Lillian Wehde Kirksey 1925-2009

KIRKSEY, PETERS, WEHDE, DRURY, ADHAV, ANDERSON, HALVERSON, BLOCK LEMMEROTH

Posted By: Sharon K Hesebeck (email)
Date: 12/29/2022 at 12:08:03

Funeral services for Lois Alice Kirksey were conducted at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 4, 2009, at Bethany Lutheran Church in Spencer, Iowa Pastor Scott Meier officiated.
Casket bearers were Tom Halvcrson, Jeremy Halvcrson, Benjamin Kirksey, Meghan Kirksey, Sam Anderson, Jay Anderson and Andy Anderson.
Honorary bearers were Walt Goeken, Curt Runkle, Norm Nielson, Dick Goeken, Edwin Geerdes, Bob Block and Mark Schmid.
Interment was in Lone Tree Cemetery at Everly, Iowa.
Warner Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
Lois Alice Kirksey, the daughter of Albert and Amanda Peters Wehde, was born January 16, 1925 in Hartley, Iowa. Her childhood years were spent in Everly, Iowa, where she received her education, graduating from Everly High School. She attended Buena Vista College in Storm Lake for a short time.
Lois married Frank Drury on March 21 , 1943 at Hope Lutheran Church in Everly Following their marriage, they farmed for many years north of Everly She was a past member of Hope Lutheran Church in Everly where she served on the church board council, taught Sunday school, Bible school, and held different offices in the H.L.C.W. Lois belonged to the Women's Club and Farm Bureau Women. She loved to knit, play cards and travel. Frank passed away in 1991.
Lois married Richard Kirksey, Sr. on November 15, 1992 in Everly.
They lived in Everly until 2000 when they moved to Spencer. They were members of Bethany Lutheran Church while living in Spencer and spent their summers at Lake Okoboji.
She passed away at St Luke Lutheran Home in Spencer on Friday, May 1, 2009, at the age of 84.
Lois was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Frank Drury in 1991; and a son-in-law, Jagdcesh Adhav
Left to cherish her memory are her husband, Richard Kirksey, Sr. of Spencer; three daughters: Patricia Adhav of Des Moines, Iowa, Rebecca Kirksey and her husband, Richard, Jr. of Everly, and Barbara Anderson of Houston, Texas; seven grandchildren. Tom and Jeremy Halverson, Benjamin and Meghan Kirksey, and Sam, Jay and Andy Anderson; two sisters-in-law Jo Block and her husband, Bob and Frances Lemmeroth of Dufur, Oregon, other relatives and many friends.
The Hartley Sentinel, published in Hartley, Iowa on Thursday, May 7th, 2009