BUCKLIN – Errol Dean Neal, 78, died Wednesday, January 6, 2016 at the Minneola District Hospital.

He was born August 20, 1937 at Sterling, Kansas, the son of Mace and Hazel (Biddle) Neal. He served in the United States Navy and was a retired truck driver.

On December 29, 1984 he married Shirley Norris at Greensburg.

Survivors include: his wife, Bucklin; 2 sons, Timothy Neal, Lansing, Kansas and James Neal, Fowler; 4 daughters, Deana Sarles, Wichita, Katrina Vigness and husband Jody, Bucklin, Kim Hendrickson and husband Bill, Nickerson, Kansas and Corina Neal, Dodge City; 2 step-sons, Albert Hart, Jr, Tennessee and Darrell Hart, Plains, Kansas; 2 step-daughters, Leigh Ann Amerin, Plains and Lisa Heard, Dodge City; his sister, Aileen Neal, Houston, Texas; 25 grandchildren and many great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a son, Mace; 2 brothers, Jack and Gene, 2 sisters, Margie and Melva and a step-daughter, Cynthia Norris.

Parish Vigil and rosary will be 7:00 pm Sunday, January 10, 2016 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, Greensburg. Funeral Mass will be 10:00 am Monday, January 11, 2016 at the church with Fr. Robert Schremmer presiding. Burial will follow in the Bucklin Cemetery with military honors by the Bucklin American Legion and Military Honors for the State of Kansas.

The family suggests memorials to Hill Top House in care of Minnis Mortuary, P.O. Box 516, Bucklin, Kansas 67834.