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Flo graduated from St Mary's Academy High School; Leavenworth, KS. She attended Kansas City, Kansas Junior College and graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Journalism and English in 1947.
Flo worked at Phillip's Petroleum Company , Sears and Roebuck, and the Jones Store. She also was a copy writer and copy chief at KCKN Radio Station. Every afternoon she was the MC for a program called "POLKA TIME".
She was also a copywriter at Potts-Woodbury Ad Agency and became the first woman account executive in advertising in Kansas City. She also worked at Macy's in advertising.[ColfaxDeutschlandPlatte.FBK.FTW]
Flo graduated from St Mary's Academy High School; Leavenworth, KS. She attended Kansas City, Kansas Junior College and graduated from Kansas State University with a degree in Journalism and English in 1947.
Flo worked at Phillip's Petroleum Company , Sears and Roebuck, and the Jones Store. She also was a copy writer and copy chief at KCKN Radio Station. Every afternoon she was the MC for a program called "POLKA TIME".
She was also a copywriter at Potts-Woodbury Ad Agency and became the first woman account executive in advertising in Kansas City. She also worked at Macy's in advertising.
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From THE KANSAS CITY STAR, March 17, 2008-
Florence V. Cyhel, "Flo", 82, passed away March 13, 2008, at Providence Place. Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 11 a.m., at All Saints Catholic Church, formerly known as St. Joseph- St. Benedict Catholic Church, 809 Vermont, Kansas City, Kan. A private entombment will be Mount Calvary. Friends may call Wednesday, 10 a.m. until time of service. The family suggests contributions to the church or to Kansas City Hospice, 10100 W. 87th, Suite 100, Overland Park, Kan. Flo was a lifelong resident of Kansas City, Kan. Closer in age to her two brothers than to her two elegant older sisters, she used to say she was a tomboy. Flo earned a degree in Journalism from K-State and worked in advertising for the Potts-Woodbury Advertising Agency and Macy's. She was the "Advertising Woman of the Year" in 1966 by the Advertising Round Table of Kansas City. Prior to her advertising career, she was Continuity Chief and Broadcaster for KCKN Radio. Flo always had an intense interest in the people, places and things around her. She was known as the "Joke Lady" as she tirelessly told jokes to family, friends and strangers alike. She loved to travel, taking many trips to the Caribbean and Europe. She was an animal lover, always having a dog and later, many adopted stray cats. She was preceded in death by her parents, Joseph and Olga Cyhel, brothers Stan Cyhel and Dr. Walter Cyhel, sisters Josephine Harn and Rose Lohoefener and longtime partner Bob Pitko. Survivors include nieces Donna Amato and husband Les, Overland Park, Susan Ehlers, Leawood, Sharon Lohoefener, Huntington Beach, Calif., Marlene Jones and husband Bob, St. Louis, Mo., nephew Doug Lohoefener and wife Debbie of Bend, Ore., and several great nieces and nephews. Arrangements are by: Meyers Funeral Home, at 6300 Parallel, Kansas City, Kan., (913) 334-6300.
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1926 - 2008 (82 years)