Cora Marie Kellstadt

Friday, July 4, 2014
Cora Marie Kellstadt

Cora Marie Kellstadt, age 89, resident of Fort Scott, died Thursday, July 3, 2014, at the Fort Scott Mercy Hospital. She was born May 7, 1925, in Bourbon County, Kan., the daughter of Edwin Homer Collins and Lucretia Murrow Collins. She was a graduate of Blue Mound High School. She married Harley Dean Kellstadt on Dec. 20, 1942, in Erie, Kan. He preceded her in death on Jan. 30, 1986. Mrs. Kellstadt retired from J.C. Penney in 1988 after 26 years of service. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church and the Olive Chapter No. 13 Order of the Eastern Star. She had served as a Mother Advisor for Rainbow Girls. She enjoyed camping and was a charter member of the Old Forters Camping Club. Cora Marie had traveled to Texas and spent the winter for over 28 years. She also enjoyed crocheting and quilting as well as going out to eat and playing cards with her friends. She also liked to square dance and had been a member of the Iza Stompers Square Dance Club.

Survivors include a son, Ernie Kellstadt and wife, Linda, Joplin, Mo.; a daughter, Jeanette Perry and husband, Paul, Fort Scott, Kan.; five grandsons, Eric Kellstadt, Toledo, Ohio, Michael Kellstadt, Joplin, Mo., Paul Chrisitan Perry and wife, Donna, Fort Scott, Joshua Paul Perry and wife, Tracy, Joplin, Mo., and David Andrew Perry and wife, Amy, Joplin, Mo.; and 10 great-grandchildren, Jared, Olivia, Gracie, Ryan, Kyle, Mia, Joshua, Millie, David and Emily. Also surviving is a cousin, Elton Murrow of Ottawa, Kan., and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Homer Collins.

Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 8 at the Cheney Witt Chapel. Burial will follow in the U.S. National Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, at the Cheney Witt Chapel with Eastern Stars services at 6:30 p.m. Memorials are suggested to Care to Share and may be left in care of the Cheney Witt Chapel, 201 S. Main, P.O. Box 347, Ft. Scott, KS 66701. Words of remembrance may be submitted to the online guestbook at cheneywitt.com.