Phyllis Rae Hensley's Obituary
Phyllis Rae Kincaid Hensley left this earth, March 5, 2006 to be with her Heavenly Father. Phyllis was born to Gayled and Nena Kincaid in rural Watonga, Oklahoma the 17th of May in 1914. She grew up in Reno County near Burrton, Kansas, where se met Calvin M. Hensley in high school. They married November 23, 1933 in Russell, Kansas. Calvin and Phyllis settled on a farm in the area of their youth. However, the “Dust Bowl Years” drove them from the farmland to the oil fields. In 1937, they moved to the oil fields near Great Bend, Kansas from there to Codell, Kansas, where their three younger children were born, and their two older children finished their first twelve years of their education. In 1983, they moved to Lenora, Kansas, where the three remaining children graduated from high school; Phyllis purchased the City Caf?, the local “hangout” for the local high school crowd after school and fro other events associated with school activities. Phyllis became well known for her home-cooked meals and wonderful homemade pies. Phyllis returned to Oklahoma in 1978 when she and Calvin move to Alva, Oklahoma to manage a gold club. After retirement, family was her main interest in life. They traveled across the states visiting children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. Phyllis was always ready to “play” with young ones. Calvin and Phyllis celebrated fifty-nine years of marriage in November before Calvin’s death in December 8, 1992. Phyllis was deeply loved and will be sorely missed by her family and many friends.Survived By: One sister, Juanita Kincaid Blubaugh, Burrton, Kansas; two daughters, Beverly Rose, San Antonio, Texas, Barbara Travis, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma; three sons; Stanley, Chico, California, Stephen, Texarkana, Texas, and Calvin G., Cassville, Missouri; eleven grandchildren and eighteen great-grandchildren.
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