Elsie Kathleen Canfield Delaplane, 92, a resident of Kansas City, Missouri, and formerly of Twelve Mile, Indiana, passed away at 1:19 a.m. on Sunday, November 5, 2017, at Avonlea Care Home, Kansas City, Missouri.
Born May 11, 1925, in Chicago, Illinois, Elsie was the daughter of Herbert Harvey and Mamie Elizabeth Hurd Canfield. She was married to George William Delaplane who passed away on October 16, 2003.
Elsie was a devoted Christian and was a member of the Pine Ridge Presbyterian Church and formerly the Mexico Church of the Brethren. She was a talented musician, playing the piano with great flourish for church services, choirs, and local nursing homes. She used her time and talent and abundant offering of hugs to brighten the lives of others.
Elsie graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Education. She was a life-long learner who loved reading. She had a passion for gardening and brightening God’s creation not only by planting and caring for her flowers, but in also sharing her meticulous cross-stich projects, and piecing scraps of cloth into beautiful quilts.
Throughout the years, Elsie was active in her community. She volunteered with the CASA program to help ensure the success of children who were struggling with difficult situations in their life. For many years, she also volunteered with the reading program at Caston Schools, making sure that the children who were struggling received the help they needed.
Survivors include her son, Paul H. Beedle (Tess) and daughter, Ruth E Beedle; grandchildren, Liesl, Ian, Derek and Stephen Deaver, Patience (Nallick), Nathaniel and Laurel Beedle, Lauren and David Pope, and by step-children, Gary, Bruce, Kenneth and Laurie Delaplane, and their children.
Elsie was preceded in death by her parents; four brothers; husband, George Delaplane; sons, Stephen M. Deaver and Jonathon C. Deaver; and son-in-love, Matthew T. McGrath.