STEELE, Arlene Rose (Dougherty) - b. April 23, 1939 - d. June 20, 2021

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Arlene Rose Steele was born in Severy, Kansas on April 23, 1939 to Carl L. and Tillie (Stuckwich) Doughtery. 

Arlene was a proud graduate of Neodesha High School in Neodesha, Kansas in 1957.  She participated in the marching band playing the drums.  She also loved playing the piano.

Arlene married Melvyn Steele on November 5, 1958 in Bartlesvile, Oklahoma.  They then moved to Los Angeles, California where they had 3 of their 4 children.  In 1964, they moved back to Haysville, Kansas where they had their 4th child.  Together they enjoyed square dancing and entertaining family and friends.  They loved to travel, and every Christmas, they went to Arizona and enjoyed going to the Fiesta Bowl. 

Arlene retired from Ratheon Corporation, formerly known as Beech Aircraft, where she was a manager over the billing department.  After retiring in the early 1990s, Arlene and Melvyn moved to their favorite destination in Arizona.  They lived in Goodyear and later owned a home in the mountains in Show Low and spent their winters in Yuma.  They continued to love to travel where they went to Alaska, Ireland, and Europe.
While living in Goodyear at Pebble Creek Retirement Community, they participated in plays and enjoyed playing golf with friends.  Arlene also started a group called Share Bears where they did arts and crafts with the elderly women in the community, also enjoying many luncheons together.  She also volunteered at the Chamber of Commerce. 

Arlene is survived by her children, Steven Randall (Debbie) Steele of Chandler, Arizona, Terri Lynn Oberst of Norman, Oklahoma, Kenneth Craig (Beth) Steele of Wichita, Kansas, and Richard Sean (Trish) Steele of Wichita, Kansas; 8 grandchildren, Keaton, Kelsey, Chris, Megan, Ali, Hannah, Craig, and Whitney; 7 great-grandchildren; and two cousins who were like sisters to her, Mary Chapman and Madeline Raile.  She is preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Melvyn; her brother, Louis Richard Dougherty, and her grandson, Josh Steele. 

A joint  memorial service for Arlene and Melvyn Steele will be held on Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at the Countryside Funeral Home, 206 E. Washington, Howard, Kansas with a graveside ceremony to follow at Grace Lawn Cemetery in Howard.

(taken from the Countryside Funeral Home website)