Mary Ellen (Combs) Handly |
| Posted 2018-01-06 by mhenderson |
| Today's News-Herald, Lake Havasu City, AZ >>> Published on Thursday, September, 24, 2015 <<< Mary Ellen Handly passed away Sept. 20, 2015 at 94 years of age in Lake Havasu City. She was born to Kathleen and Frank Combs, March 1, 1921, in Scio, Ore. She married Robert Handly in Otterbein, Calif., and they were married for 63 years. She was raised in Walnut, Calif., and moved with family to Twin Peaks, Calif., in 1956. She moved with her husband to Green Valley, Ariz., in 1986. After her husband’s death in 2005, she moved to Lake Havasu City in 2007. Mary Ellen owned her own beauty shop in Blue Jay, Calif. Years later she worked as school cafeteria manager in the Rim of the World School District in Lake Arrowhead, Calif. She enjoyed quilting, baking, cooking, and knitting, watercolor painting and sketching. She loved being a homemaker and spending time with family, especially all the little ones, great and great-greats. She was a member of the Lake Arrowhead Baptist, Green Valley Baptist and Calvary Baptist Churches. Mary Ellen is survived by her daughters, Kay Norman of Lake Havasu City, Donna Handly of Seattle, Wash. and JoAnn Lopez of Glendora, Calif.; sisters, Eileen Stanton of Boise, Idaho and Betty Bankson of Hesperia, Calif.; five grandchildren (including Jon Norman of Lake Havasu City and Becky Booker formerly of Lake Havasu City); 11 great- grandchildren and eight great-great-grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her husband, Robert Handly; parents, Kathleen and Frank Combs, and her sister, Lois Handly. A Celebration of Life will be Friday, Sept. 25, at 3 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Hospice of Havasu, Lake Hills Inn Long Term Care facility or the charitable organization of your choice. Services were placed in the care of Lietz-Fraze Funeral Home and Crematory. Thoughts and condolences may be sent to the family at www.lietz- frazefuneralhome.com. |
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