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Notes for JUSTINE MARIE MCKEE:
Obituary from Spearville News:
Justine Hill Stickler, 93, died March 14, 1999, at Burlington Life Care Center, Burlington.
Born October 24, 1905, near Bellefont, she was the daughter of Carl and Mary (Diers) McKee. Reared near Bellefont, she lived with her grandparents during high school and graduated from Kinsley High School. She earned her teaching certificate from Kansas State Teachers College in Emporia. In 1926, she began a long career in teaching Business and Commerce classes at Burlington High School. In 1942, she took a break, but returned in 1955, and taught until her retirement in 1970. She had been sponsor for the school yearbook and sponsored and directed many plays.
She was a member of the Burlington United Methodist Church and was past-president of the United Methodist Women. She had been a member of the Cola Hill Grange and later the Neosho Valley Grange and the Travelers Club.
On August 31, 1941, she married Howard Holt Hill at Spearville. He died December 30, 1974. On August 1, 1979, she married Frank R. Stickler at Burlington. He survives.
Survivors: husband, Frank, Burlington; a son, Ray Hill, Lincoln, NE; a daughter, Jane Griffith, Burlington; a step-daughter, Jadene Colglazier, Larned; a brother, Carl McKee, Jr. Dodge City; a sister, Fannie Hubbell, Spearville; four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; 12 step-grandchildren; and several step-great-grandchildren.
The funeral will be March 18, at 1:30 p.m. at the United Methodist Church, Burlington. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery, Burlington.
Memorials may be made to the Burlington United Methodist Church, Burlington High School for a scholarship, or the Alzheimer's Association.
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