Chlois Vernalee Buhrle was born February 17, 1919, in Gray County near Pierceville, Kansas, the daughter of Calvin and Viola Douglass Pittman. She passed away on July 29, 2017, in Mesa, Arizona.

She attended school at Pierceville and then Garden City Junior College. Chlois then worked as a secretary for Finney County Farm Bureau and the Agricultural Conservation Program.

On April 26, 1942, she married (Shelton) Ryan Buhrle in Garden City. They resided in Great Bend for 20 years and Hutchinson from 1962-2014. When Ryan died in 2013, Chlois moved to Mesa, Arizona, where she lived with her daughter until her death.

Chlois had a duel church membership with First United Methodist Church in Hutchinson and Gold Canyon United Methodist Church in Gold Canyon, Arizona. While in Hutchinson, she was active in the United Methodist Women and the Sew'n Sews.
Chlois and Ryan spent 24 winters in Florence, Arizona, at Caliente Casa del Sol.

Survivors include: son, Dean Buhrle and wife Dorothy of Shawnee; daughter, Sandra Billeter of Mesa, AZ; sister, Lillian Calihan and husband Pat of Gold Canyon, AZ; brother, Richard and wife Gabriela of TX; three grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

Burial will be at Fairlawn Burial Park, Hutchinson, at a later date.

Memorials may be sent to either church where she held memberships. Elliott Mortuary and Crematory, 1219 N. Main, Hutchinson, KS 67501, is in charge of local arrangements.