Amarillo Globe News Amarillo, Texas 08-15-2007 PHOENIX - Josephine Kelln Bagwell Gentili, 87, died Monday, July 23, 2007. Memorial Mass will be at 5 p.m. Friday in St. John's Catholic Church in Borger, Texas. Services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday in First United Methodist Church in Borger. Brown Funeral Directors of Borger will assist with arrangements. Mrs. Gentili was born in Canadian, Texas, on Feb. 4, 1920, to John A. and Mollie Kelln and passed away in her sleep on July 23, 2007. She was raised in Higgins, Texas, as one of 10 children. After graduating from Higgins High School in 1938, she attended Amarillo Business College and later accepted a job at Pantex, where she met her first husband, Dr. Robert Wayne Bagwell. She and Dr. Bagwell lived together in Borger until his death in 1955. She lived in Big Spring for a few years and settled in Phoenix in 1963 and resided there until her death. Josephine was a beautiful woman. She loved to sew and was a great cook. She loved Texas and the Southwest. She appreciated art and produced a wonderful collection of oil paintings and watercolors. She was an independent, progressive thinker who preferred quality over quantity. She lived a simple life, was self reliant and seldom asked for anything for herself. She loved to study and received a B.A. degree from Arizona State University when her children were nearly grown. She was preceded in death by her parents; four sisters, Mayme Laubhan, Bertha Laubhan, Elsie Turner and Martha Nitschke; three brothers, John Kelln, Dave Kelln and William Kelln; and her beloved daughter, Suzanne. Survivors include a brother, Ben Kelln and wife Bonita, of Waco, Texas; a sister, Marge Hazlett of Amarillo, Texas; three children, Jan Vermeulen and husband Larry of Phoenix, Robert W. Bagwell and wife Kathryn of Dallas and Terese Hammerle and husband Ed Kelley of Boston; 11 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; and numerous nephews and nieces. Amarillo Globe-News, Aug. 15, 2007 ************************************************************ http://www.ancestrylocator.com A site set up to help find your ancestors by using the forum or gallery. Come join in, and it is a free site.