Lenora Vanvlack

LENORA BELL "TOBY" SMITH Van VLACK OF LACYGNE, KANSAS DIED SUNDAY APRIL 6, 2008 AT HER HOME IN LACYGNE. TOBY WAS BORN DECEMBER 27, 1934 TO JOE AND LENORA "PEACHY" SMITH. SHE WAS ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. SHE GREW UP IN LOUISBURG, KANSAS. ON MAY 20, 1950 SHE WAS MARRIED TO LOREN VAN VLACK. THEY MADE THEIR HOME IN THE MIAMI COUNTY/ LINN COUNTY AREA. AFTER LOREN'S DEATH SHE MOVED INTO THE CITY LIMITS OF LACYGNE, WHERE SHE RESIDED UNTIL HER PASSING. TOBY STAYED AT HOME TO RAISE THEIR FOUR CHILDREN. AS A FARMER'S WIFE SHE WORKED HARD RAISING A GARDEN, BALING HAY, AND DOING TYPICAL FARM DUTIES. SHE HELPED LOREN WITH HIS SALVAGE BUSINESS AND SHE COULD TELL YOU ABOUT ALL THE PROPERTIES OF DIFFERENT METALS. SHE COULD CLEAN AND SORT WITH THE EYE OF A PROFESSIONAL. SHE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE BUSINESS OF CHOPPING, STACKING, SPLITTING, AND HAULING WOOD. EVERY WINTER "TOBY" COULD BE FOUND AT THE PECAN GROVE SOUTH OF TOWN WHERE SHE PICKED PECANS FOR HALVES. SHE COULD PICK SEVERAL HUNRED POUNDS ON ANY GIVEN DAY. "TOBY" WAS A MEMBER OF THE JINGO JANES. SHE LOVED TO GO TO THE SENIOR CENTER IN LACYGNE, WHERE SHE COULD EAT AND PLAY CARDS. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH. MOST OF ALL SHE LOVED HER LARGE FAMILY. SHE NEVER NEEDED AN EXCUSE TO INSIST ON A FAMILY GATEHRING OR GET TOGETHER. SHE IS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, MOTHER, FATHER, AND SISTER BETTY. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER FOUR CHILDREN. VICKIE MASTERS, OF THE HOME, MICHAEL VAN VLACK OF LACYGNE, WILLIAM VAN VLACK OF LACYGNE, MICKEY ADCOX OF OSAWATOMIE, TEN GRANDCHILDREN, TWELVE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN,SISTER, ELLEN MAE SMITH, BROTHERS BILL SMITH, EARL SMITH, ALBERT SMITH, AND MANY NIECES, NEPHEWS AND FAMILY FRIENDS. FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD 1 PM FRIDAY APRIL 11, 2008 AT THE LACYGNE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH. BURIAL WILL BE IN THE JINGO CEMETERY. VISITATION WILL BE HELD FROM 6:30 TO 8 PM THURSDAY AT THE COFFEL-SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME IN LACYGNE, KANSAS. THE FAMILY SUGGESTS CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE METHODIST CHURCH. YOU MAY LEAVE ONLINE CONDOLENCES AT WWW.COFFELSCHNEIDER.COM. ARRANGEMENTS: COFFEL-SCHNEIDER LACYGNE, KANSAS.