Obituary
Rose K. O'Neill, 86, Winchester, KS, died Friday, August 15, 2008, at
her home at Jefferson Suites in Winchester.
She was born January 7, 1922 at Boyle, west of Winchester, the daughter of Ross B. and Lola Sloop Keys. She graduated from Winchester Rural High School in 1939.
Rose married John T. O'Neill on March 5, 1940, at Winchester. They farmed and raised livestock south of Winchester and later tested dairy cows for the Dairy Herd Improvement Association. Rose was a homemaker and had also worked in medical records at the Jefferson County Memorial Hospital.
She was a lifetime member of the Winchester Reformed Presbyterian Church and had served as the national president of the Reformed Presbyterian Women's Missionary Fellowship. Rose was active in many community and county organizations. She coached the Winchester High School girls basketball team for two years and was a state and local officer of the Young Women's Christian Association.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John, on September 4, 2007, and a sister, Ruth Clark.
Survivors include a son, Jerry (Ann) O'Neill, Pittsburgh, PA; three daughters, Linda Henry, Vadnais Heights, MN, Bonnie (Dennis) Meyer, Palatine, IL, and Rita (Bob) Lyon, Winchester; a sister, Edith Duguid, Winchester; eleven grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 19, 2008, at the Winchester Reformed Presbyterian Church. Burial will be at the Reformed Presbyterian Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Monday, at the O'Neill farmstead (home of Bob & Rita Lyon), 14431 Saline Road, Winchester. Mrs. O'Neill will lie in repose at Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sunday and Monday, and from 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, until service time, at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Jefferson County Memorial Hospital or to the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary and sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, 810 Broadway, Valley Falls, KS
66088. Online condolences are at www.mercerfuneralhomes.com
her home at Jefferson Suites in Winchester.
She was born January 7, 1922 at Boyle, west of Winchester, the daughter of Ross B. and Lola Sloop Keys. She graduated from Winchester Rural High School in 1939.
Rose married John T. O'Neill on March 5, 1940, at Winchester. They farmed and raised livestock south of Winchester and later tested dairy cows for the Dairy Herd Improvement Association. Rose was a homemaker and had also worked in medical records at the Jefferson County Memorial Hospital.
She was a lifetime member of the Winchester Reformed Presbyterian Church and had served as the national president of the Reformed Presbyterian Women's Missionary Fellowship. Rose was active in many community and county organizations. She coached the Winchester High School girls basketball team for two years and was a state and local officer of the Young Women's Christian Association.
She was preceded in death by her husband, John, on September 4, 2007, and a sister, Ruth Clark.
Survivors include a son, Jerry (Ann) O'Neill, Pittsburgh, PA; three daughters, Linda Henry, Vadnais Heights, MN, Bonnie (Dennis) Meyer, Palatine, IL, and Rita (Bob) Lyon, Winchester; a sister, Edith Duguid, Winchester; eleven grandchildren and fifteen great-grandchildren.
A funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, August 19, 2008, at the Winchester Reformed Presbyterian Church. Burial will be at the Reformed Presbyterian Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:30-8:30 p.m., Monday, at the O'Neill farmstead (home of Bob & Rita Lyon), 14431 Saline Road, Winchester. Mrs. O'Neill will lie in repose at Mercer Funeral Home in Valley Falls from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Sunday and Monday, and from 9:00 a.m. Tuesday, until service time, at the church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Jefferson County Memorial Hospital or to the Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary and sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, 810 Broadway, Valley Falls, KS
66088. Online condolences are at www.mercerfuneralhomes.com
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