Rhea Kathryn Connelly, 90, Lawrence, formerly of McLouth, died Jan. 29, 2012, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
She was born Sept. 8, 1921, at McLouth, the daughter of Daniel “Dan” Webster and Bertie A. Stigleman Jeffers. She had lived in McLouth most of her life and was a 1939 graduate of McLouth High School.
Rhea Kathryn Connelly
Mrs. Connelly was a homemaker and had worked in the cafeteria of the Winchester Public Schools where she was active in the P.T.A. She was a member of the First Baptist Church of McLouth, a member and former chairwoman of the American Baptist Women.
She married Marvin Thomas Connelly May 11, 1940, at Winchester. He survives at the home.
Other survivors include one son, Gary Connelly, Lawrence; one daughter, Marion Tommer, Kansas City; four grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by two brothers and three sisters.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Feb., 2, at the First Baptist Church of McLouth. Burial will be at McLouth Cemetery.
Visitation was from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the Barnett Family Funeral Home, 1220 Walnut (Hwy. 59), Oskaloosa.
Memorials can be made to the First Baptist Church of McLouth and in care of the funeral home, P.O. Box 602, Oskaloosa, 66066.
from JeffCountynews.com http://www.jeffcountynews.com/2012/02/rhea-connelly/
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