Gorham, Kansas – Myra Lee (Scheck) Poage, age 72, died Sunday, June 14, 2015, at the Good Samaritan Society of Hays. She was born May 1,1943, in Hays, Kansas, to Joseph F. and Eleanor (Tholen) Scheck. She was married to Lonn Poage from 1963 to 1985 and had two children.

She was a Vice Principal and a lifetime educator in Alaska, New Mexico and Kansas. She retired in 1998. She was an avid reader, enjoyed world wide traveling and golfing with her long term companion Jim Gould. He died in 2012. She grew up in Gorham, Kansas and was a 1961 graduate of Gorham High School. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education and Master’s Degree in Education and Specialist Degree in Administration from Fort Hays State College Hays, Kansas.

Survivors include two sons, Todd Poage, Tok, AK; Troy Poage and wife, Sonya, Nome, AK; one brother, Tim Scheck and wife, Barbara, Russell, KS; two sisters, Joanie Weigel and Ron Arneson, Gorham, KS; Melba Millard-Moore, Mandan, ND; four grandchildren, Addison, Dylan, Zayra and Van;
9 nieces and nephews and 23 great nieces and great nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, one infant brother, Donald Scheck and her companion, Jim Gould.

Services are at 10:00 A.M. Friday, June 19, 2015, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church Gorham, Kansas.
Burial in St. Mary’s Cemetery Gorham, Kansas.

A vigil service is at 7:00 P.M. Thursday, at Clines Mortuary of Hays, 1919 East 22nd Street, Hays, Kansas 67601. Visitation is from 6:00 to 9:00 P.M. Thursday, at Cline’s Mortuary of Hays and from 9:00 to 10:00 A.M. Friday, at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, Gorham, Kansas.

Memorial to The Gorham Community Development Association for Children’s Play Park.
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