Madlynne Angelina Kimmerle Age 97, of New York City, NY, formerly of Terre Haute, Indiana, passed away Monday, February 7, 2005. She was born October 17, 1907 in Mattoon, Illinois, the fourth of seven children of Luella (Black) and Charles Kinser, a contractor who built many of the significant roads and bridges in the Midwest. She was also a descendent of Thomas W. Kinser, who built and occupied the Kinser Mansion, 828 Ohio Street, Terre Haute, IN. This landmark edifice later became the home of the Knights of Columbus. It was raised in 1970. After finishing two years of business college, Madlynne Kinser married Wilbert Paul Kimmerle in Terre Haute on October 12, 1928. They moved to Chicago, then relocated to Terre Haute from 1949 through 1957, where she was active in the Otterbein EUB Church, the Terre Haute Bible Center, and the American Red Cross, also volunteering her time singing at local nursing homes and orphanages. In 1958, she moved her family to Columbus, Ohio, where she taught Bible School and continued her work with the Red Cross. After her children had grown, she moved to New York City where she became Manager of the Women's Couture Department at fashionable Henri Bendel. She held that post for nearly 10 years. In 1972, she retired to her home in Columbus, Ohio. She was a world traveler with a positive, adventurous, and loving spirit, a joy and inspiration to all who knew and loved her. She will be deeply missed. Survivors include her five children; Robert L. Kimmerle of Hudson, OH; John P. Kimmerle of Columbus, OH; David K. Kimmerle of Terre Haute; Glenn Thomas Kimmerle of Lexington, OH; Mary Ann Kimmerle Landesman of New York City; 19 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. One daughter, Linda Lou Kimmerle Bassett, died in 1993. Services will be at Roselawn Memorial Park Chapel, 7500 North Clinton Street, Terre Haute, at 3:30 p.m. Saturday, February 19, 2005, with Rev. Don Mullen officiating. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park. Funeral services will be held at the Trinity Lutheran Church in Columbus, Ohio, Friday, February 18, 2005 at 3 p.m., with Pastor Paul Heine officiating. Visitation is from 1 to 8 p.m. on Thursay, February 17 at Schoedinger's Worthington Chapel, 6699 North High Street, Worthington, OH. A memorial service at Marble Collegiate Church in New York will be scheduled at a later date.
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