Phoebe Paul-Mott

Phoebe Paul-Mott, age 85, of Gas, Kansas, passed away on Saturday, August 3, 2013, at the Anderson County Hospital, Garnett, Kansas. She was born April 20, 1928, in Rosebud, South Dakota, the daughter of James and Julia (Stone) Greenwood. Phoebe attended Indian School in Mission, South Dakota, graduating from Presho High School. She married Edward James Paul on May 29, 1961in Iola, Kansas; he passed away on April 2, 1971. She married A.E. Mott on March 30, 1992 in Miami, Oklahoma. He passed away on February 15, 1995. Phoebe worked at a downtown caf in Presho, South Dakota until her father passed away in 1960. That spring, she came to Kansas, working at Ft. Riley military base in the laundry department. She moved to Colony, Kansas and worked on the family dairy farm, until 1970. She worked as a nurse's aide from 1972 to 1975 at the Neosho County Hospital in Chanute, Kansas. Phoebe then moved to Gas, Kansas in 2009. She was always a wonderful homemaker, nurturing mother, grandmother, and great grandmother. Phoebe enjoyed crossword puzzles, bead work, quilting, traveling, and loved watching old western movies. Her greatest love was God and her family. She was preceded in death by her parents, James and Julia Greenwood; one brother, Paul Greenwood; three sisters, Elsie Mang; Esther Chavez; and Fran VanEtten. Survivors include one son, Lonnie Greenwood and Loretta Snyder of Topeka, Kansas; five daughters, Christina Culbertson and husband Bill of Topeka, Kansas; Mary Matuska and husband Gary of Gas, Kansas; Elsie Ewing and husband Floyd of Anderson, Missouri; Bonnie Fitzmaurice of Topeka, Kansas; and Denise Compton of Westphalia, Kansas; one sister, Cecilia Hill and husband Ivan of Welda, Kansas; twenty-three grandchildren; and thirty-one great grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., on Tuesday, August 6, 2013, at the Feuerborn Family Funeral Service Chapel in Garnett. Burial to follow in the Richmond Cemetery, Richmond, Kansas. No visitation is planned. Memorial contributions may be made to help defray funeral expenses. You can send your condolences to the family at www.feuerbornfuneral.com .