Marvel McDaniel 1931-2018
Marvel I. McDaniel, 87, Winchester, died Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
She was born Oct. 8, 1931, at Wetmore, the daughter of Harry A. and Dorothea J. Mahler Scott. She graduated from Wetmore High School in 1949.
Mrs. McDaniel had worked in cafeteria service at The University of Kansas campus at Lawrence. She had also worked as a cook at Jefferson County North High School at Winchester. She and her husband had operated the Winchester HyKlas Grocery Store at Winchester for six years.
She married George F. McDaniel on Jan. 10, 1951, at Wetmore. He died Sept. 5, 1978. She was also preceded in death by a son, Loren McDaniel; three brothers, Ivan, Gene and Jim Scott; a sister, Beth Bohannon; and a daughter-in-law, Alice McDaniel.
Survivors include three sons, Mike McDaniel, Longmont, Colo., Larry John McDaniel and wife Donna, Oskaloosa, and Greg McDaniel and wife Marie, Atchison; a daughter, Cindy and spouse Kim Griffitts, Oskaloosa; two brothers, Bob Scott and wife Phyllis, Holton, and Mac Scott and wife Bev, Cyprus, Texas; two sisters, Elaine Suther and husband Cletus, New Carlisle, Ohio, and Ruth Glenn, Wetmore; 12 grandchildren; and 25 great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 10 at Mercer Funeral Home in Holton. Burial will follow in Wetmore Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hospital Hannah Thrift Shop at Winchester, sent in care of Mercer Funeral Home, P.O. Box 270, Holton, KS 66436.
