Larned - Wallace Edwin Cherry, 87 died November 16, 2009 at his home in Larned.

He was born October 15, 1922 in Wichita, the son of Esezra and Blanche Newton Cherry. A resident of Larned since 1977 moving from Beloit, he was a retired Life Insurance Agent.

He attended the Larned First Christian Church, was a member of the VFW, Great Bend, and serviced in the Army during WWII.

On November 7, 1977 he married Betty Armstrong Miller at Beloit. She survives.

Other survivors include: a son, Wallace, Stockton; a daughter, Penny Lohr, Pawnee Rock; a step-son, Sandy Miller, Nacogdoches, Texas; two brothers, Richard Cherry, Plainville, Kansas, Wayne Stanfield, Wichita; a sister, Leoma Stanfield, Hutchinson; ten grandchildren and twelve great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by a daughter, Pat Rogers; a brother, Robert Cherry; and a grandson Billy Lohr.

Funeral will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at the Beckwith Mortuary Chapel, Larned, with Pastor Dan Lundgren presiding. Friends may call from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at the mortuary. Burial will be in the Larned Cemetery.

Memorials may sent to the American Heart Association or the American Lung Association, both in care of Beckwith Mortuary, Inc. P.O. box 477, Larned, KS 67550. Condolence may be sent to the family at www.beckwithmortuary.com