Jean Neaderhiser, 92, Salina, was born November 20, 1927 in Salina to Arthur and Edith (Reigle) Quinn, died September 26, 2020 at Minneapolis Health and Rehab. She moved to the family farm west of Bennington in 1929, graduated from Bennington, attended business school in Salina, and worked for a year at the Salina water department.
Jean married William “Bill” Neaderhiser on March 9, 1946, living in Salina until they moved to a farm 1 1/2 mile southeast of Benninigton in 1949. Farming until the later 1960s, they moved into Bennington, opening Memory Lane Antiques in the old lumberyard.
They grew many pretty flowers along the west edge of their house and business. Bill credited their beauty to Jean persistently snipping flowers after blooming.
Jean was a hard working, dedicated homemaker, and consistently provided well for her family. She made artistic crafts--woven willow wicker baskets, copper pictures, candles...
Jean was a good cook, and Bill proudly said that she always had a warm, tasty, well-appreciated meal waiting for him in the oven, no matter how late he ate supper. She made exceptional angel food cakes.
Loving to drive a car, Jean came close to her dream of being a cab driver, when she began delivering prescription drugs for Salina’s B and K Pharmacy. For many years, her family teasingly called her their “drug runner.”
They moved to Salina in 2000.
Preceding her in death were her husband, Bill (2008); her son Stephen (2013) and her brother, Dr. Art Jay Quinn (August 29, 2020). Art’s obituary found online at Strode Funeral Home, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
Survivors: daughter Shirley (Don) Rytych, Geneva, NE. Grandchildren and their children: Jonathan Rytych and Michael, Kylee, Logan; Stephen Neaderhiser; Timothy Rytych and Hunter; Laura (Nathan) Kendrick and Moira, Trevor, Olivia; Jenna (Sam) Weaver and Daphne, Penelope, Juliet, Mabel.
Graveside services will be at 10:00 A.M., Wednesday, September 30 at the Bennington Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Bennington Cemetery and mailed to Wilson Family Funeral Home, P.O. Box 166, Minneapolis, KS 67467.