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Mary Bess <I>Myers</I> Kincaid

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Mary Bess Myers Kincaid

Birth
Mercer, Mercer County, Missouri, USA
Death
9 Jan 2011 (aged 88)
Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA
Burial
Lawrence, Douglas County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
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The Kansas City Star-Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Funeral services for Mary Bess Kincaid, 88, Lawrence, KS, will be at 10 am Thursday, at First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Dr. Tom Brady officiating.
Private burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Kincaid died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
She was born May 24, 1922, in Mercer, MO, the daughter of Charles W. and Bessie Newlin Myers. She graduated from high school in Braymer, MO, and
later attended Central Methodist University in Fayette, MO, and Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, MO.
Mrs. Kincaid worked for the 1st Special Services Force, called the Devil's Brigade, which was a joint World War II American-Canadian commando unit
trained at Fort William Henry Harrison near Helena, MT. She was head of the files section for the Fort. She was initiated into P.E.O. in 1940 in Braymer. She later was a charter member of Chapter
FZ in Lawrence. She was also a member of Tenola, and of the First United Methodist Church since 1945. She loved her grandchildren, her cat, and their vacation home in the Arkansas Valley near
Salida, CO.
She married Dr. Paul K. Kincaid on April 1, 1944, in Olathe. He survives of the home.
Other survivors include two sons, Dr. Paul Kincaid Jr., and Dr. Charles L. Kincaid and wife, Claudia, both of Lawrence, KS; and five grandchildren, Jeffrey, Ben, Elizabeth, David, and Ivan.
Friends may call from noon to 8 pm Wednesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. The family will receive friends following the services at the church.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the First United Methodist Church, or the Lawrence Humane Society, in care of the funeral home, 601
Ind., Lawrence, KS 66044.
Online condolences may be sent at www.rumsey-yost.com.
The Kansas City Star-Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Funeral services for Mary Bess Kincaid, 88, Lawrence, KS, will be at 10 am Thursday, at First United Methodist Church, with the Rev. Dr. Tom Brady officiating.
Private burial will be in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Mrs. Kincaid died Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011, at Lawrence Memorial Hospital.
She was born May 24, 1922, in Mercer, MO, the daughter of Charles W. and Bessie Newlin Myers. She graduated from high school in Braymer, MO, and
later attended Central Methodist University in Fayette, MO, and Central Missouri State University in Warrensburg, MO.
Mrs. Kincaid worked for the 1st Special Services Force, called the Devil's Brigade, which was a joint World War II American-Canadian commando unit
trained at Fort William Henry Harrison near Helena, MT. She was head of the files section for the Fort. She was initiated into P.E.O. in 1940 in Braymer. She later was a charter member of Chapter
FZ in Lawrence. She was also a member of Tenola, and of the First United Methodist Church since 1945. She loved her grandchildren, her cat, and their vacation home in the Arkansas Valley near
Salida, CO.
She married Dr. Paul K. Kincaid on April 1, 1944, in Olathe. He survives of the home.
Other survivors include two sons, Dr. Paul Kincaid Jr., and Dr. Charles L. Kincaid and wife, Claudia, both of Lawrence, KS; and five grandchildren, Jeffrey, Ben, Elizabeth, David, and Ivan.
Friends may call from noon to 8 pm Wednesday at Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home. The family will receive friends following the services at the church.
The family suggests memorial contributions to the First United Methodist Church, or the Lawrence Humane Society, in care of the funeral home, 601
Ind., Lawrence, KS 66044.
Online condolences may be sent at www.rumsey-yost.com.


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