MILDRED ‘MICKEY’ FINCH HERMRECK
Mildred “Mickey” Finch Hermreck, 85, Lawrence, died Tuesday, Feb. 26 ...
Mildred “Mickey” Finch Hermreck, 85, Lawrence, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
Funeral services are planned for 10 a.m. Friday, March 8, 2013, at First Baptist Church in Lawrence, with the Rev. Matt Sturtevant officiating. Private burial will be at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa. Friends may call from noon to 8 p.m. Thursday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, Lawrence.
She was born May 24, 1927, in De Soto, Kan., the daughter of Harley and Nina Beach Finch.
She graduated from Rantoul High School, and later earned bachelor’s degrees from Ottawa University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Kansas.
She also had a real estate broker’s license from the GRI. She taught elementary school in Ottawa and Garnett, and owned the Gambles store in Osawatomie from 1971 to 1976.
She moved to Lawrence in 1978, and was a member of the First Baptist Church and its Mary Circle, P.E.O. Chapter GQ, Red Hat Ladies, Ventura Club, Welcome Club, and six bridge clubs. In previous years, she had also been a member and president of numerous organizations, including the PTA, AAUW, BPW, and served on the Election Board.
She married Fredrick Hermreck April 16, 1949, in Ottawa. They shared 53 happy years of marriage. He preceded her in death Sept. 11, 2002.
Survivors include a son, David Hermreck and wife, Sharon, Germantown, Md.; two daughters, Marsha Hermreck, Lawrence, and Michelle Gray, Ottawa; two sisters, Shirley Daney, Albuquerque, and Beverly Bolger and husband, Dick, St. Charles, Ill.; three brothers-in-law, Larry Hermreck and wife, Almeda, Vero Beach, Fla., and Richard Roeckers and wife, Shirley, and Henry Roeckers and wife, Kay, all of Garnett; two sisters-in-law, Roberta Boyer and husband, Eddie, Lawrence, and Barbara Burwell and husband, Glen, Manhattan; and three grandchildren, Pfc. Nicholas Hermreck, Ft. Hood, Tex., Jordan Gray, Lawrence, and Mark Hermreck, Germantown, Md.
The family suggests memorial contributions to First Baptist Church, or Boy Scout Troop 74 in Ottawa, through Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence KS 66044.
Online condolences may be sent at rumsey-yost.com or www.ottawaherald.com
Funeral services are planned for 10 a.m. Friday, March 8, 2013, at First Baptist Church in Lawrence, with the Rev. Matt Sturtevant officiating. Private burial will be at Highland Cemetery, Ottawa. Friends may call from noon to 8 p.m. Thursday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, Lawrence.
She was born May 24, 1927, in De Soto, Kan., the daughter of Harley and Nina Beach Finch.
She graduated from Rantoul High School, and later earned bachelor’s degrees from Ottawa University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Kansas.
She also had a real estate broker’s license from the GRI. She taught elementary school in Ottawa and Garnett, and owned the Gambles store in Osawatomie from 1971 to 1976.
She moved to Lawrence in 1978, and was a member of the First Baptist Church and its Mary Circle, P.E.O. Chapter GQ, Red Hat Ladies, Ventura Club, Welcome Club, and six bridge clubs. In previous years, she had also been a member and president of numerous organizations, including the PTA, AAUW, BPW, and served on the Election Board.
She married Fredrick Hermreck April 16, 1949, in Ottawa. They shared 53 happy years of marriage. He preceded her in death Sept. 11, 2002.
Survivors include a son, David Hermreck and wife, Sharon, Germantown, Md.; two daughters, Marsha Hermreck, Lawrence, and Michelle Gray, Ottawa; two sisters, Shirley Daney, Albuquerque, and Beverly Bolger and husband, Dick, St. Charles, Ill.; three brothers-in-law, Larry Hermreck and wife, Almeda, Vero Beach, Fla., and Richard Roeckers and wife, Shirley, and Henry Roeckers and wife, Kay, all of Garnett; two sisters-in-law, Roberta Boyer and husband, Eddie, Lawrence, and Barbara Burwell and husband, Glen, Manhattan; and three grandchildren, Pfc. Nicholas Hermreck, Ft. Hood, Tex., Jordan Gray, Lawrence, and Mark Hermreck, Germantown, Md.
The family suggests memorial contributions to First Baptist Church, or Boy Scout Troop 74 in Ottawa, through Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home, 601 Indiana St., Lawrence KS 66044.
Online condolences may be sent at rumsey-yost.com or www.ottawaherald.com