Hennrich, Twila Maxine ‘Jo'(Fleming)Proffitt
wife of John and Gilbert Arlos
Burial Date: 2010, 07/07 Age: 84 Lot: 801 A Cremains
Died 2010, 06/14 at Queen Valley, AZ
Twila Maxine Proffitt-Hennrich, died in her sleep Monday, June 14, 2010, at her home in Queen Valley, Ariz., at the age of 84 years, 7 months, 23 days.
She was born Oct. 22, 1925, the daughter of Lyman David and Mary Blanche Steljes Fleming on a farm west of Stockton.
“Jo” as everyone knew her after she was married, grew up in rural Stockton where she graduated from grade school and attended her first two years of high school. After her father’s untimely death, her mother moved the family to Hutchinson, where she finished high school and met her soon-to-be husband.
On May 7, 1944, she was united in marriage to Gilbert Arlos Proffitt at the La Junta, Colo., Army Air Corp Chapel. After his service as a pilot in World War II, they lived in Cadillac, Miss., with his older brother, Dale and wife Marge for a year before returning to Sterling where Arlos and Jo farmed for 34 years.
After retiring from farming in the early 1980s, they moved to Queen Valley, Ariz. Arlos died in 1995 and Jo then married John Hennrich of Whidbey Island, Wash., on Feb. 22, 1996, who survives in Queen Valley.
Other survivors include sons, Ron Proffitt and wife Alicia Proffitt, Lyons, and Mike Proffitt and wife Marion, Chino Hills, Calif.; grandchildren, Zane and Dawn Proffitt Zahradnik, Windom; Wesley and Shellee Proffitt, Keller, Texas; Taylor and Michelle Proffitt Vogt, Carpinteria, Calif., and Corinna Proffitt Nielson, Calgary, Canada; and great-grandchildren, Zander Zahradnik, Windom, and Paige and Jordan Ray, Keller, Texas.
She was preceded in death by her parents; a son, Roger, who died at birth; brothers, Clarence Fleming, Concordia; and Charles Fleming, Beloit, who died June 14, an hour before Jo.
Friends are invited to celebrate her life with memories and pictures at the Sterling Community Cemetery from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 7.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Queen Valley Fire Auxilliary, 1494 E. Queen Valley Drive, Queen Valley, Ariz. 85118.
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Birth: Oct. 22, 1925 Death: Jun. 14, 2010
age 84
Spouse:
Gilbert Arlos Proffitt (1923 – 1995)
Children:
Roger B Proffitt (____ – 1950)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Sterling Cemetery
Sterling
Rice County
Kansas, USA
Plot: 801 A Crems
Created by: Lawcas
Record added: Apr 11, 2013
Find A Grave Memorial# 108331457
PROFFITT-HENNRICH, Twila Maxine “Jo” (FLEMING)[PROFFITT][HENNRICH]; ; Stockton KS>Queen Valley AZ; Hutchinson News (KS); 2010-6-23; retftrdoc