Flora Mae (Henning) Hoesli, Glasco, earned her wings on Sunday, December 10, 2017 at the Ottawa County Health Center Long Term Care in Minneapolis, at the age of 85 years.
Flora Mae Henning was born on July 30, 1932, to Henry Albert Henning and Vera Mae (Amspacker) Henning. Flora was born north of Glasco.
She attended rural school in Glasco and graduated from Glasco High School, Glasco, Kansas in 1951. She met Freddie August Hoesli Jr. in 1954 and married on July 17, 1955. To this union two children were born: one son Cecil August Hoesli and one daughter Nancy Mae Hoesli.
Flora Mae worked at the Glasco west and east side Cafe; Charles Studt Grocery store in Glasco; Kelly Fine Food in Glasco; Glasco Lumber yard; Glasco Dry cleaners; she was a bookkeeper for Chalmers and Burton Elevator while living in Nebraska and Wichita, Kansas; she cleaned houses in Glasco; she was a custodian at the Glasco Grade School and St. Paul’s Lutheran church in Glasco; she worked at the Glasco Booster Station and the Ottawa County Hospital before retiring in 1989 after her son’s auto accident.
Flora Mae enjoyed life, she especially enjoyed her grandkids: Justin and Rachel Gibbs and then her great grandson Ryan Ray, she then was also really excited to see new pictures of her new great granddaughter Antonia Mae Gibbs. She enjoyed watching Justin, Rachel and Ryan in school activities. She was blessed to be able to watch her grandson Justin play college football both in her trips to Highland Community College and to the University of Charleston in Charleston, WV. She loved spending time with family some of her favorite times: the trip to Alaska with her brother-in-law Jim Hoesli and wife Betty, camping, fishing, boating, the many trips to the Kansas State Fair, Colby Jamboree, and times her and her cousins would get together. She especially enjoyed playing Marbles with brother-in-law Jim Hoesli and wife Betty. She always said that a game of marbles whether it be in the hospital, camping or at home was always won by the girls. Early in life she always loved to be outside in her flower garden.
She was a member of the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Glasco and Helpmates Club.
She was preceded by her parents Henry in 1962 and Vera Mae in 2003, husband Freddie August Hoesli in June 2015, one niece Vicki Lee Hoesli 1966, two nephews: Keri Allen Hoesli in 1973 and Leland James Henning 1995; brother in law James Hoesli 2012; brother Jimmie Lee Henning 2017.
Those left to mourn her passing and celebrate her life are her son Cecil Hoesli, daughter Nancy Mae Gibbs and husband Jackie all of Glasco; grandson Justin Gibbs and wife Margaret and great granddaughter Antonia Mae Gibbs all of Pasadena, Maryland; granddaughter Rachel Wright and husband John and Ryan Ray Harder all of Minneapolis; sister in laws: Carolyn Henning of Glasco and Betty Hoesli of Lamar, CO; brother in law Doug Hoesli and wife Marilyn of Salina, KS; cousins, nieces, nephews and a host of many friends.
Funeral services will be at 11:00 A.M., Saturday, December 16 at Wilson Family Funeral Home, Minneapolis. Visitation will be from 2:00 P.M. to 7:00 P.M. Friday at the funeral home where the family will receive friends from 5-7. Cremation will follow the services. The family suggests memorials be given to Glasco High School Alumni, Glasco or the Ottawa County Health Center Long Term Care.