MARJORIE "HELEN" CHANEY, born April 23, 1925 in Kenneth, KS, passed away April 16, 2012 in Overland Park, KS. A funeral service will be held on Thursday, April 19, 2012 at 2:00 pm at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, 14275 S Blackbob, Olathe, KS, where the family will receive friends an hour prior to service time. Interment in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Stanley, KS. Memorials are suggested to Heartland Hospice.
Helen married her high school sweetheart, Leonard Dale Chaney in 1944 in Stark, Florida. Long-time residents of the Stanley, KS area, she enjoyed raising her family and spending time with friends. Helen's creative talents were shared in working with ceramics, sewing, and cake-decorating.
Surviving family include her children Sherryl (Paul) Kranker, David Michael Chaney, and Dan (Ong) Chaney, six grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, Jesse and Virginia Gray, her brothers Vernon Gray, Woodrow Gray, Paul Gray, and her sister Virginia Soetaert.