Rosita Mae Croner Petree, 73, of Moran died Friday, June 25, 2010, at Allen County Hospital in Iola.
She was born Sept. 21, 1936, in Gridley, to Jesse and Ada (Rooney) Croner. She grew up in the Westphalia area.
She married Robert Kelley in 1951. They had two children and later divorced. She lived in Colony from 1955 until 1975. On July 2, 1977, she married Eugene H. Petree. They made their home in Topeka where she worked as a health technician at several Topeka nursing homes. They moved to Moran in 1980.
She liked her flowers and making quilts for her family.
She is survived by her husband of the home; a daughter, Vicki Long and her husband, Earl “Butch,” Iola; a son, Ronald Kelley and his wife, Liz, The Woodlands, Texas; three granddaughters, Angela Laughlin, Overland Park, Jennifer Long, Osage City, and Kayla Kelley, The Woodlands; four great-grandchildren; two half brothers, Chet Kershner, Moran, and Kenneth Johnson, Gridley; and several nieces and nephews.
Nine half brothers and two half sisters died earlier.
Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Cherry Mound Cemetery in rural Westphalia.
Visitation will be from 7 to 8 p.m. today at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service in Moran.
Memorials to Allen County Animal Rescue Facility may be left at the funeral home. Condolences to the family may be left online at feuerbornfuneral.com.
Rosita Petree
