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Mary Louise <I>Sikes</I> Medill

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Mary Louise Sikes Medill

Birth
Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado, USA
Death
18 Oct 2018 (aged 96)
Rye, Pueblo County, Colorado, USA
Burial
Rye, Pueblo County, Colorado, USA Add to Map
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PUBLISHED in Pueblo Chieftain, Pueblo, Colorado, Sunday, October 21, 2018:

Mary Louise Medill, 96, of Rye, Colo., passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on Oct. 18, 2018.

She was born in Pueblo on Dec. 15, 1921, the eldest of three daughters and one son born to S.C. and Nellie (Keele) Sikes.

She was preceded in death by her parents; loving husband of 63 years, Kenneth Wesley Medill; sister, Betty Jones; parents-in-law, Ralph and Katie Medill; brothers-in-law, Doug Jones, Wayne Branyan, Earl Medill and Harold Medill; sisters-in-law, Caroline Sikes and Ruth Medill; and infant grandson, Jeffrey Edmundson.

Survived by her children, Kenneth (Patty) Medill of Tulsa, Okla., Katherine (Lewis) Edmundson of Walsenburg, Larry (Melissa) Medill of Rye and Leonard (Becky) Medill of Bixby, Okla.; sister, Ruth Branyan of Stockton, Calif; brother, Jack Sikes of Pueblo; brother-in-law, Harlow (Janice) Medill of Fruita, Colo; sister-in-law, Diane Medill of Delta, Colo.; 11 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grand-child; numerous nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.

Mary Louise was a lifelong resident of the Greenhorn Valley. She graduated from Rye High School in 1939, attended Colorado State University for two years and later earned a bachelors degree from Southern Colorado State College in 1967.

She taught chemistry and math at Rye High School for 20 years and was also certified as the school librarian for a number of years before her retirement in 1987.

She was a member of the Rye Home Methodist Church.

There will be no viewing.

Cremation, Montgomery & Steward Crematorium.

Memorial service, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2018, at Rye Home United Methodist Church, 2063 Main St.

Interment, Brookside Cemetery in Rye.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made, in Mary Louise's name, to Rye Home United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 70, Rye, CO 81069 or Sangre de Cristo Hospice, 1207 Pueblo Boulevard Way, Pueblo, CO 81005.

Online condolences, www.montgomerysteward.com

PUBLISHED in Pueblo Chieftain, Monday, October 22, 2018:

Medill, Mary Louise

Mary Louise Medill. Service, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, at Rye Home United Methodist Church.
PUBLISHED in Pueblo Chieftain, Pueblo, Colorado, Sunday, October 21, 2018:

Mary Louise Medill, 96, of Rye, Colo., passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on Oct. 18, 2018.

She was born in Pueblo on Dec. 15, 1921, the eldest of three daughters and one son born to S.C. and Nellie (Keele) Sikes.

She was preceded in death by her parents; loving husband of 63 years, Kenneth Wesley Medill; sister, Betty Jones; parents-in-law, Ralph and Katie Medill; brothers-in-law, Doug Jones, Wayne Branyan, Earl Medill and Harold Medill; sisters-in-law, Caroline Sikes and Ruth Medill; and infant grandson, Jeffrey Edmundson.

Survived by her children, Kenneth (Patty) Medill of Tulsa, Okla., Katherine (Lewis) Edmundson of Walsenburg, Larry (Melissa) Medill of Rye and Leonard (Becky) Medill of Bixby, Okla.; sister, Ruth Branyan of Stockton, Calif; brother, Jack Sikes of Pueblo; brother-in-law, Harlow (Janice) Medill of Fruita, Colo; sister-in-law, Diane Medill of Delta, Colo.; 11 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grand-child; numerous nieces, nephews, extended family and friends.

Mary Louise was a lifelong resident of the Greenhorn Valley. She graduated from Rye High School in 1939, attended Colorado State University for two years and later earned a bachelors degree from Southern Colorado State College in 1967.

She taught chemistry and math at Rye High School for 20 years and was also certified as the school librarian for a number of years before her retirement in 1987.

She was a member of the Rye Home Methodist Church.

There will be no viewing.

Cremation, Montgomery & Steward Crematorium.

Memorial service, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2018, at Rye Home United Methodist Church, 2063 Main St.

Interment, Brookside Cemetery in Rye.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made, in Mary Louise's name, to Rye Home United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 70, Rye, CO 81069 or Sangre de Cristo Hospice, 1207 Pueblo Boulevard Way, Pueblo, CO 81005.

Online condolences, www.montgomerysteward.com

PUBLISHED in Pueblo Chieftain, Monday, October 22, 2018:

Medill, Mary Louise

Mary Louise Medill. Service, 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 23, at Rye Home United Methodist Church.


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