Maxine Teel

M. Maxine Teel, 90, of Central City, died on October 17, 2015 at Litzenberg Long Term Care in Central City. Funeral services will be on Tuesday, October 20, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at Solt-Wagner Funeral Home (South Location) with her grandson Nick Owens officiating. Visitation will be on Monday, October 19th from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment will be at the Central City Cemetery immediately following the funeral service. Condolences may be sent to the family at www.soltwagnerfuneral.com. Maxine (or “Tootie”, as her grandchildren preferred to call her) was born in Maryville, Missouri on June 25, 1925, to George Edward and Edna Marie (Markt) Alkire. On July 17, 1945, she married Lyle M. Teel to whom she was married for 70 years. Maxine was raised in Maryville, Missouri and Nebraska City. She graduated from Nebraska City High School, and in 1945 she eloped to Kansas with her sweetheart, Lyle. Maxine and Lyle then moved to Central City in 1970, where they currently reside. She spent most of her married life as a wife and mother until her children were in school when she began working various jobs, often for her husband. Maxine was well known for her great pies and her fried chicken, which were the best! Maxine was a devoted mother who always put her children first. She dearly loved her grandchildren and enjoyed spending time with them. She especially enjoyed staying in Comstock with her daughter, Kathy, and her family, and developed many friends there. She and Lyle were especially close; particularly in the final years of her life when he was always by her side and took care of her every need. Maxine loved and was loved by her husband, her children, her grandchildren, and her great-grandchildren. Max especially loved babies and puppies. She was survived by her husband, Lyle; daughters, Kay Hodge of Kearney and Kathy (Dennis) Johnson of Comstock; sons, Lyle L. (Laura) Teel of Crete and Randy (Barbara) Teel of Central City; 13 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandson. In addition to her parents, Maxine was preceded in death by her sisters Betty Lou Alkire, Elizabeth Sorenson, and Anna Margaret Anderson, as well as two brothers and one sister who died in infancy.

Maxine Teel

June 25, 1925 - October 17, 2015