Lavina Kelsey, a 92 year old Trenton, MO resident, passed away at 8:07 a.m. on Thursday, March 07, 2013 at the Eastview Manor Nursing Home of Trenton, where she had resided since June 9, 2009.
Funeral services are scheduled for 1:00 p.m., Monday, March 11, 2013 at the First Baptist Church of Trenton.  Burial will follow in the Alpha Cemetery.  A visitation is scheduled from 6 until 7 Sunday evening at Resthaven Mortuary of Trenton.  Open visitation will begin Sunday morning at the Mortuary.  Memorial donations are suggested to the First Baptist Church or Alpha Cemetery and may be left or mailed to the funeral home.
Lavina was born March 15, 1920 in Lamar, Kansas to Elmer and Stella (Bain) Mika, and grew up in Eddyville, Iowa.   She then lived in Kansas City for a while and was employed as a “Rosie Riveter building B-25s during WWII.  She then went to cosmetology school.  On August 10, 1946 she was united in marriage to Charles Edwin Kelsey.  He preceded her in death on October 27, 1996.  They moved to Laredo, MO in 1948 and then to Trenton in 1964.  Lavina was active with the First Baptist Church in Trenton and worked in the church nursery for over 30 years.  She was an avid gardener and cook.
She is survived by her children, Dr. Judy Rogers and her husband, Dr. Sid Rogers of St. Joseph, MO, Gary Kelsey and his wife, Connie of Trenton, MO, Martha Hague and her husband, Paul of Moberly, MO, Marilyn Spitsnogle of Lee’s Summit, MO, and Bill Kelsey and his wife, Verna of Trenton, MO; brothers and sisters, Mervin Mika of Indianola, IA, Wanda Glentzer of Indianola, IA, Evelyn McBurney of Oskaloosa, IA, and Mildred Patrick of Oskaloosa, IA, 11 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren.
Those preceding her in death include her parents and husband.
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