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Elsie Rhodes

Elsie G. Rhodes, 88, of Marion, died April 29, 2006, at Select Specialty Care Hospital, Wichita.

Born Sept. 20, 1917, at Campbell, Neb., she was the daughter of Fred Jacob Kimle and Mary Sophia Lutkemeier.

After high school, she graduated from Hastings Business College, Hastings, Neb., then worked in the accounting department of the Hastings Daily Tribune.

On Sept. 18, 1955, she married William G. "Bill" Rhodes at Campbell, Neb. The couple made their home in Gaylord.

After her husband's death in 1997, she moved to Marion, where she has lived for the past eight years.

She was active with Marion Senior Center, groups at Hilltop Manor, and attended Eastmoor United Methodist Church, Marion.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; sister, Edna Eckhardt; and brother, Paul Kimle.

Survivors include two sons and daughters-in-law, Bruce and Brenda Rhodes of Marion and Paul Rhodes and Amy Crouch of Goddard; sister, Erma Meyer of Great Bend; brother, Phil Kimle of Thermopolis, Wyo.; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.

Funeral services were held today (Wednesday) at Gaylord Community Church, Gaylord.

Burial was in Gaylord Cemetery.

A memorial fund has been established with Gaylord Community Church.

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