PERRYTON - Helen "June" Kindy, 94, died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church with Dr. Ed Williamson officiating. Burial will be in Ochiltree Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Perryton.
Mrs. Kindy was born June 15, 1914, in Nowata, Okla., to Ira and Ruth Bitters. She married W.O. "Bill" Kindy on Sept. 22, 1933, in Ponca City, Okla. He died in 1975. She had lived in Perryton for 50 years, moving from Gruver.
Mrs. Kindy was a lunchroom supervisor. Her community involvement included: Worthy Grand Matron and charter member of the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 161; Silver-Haired Legislator for the Panhandle of Texas; first president and co-founder of Ochiltree Senior Citizens Center, where she was a board member for many years, called bingo regularly and taught defensive driving; Kiwanis International Work Horse of the Year in 1983; member of the Wolf Creek chapter of the DAR; taught safety, health and CPR for the Red Cross; member of the Ochiltree Hospital Ladies Auxiliary and a Pink Lady; volunteered at the Senior Village Nursing Home; ombudsman; and district director of AARP.
She was known as the "banana lady" since she delivered fresh bananas to Senior Village Nursing Home. She was a member of a square dancing club for many years and was an active member of First United Methodist Church, where she taught elementary and adult Sunday school and was a member of the Methodist Women Naomi Circle. June and her husband were active in Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts.
She also was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Bill Kindy.
Survivors include a daughter, Donna Luttrull Burch of Weatherford, Okla.; a son, Carl Dean Kindy of Frisco; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Ochiltree Senior Citizens Center, P.O. Box 738, Perryton, TX 79070; First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 987, Perryton, TX 79070; or a favorite charity.
Family visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 28, 2009
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church with Dr. Ed Williamson officiating. Burial will be in Ochiltree Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Perryton.
Mrs. Kindy was born June 15, 1914, in Nowata, Okla., to Ira and Ruth Bitters. She married W.O. "Bill" Kindy on Sept. 22, 1933, in Ponca City, Okla. He died in 1975. She had lived in Perryton for 50 years, moving from Gruver.
Mrs. Kindy was a lunchroom supervisor. Her community involvement included: Worthy Grand Matron and charter member of the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 161; Silver-Haired Legislator for the Panhandle of Texas; first president and co-founder of Ochiltree Senior Citizens Center, where she was a board member for many years, called bingo regularly and taught defensive driving; Kiwanis International Work Horse of the Year in 1983; member of the Wolf Creek chapter of the DAR; taught safety, health and CPR for the Red Cross; member of the Ochiltree Hospital Ladies Auxiliary and a Pink Lady; volunteered at the Senior Village Nursing Home; ombudsman; and district director of AARP.
She was known as the "banana lady" since she delivered fresh bananas to Senior Village Nursing Home. She was a member of a square dancing club for many years and was an active member of First United Methodist Church, where she taught elementary and adult Sunday school and was a member of the Methodist Women Naomi Circle. June and her husband were active in Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts.
She also was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Bill Kindy.
Survivors include a daughter, Donna Luttrull Burch of Weatherford, Okla.; a son, Carl Dean Kindy of Frisco; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Ochiltree Senior Citizens Center, P.O. Box 738, Perryton, TX 79070; First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 987, Perryton, TX 79070; or a favorite charity.
Family visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 28, 2009
PERRYTON - Helen "June" Kindy, 94, died Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church with Dr. Ed Williamson officiating. Burial will be in Ochiltree Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Perryton.
Mrs. Kindy was born June 15, 1914, in Nowata, Okla., to Ira and Ruth Bitters. She married W.O. "Bill" Kindy on Sept. 22, 1933, in Ponca City, Okla. He died in 1975. She had lived in Perryton for 50 years, moving from Gruver.
Mrs. Kindy was a lunchroom supervisor. Her community involvement included: Worthy Grand Matron and charter member of the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 161; Silver-Haired Legislator for the Panhandle of Texas; first president and co-founder of Ochiltree Senior Citizens Center, where she was a board member for many years, called bingo regularly and taught defensive driving; Kiwanis International Work Horse of the Year in 1983; member of the Wolf Creek chapter of the DAR; taught safety, health and CPR for the Red Cross; member of the Ochiltree Hospital Ladies Auxiliary and a Pink Lady; volunteered at the Senior Village Nursing Home; ombudsman; and district director of AARP.
She was known as the "banana lady" since she delivered fresh bananas to Senior Village Nursing Home. She was a member of a square dancing club for many years and was an active member of First United Methodist Church, where she taught elementary and adult Sunday school and was a member of the Methodist Women Naomi Circle. June and her husband were active in Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts.
She also was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Bill Kindy.
Survivors include a daughter, Donna Luttrull Burch of Weatherford, Okla.; a son, Carl Dean Kindy of Frisco; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Ochiltree Senior Citizens Center, P.O. Box 738, Perryton, TX 79070; First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 987, Perryton, TX 79070; or a favorite charity.
Family visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 28, 2009
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday in First United Methodist Church with Dr. Ed Williamson officiating. Burial will be in Ochiltree Cemetery by Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home of Perryton.
Mrs. Kindy was born June 15, 1914, in Nowata, Okla., to Ira and Ruth Bitters. She married W.O. "Bill" Kindy on Sept. 22, 1933, in Ponca City, Okla. He died in 1975. She had lived in Perryton for 50 years, moving from Gruver.
Mrs. Kindy was a lunchroom supervisor. Her community involvement included: Worthy Grand Matron and charter member of the Order of the Eastern Star Chapter 161; Silver-Haired Legislator for the Panhandle of Texas; first president and co-founder of Ochiltree Senior Citizens Center, where she was a board member for many years, called bingo regularly and taught defensive driving; Kiwanis International Work Horse of the Year in 1983; member of the Wolf Creek chapter of the DAR; taught safety, health and CPR for the Red Cross; member of the Ochiltree Hospital Ladies Auxiliary and a Pink Lady; volunteered at the Senior Village Nursing Home; ombudsman; and district director of AARP.
She was known as the "banana lady" since she delivered fresh bananas to Senior Village Nursing Home. She was a member of a square dancing club for many years and was an active member of First United Methodist Church, where she taught elementary and adult Sunday school and was a member of the Methodist Women Naomi Circle. June and her husband were active in Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts.
She also was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Bill Kindy.
Survivors include a daughter, Donna Luttrull Burch of Weatherford, Okla.; a son, Carl Dean Kindy of Frisco; 11 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials be to Ochiltree Senior Citizens Center, P.O. Box 738, Perryton, TX 79070; First United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 987, Perryton, TX 79070; or a favorite charity.
Family visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 28, 2009
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