Wathena, KS. - Viola Jean (Keck) Shalz, 88, of Wathena, Kansas was born March 14, 1924, Aunt Jean left this world to be with our loving Savior Jesus Christ on April 28, 2012.

Jean graduated from Troy High School in 1942, then attended Platte Gard Business College in St. Joseph, Missouri. She worked in accounting for Hillyard Chemical Company until 1949, when she married Master Sergeant Richard Shalz. They moved from different Military Posts until 1952, where they spent their final year of sevice in Japan.

Upon returning to the states they moved to Anaheim, California where she worked as an accountant for the next 30 years, retiring back to Wathena, Kansas in 1984.

She was also preceded in death by her parents, Clarence and Viola Madinger Keck and her husband, Richard.

Survivors are sisters-in-laws, Evelyn (Kitsy) Barger (Roy), Dorothy Shalz, Katherine Shalz and Margot Shalz; sisters, Lola Hansen and Wanda Brinson; cousins and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral: Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 10:30 A.M. at: Harman-Rohde Funeral Home in Wathena. Burial: Mount Calvary Cemetery in Wathena. Visitation: family will receive friends Tuesday evening 6-8 PM at the funeral home. Friends may call after 12noon Monday. Memorials: Wathena EMS