Mary L. Zwink

Mary L. Zwink, 95, a resident of Elmhaven East nursing home in Parsons, died there at 4:40 p.m. Monday, Jan. 11, 2016. She was born Aug. 31, 1920, at Iola to William R. and Harriett F. (Mooberry) Lewis. She grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School in 1940. During World War II she worked as a machinist in Kansas City and then was employed by Montgomery Ward.  

She attended Manhattan Bible College for a year and on Sept. 7, 1950, married the Rev. Darold Lee Zwink at Manhattan. Together they served churches in Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. They retired to Longton and later she moved to Mound Valley. Rev. Zwink preceded her in death in 1998.

Mrs. Zwink was a member of First Christian Church in Parsons and in past years held various regional and state offices in Baptist churches. She had served on the senior citizens board in Longton.

Surviving is a son, Lee Zwink and his wife, Cathy, and their children Samuel, Christopher and Ashley, of Centennial, Colorado, and a daughter, Jewell Reed and her husband, Michael, of Parsons. She is also survived by a great-niece, Lydia McElroy and her husband, Tim, of Parsons.

Two sisters, Anna May McKee and Ethel Lewis, preceded her in death.

The service will be at 2:30 p.m. Friday at the graveside at Longton Cemetery. Friends may call at their convenience at Carson-Wall Funeral Home in Parsons.

Memorials are suggested to the Longton Senior Center and may be left at or sent to the funeral home at Box 942, Parsons, KS 67357.

Online messages may be left at www.wallfuneralservices.com.

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