Lola was born March 4, 1922 in Searsboro, Iowa where she lived with her twin sister Leah Lucille, her older brother Carl, her younger sister Ruth and her parents Edna and Fred Kamerer. She remained there until after her high school graduation. She and her twin joined the U.S. Navy towards the end of WWII, where they both served our country in Norman, Oklahoma. At the end of the war, Lola settled in Kansas City and embarked on a pioneering career at Trans World Airlines as a reservationist. Lola married Grant Mendell, Jr. on September 19, 1954.
Lola went on to be blessed with three daughters, Marilyn, Sharon and Darlene. She helped them in Blue Birds and Camp Fire Girls. She was active in the PTA and taught Sunday School all while taking great care of Grant and the girls.
Lola was preceded in death by her parents Edna and Fred Kamerer and her husband of close to 40 years, Grant, who passed away in 1994. She was also preceded in death by all of her sisters, sisters-in-law, her brother and brothers-in-law. She is survived by her three daughters and their spouses, Marilyn and Ron Pulliam, Sharon and Les Ramsey and Darlene and Errol Linscott. Lola is also survived by her grandchildren and their families, Christina and Erik Hiemstra (Emma, Will and Lauren), Melissa Pulliam, Jillian and Trever Walters, Matthew Linscott and many nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services for Lola Mendell will be held on Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Mt. Moriah, Newcomer & Freeman Funeral Home, 10507 Holmes Road, Kansas City, Missouri 64131. Family and friends are welcome to attend a Visitation prior to the Funeral Service from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made in Lola’s honor to the Heartland Honor Flight Network in Lee’s Summit, Missouri.
Heartland Honor Flight
Attention: Donations
PO Box 843930
Kansas City, MO 64184-3930
https://www.heartlandhonorflight.org/
Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.mtmoriah.net for the Mendell family.
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