Obituary: Ethan Joseph Nave

Services for Ethan Joseph Nave, 12, McLouth, were Tuesday at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Leavenworth. Burial was in Maple Grove Cemetery south of Tonganoxie.

Ethan died Thursday, Jan. 23, 2003, at the scene of a single-vehicle accident near Oskaloosa. He was born Feb. 25, 1990, in Kansas City, Kan., the son of Joseph O. and Cheryl Ann (Caldwell) Nave. He lived in the McLouth area all his life.

He was a seventh-grader at Oskaloosa Middle School and formerly attended McLouth elementary schools. He was a member of the Oskaloosa Middle School wrestling team, and he participated in the McLouth summer baseball league.

He was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Leavenworth and of Boy Scout Troop No. 3.

Survivors include his parents, of the home; a brother, Michael, Las Vegas; three sisters, Rachael Nave, Kansas City, Mo., Christina Nave and Hannah Nave, both of the home; grandparents Roma Nave, Tonganoxie, and Alan and Joyce Caldwell, Overland Park; and great-grandmother Grace Daneker, Overland Park.

The family suggests memorials to the Nave Family benefit fund at the National Community Bank of Tonganoxie, sent in care of the Barnett Funeral Home, P.O. Box 416, Oskaloosa 66066.