A Memorial Service for Mona Marie Lemley, age 62, of Kingfisher, will be at 5:00 P.M. Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at the Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel, with Rev. Gordon R. Epps officiating.  Cremation arrangements are by Anderson-Burris Funeral Home and Crematory.

    She was born to Murle Lee and Ethel Grace (Snyder) Gearhart on September 21, 1946, in Iola, Kansas, and died Saturday, April 25, 2009, in Kingfisher after a courageous battle with cancer. 

    Mona grew up in Iola and graduated from Iola High School.  On July 2, 1964, she married  Alton Troy Lemley in Columbus, Kansas, and they made their home in Coffeyville, KS.  They later lived in Enid, Lovington, Drummond, and Kingfisher.  Mona worked for Love’s Store and then United Supermarket as a clerk for four years.  She also worked for the Puritan Congregational Christian United Church of Christ in Drummond.  She was very active in Boy Scouts, where she was a Pack Leader, Den Leader, and Den Leader Coach.  She continued with Boy Scouts even after her sons grew older.  Mona enjoyed fishing, camping, reading, traveling, crossword puzzles, and especially her grandchildren, Amanda, Christa, Kaitlyn, Jerrod and Haley. 

    She is survived by her husband, Troy Lemley of the home; two sons, Alton Troy Lemley, Jr. and wife Natalie of Drummond, and Stephen Lee Lemley and wife Becky of Lovington, New Mexico; five grandchildren; father Murle Gearhart and wife Linda of Stillwater; and two brothers, Melvin Murle Gearhart of Lehigh, OK, and Monty Merlin Gearhart and wife Diana of Enid.

    Mona was preceded in death by her mother, Ethel Grace Gearhart, and son Mark Antony Lemley.

     Memorials may be made to Relay for Life or Puritan Congregational Christian United Church of Christ in Drummond.