Obituary

Maude A. Hale

Maude A. Hale, 107, 1035 S.E. Third, retired co-owner of B and M Newsstand, died Tuesday (Jan. 26, 1999) at Kansas Christian Home.

She was born Nov. 15, 1891, in Ashland, Neb., to James L. and Alice A. (Ramshaw) Owen. She married Edmund S. Hale, Dec. 14, 1911, in Kansas City, Mo. He preceded her in death Nov. 24, 1956. She was a member of First United Methodist Church and Newton Rebekah Lodge, both of Newton. She was a member of No. 305 Pomona Chapter Order of the Eastern Star for more than 75 years, past worthy matron and past president of the Women's Relief Corp. She lived in Pomona until moving to Newton in 1950. Their were no immediate survivors. She also was preceded in death by one son, John Edmund Hale; and one sister, Ella Puckett. Graveside services and burial will be at 2 p.m. Friday at Woodlawn Cemetery in Pomona with the Rev. Francis Stockton from Trinity United Methodist Church in Ottawa officiating. Friends may call until 9 p.m. today at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home. Memorials have been established with First United Methodist Church and Kansas Christian Home in care of the funeral home.