Mabel Marie Kelsey Centlivre, 96, Iola, died Friday, July 13, 2012, at Windsor Place in Iola.
Mabel was born June 25, 1916, in Kimball, in Neosho County, the daughter of Samuel Ferdinand and Sarah Daisy (Spohr) Kelsey. She graduated in 1934 from Grant Township Rural High School in Stark.
On Oct. 4, 1941, Mabel married Peter C. Centlivre in Kansas City, Kan. They made their home in various places due to his career in the Army and Air Force. They spent 1957 to 1960 in Itazuke, Japan. She worked at North American Aviation in Kansas City, then at the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C. In San Bernardino, Calif., she worked at Bank of America, St. Bernardine’s Hospital and then for 10 years at Patton State Hospital as a certified psychiatric technician and licensed vocational nurse.
In 1973, she and her husband retired and moved to Iola. He preceded her in death Sept. 23, 1993.
She was a member of Moran Christian Church.
She is survived by a son, Michael P. Centlivre and wife, Amy, Escondido, Calif.; three granddaughters and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy, and brothers Melbern, Roland and Dale Kelsey.
Graveside services were this morning at Highland Cemetery in Iola.
Memorial gifts to Moran Christian Church may be left with Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, which is in charge of arrangements.
Online condolences may be left at www.iolafuneral.com.
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