Alvera Reynolds

On Friday, July 19, 2019, Alvera Fern Corey Reynolds, passed peacefully at Garden Terrace of Overland Park, Kansas. Alvera was born May 10, 1927 to Paul Clifford Corey and Gladys Marie Whitaker. Her beloved husband of 66 years, William “Bill” Arthur Reynolds, two brothers, Myron Corey and Harvey “Joe” Corey and one sister, Ruby Corey Brewer preceded her in death as did her one-year old daughter, Carolyn Louise, in 1951. After graduating from Paola High School in 1945, Alvera attended Kansas State University, living in the Sigma Nu Fraternity house as it was used for overflow women’s housing during WWII. She married Bill August 25, 1946 at the Paola United Methodist Church. She graduated, from Kansas State University, Manhattan, with a degree in Home Economics Education. After teaching for seven years at Hope, Kansas, she became actively engaged in the community. American Association of University Women, Kansas City Little Theater, Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts, Kansas Genealogy Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, a founding member of Three Trails West Chapter were few of the organizations her children remember. Always a proponent of education, she turned her love for genealogy into a master’s degree in History in 1987 from Southwest Missouri State University. Alvera actively joined Bill with family activities, golfing, camping, water skiing, fishing, home business and hobbies. Alvera is survived by her brother Donald Corey of Phoenix, Arizona; son Robert Reynolds and his wife Cheryl of Fairway, Kansas; two daughters Vivian Lawhon and her husband Keith of Savannah, Missouri and Paula Daniels and her husband Jeff of Hawaiian Gardens, California; eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren Christopher Reynolds and son Leon Jay; Sarah White, husband Matthew and daughter Anna Leigh; Elizabeth Tully; Jennifer LeHew; John-William Daniels and wife Jessica; Jordan Daniels; Jacob Daniels; and Jared Daniels. Memorial contributions may be made to KU Alzheimer's Disease Center http://www.kumc.edu/crc/ku-alzheimers-disease-center.html. Click on menu, and then scroll to the bottom for gifting information. To share your memories of Alvera or leave a special condolence message for her family, please click on the Share A Memory box.