Edith Hetzel

COLONY - Edith Louise (Ten Eyck) Hetzel, 94, died Thursday, September 2, 2010 in Wichita, Kansas. Mrs. Hetzel was a high school English, speech and drama teacher, and a school librarian. She is remembered for her fine speech and drama programs. She retired from Crest High School, Colony, in 1981. She was born March 22, 1916 in Marseilles, IL, the daughter of George Edward and Estella Bernice (Gallaher) Ten Eyck. She received a bachelor's degree in education and a master's degree in library science from the Kansas State Teacher's College in Emporia. She lived in rural Colony for 52 years, before moving to live with her daughter and husband in 2002. Mrs. Hetzel was a member of the Colony United Methodist Church, the Colony United Methodist Women, and the Forget Me Not Club. She was married to John Charles Hetzel on Jan. 26, 1942 in Emporia. He preceded her in death in 1994. Survivors include a son, John Charles Hetzel II and wife Dorothy of LeRoy; a daughter, Ann Hetzel Gardner and husband Michael of Wichita; two sisters, Jean Tuttle of Sacramento, CA, and Gail Boese of Walton; a brother Clyde Ten Eyck and wife Judy of Penn Valley, CA; three grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. A brother George Robert Ten Eyck, and a sister Delia Bernice Moore preceded her in death. Services will be 11:00 a.m., Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at Colony, KS, at the United Methodist Church. Friends may greet the family at the Church from 10:00 a.m. until service time. Private Family Inurnment at the Colony Cemetery will follow the service. Memorial contributions may be made to the Television Ministry of the First United Methodist Church in Wichita in care of Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel, 16 N. Buckeye, Iola, KS 66749. Online condolences for the family may be left on this website, www.iolafuneral.com .