Imogene I. Deal

Imogene Iva Deal, 86, passed away Saturday, October 7, 2017 at the Coffey County Hospital in Burlington. She was born November 14, 1930 in Quenemo, Kansas the daughter of Marlin and Rosa Brinsfield Green. She was raised in Quenemo and attended Quenemo High School.  Jean married Bob Catlin on December 29, 1949 in Quenemo. They were later divorced. She worked as a meat cutter at By-Lo Foods in Topeka for six years before taking a job with Volume Shoes in Topeka. Jean worked as a Sales Audit Analyst for twenty years before retiring in 2001.  She moved to Lebo in 2015 after living at the South Village Court in South Topeka for fifteen years.  She will live on in the hearts of her daughter, Debra S. Neill and her husband Charles of Olivet; sons Rick D. Catlin and his wife Deb of Shoshoni, Wyoming and Rob D. Catlin of Oklahoma City; sisters Fay Williams of Pawhuska, Oklahoma and Maxine Lloyd and her husband Stan of Pennsylvania; brother, Clarence Green of Quenemo; seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. Jean was preceded in death by three brothers, Everett, Buck and Lawrence and a great-granddaughter, Aspen.  A Celebration of her life will be held at 10:30 A.M., Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at the Jones VanArsdale Funeral Home in Lebo. Burial will follow services at Alpine Cemetery near Olivet. Memorial contributions may be made to the Special Olympics and sent in care of the funeral home. Condolences may be made at vanarsdalefs.com.