Margaret Frances (Kuntz) Gillespie

DATELINE: Lyons, Kansas

NAME: Margaret F. Gillespie

AGE: 82 years

DATE OF DEATH: August 28, 2016

PLACE OF DEATH: Rice County District Hospital, Lyons, Kansas

DATE OF BIRTH: December 5, 1933

PLACE OF BIRTH: Bushton, Kansas

PARENTS: Milton and Hanna Hafermann Kuntz

RESIDENCE: She was a lifelong Rice County resident.

OCCUPATION: She owned and operated Daylight Donut Shop in Lyons, Kansas.

EDUCATION: She graduated from Bushton High School. She received her CNA and CMA from Barton County Community College.

MEMBERSHIPS: She was a member of Friends of Animals.

MARRIAGE: She was married to Herman Gillespie for 27 years.

SURVIVORS: 4 sons, Milton & Geneva Gillespie, Winter Garden, FL., Michael Gillespie and good friend Bill Starr, Lyons, KS., Curtis & Johnese Gillespie, Lyons, KS., Richard Shadduck; 2 daughters, Vickie Gillespie, Lyons, KS., Linda & Vawn Vopat, Lyons, KS.; 5 grandsons; 1 granddaughter; many great grandchildren

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: parents; sister, Glorine Shelton

SERVICES: 10:00 A.M. Saturday, September 10, 2016 at Bushton Cemetery, Bushton, Kansas

OFFICIATING: Rev. Ron DeVore

BURIAL: Bushton Cemetery, Bushton, Kansas

MEMORIAL: Friends of Animals in care of Birzer Funeral Home, Lyons, Kansas

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