- Monty Ray Coble, 75, of Arkansas City, died Monday (December 22, 2008) at Medicalodge East. Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m. Friday (December 26, 2008) at the Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home of Arkansas City. Burial will follow in the Riverview Cemetery.
Monty was born July 11, 1933, in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Francis L. and Lydia E (Williams) Coble. He was reared and educated in Oklahoma and Sun City, Kansas. He married Margaret Ann Hephner on February 18, 1950, in Wichita. Monty owned and operated Coble's Lawn Service and drove a truck for Missouri-Pacific Trucklines. The couple moved to Arkansas City in 1969 where he owned and operated A.C. Warehouse Trucklines, Midwest Waste Disposal, Coble Trucking and A.C. Express. He was a member of the Redeemer Lutheran Church.
Survivors include three daughters Mary Ellen Robillard of Wichita, Marjorie Pinkston of Arkansas City, Melissa Flower of Wichita; one son Monty F. Coble of Winfield; a brother James Moore of Miami, Oklahoma; two sisters Patty Rue of Chelsea, Oklahoma, Bobbie McQueen of Claremore, Oklahoma; ten grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, wife Margaret, three brothers Jerry Coble, Joe McGeary, and Gene Cravens; and a sister Ruthie Morris.
The family suggests memorials be given to Heartland Hospice. Contributions may be made through the funeral home.
Arrangements are being made through the Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home of Arkansas City.
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1933 - 2008 (75 years)
