Lifelong Quinter resident Nellie Mae (Jamison) Kepferle passed away Wednesday, July 20, 2016 at Gove County Long Term Care, Quinter, after a valiant fight with Parkinson’s Disease. She was born October 25, 1936, in Quinter, to John Ernest and Ruby Grace Lillian (Jarboe) Jamison.

Nellie was a graduate of Quinter High School. On October 29, 1954, she was united in marriage to Robert J. Kepferle in Quinter. They enjoyed 61 years of marriage. In the first nine years Bob worked the oilfields and they moved 12 times in their first 2 weeks of marriage. While raising their five children, she worked at the J & R Grill and 23 years at Quinter’s grocery store. In her spare time and after her retirement, she pursued her true passion and was known for her furniture upholstering, wallpapering and painting. Nellie enjoyed doing crafts to support her much loved group of the United Methodist Women, in their fundraising endeavors. The family enjoyed annual camping and sightseeing trips while visiting relatives. Nellie and Bob continued to enjoy their travels, especially the fishing trips to Alaska.

Nellie will be dearly missed by many friends and her family, including her husband, Robert of the family home in Quinter; five children, Shirley (Chuck) Comeau of Plainville, Kathleen (Gene) Eichman of Aurora, Colorado, Janell (Eugene) Ziegler of Grainfield, Donald (Helen) Kepferle of Ft. Worth, Texas, and Diana (Michael) Reyer of Roeland Park; six grandchildren, Jessica (Daniel) Reling of Topeka, Jacob McDaniel of Kansas City, Missouri, Michelle Sprigg of Norton, Adam (Ashley) Comeau of Plainville, Alex Comeau of Azusa, California, and Colin Comeau of Los Angeles, California; four great-grandchildren, Eli and Parker Reling of Topeka, Dustyna Sprigg of Wichita, and Dylan Sprigg of Norton; two sisters, Myrna Prewett of Beloit, and Lilly Zeman of Wakeeney; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; a grandson, Andrew Comeau; a grandson-in-law, Dwight Sprigg; five brothers, Hershel, Virgil, Reuben, Loren, and Edwin Jamison; and three sisters, Mary Loreen Williams, Eula Schreiner, and Wava Smith.

Funeral service will be 9:30 a.m., Monday, July 25, 2016, at the Quinter United Methodist Church. Burial will be in the Baker Township Cemetery, Quinter.

Visitation will be Sunday evening, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home in Quinter.

The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorial contributions be made to the Quinter United Methodist Church Memorial Fund. Donations made payable to the fund may be sent to Schmitt Funeral Home, 901 South Main, Quinter, KS 67752.

Condolences may be sent online at www.schmittfuneral.com.