Naomi I. Rhodes, 82, of Blue Mound, Kansas, died at 2:34 p.m., Monday, May 31, 2010, while residing at the home of her daughter, Nancy Hodges, in Parsons.
She was born February 29, 1928, at the family home in Faulkner, Kansas, to LeRoy and Ella (Bascue) Best. Since Naomi was a leap year baby, she always declared March 1st as her birthday.
She and William G. Rhodes were married December 20, 1948, in Miami, Oklahoma. The family lived on farms near Welch, Oklahoma, Bartlett, Kansas, and following retirement in Blue Mound, Kansas. Through the years, she assisted her husband with their farming operation and, for a brief time, worked at the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant in Parsons.
She enjoyed writing poetry, working word-find puzzles and reading. Naomi was a wonderful wife, a loving mother to her children, and adoring grandmother to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Survivors include:
One Son – Dan W. Rhodes and wife, Irene Blue Mound, KS
Two Daughters – Nancy F. Hodges and husband, Don Parsons, KS
Betsy A. Kyser, and husband, Greg Topeka, KS
Numerous Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren
One Cousin – Nadine Larson Columbus, KS
She was preceded in death by four brothers, three sisters, and husband, William G. Rhodes, on February 5, 1997.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 3, 2010, at Lake Creek Cemetery near Bartlett. Friends may call after noon on Wednesday at the Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Parsons to sign the register.
Memorials are suggested to the Faith Bible Church in Chanute or Southern Care Hospice in Pittsburg, KS. These may be left at or mailed to Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 374, Parsons, KS 67357.
Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Naomi I. Rhodes, please visit our flower store.
She was born February 29, 1928, at the family home in Faulkner, Kansas, to LeRoy and Ella (Bascue) Best. Since Naomi was a leap year baby, she always declared March 1st as her birthday.
She and William G. Rhodes were married December 20, 1948, in Miami, Oklahoma. The family lived on farms near Welch, Oklahoma, Bartlett, Kansas, and following retirement in Blue Mound, Kansas. Through the years, she assisted her husband with their farming operation and, for a brief time, worked at the Kansas Army Ammunition Plant in Parsons.
She enjoyed writing poetry, working word-find puzzles and reading. Naomi was a wonderful wife, a loving mother to her children, and adoring grandmother to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Survivors include:
One Son – Dan W. Rhodes and wife, Irene Blue Mound, KS
Two Daughters – Nancy F. Hodges and husband, Don Parsons, KS
Betsy A. Kyser, and husband, Greg Topeka, KS
Numerous Grandchildren and Great-Grandchildren
One Cousin – Nadine Larson Columbus, KS
She was preceded in death by four brothers, three sisters, and husband, William G. Rhodes, on February 5, 1997.
Graveside services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Thursday, June 3, 2010, at Lake Creek Cemetery near Bartlett. Friends may call after noon on Wednesday at the Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home in Parsons to sign the register.
Memorials are suggested to the Faith Bible Church in Chanute or Southern Care Hospice in Pittsburg, KS. These may be left at or mailed to Forbes-Hoffman Funeral Home, P.O. Box 374, Parsons, KS 67357.
Online condolences may be left at www.forbeshoffman.com. To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Naomi I. Rhodes, please visit our flower store.
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