Obituary for Mary Ellen Reynolds (Pierce)
Mary Ellen Reynolds, 91, of Atchison, KS passed away November 9, 2020, surrounded by her family.
Funeral service will be 10:30 AM, Thursday, November 12, 2020 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memory Garden Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Amberwell Hospice and maybe sent in care of the funeral home. Online condolences may be left www.beckerdyer.com.
Mary was born October 22, 1929 in Atchison, KS, the daughter of Frank and Elsie (DeMoss) Pierce. She first started working at Leo’s Restaurant as a waitress and then Saunders/Golden Star from 1955 to 1961 and 1969 to 2004 retiring after forty-one years. Mary attended Trinity Lutheran Church. She bowled until she was eighty-four years old, having received in 2001 from WIBC the Grand Duchess Award. Mary bowled on the Golden Star team, the Early Bird League and Senior Citizens League. She went to Kansas State Bowling Tournaments and even bowled in the National Tournament in Reno, NV, twice. Mary lived on Potato Hill all her married life and she and her daughter Mary Jane Sowers were the first to drive across the new Potato Hill Bridge. She also enjoyed playing Farkle, Five Crown Card Game and going to the casino and car races with her grandkids. Mary also enjoyed watching her daughter’s hummingbirds and the KC Royals and Chiefs games.
Mary married Boyd E. “Newt” Reynolds on March 12, 1954. He preceded her in death on August 1, 2008. Survivors include a daughter, Mary Jane and Phil Sowers, Atchison, KS, two granddaughters; Melissa Sowers and Laura and Kyle McBride.
She was also preceded in death by her parents and siblings, Elmer, Irvin, Marvin, Harvey, Lawrence Pierce, Ruth Shockey, Annie Hays, Lois Walker and an infant sister.
Funeral service will be 10:30 AM, Thursday, November 12, 2020 at the Becker-Dyer-Stanton Funeral Home, with Rev. Robert Ziegler officiating. Burial will follow at Sunset Memory Garden Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to Amberwell Hospice and maybe sent in care of the funeral home. Online condolences may be left www.beckerdyer.com.
Mary was born October 22, 1929 in Atchison, KS, the daughter of Frank and Elsie (DeMoss) Pierce. She first started working at Leo’s Restaurant as a waitress and then Saunders/Golden Star from 1955 to 1961 and 1969 to 2004 retiring after forty-one years. Mary attended Trinity Lutheran Church. She bowled until she was eighty-four years old, having received in 2001 from WIBC the Grand Duchess Award. Mary bowled on the Golden Star team, the Early Bird League and Senior Citizens League. She went to Kansas State Bowling Tournaments and even bowled in the National Tournament in Reno, NV, twice. Mary lived on Potato Hill all her married life and she and her daughter Mary Jane Sowers were the first to drive across the new Potato Hill Bridge. She also enjoyed playing Farkle, Five Crown Card Game and going to the casino and car races with her grandkids. Mary also enjoyed watching her daughter’s hummingbirds and the KC Royals and Chiefs games.
Mary married Boyd E. “Newt” Reynolds on March 12, 1954. He preceded her in death on August 1, 2008. Survivors include a daughter, Mary Jane and Phil Sowers, Atchison, KS, two granddaughters; Melissa Sowers and Laura and Kyle McBride.
She was also preceded in death by her parents and siblings, Elmer, Irvin, Marvin, Harvey, Lawrence Pierce, Ruth Shockey, Annie Hays, Lois Walker and an infant sister.