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Edith L Jenkins Shear

Female 1929 - 2018  (88 years)


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  • Name Edith L Jenkins Shear 
    Born 7 Dec 1929  Delia, Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 26 Sep 2018  Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Mount Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I29290  Rossville
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2020 

    Father Gomer Jenkins 
    Mother Ruth Jenkins Kale 
    Family ID F8401  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family William Shear 
    Married 9 Aug 1948 
    Last Modified 3 Sep 2019 00:10:36 
    Family ID F8402  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsDied - 26 Sep 2018 - Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Mount Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha, Brown County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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    Obituary- Shear, Edith
    Obituary- Shear, Edith
    Shear
    Edith L. Shear, 88, Hiawatha, died Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, at The Pines of Hiawatha.

    She was born Dec. 7, 1929, in rural Jackson County near Delia, the daughter of Gomer and Ruth Jenkins. She graduated from Hiawatha High School in 1947.

    Mrs. Shear and her mother and twin sister ran an antiques store in Hiawatha for several years. She and her husband lived in several places, including Youngstown, Ohio, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area in California, in Louisiana and in Kansas City before returning to Hiawatha in 1987 to retire.

    She married William "Bill" Shear on Aug. 9, 1948. He preceded her in death, as did her parents; her stepfather, Wayne Kale; a brother-in-law, Jerry Kale; and a nephew, Murry Kale.

    Survivors include her twin sister, Emma Kale, Hiawatha; nieces, Claudia Kale, Loveland, Colo., Sharon Stelzer and husband Matt, Albuquerque, N.M., and Jenny Knudson and husband Bruce, Hiawatha; and great-nieces Annika Socolofsky, Princeton, NJ., Paloma Kwiedacz, Phoenix, Ariz., Savannah Stelzer, Seattle, Wash., and Becca Knudson, Hiawatha.

    Celebration of life services were held Monday morning at Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha with Shane Spangler officiating. Interment followed in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha.

    Memorial contributions may be made to Brown County Historical Society, sent in care of Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, 124 S. Seventh St., Hiawatha, KS 66434.