Mabel Centlivre

Mabel Marie Kelsey Centlivre, 96, of Iola, Kansas, died Friday, July 13, 2012, at Windsor Place in Iola. Mabel was born June 25, 1916, at Kimball, Kansas in Neosho County, the daughter of Samuel Ferdinand and Sarah Daisy (Spohr) Kelsey. She graduated in 1934 from Grant Township Rural High School at Stark, Kansas. On October 4, 1941, Mabel married Peter C. Centlivre in Kansas City, Kansas. 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, California, she worked at Bank of American, St. Bernardines 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 September 23, 1993. She was a member of the Moran Christian Church. SURVIVORS: 1 Son: Michael P. Centlivre & wife, Amy of Escondido, CA 3 Granddaughters & 1 Great Grandson Several nieces and nephews She was preceded in death by a sister, Dorothy, and brothers Melbern, Roland and Dale Kelsey. GRAVESIDE SERVICE: 10:30 a.m., Monday, July 16, 2012, at Highland Cemetery in Iola. MEMORIAL: Moran Christian Church Memorial gifts may be left with the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel of Iola, which is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences for the family may be left on this website, www.iolafuneral.com .