Candy F Mayfield

Visitation and a time of sharing for Candy F. Mayfield will be held on Sunday, December 13, 2015 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege, Nebraska with family greeting from 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.  A time of sharing will be held at 3:00 p.m.

Additional visitation and services will be held in Bolivar, Missouri.  Visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. with Funeral Services to follow on Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 10:00 a.m. at the Butler Funeral Home in Bolivar with Elder Chuck Brown officiating.  Interment will be held in the Rock Prairie Cemetery at Buffalo, Missouri following the services.

Candanice Fern "Candy" Mayfield, 60 years of age, of Holdrege, entered into eternity with Jesus on Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at her home following a lengthy illness.

Candy was born November 21, 1955 in Vandalia, Illinois, the eldest of two children born to Wendell and Marylyn (Reese) Davenport.  She received her education from Pleasant Hope Public School in Pleasant Hope, Missouri, where she graduated with the class of 1973.  She then pursued higher education at Southwest Baptist University at Bolivar, Missouri, where she received her Registered Nursing degree.  Candy was saved at the age of 19 at the Schofield Church and later joined the Walnut Ridge Missionary Baptist Church in Van Town, Missouri.

At the age of 14, as a freshman in high school at Pleasant Hope she met the love of her life, Ronnie K. Mayfield.  On December 11, 1972 they were united in marriage at Halfway, Missouri and to this union three children were born:  Rae Anna, Ronnie, Jr., and Clint.  The family made their home in Pleasant Hope and Half Way, Missouri, where she worked as a nurse for 25 years.  The family then moved to Holdrege, where she continued her nursing career for a brief time.  She always cherished the friendship bonds formed during her nursing career.  Besides her nursing, Candy loved being a homemaker.  She will be remembered as a fun-loving person, a loving wife and a wonderful mother and grandmother.

Candy wanted to thank everyone for all that they did during this difficult time.  The thoughtfulness truly uplifted Candy and Ronnie on a daily basis and the love shown by others was comforting.  One of her favorite sayings during this time was "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass. It is about learning to dance in the rain."

Candy was preceded in death by her mother, Marylyn Johnston; step-father, Bill Johnston; brother, Chris Davenport and her father-in-law, Doyle Wayne Mayfield.

She leaves to celebrate her life; her husband of 43 years, Ronnie Mayfield of Holdrege; three children:  Rae Anna Toman and her husband, Trey of Lawrence, Kansas, Capt. Ronnie Mayfield Jr. and his wife, Helen of Palmer, Alaska and Clint Mayfield and his wife, Randi of Bolivar; six grandchildren:  Isaac Mayfield, Ella Smith, Randall Mayfield, James Doyle Mayfield, Kent Wayne Mayfield and Nathaniel Kent Mayfield; her father, Wendell Davenport of Cuba, Missouri; mother-in-law, Irene Mayfield of Bolivar; brother-in-law, Doyle and Marcia Mayfield of Bolivar; sisters-in-law:  Teresa and Larry Skidmore of Tin Town, Missouri, Jody and Mike Pool of Bolivar; and a host of other relatives, as well as her many friends.

A memorial has been established in Candy's honor and kindly suggested to AseraCare Hospice in Kearney, Nebraska or the Bosom Buddies Organization in Halfway, Missouri to help others in need.

Expressions of caring and kindness can be sent to the family at www.nelsonbauerfh.com

The Nelson-Bauer Funeral Home in Holdrege is in charge of the arrangements.