Gaila Jeanne Hendren

Gaila Jeanne Hendren, 90, of Emporia, Kansas died Saturday, October 15, 2016 at the Holiday Resort Care Center in Emporia.

Gaila was born February 12, 1926 in Council Grove, Kansas the daughter of Everett and Elma (Kendell) Heidel. She attended Bethany College for a couple of years and worked as a medical technician at St. Mary’s Hospital in Emporia and then as a lab technician at Emporia State Teacher’s College. Gaila was a member of the Westside Baptist Church in Emporia.

Gaila married Roy Orland Hendren on October 28, 1945 in Council Grove. He died December 2, 2001 in Emporia. She is survived by sons Dennis Hendren of Emporia, Jeff Hendren of Mulvane, Kansas and Bruce Hendren of Emporia, daughter Laurie McClelland of Whiteside, Maryland, brother Alan Heidel of Atlanta, Georgia, sister Carol McDonald of Hays, Kansas, grandchildren Matthew Hendren, Rebecca (McClelland) Beavers, and Andrew McClelland and great-grandchildren Jaden Hendren, Jules Hendren, Jaron Hendren Isaac Beavers and Lucy Beavers. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, daughter Carol Christine Hendren, and grandson Aaron Hendren.

Funeral services will be 2:00 P.M. Tuesday, October 18, 2016 at Westside Baptist Church in Emporia. Pastor Kenneth Armstrong will be officiating. Interment will be in the Evergreen Cemetery south of Emporia. The family will receive friends from 5:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. Monday, October 17, 2016 at Roberts-Blue-Barnett Funeral Home in Emporia.

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