BLECHA, Orvilla May (Attebery) - b. September 8, 1918 - d. August 16, 2025

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Orvilla May Blecha, age 106, of Elk City, Kansas, went to be with her Lord and Savior and heavenly family on August 16, 2025.  She was born September 8, 1918, west of Elk City, Kansas to Samuel Harvey and Azalia Leta (Greenburg) Attebery. 

Orvilla attended schools at Pleasant Hill, Star, and Mount Tabor.  She lived her entire life in and around Elk City, Kansas.  She married Othie Tharp Blecha on April 12, 1939 in Sedan, Kansas.  To this union, three daughters were born.

Early in life, Othella was baptized in the Nazarene Church in Elk City, Kansas and recently rededicated her life to the Lord on September 22, 2024 at the Bible Baptist Church in Neodesha, Kansas.  She enjoyed working on the farm with her husband and also enjoyed embroidering, gardening, flowers, reading, word searches, making quilts, and family gatherings.  At the young age of 87, she took her first small airplane ride and was in her 80s when she rode her first motorcycle with her grandson, Chris. 

Orvilla is survived by her daughters, Mavis (Bradley) Helms of Elk Falls, Kansas, Linda (Dean) Silvey of Chanute, Kansas, and Charlene Dailey of Elk City, Kansas; eight grandchildren, Robert, Jeffery, Chris, and Stephen Allen, Jaylene (Helms) Chaplin, and Brandon Helms; step-grandchildren, Anthony Dailey and Roslyn Snow; numerous great-grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, and also great-great-great grandchildren.  Also surviving are one sister, Velma Flannery, and one brother, Ray Attebery, both of Arkansas; and several nieces and nephews.  She was preceded in death by her husband, Othie; her parents, Samuel Harvey and Azalia Leta Attebery; sisters, Mary, Azalia, Jane, Marvine, and Pauline; brothers, Lee and Ed; and three infant siblings.

Services will be held at the Elk City Church of the Nazarene on Thursday, August 21, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. with burial immediately following at Oak Hill Cemetery.  Memorial contributions can be made in Orvilla's name to the Elk City Church of the Nazarene, Bible Baptist Church in Neodesha, or Harry Hynes Memorial Hospice, and can be left with Countryside Funeral Home, 420 S. 20th Street, Fredonia, Kansas 66736, which has been entrusted with arrangements.

(taken from the Countryside Funeral Home website)