Dolores Maxine Polk, 78, of Chetopa, died at 2:30 a.m., Monday, June 16, 2008, at Chetopa Manor Nursing Home in Chetopa, Kansas, where she had resided since December 2007.
She was born July 10, 1929, in Calumet, Oklahoma, to Harold J. and Beulah B. (Knox) Smith. In early childhood, she moved with her family to a farm in Oswego. She grew up and attended schools in southeast Kansas and was a 1947 graduate of Labette County Community High School in Altamont.
She and Herschell Dale Polk were married June 20, 1948. He preceded her in death November 7, 1986.
She was a member of the Elm Christian Church, rural Edna, where she sang in the choir and was an active member of its women's group. She loved to garden, was an avid bird watcher and enjoyed hand sewing.
SURVIVORS:
One Son - Michael Polk Chetopa, KS
One Daughter – Paulette Wolfe Chetopa, KS
Three Grandchildren
Three Great-Grandchildren
One Brother - Don K. Smith Parsons, KS
One Sister - Marilyn Foster Butler, MO
Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 19, 2008, at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa. Burial will be in Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Coffeyville. The family will receive friends from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to the Susan G. Komen Foundation or the Elm Christian Church. These may be left at or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Dolores Maxine Polk, please visit our flower store.
She was born July 10, 1929, in Calumet, Oklahoma, to Harold J. and Beulah B. (Knox) Smith. In early childhood, she moved with her family to a farm in Oswego. She grew up and attended schools in southeast Kansas and was a 1947 graduate of Labette County Community High School in Altamont.
She and Herschell Dale Polk were married June 20, 1948. He preceded her in death November 7, 1986.
She was a member of the Elm Christian Church, rural Edna, where she sang in the choir and was an active member of its women's group. She loved to garden, was an avid bird watcher and enjoyed hand sewing.
SURVIVORS:
One Son - Michael Polk Chetopa, KS
One Daughter – Paulette Wolfe Chetopa, KS
Three Grandchildren
Three Great-Grandchildren
One Brother - Don K. Smith Parsons, KS
One Sister - Marilyn Foster Butler, MO
Funeral services are scheduled for 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 19, 2008, at the Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Chetopa. Burial will be in Restlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Coffeyville. The family will receive friends from 7:00 – 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, June 18, 2008, at the funeral home.
Memorials are suggested to the Susan G. Komen Foundation or the Elm Christian Church. These may be left at or mailed to Bath-Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 346, Chetopa, KS 67336. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Dolores Maxine Polk, please visit our flower store.
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