Inez Pearl Kahler

INEZ PEARL (FIELDS) KAHLER Inez Madeline Pearl (Fields) Kahler, 93 of Lenexa, Kansas passed away in her home at Lakeview Village. She went home to be with our Lord on June 27, 2014. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM Wednesday, July 2, 2014, at Maple Hill Funeral Home; burial at Chapel Hill Cemetery. Friends and family may call 6-8 PM Tuesday at the Maple Hill Funeral Home. Inez was born May 3, 1921, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma to Samuel and Estella (Sears) Fields. She came to Kansas City in 1943 where she worked for the Federal Reserve Bank as an Elevator Operator. She married Henry L. Kahler, Sr. October 10, 1943 in Kansas City, Kansas. After living in Kansas City 6 years, Henry and Inez moved to the Borger, Texas area. During the 6 years living in the Texas panhandle, Inez experienced several Dust Bowl storms. Inez told about storms so bad school was dismissed at noon because it was dark as midnight. A car with lights on could not be seen more than half a block away. Sometimes the sand would come into the house requiring the floors to be swept every hour; often so thick it was impossible to make out the pattern of the rug. In 1954, they returned to the Kansas City area where she has remained 60 years. Inez worked for Greenberg Photography Studio as a Film Developer and Print Enlarger from 1957 to 1971. She was a member of Armourdale Baptist Church over 50 years and a long time financial supporter of the Billy Graham Ministries. Her greatest joys in life were her love of and faith in Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior and spending time with her family. She especially enjoyed cooking or playing games with her family. She entertained the grandchildren with interesting stories of her experiences growing up in rural Oklahoma where she had numerous pets. She loved all animals but most especially her pet pig, Betty. She also had horses, dogs, cats, squirrels and a rooster as pets. She attended Buck Creek Grade School, a one-room school house having grades primary through eighth grade, where she met her future husband, Henry, and rode to school in a horse and buggy. Osage Indian women were some of her favorite teachers, Her favorite ages were between 14 and 17 because her health was better. She had Rheumatic Fever in earlier years and was forced to miss a lot of school. She was baptized into the family of our Lord in August, 1936, with her mother, in Hog Shooter Creek, south of Bartlesville. Inez will be remembered as a woman who possessed an inner strength through her deep faith as she faced every adversity in life without complaint and holding her head high. She always put the needs of others before her own as exhibited when she quit school after the eighth grade to care for her mother who had suffered a stroke. Inez remained by her mother’s side, as care giver, for 4 years before her mother’s passing in 1942; Inez was 20 years old. Other hobbies of Inez were sewing, crocheting, gardening, canning, and most especially, reading her Bible. She often listened to old time gospel music but also enjoy the country genre. Memorial donations may be made to Crossroads Hospice or Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. The family would like to express their deep gratitude to the Lakeview Care Center, 2nd Floor Staff and to Crossroads Hospice for their loving care of our mother. Inez was preceded in death by her parents, her husband of 61 years, two sisters and cousins. She was the oldest survivor of any relative from her mother or father. She is survived by a son, Hank (Jody) Kahler of Lenexa; two daughters, Pat (Mike) Davenport of Overland Park; and Dee (Marty) Quick of Lenexa; 8 Grandchildren; 6 Great Grandchildren; and 1 Great Great Grandchild.

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Inez Pearl Kahler

May 3, 1921 - June 27, 2014