MONICAL, Mary Lee (Everett) - b. April 24, 1924 - d. March 13, 2016

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Mary Lee Monical of Eureka, Kansas died March 13, 2016 at the Greenwood County Hospital in Eureka at the age of 91.  She was born on April 24, 1924 in Lakin, Kansas, the daughter of Hal and Irene (Adams) Everett.

The family frequently moved around Kansas while Mary was young.  She graduated from Howard High School in Howard, Kansas and then moved to Hutchinson, Kansas where she was a welder for Cessna during World War II.  On May 12, 1943, Mary was united in marriage to David B. Monical in Hutchinson, Kansas.  They lived in various places before the war ended, resettling in Kansas after David's discharge.  They moved to Eureka, Kansas in 1972.  She was a member of the Eureka Country Club, the Sew & Tell Sewing Club, the Eureka Garden Club, and numerous bridge clubs.

Mary is survived by three children, David Glenn and wife, Peg of Topeka, Kansas, Bruce Linden and wife, Shonda of Brentwood, Tennessee, and Dr. Mark Eugene and wife, Cindy of Palm Harbor, Florida; 7 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren; her sister-in-law, Pauline Miller of Howard, Kansas; and 6 nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, David on July 30, 1988; her daughter, Laura Lee Monical-Mates; and her brother, Bill Everett.

A private inurnment will be held in July 2016 during the family reunion at Greenwood Abbey in the Greenwood Cemetery in Eureka, Kansas.  In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Eureka Country Club or to the Eureka Garden Club.  Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home, P.O. Box 595, Eureka, Kansas which is in charge of arrangements.

(taken from the Koup Family Funeral Home website)