Obituaries : Velda Plett

STERLING, Kansas -- Velda M. Plett, devoted wife, mother and grandmother, 81, died April 12, 2013, at her home in Sterling. She was born May 5, 1931, in Conway, Kan., the daughter of Elmer and Beulah Hylton Mills. She graduated from Windom High School. A resident of Sterling since 1954, she was a homemaker.

She belonged to the Sterling Women's Bowling Association, was a bloodmobile volunteer and election board volunteer.

On June 7, 1948, she married LeRoy K. Plett in Minneapolis. He died Aug. 12, 1994. Survivors include: son, John Plett, Sterling; two daughters, Sherry Trafford, Vinton, Iowa, and Jenny Pralle, Bremen; a brother, Vernon Mills, McPherson; a sister, Veola Carlson, McPherson; 10 grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by a daughter, Ramona Mehringer; an infant son, Bobby Eugene Plett; and two grandsons, Eric Wayne Pralle and Mathew Mehringer.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday April 20, 2013, at Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling, with the Rev. Kendal Connor presiding. At her request, her body was donated to KU Medical Center. Burial will be in Sterling Community Cemetery at a later date. Memorials may be sent to the Sterling Cemetery Fund, in care of Birzer Funeral Home, Sterling.