Oma Harvey

Oma Ruth Harvey, 84, of Rural Caney died Sunday February 3, 2013 at the Jane Phillips Medical Center, Bartlesville, Oklahoma. A Celebration of Life Services will be held at 1:00 p. m. Thursday, February 7, 2013 at the Tyro Christian Church, Tyro, Kansas with Terry Frye Officiating. Burial will follow in the Sunnyside Cemetery in Caney, Kansas under the direction of the Potts Chapel Caney, Kansas. Visitation will be held from 9:00 a. m. to 8:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 6, 2013 with family receiving friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Potts Chapel, Caney. The family has suggested memorials to the Caney Library or the Safari Park of Caney and contributions may be left at the Potts Chapel in Caney, Kansas. Oma was born March 17, 1928 in Rural Yates Center, Kansas the daughter of Edward and Emma Jean Massey Chandler. She grew up in Rural Yates Center and attended and graduated from the Toronto School System. On July 14, 1945 Oma was united in marriage in Yates Center, Kansas to T. L. Harvey and the couple made their home in Rural Caney, Kansas. Mr. Harvey survives at the home. Oma was the coowner and operator of Tommies Caf in Caney, Kansas she also work seventeen years as a mail carrier for the Caney Post Office she also work at KOPCO Printing in Caney Oma helped build and operate the Safari Park also in Caney, Kansas. Survivors include her husband T. L. Harvey of Caney, Ks., one daughter Jean Thomison of Copan, Okla., two sons Tom Harvey of Caney, Ks., and Ron Harvey of Broken Arrow, Okla., eight grand children and 10 great grand children.