Lois Marie <I>Wells</I> King

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Lois Marie Wells King

Birth
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA
Death
22 Jun 2005 (aged 81)
Overland Park, Johnson County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Garden of Meditation
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My Mother was the middle child of three girls. She attended Chelsea Elementary, Northwest Junior High and Wyandotte High School where she was a member of the Honor Society. After graduation in 1941, she worked as the school secretary for one year. She then worked at Darby Corporation where she met my father, Ed King, whom she later married. They were the parents to four daughters, the first was stillborn.

Around 1951, Mother went back to work as a secretary for General Motors. She was an excellent secretary--very proficient at typing and shorthand. After a few years, she moved on to American Motors where she worked until 1964. Her last car purchase before she left was a 1963 red, Rambler American convertible, which was great for her high school girls.

From 1964 to 1983 she was employed by the GMC Truck & Coach Division in Fairfax. Sometime after my father's death, she started working part time at the offices of the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas, where she worked until 1986. She retired this time for good.

Mother had many hobbies and was good at all of them. She loved gardening, just like her mother, and she shared those skills with her daughters. She was a doll collector and especially enjoyed making beautiful dresses for porcelain dolls which she gave to her granddaughters. Mother was always busy with a hobby: wood and floral crafts, oil painting, crocheting, knitting, sewing, needlepoint and creating beautiful quilts. She made one for almost every family member. My favorite was her intricate needlework. I would frame them for her so she could give them as gifts. They were so beautiful! These are still hanging today in family members' homes. She always told me that I was the death of her needlework hobby. I had asked for a unicorn piece for my birthday, and, of course, her choice was very intricate and breathtaking. She said her fingers were never the same after that. Every time I look at it, I smile and think of her.

Her interests also included fun things like playing Bunco with her lady friends and going to the casinos to play the slot machines. She also enjoyed her monthly luncheons with a group of her childhood friends from Chelsea Grade School. She also volunteered at her church and belonged to various groups in the community.

Lois Marie Wells King ♥ loving and caring wife, beautiful mother to three daughters, proud grandmother to 15, doting great-grandmother to 42 and great-great-grandmother to five. One grandson, Ethan Myszka, died in 1975. She loved to get down on the floor and play with the little ones and it's so sad that the younger children will never have that beautiful memory of her.
My Mother was the middle child of three girls. She attended Chelsea Elementary, Northwest Junior High and Wyandotte High School where she was a member of the Honor Society. After graduation in 1941, she worked as the school secretary for one year. She then worked at Darby Corporation where she met my father, Ed King, whom she later married. They were the parents to four daughters, the first was stillborn.

Around 1951, Mother went back to work as a secretary for General Motors. She was an excellent secretary--very proficient at typing and shorthand. After a few years, she moved on to American Motors where she worked until 1964. Her last car purchase before she left was a 1963 red, Rambler American convertible, which was great for her high school girls.

From 1964 to 1983 she was employed by the GMC Truck & Coach Division in Fairfax. Sometime after my father's death, she started working part time at the offices of the Archdiocese of Kansas City, Kansas, where she worked until 1986. She retired this time for good.

Mother had many hobbies and was good at all of them. She loved gardening, just like her mother, and she shared those skills with her daughters. She was a doll collector and especially enjoyed making beautiful dresses for porcelain dolls which she gave to her granddaughters. Mother was always busy with a hobby: wood and floral crafts, oil painting, crocheting, knitting, sewing, needlepoint and creating beautiful quilts. She made one for almost every family member. My favorite was her intricate needlework. I would frame them for her so she could give them as gifts. They were so beautiful! These are still hanging today in family members' homes. She always told me that I was the death of her needlework hobby. I had asked for a unicorn piece for my birthday, and, of course, her choice was very intricate and breathtaking. She said her fingers were never the same after that. Every time I look at it, I smile and think of her.

Her interests also included fun things like playing Bunco with her lady friends and going to the casinos to play the slot machines. She also enjoyed her monthly luncheons with a group of her childhood friends from Chelsea Grade School. She also volunteered at her church and belonged to various groups in the community.

Lois Marie Wells King ♥ loving and caring wife, beautiful mother to three daughters, proud grandmother to 15, doting great-grandmother to 42 and great-great-grandmother to five. One grandson, Ethan Myszka, died in 1975. She loved to get down on the floor and play with the little ones and it's so sad that the younger children will never have that beautiful memory of her.

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