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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Lorene M.
Kelso
Mar 26, 1925 — Jul 27, 2013
Obituary
Lorene M. Kelso daughter of the late Lilie Mabel Hoskins Marsh and Hiriam W. Marsh was born in Crowley County, Kansas, on March 26, 1925. She departed this life at Clark's Mountain Nursing Home in Piedmont, Missouri, on July 27, 2013, at the age of 88.
Lorene attended Oak Grove School and Arkansas City, Kansas Schools and graduated with the class of 1943. She also attended Kansas State College in Manhattan, KS, and Wichita Business College in Wichita, KS. Her hobbies included reading, working puzzles, sewing, crocheting and working in the yard. Lorene worked at Boeing Aircraft WWII and various insurance agencies in St. Louis, MO. After the war Lorene was united in marriage to Eugene C. Kelso on December 5, 1959 in East St. Louis, IL, and moved to Ellington in 1976. Lorene was of the Lutheran Faith and attended Grace Lutheran Church in Piedmont, MO.
Lorene was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter, Catherine Huckie, three sisters, Ruby and Maybelle, and Lucille Thompson, one son-in-law.
Lorene is survived by her husband Eugene Kelso of Ellington, two sons, Carl Kelso and wife Jan of Desoto, MO, Curtis Kelso of Fredericktown, MO, two daughters, Marsha Reed and husband James of Ohio, Judith Collins of Maryland Heights, MO, 11 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren, two brothers-in-law and three sisters-in-law. Lorene is also survived by a host of other family members and friends who will mourn her passing.
Memorial Services to be held at a later date.
Arrangements by McSpadden Funeral Home, Ellington, MO
Lorene attended Oak Grove School and Arkansas City, Kansas Schools and graduated with the class of 1943. She also attended Kansas State College in Manhattan, KS, and Wichita Business College in Wichita, KS. Her hobbies included reading, working puzzles, sewing, crocheting and working in the yard. Lorene worked at Boeing Aircraft WWII and various insurance agencies in St. Louis, MO. After the war Lorene was united in marriage to Eugene C. Kelso on December 5, 1959 in East St. Louis, IL, and moved to Ellington in 1976. Lorene was of the Lutheran Faith and attended Grace Lutheran Church in Piedmont, MO.
Lorene was preceded in death by her parents, one daughter, Catherine Huckie, three sisters, Ruby and Maybelle, and Lucille Thompson, one son-in-law.
Lorene is survived by her husband Eugene Kelso of Ellington, two sons, Carl Kelso and wife Jan of Desoto, MO, Curtis Kelso of Fredericktown, MO, two daughters, Marsha Reed and husband James of Ohio, Judith Collins of Maryland Heights, MO, 11 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren, two brothers-in-law and three sisters-in-law. Lorene is also survived by a host of other family members and friends who will mourn her passing.
Memorial Services to be held at a later date.
Arrangements by McSpadden Funeral Home, Ellington, MO
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