Phyllis N. Caler, 73, of Iola died Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center.
She was born Aug. 11, 1937, in Humboldt, to John and Mona (Willhite) Durkin. She grew up in Humboldt and graduated from Humboldt High School in 1955.
On Aug. 27, 1955, she married Dale J. Caler. They made their home in Iola where she worked for Thompson Poultry and Gates Corporation until her retirement. He died Aug. 1, 2003.
She is survived by two sons, Bruce, Topeka, and Ronald, Iola; a daughter, Janet Thompson and her husband, Robert, Moran; two brothers, Joe Durkin, Springfield, Mo., and Raymond Durkin, Osage City; two sisters, Mary Ann Mueller, Humboldt, and Nancy Chandler, Chanute; three grandchildren, Amanda Frame, Bryan Frame and Courtney Frame; three stepgrandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and one stepgreat-grandchild.
A son, Roger, and two brothers, Clyde Willhite and J.D. Durkin, died earlier.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Waugh-Yokum & Friskel Memorial Chapel in Iola.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Chaplain Lloyd W. Houk will officiate. Burial will be in Highland Cemetery in Iola.
Memorials to Allen County Animal Rescue Facility (ACARF) may be left at the funeral home. Online condolences for the family may be left at iolafuneral.com.
Phyllis Caler
