EDWARD SAVAGE

LIBERAL- A graveside service will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday at Liberal City Cemetery for Miles “Edward” Savage, 101, a former Liberal resident, who died Monday, Nov. 27, 2017, at Webb City Health and Rehab Center.

Arrangements are under the direction of Konantz Warden Funeral Home, Lamar.

Memorial donations are requested to be given to the Liberal City Park.

The obituary may be viewed and condolences sent online at www.konantzwarden.com.

Survivors include his wife of 73 years, Theda Savage; two daughters, Romney Savage Baker, Lamar and Wendy Savage Peterson, Liberal; five grandchildren, Russ Savage, Coconut Creek, Fla., Gina Peterson Williams, Frontenac, Kan., Michelle Savage Fairbanks, Houston, Texas, Keira Shipley Welter, Baldwin City, Kan. and Jared Peterson, Pittsburg, Kan.; 11 great-grandchildren, Kyrsha Welter, Mariah Williams, Salyn Welter, Logan French, Madison Williams, Addison Welter, Ian French, Ben Savage, Lily Peterson, Adam Savage and Jack Peterson; one great-great-granddaughter, Ariyah Fondren and one great nephew, Jonathan Savage.

He was preceded in death by a son, James Michael Savage; a brother, Charles Savage; a sister-in-law, Grace Firestone Savage and a nephew, William Savage.

Mr. Savage was born Sept. 4, 1916, in Neosho, to Miles Francis and Norma Olive (Carnes) Savage. He was a 1934 graduate of Neosho High School. He served in the U.S. Naval Reserve from 1941-1945 and spent nearly three years at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The remainder of his military service was spent at Patuxent River, Md.

He worked for the Neosho Daily Democrat from 1935-1948, with time out for military service and then the Joplin Globe from 1948-63. He was a Linotype operator for both papers. In 1963 he became a rural mail carrier out of the Liberal Post Office and later took on the route for Bronaugh as well, retiring from the post office on Sept. 4, 1981. He was also co-owner of The Liberal News in Liberal from 1955-75. He was an assistant Boy Scout leader, a member of the American Legion at Liberal and the Liberal United Methodist Church.

He married Theda Charlene Logan on April 23, 1944, in Lamar.