Edna Vera Grate

Edna Vera (McKenzie) Grate of Council Bluffs passed away at her home on October 29, 2015 Edna was the daughter of the late Minnie Elida (Wahlborg) and Ralph Owen McKenzie was born January 23, 1922 in Trego County, Kansas. Edna married Paul William Grate on October 1, 1942, in Monroe, North Carolina. During World War II, Edna was a Rosie the Riveter for airplanes at Beech Aircraft in Wichita, Kansas. After the war, Edna was a beautician with a shop in her home. Edna is preceded in death by her husband Paul in 1993; her parents; her sister Icis L. Eisenhower & her husband Glenn; her sister Lois N. Schwien and her husband Sigurd; and her brother Ralph Glenn McKenzie. Edna is survived by her son, Bennett Grate & his wife Sharon; her daughter, Paulette Woellhof & her husband Dan; her four grandsons, Shannon Grate & his wife Kelli, Travis Grate, Derek Woellhof & his wife Jessica, & Blaik Woellhof & his wife Amanda; her five great grandchildren, Kaidnce, Emerson, Henry, Hadley, & Weston Woellhof; her sister Virgie Renner & her husband Melvin; her sister-in-law Wanda McKenzie; and her nieces & nephews. The celebration service for Ednas life will be at the Hoy-Kilnoski Funeral Home on Monday November 2, 2015 at 11:00a.m. Visitation will be that morning beginning at 9:00a.m. The committal service will be South of McCracken, Kansas in the McCracken Cemetery on November 3, 2015 at 2:00 pm. Memorials are suggested to the Student Body Scholarships at First Christian Church in Council Bluffs.