Name: Lily Whitsett
Age: 87
Birth Date: 1913
Death Date: 15 Jun 2000
Death Place: Klamath
Spouse: Melbou
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Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-Current
Name: Lily (schmidt) Whitsett
Age at Death: 86
Birth Date: Abt 1914
Birth Place: Harvey County KS
Death Date: abt 2000
Death Place: Klamath Falls OR
Publication or Record Date: 21 Jun 2000
Publication or Record Place: United States
WHITSETT, Lily (SCHMIDT); 86; Harvey County KSKlamath Falls OR; Gazette Bulletin (KS); 2000-6-21; arw
∼KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- Lily Whitsett, 86, died Thursday (June 15, 2000) in Klamath Falls, Ore.
She was born Dec. 6, 1913, in rural Harvey County to Frank and Helena (Reimer) Schmidt. She married Melbourne Whitsett in December 1943 at Tabor Mennonite Church in Newton. He preceded her in death Aug. 2, 1971.
She was a 1932 graduate of Walton High School. She attended Bethel College and received a bachelor of arts degree from The University of Kansas. She was a teacher in a one-room school at Happy Hollow near Moundridge. She also taught in Kansas City, Wichita and Jefferson County in Golden, Colo.
Survivors include: two daughters, Mary Elizabeth Whitsett of Missoula, Mont., and Coralee Whitsett of Klamath Falls, Ore.; one brother, Alvin Schmidt of Walton; three sisters, Velma Claassen of Newton, Olga Conway of Tucson, Ariz., and Leona Griffith of Walton; and three grandchildren.
She also was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Carol Jeanne Whitsett; and one grandson, Travis Ramon Valazquez.
Memorial services was Wednesday at Kidron Bethel Village Menno Hall in North Newton.
Memorials have been established with Homecare Hospice.
Name: Lily Whitsett
Age: 87
Birth Date: 1913
Death Date: 15 Jun 2000
Death Place: Klamath
Spouse: Melbou
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Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-Current
Name: Lily (schmidt) Whitsett
Age at Death: 86
Birth Date: Abt 1914
Birth Place: Harvey County KS
Death Date: abt 2000
Death Place: Klamath Falls OR
Publication or Record Date: 21 Jun 2000
Publication or Record Place: United States
WHITSETT, Lily (SCHMIDT); 86; Harvey County KSKlamath Falls OR; Gazette Bulletin (KS); 2000-6-21; arw
∼KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. -- Lily Whitsett, 86, died Thursday (June 15, 2000) in Klamath Falls, Ore.
She was born Dec. 6, 1913, in rural Harvey County to Frank and Helena (Reimer) Schmidt. She married Melbourne Whitsett in December 1943 at Tabor Mennonite Church in Newton. He preceded her in death Aug. 2, 1971.
She was a 1932 graduate of Walton High School. She attended Bethel College and received a bachelor of arts degree from The University of Kansas. She was a teacher in a one-room school at Happy Hollow near Moundridge. She also taught in Kansas City, Wichita and Jefferson County in Golden, Colo.
Survivors include: two daughters, Mary Elizabeth Whitsett of Missoula, Mont., and Coralee Whitsett of Klamath Falls, Ore.; one brother, Alvin Schmidt of Walton; three sisters, Velma Claassen of Newton, Olga Conway of Tucson, Ariz., and Leona Griffith of Walton; and three grandchildren.
She also was preceded in death by her parents; a daughter, Carol Jeanne Whitsett; and one grandson, Travis Ramon Valazquez.
Memorial services was Wednesday at Kidron Bethel Village Menno Hall in North Newton.
Memorials have been established with Homecare Hospice.
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