Franklin Delano Hardin

A Memorial service for Franklin Delano Hardin, 75, West Plains, Missouri, will be held at 12:00 Noon, Friday, August 24, 2012, at the Assembly of God Church, Pomona, Missouri.

Mr. Hardin died at 11:08 a.m., Sunday, August 19, 2012, at Mercy Hospital, Springfield, Missouri.  He was born August 25, 1936, in Howell County, Missouri, to Coleman David Hardin and Oda Missouri Bridges Hardin.  Before his retirement, Mr. Hardin was employed at the Boeing Company, Wichita, Kansas.

He is survived by his son, Cole Hardin, Wichita, Kansas; three step-children, Joy Brown, Wichita, Kansas, Patrick Shelley, Wichita, Kansas and Dana Ratliff, Blackwell, Oklahoma; one brother, James W. Hardin, Albuquerque, New Mexico; two sisters, Veda M. Roets, Altoona, Kansas and Susan Austin, Springfield, Missouri; and many nieces and nephews.

His parents, wife, Lisa, brothers, George Lee, Roy Coleman, Francis Truman and Joseph Calloway Hardin and one sister, Vera M. Taylor, precede him in death.