SYLVIA - Maxine E. Estes, 91, died April 21, 2007, at Prairie Sunset Home, Pretty Prairie.
She was born March 17, 1916, in Sylvia, the daughter of Charles Oscar and Katherine Erion Josephson. She graduated from Sylvia High School. A lifetime resident of Sylvia, moving to Pretty Prairie, she was a restaurant owner and operator, linotype operator at the Sylvia Sun, and a farmer.
She belonged to Faith Mennonite Church.
She married Herbert N. Estes. He died March 6, 1991.
Survivors include: two nieces, Jerry Samms, Sylvia, and Myrth Hollingsworth, Hutchinson; and many other nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by two brothers, Paul, and Carl, an infant twin brother, Max Josephson, and three sisters, Marie Book, Pearl Theede and Laura Yust.
Graveside service will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday in Sylvia Cemetery, with Chaplain Randall Turner presiding. Visitation will be from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson.
Memorials may be sent to Hospice Care of Kansas, or the donor's choice, both in care of the funeral home.