honors, by a Fort Riley Honor Guard, will follow the service on the front lawn of the funeral home. He will be cremated after the service.
Dudley Doolittle, Jr., the son of Dudley and Zula Zon McQuillen Doolittle, Sr., was born May 23, 1926, in Kansas City, Missouri. He attended school in the Kansas City area and graduated from Kemper Military School in Kansas City, Kansas.
In his early years, he helped his Dad, who was a U.S. Congressman in Washington for six years, on the campaign trail. He also had "traveling road shows" in small towns on the weekends. He served in the United States Army and was stationed in the Philippines during World War II.
He and Dorothy Marie Deitrich were married Nov. 29, 1951, in Emporia. She survives.
He attended radio school in Kansas City and was an active ham radio operator most of his life. He owned and operated the Uptown Theater in Strong City and the Lyric Theater in Cottonwood Falls. He leased theaters in Marion, Council Grove, and Emporia. He had been in real estate, farm management, and owned several rental properties.
He was a member of and served as Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9728 and was a member of the Russell Blackburn American Legion, both in Strong City. He was a Presbyterian.
He was preceded in death by his son, Dudley Doolittle, III, a sister, Beverly Rath, and his parents.
There will be no formal family visitation. Friends may call at the funeral home, Tuesday, noon until 6 p.m., Wednesday, 9 a.m., until 8 p.m., and Thursday, 9 a.m. until service time.
Memorial contributions to the Uptown Theater Restoration Fund may be sent in care of the funeral home, 201 Cherry, Cottonwood Falls, KS, 66845.
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