Sara Lee (Hodges) Chamberlain, 87, of Bonner Springs, died at home on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004. Funeral services were held at the United Methodist Church in Bonner Springs on Tuesday. Burial will follow at Taylor-Martin Cemetery, Pittsfield, Ill. on Wednesday. Visitation was Monday evening at Highland Park Funeral Home, Kansas City, Kan.
Mrs. Chamberlain was born Oct. 23, 1916, in Winfield, Ala., the daughter of John Belton Hodges and Mittie Lou (Lee) Hodges. She studied art at the University of Alabama and the University of Montevallo. She then taught high school science, civics and art in Marion County, Ala.
In the beginning of World War II, seniors in her classes were being drafted. She insisted that if those teen-agers could go to war, she could too. She joined the U.S. Navy the first day they would enlist women.
On July 26, 1943, she married Henry H. Chamberlain. After the war, she became a full-time housewife and mother until 1960. Then she became Acting Postmaster of Piper City, Ill., for several years. From 1967 to 1989 she and her husband owned and operated automotive glass businesses in several Missouri cities. They lived in Cameron, Mo., from 1983 until 1998. They spent 25 winters in their home in Naples, Fla., and found many friends in that community.
A lifelong Methodist, Mrs. Chamberlain belonged to the Cameron United Methodist Church and often attended the Bonner Springs UMC. She was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution as a charter member of the Governor Thomas Ford Chapter in Illinois and an associate member of the Wyandot Chapter in Kansas. Other affiliations included the Kansas City Club, Bonner Springs Improvement Association and the American Legion. She cared deeply about her friends and enjoyed her bridge clubs, reading circle and United Methodist women's groups.
Since 1998, Mrs. Chamberlain had resided with her son, Henry Hodges Chamberlain and his wife, Fidelia Hernandez Chamberlain, in Bonner Springs. Her husband died there on Dec. 24, 1998. Other survivors include two grandchildren, Rebecca Jean Chamberlain, Cleveland, Ohio, and David M. Chamberlain, Overland Park, Kan.; and three great-granddaughters.
Shawnee Dispatch, Oct. 13, 2004
Mrs. Chamberlain was born Oct. 23, 1916, in Winfield, Ala., the daughter of John Belton Hodges and Mittie Lou (Lee) Hodges. She studied art at the University of Alabama and the University of Montevallo. She then taught high school science, civics and art in Marion County, Ala.
In the beginning of World War II, seniors in her classes were being drafted. She insisted that if those teen-agers could go to war, she could too. She joined the U.S. Navy the first day they would enlist women.
On July 26, 1943, she married Henry H. Chamberlain. After the war, she became a full-time housewife and mother until 1960. Then she became Acting Postmaster of Piper City, Ill., for several years. From 1967 to 1989 she and her husband owned and operated automotive glass businesses in several Missouri cities. They lived in Cameron, Mo., from 1983 until 1998. They spent 25 winters in their home in Naples, Fla., and found many friends in that community.
A lifelong Methodist, Mrs. Chamberlain belonged to the Cameron United Methodist Church and often attended the Bonner Springs UMC. She was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution as a charter member of the Governor Thomas Ford Chapter in Illinois and an associate member of the Wyandot Chapter in Kansas. Other affiliations included the Kansas City Club, Bonner Springs Improvement Association and the American Legion. She cared deeply about her friends and enjoyed her bridge clubs, reading circle and United Methodist women's groups.
Since 1998, Mrs. Chamberlain had resided with her son, Henry Hodges Chamberlain and his wife, Fidelia Hernandez Chamberlain, in Bonner Springs. Her husband died there on Dec. 24, 1998. Other survivors include two grandchildren, Rebecca Jean Chamberlain, Cleveland, Ohio, and David M. Chamberlain, Overland Park, Kan.; and three great-granddaughters.
Shawnee Dispatch, Oct. 13, 2004
Sara Lee (Hodges) Chamberlain, 87, of Bonner Springs, died at home on Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004. Funeral services were held at the United Methodist Church in Bonner Springs on Tuesday. Burial will follow at Taylor-Martin Cemetery, Pittsfield, Ill. on Wednesday. Visitation was Monday evening at Highland Park Funeral Home, Kansas City, Kan.
Mrs. Chamberlain was born Oct. 23, 1916, in Winfield, Ala., the daughter of John Belton Hodges and Mittie Lou (Lee) Hodges. She studied art at the University of Alabama and the University of Montevallo. She then taught high school science, civics and art in Marion County, Ala.
In the beginning of World War II, seniors in her classes were being drafted. She insisted that if those teen-agers could go to war, she could too. She joined the U.S. Navy the first day they would enlist women.
On July 26, 1943, she married Henry H. Chamberlain. After the war, she became a full-time housewife and mother until 1960. Then she became Acting Postmaster of Piper City, Ill., for several years. From 1967 to 1989 she and her husband owned and operated automotive glass businesses in several Missouri cities. They lived in Cameron, Mo., from 1983 until 1998. They spent 25 winters in their home in Naples, Fla., and found many friends in that community.
A lifelong Methodist, Mrs. Chamberlain belonged to the Cameron United Methodist Church and often attended the Bonner Springs UMC. She was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution as a charter member of the Governor Thomas Ford Chapter in Illinois and an associate member of the Wyandot Chapter in Kansas. Other affiliations included the Kansas City Club, Bonner Springs Improvement Association and the American Legion. She cared deeply about her friends and enjoyed her bridge clubs, reading circle and United Methodist women's groups.
Since 1998, Mrs. Chamberlain had resided with her son, Henry Hodges Chamberlain and his wife, Fidelia Hernandez Chamberlain, in Bonner Springs. Her husband died there on Dec. 24, 1998. Other survivors include two grandchildren, Rebecca Jean Chamberlain, Cleveland, Ohio, and David M. Chamberlain, Overland Park, Kan.; and three great-granddaughters.
Shawnee Dispatch, Oct. 13, 2004
Mrs. Chamberlain was born Oct. 23, 1916, in Winfield, Ala., the daughter of John Belton Hodges and Mittie Lou (Lee) Hodges. She studied art at the University of Alabama and the University of Montevallo. She then taught high school science, civics and art in Marion County, Ala.
In the beginning of World War II, seniors in her classes were being drafted. She insisted that if those teen-agers could go to war, she could too. She joined the U.S. Navy the first day they would enlist women.
On July 26, 1943, she married Henry H. Chamberlain. After the war, she became a full-time housewife and mother until 1960. Then she became Acting Postmaster of Piper City, Ill., for several years. From 1967 to 1989 she and her husband owned and operated automotive glass businesses in several Missouri cities. They lived in Cameron, Mo., from 1983 until 1998. They spent 25 winters in their home in Naples, Fla., and found many friends in that community.
A lifelong Methodist, Mrs. Chamberlain belonged to the Cameron United Methodist Church and often attended the Bonner Springs UMC. She was active in the Daughters of the American Revolution as a charter member of the Governor Thomas Ford Chapter in Illinois and an associate member of the Wyandot Chapter in Kansas. Other affiliations included the Kansas City Club, Bonner Springs Improvement Association and the American Legion. She cared deeply about her friends and enjoyed her bridge clubs, reading circle and United Methodist women's groups.
Since 1998, Mrs. Chamberlain had resided with her son, Henry Hodges Chamberlain and his wife, Fidelia Hernandez Chamberlain, in Bonner Springs. Her husband died there on Dec. 24, 1998. Other survivors include two grandchildren, Rebecca Jean Chamberlain, Cleveland, Ohio, and David M. Chamberlain, Overland Park, Kan.; and three great-granddaughters.
Shawnee Dispatch, Oct. 13, 2004
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