DANIEL BLUE DICKEY

LIBERAL-Services were held at 10 a.m. Monday at the Lighthouse Tabernacle in Pittsburg, Kan., for Daniel Blue Boyd Dickey, 74, Liberal, who died Thursday, June 25, 2015, at Barton County Memorial Hospital in Lamar. Burial was in Worsley Cemetery, in Bronaugh.

Arrangements were under the direction of Ferry Funeral Home.

Contributions may be made to the Worsley Cemetery, the National Kidney Foundation or to the family, in care of the funeral home.

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

Survivors include his wife, Audine Dickey, of the home; his children Melissa England, Chicago, Ill. and Rick Hurt, Frontenac, Kan.; grandchildren, Derrick Dickey and Jaimee, Miami, Okla., Jared Dickey and Amber, Webb City, Sheena Dickey, Nevada, Kayla DuMelle and Paul, Christopher England and Joshua England and Desiree, all of Chicago, Ill. and Darian Hurt, Drew Hurt and Dayton Hurt, all of Carl Junction; great-grandchildren, Keyton Dickey, Jordyn Dickey, Caden DuMelle, Ryder DuMelle, Kevin Quirk and Avery England; a sister, Leanne Rae Henson and husband Gail, Bronaugh and nieces, nephews and cousins, along with many other extended family members.

He married Zella Jane Janie Crowe and she preceded him in death on June 27. 2007. Their union was blessed with two beloved sons, Tony Lee Dickey and Danny Ray Dickey, who also preceded him in death, as well as a brother, Francis Ivan Dickey. Later on April 8, 1990, he married Audine (Hurt) Dickey.

Mr. Dickey was born Dec. 20, 1940, in Bronaugh, to Charles Ivan and Ruth Maxine (Worsley) Dickey. Blue, as he was known, grew up and spent all of his life in this area. He attended school in Bronaugh then later the Police Academy. His early working years were spent in the construction industry, with time also spent working for the railroad and at a missile base. After graduating from the Police Academy, he served as the police chief of Liberal from 1981-1984 and then moved to the Barton County Sheriff's Department, where he was quickly promoted to sergeant, serving from 1985 to 1996. For a brief time after that he worked construction until he decided to semi-retire in his early 60's.

He was a longtime member of the Lighthouse Tabernacle in Pittsburg, Kan., where he was serving as an Elder at the time of his death. He had a great love of the outdoors, hunting turkey and deer, but had a special love of elk hunting, enjoying trips to Colorado from time to time for hunts.