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Lola Mae Root

Lola Mae Root[1]

Female 1934 - 2020  (85 years)

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  • Name Lola Mae Root 
    Birth 17 Dec 1934  Chivington, Kiowa County, Colorado Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Death 12 Feb 2020  Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I37467  Family
    Last Modified 30 May 2020 

    Father David Earley Root,   b. CA 1898, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1978, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizonia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Ossie Charlotte Peck,   b. CA 1903, Iola, Allen County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jan 1984, Phoenix, Maricopa County, Arizonia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Family ID F13495  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Wayne Kelley   d. 2004 
    Marriage 22 Mar 1957  Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
     1. Brenda Kelley
     2. Gary Kelley
     3. David Kelley
    Family ID F13499  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 Nov 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 22 Mar 1957 - Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 12 Feb 2020 - Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma Link to Google Earth
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    Lola Mae Root (1934 - 2020)    		Lola Mae Root (1934 - 2020)

  • Sources 
    1. [S4210] Arizona Republic, Ossie Charlotte Root; obituary; 24 January 1984; Ossie Charlotte Root; 29 May 2020.

    2. [S4214] 1940 Census for Howell County, Missouri, 46-3; p. 4B, line 43; dwelling 75; D. Earley Root; 30 May 2020.
      Year: 1940; Census Place: Chapel, Howell, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02113; Page: 4B; Enumeration District: 46-3

    3. [S4216] Funeral One - Green Country, 30 May 2020; Lola Mae Kelley.
      Obituary for Lola Mae Kelley
      Lola Mae Kelley was born December 17, 1934 in Chivington, Colorado, daughter of David Earley and Osie (Peck) Root.
      She died on February 12, 2020 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma after reaching the age of 85 years 1 month and 26 days.
      She was married to Wayne Kelley on March 22, 1957 in Wichita, Kansas. She and Wayne had shared 46 1/2 years of marriage at the time of his passing in 2004.
      Lola loved fishing with Wayne and making quilts. The happiest moments though was spending time with her family whom she loved so very, very much. Lola attended Harvest Time Tabernacle.
      Lola was preceded in death by her parents; David and Osie Root; husband, Wayne Kelley; four sisters, Mary Helen Lacrone, Elvera Skinner, Earlene Hodges and Clara Seals; a brother, Charley Root and an infant granddaughter.
      She is survived by three children, Brenda Spencer and Millard of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, Gary Kelley and wife Carlene of Stilwell, Oklahoma and David Kelley and wife Rachel of Tulsa, Oklahoma; ten grandchildren, Tammy West, Jason Spencer, Kenny Barnes, Shana Dallis, Kodey Kelley, Jesse Kelley, Lacey Kelley, Amber Clayton, Kyle Kelley and Fallon Firmansjah; seven great grandchildren; one great great grandson; one brother, Larry Root of Phoenix, Arizona; a sister, Geneva Wilson Poor, many extended family members and a host of other friends and loved ones.
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