Elsie Mae Pickerill, age 69 years, of Great Bend, Kansas, passed away at the Minneola Long Term Care Center in Minneola, Kansas on Monday afternoon, February 13, 2012. Elsie was born on September 12, 1942 at Ellsworth, Kansas to John and Mildred (Mills) Ploutz, and graduated from Ellsworth High School. On September 5th, 1964 she was united in marriage to Gary Pickerill at Great Bend, where the couple made their home. One of Elsie’s favorite activities was watching KU basketball.
Survivors include her husband, Gary Pickerill of Great Bend; one son, Jeffery Pickerill of Olathe, Kansas and one daughter, Sandra (and her husband, Bryan) Burgess of Minneola, Kansas; two granddaughters, Victoria and Elizabeth Burgess; twenty-four nieces and nephews and their families. Elsie was preceded in death by her parents, three brothers (John, Howard, and Harold Ploutz), and two sisters (Thelma Hurst and Viola Nily).
It was Elsie’s wishes that her body be donated to the University of Kansas Medical Center after her death. A Memorial Service will be held at 10:30 AM on Saturday, February 25, 2012 at Charter Funerals in Great Bend, Kansas. There will be no viewing or visitation. The family requests that memorials be directed to the Great Bend Relay for Life. A complete obituary may be read and condolences may be left for the family online athttps://www.charterfunerals.
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