Velma Kinney

Velma Nadine (Ard) Kinney, 78, of Iola, Kansas, died Tuesday, May 4, 2010, at the Iola Nursing Center. She was born February 15, 1932, on the family farm west of Elsmore, Kansas, the daughter of George and Lorene (Deer) Ard. She grew up at Elsmore and graduated from Elsmore High School. Velma Nadine was married to Walter L. Kinney and they had four children, Robert, Linda, Steven and Darrell before they parted their ways. Then she met and married Arthur Jaro in 1960 and along with him came five children, Mary Jane, Lonnie, Joyce, Donna Kay and Donald Ray and one family was formed. She and Walter were remarried in 1998. She has made her home in Allen County most of her life. She owned and operated the Cherry Blossom Cafe in Moran at one time, sold Stanley products, Tupperware and Avon and retired from Midland Brake in Iola. She was a member of the Elsmore United Methodist Church and the women's organization in the church. She enjoyed making wedding cakes and cakes for other special occasions, crocheting, sewing and embroidering, gardening and canning and traveling, fishing and camping. SURVIVORS: Husband: Walter Kinney of the home 8 Children: Linda Bonner & husband, Donnie of Kansas City, MO, Steven Kinney & wife, Denise of Houston, TX, Darrell Kinney of Cambridge, MA, Mary Jane Baker & husband, Rodney of Bevier, MO, Joyce Brooks & husband, Gerry of Raytown, MO, Donna Kay Bach & husband, Chris of San Francisco, CA, Lonnie Jaro & wife, Teresa of Humboldt, KS and Donald Ray Jaro & wife, Anna Marie of Lowry City, MO Daughter-In-Law: Betty Kinney of Lowry City, MO 1 Brother: Dewayne Ard & wife, Janice of Humboldt, KS 2 Sisters: Laura Lee Shy of Blue Springs, MO, and Alice Faye Mazurek & husband, Jerry of Tecumseh, MI A host of grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces and nephews She was preceded in death by a son, Robert Kinney in 2005, a great granddaughter, Zoey Renee Ebelt, a sister, Delorse Zornes and 2 brothers-in-law, Roy Shy and Ronald Zornes. VISITATION: 6:00-8:00 p.m., Friday, May 7, 2010, at the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Chapel in Iola. FUNERAL SERVICE: 11:00 a.m., Saturday, May 8, 2010, at the Elsmore United Methodist Church. BURIAL: Elsmore Cemetery MEMORIAL: Allen County Hospice 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 .