1915
Elsie
2006
Elsie Karp
April 29, 1915 — August 27, 2006
Elsie Mae Karp, age 91, died Sunday, August 27, 2006 at McCook Community Hospital.
She was born April 29, 1915 to John and Emma (Crocker) Reiners at Indianola. She graduated from Red Willow High School in 1932 and Beauty School in 1939.
She married Charles Karp on March 4, 1946 in Indianola. To this union two daughters were born, Betty and Annette. She was owner/operator of three beauty shops in Indianola over a span of 40 years. She wrote articles for the Catholic Register and also wrote a weekly column for the Indianola News. In Recent years, she became known for her creation of the Memory Tree at McCook Community Hospital. She was also the recipient for Outstanding Donor and Fundraiser Appreciation Award from Community Hospital.
Mae was a member of St. Catherines Catholic Church and Altar Society, the American Legion Auxiliary, the VFW Auxiliary, and the U Go I Go Pinochle Club.
She was preceded in death by her parents, John and Emma Reiners; husband, Charles; three sisters, Grace Stritt, Alice C. Reiners, Stella Pratt; and two brothers, Franklin and Eugene Reiners.
Survivors include her daughters, Betty Lynn and husband, Doug of Lexington and Annette Bauer and husband, Jerry of McCook; sisters, Nellie McConville and husband, Leo of McCook, Sister Madeline Reiners of St. Louis, Missouri and Luella McConville and husband, Dick of McCook; brother, Glenn Reiners and wife, Catherine of McCook; six grandchildren, Tony Bauer and wife, Darcy and children, Noah and Olivia, Valerie Loop and husband, Jason and children, Riley and Haiden, Amber Murphy and husband, Cory and children, Conner, Delaney, and Owen, Travis Giesbrecht and wife, Kathy and children, Bowen and Barrett, Tricia Jöstlein and husband Thomas, Tyler Giesbrecht; and one step-granddaughter, Emma Lynn.
In lieu of flowers memorials were given in her name to House Ear Institute or St. Catherines Catholic Church.
Rosary was held Wednesday, August 30, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. at Carpenter Breland Funeral Home in McCook.
Mass of Christian Burial was Thursday, August 31, 2006, at St. Catherines Catholic Church at 11:00 a.m. in Indianola with Father Paul Witt as Celebrant. Burial took place in St. Catherines Cemetery in Indianola.
Carpenter Breland Funeral Home was in charge of the arrangements.
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