Kathleen Marie Kinder, daughter of the late Henry Wesley Kinder and Nettie Jane White, was born in Sylva, Missouri on January 11, 1917 and departed this life at Cedargate Healthcare in Poplar Bluff, Missouri on December 28, 2016 at the age of 99.
 
Ms. Kinder was a retired Elementary School Teacher, having taught in Hazelwood, Missouri, Scott City, Missouri, Bernie, Missouri and Poplar Bluff, Missouri.  She was of Non-denominational faith.

Survivors include four nephews, Elwade Rhodes of Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Wayne Kinder of North Carolina, Dale Kinder of Arkansas, Rupert Kinder of Michigan and Harold Kinder of Arizona; by four nieces, Jonell Irvin of Malden, Missouri, Jane Matthews of Wisconsin, Jan Schlinder of Missouri and Renne Pike of Utah; also by other relatives.
 
She was preceded in death other than by her parents, by four brothers and three sisters.
 
Friends may call at Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie, Missouri on Friday, December 30, 2016 from 10:00 A.M. until 12:00 P.M. 

Funeral services will be conducted in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel on Friday, December 30, 2017 starting at 12:00 Noon. 

Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery.  Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in charge of All arrangements.