Maxine Effie Mohler left this world to be in the presence of her Lord and Savior on Monday, July 6, 2026 at the age of 104 years.

Maxine was born on December 29, 1921 in Beloit, Kansas. She left this world on July 6, 2026 in Clinton, Missouri at the age of 104. Her parents were Jay and Ina Gould. She married Ferald Thomas Mohler (Doc) August 29, 1941. They were married 64 years until parted by death when Doc was called home to Heaven. To this union four children were born Dorothy, Don, Diane and Danny. She is survived by Dorothy and Diane along with a host of grandchildren, great grandchildren and great great grandchildren. Maxine was born again and baptized in 1987 and served Jesus faithfully as a prayer warrior. While she was in her 80's, she wrote a song entirely out of Hymn titles.

When her family was young, they enjoyed scouts, camping, fishing, water skiing, horseback riding and bowling, she took up golf later in life. Doc and Maxine were active in the 40/8 and the American Legion. Maxine held state and national offices in the LeFemmes, which is the Ladies Auxiliary of the 40/8. She always enjoyed all the traveling and getting all fancied up for the meetings and conventions. She had a passion for jewelry and looking nice. I will always remember her clip-on earrings and her favorite outfits.

She loved flowers, all kinds of flowers and would take any kind she was offered or that he found and transplanted back to their farm near Wichita, Kansas. Doc always gave her a hard time about all her "Creek Weeds". She would just laugh and continue on collecting them. She was especially proud of her Iris garden and her peonies. Her poppies were always a welcome sight and there was no telling what surprise you would see growing in her flower beds. Often in times of drought or just not much blooming, she would put fake flowers in her flower beds to make them more appealing. Her fruit trees and garden were also a source of great joy for her and all that visited.

Maxine loved crafts. She loved learning how to make them and gifting them to friends and family. When she did ceramics in the 1980's, everyone received ceramics as gifts. Many still have those gifts today. When she learned to crochet, everyone received crocheted gifts. One of the most memorable was the frog looking stocking hat. I think everyone received a "Frog Hat" at one time or another. She also did fabric paint, sewing, needlepoint, latch hook and a wide variety of other crafts. As she grew older, she spent more time collecting craft supplies than actually doing crafts, but that made her happy and she always had big plans to "make something".

She was an awesome cook and loved it anytime the family would get together. Holiday meals and summer Bar-B-Ques were probably her favorite. Her signature dishes were fried chicken, Pecan Pie and Luau Salad. Her favorite thing to take to a potluck was empty dishes to bring home leftovers.

Her sense of humor was contagious. When she heard a good joke, she couldn't wait to tell everyone. She was also the most stubborn bull-headed person you ever met in your life, very outspoken, you always knew where you stood with her. Her heart was big as Texas and so was her temper. Whenever you visited at their farm, her and Doc would always be on the back porch with arms around each other waving goodbye as you left. You could feel the love between them and their love for you. Whenever you would first arrive, her standard greeting was a big "Howdy Do" followed by a big hug. She was a big hugger!

As mentioned earlier, she loved the water; they had a vacation spot near Blackwell, Oklahoma on the river. They spent many weekends fishing, Swimming and water skiing. When she turned 100, she wanted to go water skiing one last time. That didn't happen, but she was convinced that she could. She could spend hours in the water swimming or just floating.

She loved animals; they had horses, pigs, cows, milk goats, rabbits, chickens, cats and dogs most of the time on the farm. Not all at once but always a variety of critters. Her favorite dog was a Chihuahua named Cricket. Cricket was he sidekick for many years and was a great comfort to her. She also loved watching the birds, Cardinals were her favorite.

With all her talents she also loved looking for four leaf clovers. It was amazing how long she could stay bent overlooking for them. Garage Sales were one of her biggest weaknesses. She just couldn't pass one without stopping and always found some special treasure. Probably one of her most unique talents was that she could say the alphabet backwards.

There are two things she is most remembered for, her hats and doing the splits. She loved her hats and wore a hat every day and often slept in one when she could. She was always easy to find, just look for the hat. Doing the splits is another talent she had. Once when she was 94, at an eye doctor appointment, she had gone back into the exam room. She said, "Hey Doc, watch this" and proceeded to do the splits. The doctor thought she fell and was having a seizure or something. Maxine was laughing, the doctor was panicking and I was trying to figure out what in the world would cause her to do such a thing at a time like that! It was quite an experience, as most outings were with her.

Some of my greatest memories were sitting around her dining table. She always had place mats and cloth napkins. There was a Bread Dish she made in ceramics class that always had leftover toast in the middle of the table and various salt and pepper shakers. She was truly special and will be greatly missed. We were all greatly blessed to know her and to have her in our lives for so many years.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Vansant-Mills Funeral Home in Clinton, Missouri and are pending at this time.