Jolaine Hemmy, Salina
Obituary for Jolaine Hemmy | Ryan Mortuary
August 11, 1948 ~ July 5, 1966 (age 17)
Jolaine Hemmy was born in Salina, Kansas, to Richard and Elverda Hemmy on August 11, 1948. She came from a very large closeknit family that was full of love. Jolaine was a beautiful young woman with large brown eyes, long brown hair who was very shy.
When Jolaine was 17 years old, on July 1, 1966 she vanished without a trace.
On July 5, 1966 an unidentified young woman was found drowned in a swimming pool at a hotel in Pecos, Texas. The town of Pecos embraced this young woman and laid her to rest in their cemetery.
Fifty-five years later the Pecos Police Chief Lisa Tarango came to Salina to let the family know that their loved one was in fact the unidentified young woman known to the city of Pecos as Pecos Jane Doe.
She was preceded in death by her mother Elverda Hemmy; her father Richard Hemmy; three sisters, Janice Brown, Darlene Williams and Carolyn Grout Hemmy; and brothers Richard Jr. and Larry.
Survivors include her sisters, Rosemary Divilbiss, Joyce Hemmy, Marilyn Edwards, and Barbara Marsh; and her brothers Paul, Jim, John, Bill and Jerry.
There will be a graveside memorial Service for Jolaine Hemmy at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 9th at the All Saints Catholic Cemetery, 3350 E. Crawford Street, Salina, Kansas. Fr. Keith Weber will officiate the service.
Following the service there will be a get together at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, 1000 Burr Oak Lane, Salina, Kansas.
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