Mildred M. Queen, 93, St. Joseph, Missouri passed away Friday, May 20, 2016, at Mosaic Life Care.
She was born May 20, 1923 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
She graduated from Central High School Class of 1941 and attended the Kansas City Art Institute where she was the winner of a scholarship in fashion designing. Her admission to the school had come as a surprise, courtesy of a high school art teacher who had seen her promise as an artist and applied on her behalf by submitting some of her work. Although she was accepted, her time at the Institute was short due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor that occurred during her first year there and the hard realities that came with the wartime economy that followed.
Decades later, Ms. Queen still creates art – as is evidenced by the entryway at Faith United Church in St. Joseph. Every year for the past 18, she has done a Christmas-themed watercolor that members of the church sign in lieu of sending Christmas cards to each other. This is just one of the ways she has served at the church, of which she was a charter member in 1961. Although the paintings are hers, she has no plans to take them from the church. It was her choice to leave them there as a legacy to her.
Mildred married Richard Queen on March 4, 1944 in Wathena, Kansas.
She was a member of Faith United Church of Christ, where she was in the Women’s Fellowship and Lydia Circle. She had also been the church historian and had served on various commissions. Mildred was also a member of the St. Joseph China Painters, where she was the treasurer and a member of the St. Joseph Doll Museum.
Mrs. Queen was preceded in death by her husband, LT. COL Richard Queen; parents, Claude and Roberta (Glenn) Thomas; and brother, Marvin Thomas.
Survivors include daughters, Dianne Venable (Bill), Kansas City, Missouri and Debbie Demuth, St. Joseph, Missouri; three grandchildren, Chad Venable (Stacy), Tommy Simpson (Stacy) and Jenni Butcher (Jeff); seven great-grandchildren, Phoebe Venable; Zeb, Kirsten, Zayne and Anna May Simpson; and Kennedy and Courtney Butcher; one niece; two nephews; and extended family.
Farewell Services 10:00 A.M. Monday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery.
She was born May 20, 1923 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
She graduated from Central High School Class of 1941 and attended the Kansas City Art Institute where she was the winner of a scholarship in fashion designing. Her admission to the school had come as a surprise, courtesy of a high school art teacher who had seen her promise as an artist and applied on her behalf by submitting some of her work. Although she was accepted, her time at the Institute was short due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor that occurred during her first year there and the hard realities that came with the wartime economy that followed.
Decades later, Ms. Queen still creates art – as is evidenced by the entryway at Faith United Church in St. Joseph. Every year for the past 18, she has done a Christmas-themed watercolor that members of the church sign in lieu of sending Christmas cards to each other. This is just one of the ways she has served at the church, of which she was a charter member in 1961. Although the paintings are hers, she has no plans to take them from the church. It was her choice to leave them there as a legacy to her.
Mildred married Richard Queen on March 4, 1944 in Wathena, Kansas.
She was a member of Faith United Church of Christ, where she was in the Women’s Fellowship and Lydia Circle. She had also been the church historian and had served on various commissions. Mildred was also a member of the St. Joseph China Painters, where she was the treasurer and a member of the St. Joseph Doll Museum.
Mrs. Queen was preceded in death by her husband, LT. COL Richard Queen; parents, Claude and Roberta (Glenn) Thomas; and brother, Marvin Thomas.
Survivors include daughters, Dianne Venable (Bill), Kansas City, Missouri and Debbie Demuth, St. Joseph, Missouri; three grandchildren, Chad Venable (Stacy), Tommy Simpson (Stacy) and Jenni Butcher (Jeff); seven great-grandchildren, Phoebe Venable; Zeb, Kirsten, Zayne and Anna May Simpson; and Kennedy and Courtney Butcher; one niece; two nephews; and extended family.
Farewell Services 10:00 A.M. Monday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery.
Mildred M. Queen, 93, St. Joseph, Missouri passed away Friday, May 20, 2016, at Mosaic Life Care.
She was born May 20, 1923 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
She graduated from Central High School Class of 1941 and attended the Kansas City Art Institute where she was the winner of a scholarship in fashion designing. Her admission to the school had come as a surprise, courtesy of a high school art teacher who had seen her promise as an artist and applied on her behalf by submitting some of her work. Although she was accepted, her time at the Institute was short due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor that occurred during her first year there and the hard realities that came with the wartime economy that followed.
Decades later, Ms. Queen still creates art – as is evidenced by the entryway at Faith United Church in St. Joseph. Every year for the past 18, she has done a Christmas-themed watercolor that members of the church sign in lieu of sending Christmas cards to each other. This is just one of the ways she has served at the church, of which she was a charter member in 1961. Although the paintings are hers, she has no plans to take them from the church. It was her choice to leave them there as a legacy to her.
Mildred married Richard Queen on March 4, 1944 in Wathena, Kansas.
She was a member of Faith United Church of Christ, where she was in the Women’s Fellowship and Lydia Circle. She had also been the church historian and had served on various commissions. Mildred was also a member of the St. Joseph China Painters, where she was the treasurer and a member of the St. Joseph Doll Museum.
Mrs. Queen was preceded in death by her husband, LT. COL Richard Queen; parents, Claude and Roberta (Glenn) Thomas; and brother, Marvin Thomas.
Survivors include daughters, Dianne Venable (Bill), Kansas City, Missouri and Debbie Demuth, St. Joseph, Missouri; three grandchildren, Chad Venable (Stacy), Tommy Simpson (Stacy) and Jenni Butcher (Jeff); seven great-grandchildren, Phoebe Venable; Zeb, Kirsten, Zayne and Anna May Simpson; and Kennedy and Courtney Butcher; one niece; two nephews; and extended family.
Farewell Services 10:00 A.M. Monday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery.
She was born May 20, 1923 in St. Joseph, Missouri.
She graduated from Central High School Class of 1941 and attended the Kansas City Art Institute where she was the winner of a scholarship in fashion designing. Her admission to the school had come as a surprise, courtesy of a high school art teacher who had seen her promise as an artist and applied on her behalf by submitting some of her work. Although she was accepted, her time at the Institute was short due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor that occurred during her first year there and the hard realities that came with the wartime economy that followed.
Decades later, Ms. Queen still creates art – as is evidenced by the entryway at Faith United Church in St. Joseph. Every year for the past 18, she has done a Christmas-themed watercolor that members of the church sign in lieu of sending Christmas cards to each other. This is just one of the ways she has served at the church, of which she was a charter member in 1961. Although the paintings are hers, she has no plans to take them from the church. It was her choice to leave them there as a legacy to her.
Mildred married Richard Queen on March 4, 1944 in Wathena, Kansas.
She was a member of Faith United Church of Christ, where she was in the Women’s Fellowship and Lydia Circle. She had also been the church historian and had served on various commissions. Mildred was also a member of the St. Joseph China Painters, where she was the treasurer and a member of the St. Joseph Doll Museum.
Mrs. Queen was preceded in death by her husband, LT. COL Richard Queen; parents, Claude and Roberta (Glenn) Thomas; and brother, Marvin Thomas.
Survivors include daughters, Dianne Venable (Bill), Kansas City, Missouri and Debbie Demuth, St. Joseph, Missouri; three grandchildren, Chad Venable (Stacy), Tommy Simpson (Stacy) and Jenni Butcher (Jeff); seven great-grandchildren, Phoebe Venable; Zeb, Kirsten, Zayne and Anna May Simpson; and Kennedy and Courtney Butcher; one niece; two nephews; and extended family.
Farewell Services 10:00 A.M. Monday, Meierhoffer Funeral Home & Crematory. Interment Memorial Park Cemetery.
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