Inez May Cole Byler
Inez May Cole Byler, 86, 1000 S. Plum,
homemaker and formerly employed for Boeing Aircraft in Wichita in the
early 1930s, died Wednesday (March 24, 1999) at her home in Newton.
She was born July 7, 1912, in Florence
to Harry L. and Nellie V. (Myers) Cole. She married Ross A. "Shorty"
Byler Sept. 27, 1950, in Missouri. He preceded her in death June 6,
1984.
She attended Zion Lutheran Church in
Newton. She cleaned homes for people in the Florence area, after the
death of her husband. She enjoyed making quilts and gardening.
Survivors include: two brothers,
William Cole of Coos Bay, Ore., and George Cole of Walton; and two
sisters, Mary Budde of Newton and Betty Whitcomb of Bend, Ore. She
also was preceded in death by one brother, Victor Cole; and two
sisters, Anne Walter and Florence Schmidt.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m.
Saturday at Broadway Colonial Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev.
Ronald Gloe from Zion Lutheran Church officiating. Burial will be in
the Hillcrest Cemetery in Florence.
Friends may call from 5 to 9 p.m.
today, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. until service time Saturday
at the funeral home. Family will greet friends from 7 to 8 p.m.
Friday at the funeral home.
Memorials have been established with
Central Homecare and Hospice in care of the funeral home.
