Edna was the daughter of the late Minnie Elida (Wahlborg) and Ralph Owen McKenzie, born on January 23, 1922 in Trego County, Kansas.
Edna married Paul William Grate on the 1st of October, 1942, in Monroe, North Carolina.
During World War II, Edna was a Rosie the Riveter for airplanes at Beech Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas. After the war, Edna was a beautician with a shop in her home.
Edna is preceded in death by her husband Paul in 1993; her parents; her sister Icis L. Eisenhower & her husband Glenn; her sister Lois N. Schwien and her husband Sigurd; and her brother Ralph Glenn McKenzie.
Edna is survived by her son, Bennett Grate & his wife Sharon; her daughter, Paulette Woellhof & her husband Dan; her four grandsons: Shannon Grate & his wife Kelli, Travis Grate, Derek Woellhof & his wife Jessica, & Blaik Woellhof & his wife Amanda; her five great grandchildren: Kaidnce, Emerson, Henry, Hadley, & Weston Woellhof; her sister Virgie Renner & her husband Melvin; her sister-in-law Wanda McKenzie; and her nieces & nephews.
Edna married Paul William Grate on the 1st of October, 1942, in Monroe, North Carolina.
During World War II, Edna was a Rosie the Riveter for airplanes at Beech Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas. After the war, Edna was a beautician with a shop in her home.
Edna is preceded in death by her husband Paul in 1993; her parents; her sister Icis L. Eisenhower & her husband Glenn; her sister Lois N. Schwien and her husband Sigurd; and her brother Ralph Glenn McKenzie.
Edna is survived by her son, Bennett Grate & his wife Sharon; her daughter, Paulette Woellhof & her husband Dan; her four grandsons: Shannon Grate & his wife Kelli, Travis Grate, Derek Woellhof & his wife Jessica, & Blaik Woellhof & his wife Amanda; her five great grandchildren: Kaidnce, Emerson, Henry, Hadley, & Weston Woellhof; her sister Virgie Renner & her husband Melvin; her sister-in-law Wanda McKenzie; and her nieces & nephews.
Edna was the daughter of the late Minnie Elida (Wahlborg) and Ralph Owen McKenzie, born on January 23, 1922 in Trego County, Kansas.
Edna married Paul William Grate on the 1st of October, 1942, in Monroe, North Carolina.
During World War II, Edna was a Rosie the Riveter for airplanes at Beech Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas. After the war, Edna was a beautician with a shop in her home.
Edna is preceded in death by her husband Paul in 1993; her parents; her sister Icis L. Eisenhower & her husband Glenn; her sister Lois N. Schwien and her husband Sigurd; and her brother Ralph Glenn McKenzie.
Edna is survived by her son, Bennett Grate & his wife Sharon; her daughter, Paulette Woellhof & her husband Dan; her four grandsons: Shannon Grate & his wife Kelli, Travis Grate, Derek Woellhof & his wife Jessica, & Blaik Woellhof & his wife Amanda; her five great grandchildren: Kaidnce, Emerson, Henry, Hadley, & Weston Woellhof; her sister Virgie Renner & her husband Melvin; her sister-in-law Wanda McKenzie; and her nieces & nephews.
Edna married Paul William Grate on the 1st of October, 1942, in Monroe, North Carolina.
During World War II, Edna was a Rosie the Riveter for airplanes at Beech Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas. After the war, Edna was a beautician with a shop in her home.
Edna is preceded in death by her husband Paul in 1993; her parents; her sister Icis L. Eisenhower & her husband Glenn; her sister Lois N. Schwien and her husband Sigurd; and her brother Ralph Glenn McKenzie.
Edna is survived by her son, Bennett Grate & his wife Sharon; her daughter, Paulette Woellhof & her husband Dan; her four grandsons: Shannon Grate & his wife Kelli, Travis Grate, Derek Woellhof & his wife Jessica, & Blaik Woellhof & his wife Amanda; her five great grandchildren: Kaidnce, Emerson, Henry, Hadley, & Weston Woellhof; her sister Virgie Renner & her husband Melvin; her sister-in-law Wanda McKenzie; and her nieces & nephews.
Gravesite Details
obit & photo courtesy of her son-in-law & funeral arrangements by Hoy-Kilnoski
