Guinola M. Tacha

MEADE – Guinola “Gwyn” Marrs Tacha, 95, of Meade, passed away June 22, 2015, at her home in Meade.

She was born September 21, 1919, to Walter Warren and Fery Ione (Flinn) Marrs at Fowler, Kansas. She married Kenneth “Bub” Tacha on October 13, 1941, at Dodge City.

Some of her hobbies include sewing, gardening, crocheting, playing cards, fishing, camping, spending time with her two granddaughters and two great-grandsons, and watching sports.

She was a member of the United Methodist Church.

She is preceded in death by her beloved husband Kennth “Bub” Tacha, her sister, Gladys Aileen Bruington, and both of her parents, Walter Warren and Feryl Ione (Flinn) Marrs.

Survivors include son, Myron Tacha and wife JoAnn of Meade; son, Milton Tacha and wife Tina of Meade; granddaughter, Constance Shrewsberry and husband Jake of Meade; granddaughter, Courtney Keith and husband Joey of Cimarron; two great-grandsons, Jacy and Jayvin Shrewsberry; and a great-granddaughter, Savannah Keith; four sisters, Betty Leis and husband Clarence of Rogers, Arkansas, Warrenetta Fisher and husband Donald of Garden City, Kansas, LaVon Miller of Meade, Leola Brown of Nickerson, Kansas; and three brothers, Alfred Marrs of Meade, Virgil Marrs of Hays, Kansas, and Wendel Marrs and wife Penny of Pahrump, Nevada.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m. Friday, June 26, 2015, at the United Methodist Church, Meade. Friends may call from 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Thursday, at Fidler-Orme-Bachman Mortuary, Meade. Burial will follow at the Fowler Cemetery, Fowler, Kansas.

Memorials may be sent to the United Methodist Church, Meade District Hospital, or the Beam Senior Center in care of the funeral home.