JOSEPHINE GENTILI OBITUARY

GENTILI, JOSEPHINE KELLN BAGWELL, Born in Canadian, Texas on February 4, 1920 to John A. and Mollie Kelln and passed away in her sleep on July 23, 2007. She was raised in Higgins, Texas as one of ten children. After graduating from Higgins High School in 1938, she attended Amarillo Business College and later accepted a job at Pantex, where she met her first husband, Dr. Robert Wayne Bagwell. She and Dr. Bagwell lived together in Borger until his death in 1955. She lived in Big Spring, Texas for a few years and settled in Phoenix in 1963 and resided there until her death. Josephine was a beautiful woman. She loved to sew and was a great cook. She loved Texas and the Southwest. She appreciated art and produced a wonderful collection of oil paintings and watercolors. She was an independent, progressive thinker who preferred quality over quantity. She lived a simple life, was self reliant, and seldom asked for anything for herself. She loved to study and received a BA degree from Arizona State University when her children were nearly grown. She is survived by her brother Ben Kelln and his wife Bonita, of Waco; sister Marge Hazlett of Amarillo; children Jan Vermeulen and her husband Larry, of Phoenix, Robert W. Bagwell and his wife Kathryn of Dallas and Terese Hammerle and her husband Ed Kelley of Boston; 11 grand children, 9 great-grand children and numerous nephews and neices. She was preceded in death by her parents; sisters, Mayme Laubhan, Bertha Laubhan, Elsie Turner, and Martha Nitschke; brothers John Kelln, Dave Kelln, and William Kelln, and her beloved daughter, Suzanne. A Mass will be held in her honor at St Johns Catholic Church in Borger at 5:00 PM Friday, August 17th, and a funeral and burial service will be held Saturday August 18th at 10:00 AM at first United Methodist Church in Borger. Brown Funeral Home of Borger will assist with arrangements.

(Published by Dallas Morning News on Aug. 14, 2007.)
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Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Records, 1837-1965
Name: MS Josephine Bette Kelhe
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 1 Aug 1943
Marriage Place: Travis, Texas, USA
Spouse: Robert Wayne Bagwell
Certificate Number: 1443

U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Josephine Bette Kelln [Josephine Bette Bagwell] [Josephine Gentili]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 4 Feb 1920
Birth Place: Lipscomb, Texas
Death Date: 23 Jul 2007
Father: John A Kelln
Mother: Mollie Laubhan
Notes: Oct 1941: Name listed as JOSEPHINE BETTE KELLN; Mar 1958: Name listed as JOSEPHINE BETTE BAGWELL; Dec 1960: Name listed as JOSEPHINE B GENTILI; 11 Aug 2007: Name listed as JOSEPHINE GENTILI∼See attached obit from Amarillo Globe News. Memorial held in Borger Texas