Alma G. Blundell

Alma G. Blundell, 85, Paola, KS, passed away Wednesday, February 9, 2005, at the Meadow Brook Rehabilitation Center. Funeral services will be 10 a.m. Saturday, February 12 at the Holy Trinity Catholic Church, Paola; burial in Holy Cross, Paola, KS. A Rosary will be recited at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Wilson & Son Funeral Home, Paola, and visitation will follow from 7-8 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Alma G. Blundell Memorial Fund c/o Wilson and Son Funeral Home, 305 N. Pearl, Paola, KS, 66071, 913-294-2372. Alma G. Blundell was born July 25, 1919, in Eudora, KS, to Edward and Ida Schoenhofer Madl. She was one of 12 children born to this union. Alma grew up in Argentine, KS, and attended St. John's the Evangelist Catholic grade school and Argentine High School. She was united in marriage to Donald D. Blundell on February 2, 1938, in Kansas City, KS, and to this union three children were born. After their marriage, they made their home in Kansas City, KS, and on a farm in Mound City, KS, before making their home in Paola in 1953. She worked at Pat's Grocery Store on the east side of the Paola Square and as a seamstress for Sew and Sew in Paola before retiring. Alma was a member of the Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Paola and the Altar Society. She enjoyed her flowers, canning vegetables, gardening, and sewing. Alma was preceded in death by her parents, her beloved husband Donald, five brothers, Gerald, Robert, William, Harold, and Eugene, sister Lorene Madl, and one infant brother. She leaves behind to cherish her memory, son Donald Blundell, Jr., and his wife Scharla, Paola, KS; daughter Mary L. Boehm and husband Laurence, Hillsdale, KS; daughter Beverly Holtz and husband John, Olathe, KS; sister Maxine Hack, Lawrence, KS; brother Donald Madl, Topeka, KS; sister Margaret Stephens, Edgerton, KS; brother Joseph "J.D." Madl, Kansas City, KS; six grandchildren; three greatgrandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews, all of whom will miss Alma dearly. (Arr. Wilson & Son Funeral Home)