Grace M. McDaniel, 90, of Seneca, KS, formerly of Wetmore, died Saturday May 5, 2001, at Country View Estates care home in Seneca. She had been a resident there since 1994.

She was born July 10, 1910, on a farm north of Netawaka, KS, the daughter of Hubert and Emma Powers Sewell. After her mother died in 1911, her mother’s older sister, Mae Powers, became her stepmother and raised her. Grace attended a rural school in Granada and helped on the family farm.

On December 23, 1927, she married E.E. “Eddie” McDaniel in Hiawatha, KS. They lived and farmed north of Wetmore until 1960 when they retired and moved into Wetmore. Her husband “Eddie” died November 23, 1970.

She worked as a cook for 17 years from 1960 to 1977 at the White Way Nursing Home in Wetmore. For five years she worked at the Dinner Bell Café in Wetmore as a cook and baker specializing in pies. She continued to work part time for several years because she enjoyed it and was a great cook. Grace also liked gardening, crocheting, quilting, and other handwork.

Survivors are a son, Kenneth McDaniel of Lodi, CA; two daughters, Barbara Baugh of Phoenix, AZ and Brenda Mee of Wetmore; a brother, Roy Sewell, and a sister, Mildred Lynn, both of Holton, Kansas; and six grandchildren and a great-grandchild.

Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by a son, John H. McDaniel on October 11, 1992; a brother, Hubert Sewell; and a sister, Helen Gilbert.

Funeral service will be 2 PM Thursday at the United Methodist Church in Wetmore. She will lie in state at the church for an hour preceding the service. Burial will be in the Wetmore Cemetery. A visitation will be held from 7 to 8 PM Wednesday at Lauer Funeral Home in Seneca.

Memorial contributions may be given for the Wetmore Methodist Church or the American Cancer Society, and sent in care of the family.