Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
Whitesell-Somers Family Web Project - Person Sheet
BirthOct 4, 1943, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri [57665]
DeathJul 1, 2012, Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas [57665]
BurialHesper Friends Church Cemetery (Hesper), Hesper, Douglas County, Kansas [57665]
FatherCharles Ozias FILES (1914-2002)
MotherLadine Elizabeth SOLBERG (1916-2001)
Spouses
ChildrenKathleen Elizabeth (Died as Infant) (1966-1966)
Obituary Online notes for Carole Elizabeth FILES
Carole Elizabeth Files Dibben, 68, Lawrence, lost her life Sunday after a long but courageous battle with cancer.
She was born to Charles and Ladine Files Oct. 4, 1943, in Kansas City, Mo. Carole graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School and attended Baker University on an academic scholarship for three years before graduating from Emporia State College with a bachelors degree.
She married David Lee Dibben of Junction City, KS, and taught in the Shawnee Mission School District for four years before pausing her career to raise their three sons. Years later she returned to college and received her Master's Degree in Library Science from Emporia State. Carole will be remembered for her continual positive attitude especially in some difficult times.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her infant daughter, Kathleen Elizabeth Dibben.
Carole is survived by her sister Gail Files Duke of Mesquite, Nevada; three sons and their families, Jake and Monica Dibben, Lawrence; Eric Dibben, Destin, FL; Clint and Caralee Dibben, Layton, UT, and three grandchildren, Craig, Savannah and Joseph Dibben. She also leaves her close friends Eleanor Cowell, Topeka, and Janet Lewallen, Colorado.
A celebration of Carole's life will be for friends and family at 7 p.m., Saturday (July 7) at her cousin's vineyard, BlueJacket Crossing, Eudora, KS.
Services will be 11 a.m., Sunday (July8) at Warren-McElwain Mortuary; burial will follow in Hesper-Friends Cemetery, Eudora. [57665]
She was born to Charles and Ladine Files Oct. 4, 1943, in Kansas City, Mo. Carole graduated from Shawnee Mission North High School and attended Baker University on an academic scholarship for three years before graduating from Emporia State College with a bachelors degree.
She married David Lee Dibben of Junction City, KS, and taught in the Shawnee Mission School District for four years before pausing her career to raise their three sons. Years later she returned to college and received her Master's Degree in Library Science from Emporia State. Carole will be remembered for her continual positive attitude especially in some difficult times.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her infant daughter, Kathleen Elizabeth Dibben.
Carole is survived by her sister Gail Files Duke of Mesquite, Nevada; three sons and their families, Jake and Monica Dibben, Lawrence; Eric Dibben, Destin, FL; Clint and Caralee Dibben, Layton, UT, and three grandchildren, Craig, Savannah and Joseph Dibben. She also leaves her close friends Eleanor Cowell, Topeka, and Janet Lewallen, Colorado.
A celebration of Carole's life will be for friends and family at 7 p.m., Saturday (July 7) at her cousin's vineyard, BlueJacket Crossing, Eudora, KS.
Services will be 11 a.m., Sunday (July8) at Warren-McElwain Mortuary; burial will follow in Hesper-Friends Cemetery, Eudora. [57665]
Obituary Online notes for David Lee (Spouse 1)
David L. Dibben
OLATHE --- David Lee Dibben, 60, Olathe, died Sunday, May 13, 2001, at home.
He was born July 15, 1940, in Junction City, to Norman and Bernice Dibben, and graduated from Junction City High School. He worked for Kansas City Power and Light for 33 years and Capitol Electric a year before he retired. He lived in Olathe 15 years.
He had served in the Navy.
He was a member of Local No. 1464 of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
He married Jeanette N. Gaignat. She survives. A daughter, Kathleen Elizabeth Dibben, died.
Other survivors include sons, Jacob Charles Dibben, Lawrence, Clint Adam Dibben, Gardner, David Thomas Dibben, Mound City, and Eric Nathan Dibben and Marcus Joseph Dibben, both at home; daughters, Michelle Lea Willis, Prairie Village, and Chereanna Kay Dibben, Mound City; his mother, Bernice Dibben, Junction City; brothers, Donald Dibben and N. Craig Dibben, both in Junction City; a sister, Joyce Carpenter, Beatrice, Neb.; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Memorial Chapel Funeral Home in Olathe. Burial will be in Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens in Olathe. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Olathe Medical Center, 20333 W. 151st, Olathe, 66061. [57667]
OLATHE --- David Lee Dibben, 60, Olathe, died Sunday, May 13, 2001, at home.
He was born July 15, 1940, in Junction City, to Norman and Bernice Dibben, and graduated from Junction City High School. He worked for Kansas City Power and Light for 33 years and Capitol Electric a year before he retired. He lived in Olathe 15 years.
He had served in the Navy.
He was a member of Local No. 1464 of the Brotherhood of Electrical Workers.
He married Jeanette N. Gaignat. She survives. A daughter, Kathleen Elizabeth Dibben, died.
Other survivors include sons, Jacob Charles Dibben, Lawrence, Clint Adam Dibben, Gardner, David Thomas Dibben, Mound City, and Eric Nathan Dibben and Marcus Joseph Dibben, both at home; daughters, Michelle Lea Willis, Prairie Village, and Chereanna Kay Dibben, Mound City; his mother, Bernice Dibben, Junction City; brothers, Donald Dibben and N. Craig Dibben, both in Junction City; a sister, Joyce Carpenter, Beatrice, Neb.; and four grandchildren.
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Memorial Chapel Funeral Home in Olathe. Burial will be in Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens in Olathe. Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Olathe Medical Center, 20333 W. 151st, Olathe, 66061. [57667]