Edith Shear 1929-2018
Edith L. Shear, 88, Hiawatha, died Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, at The Pines of Hiawatha.
She was born Dec. 7, 1929, in rural Jackson County near Delia, the daughter of Gomer and Ruth Jenkins. She graduated from Hiawatha High School in 1947.
Mrs. Shear and her mother and twin sister ran an antiques store in Hiawatha for several years. She and her husband lived in several places, including Youngstown, Ohio, Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area in California, in Louisiana and in Kansas City before returning to Hiawatha in 1987 to retire.
She married William “Bill” Shear on Aug. 9, 1948. He preceded her in death, as did her parents; her stepfather, Wayne Kale; a brother-in-law, Jerry Kale; and a nephew, Murry Kale.
Survivors include her twin sister, Emma Kale, Hiawatha; nieces, Claudia Kale, Loveland, Colo., Sharon Stelzer and husband Matt, Albuquerque, N.M., and Jenny Knudson and husband Bruce, Hiawatha; and great-nieces Annika Socolofsky, Princeton, N.J., Paloma Kwiedacz, Phoenix, Ariz., Savannah Stelzer, Seattle, Wash., and Becca Knudson, Hiawatha.
Celebration of life services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 1 at Chapel Oaks Funeral Home in Hiawatha with Shane Spangler officiating. Interment will follow in Mt. Hope Cemetery, Hiawatha. Friends may call at the funeral home after noon Sunday. Family will meet with friends one hour prior to services on Monday.
Memorial contributions are suggested to Brown County Historical Society, sent in care of Chapel Oaks Funeral Home, 124 S. Seventh St., Hiawatha, KS 66434.
