VERYL G. REICHART

Veryl Gwendolyn Reichart, 97, Valley Falls, died Thursday, January 18, 2007, at the home of her daughter, Lois Beames, in Topeka.
Mrs. Reichart was a homemaker and had worked as a nurse's aid at Valley View Nursing Home in Valley Falls. She had operated Reichart's Sundries and worked for Paul Heinen & Associates, both in Valley Falls. She worked for H & R Block in Topeka.
She was born at Thomas, Oklahoma, on Jan. 1, 1910, the daughter of Roy Edgar and Prudence Esther Towell Pratt. She attended rural school in Oklahoma, and later at Greensburg and Burlington, KS, graduating from Onaga High School in 1928. She had been a member of the Coal Creek United Methodist Church for 78 years. She was also a member of the United Methodist Women, the Walnut Creek Club, U and I Club, the VFW Auxiliary, and the Literary Ramblers.
She married Elmer Clarence Reichart on Jan. 1, 1932, north of Valley Falls. He died on March 29, 1963. She was also preceded in death by four brothers, Millard, Omer, Kenneth and Gerald Pratt, and a sister, Evalyn Pratt.
Survivors include two sons, Rev. Francis LeRoy Reichart, Overland Park, and Galen Reichart, Valley Falls; two daughters, Gwendolyn Marlene Towle, Overland Park, and Lois Beames, Topeka, a sister, Rev. Elva Manuel Douthat; 14 grandchildren; 13 great grandchildren and two great-great grandchildren.
A funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2007, at Mercer Funeral home in Valley Falls. Burial will be at the Coal Creek Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, until service time.
Memorial contributions may be made to Heart America Hospice or to Jefferson County District 11 EMS and sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, 810 Broadway, Valley Falls, KS 66088. Online condolences are available at www.mercerfuneralhomes.com