Gene K. Maxwell
October 24, 1920 — May 12, 2012
A funeral service celebrating the life of Gene K. Maxwell, 91, of Alexandria, will be held at 1:00 P.M. Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at Alexandria Baptist Church, 94 W. Main Street, Alexandria with Pastor Larry Stewart as celebrant. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery in Alexandria.
A retired secretary at the Newark Air Force Station, Gene died May 12, 2012 at Sterling House in Newark. She was born October 24, 1920 in Chicago, IL to the late Mary Carver and Donald C. McCollum.
A 1938 graduate of Granville High School, Gene was a member of Alexandria Baptist Church; Past Matron and 66 year member of Order Eastern Star, Granville Chapter #384; and Order of Eastern Star # 551. She attended Denison University and Columbus Business School. She worked in the Alumni office of Denison University as well as Dayton Iron and Brass, Newark Owens Corning, March of Dimes, and Licking County Treasurer's office. Gene was active in Girls Scouts.
Surviving are her husband of 67 years, Edwin B. Maxwell, whom she married June 22, 1944; daughters and son-in-law, Carol A. and Douglas Clark of Martinsburg, and Janet L. Hawkins and Frederick A. Butt of Alexandria; eight grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren; sister, Mary Ellen Mohler of Columbus, Georgia; and brother-in-law, Kenneth B. Maxwell of Granville.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by infant sister, Lorraine Sibley McCollum.
The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 P.M. Monday, May 14, 2012 at the McPeek-Hoekstra Funeral Home, 133 S. Prospect St., Granville, where an Order of Eastern Star service will be conducted at 8:00 P.M. Online condolences may be expressed at www.mcpeekhoekstra.com.
Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Central Ohio, P.O. Box 430, Newark, Ohio 43058, Sterling House, 331 Goosepond Road, Newark, Ohio 43055, or Alexandria Baptist Church.