Melvern--Gwen Spencer, 79, passed away on Saturday, September 1, 2018 at the Coffey County Hospital in Burlington, Kansas. She was born on February 27, 1939 in Bethesda, Maryland, the daughter of Harold and Carolyn Crum Duvall.
Gwen had lived near Melvern since 1972, having lived in the Stull area before that.
Gwen was a Homemaker, had worked for the H.G. Lee Co. in Ottawa for several years, worked at Casey's in Lyndon for 19 years and always helped on the family farm. She was a member of the Section Church of Christ in Osage City and the E.H.U. at Stull.
On January 14, 1961, Gwen was married to Philip Spencer in Lawrence. Philip preceded Gwen in death on November 2, 2016.
Gwen is survived by her two sons, Patrick (Jeannie) Spencer and Philip "Rusty" (Bobbie) Spencer, all of Melvern; her daughter, Sherry (Steve) Higbie of Rantoul; a brother, Charles (Barbara) Duvall of Douglasville, Georgia; a step brother, Ronnie Hall of Atlanta, Georgia; nine grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren.
Graveside services for Gwen will be at 10:00am on Friday, September 7, at the East View Cemetery at Big Springs, Kansas. The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:00pm on Thursday at the Feltner Funeral Chapel in Lyndon. Memorial contributions maty be made to the Section Church of Christ, sent in care of Feltner Funeral Home, 818 Topeka Avenue, Lyndon, KS. 66451.