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Gwendolyn Osa (Gwynn) ROTH

Female 1931 - 2006  (74 years)


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  • Name Gwendolyn Osa (Gwynn) ROTH 
    Birth 22 Aug 1931  Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death 1 Feb 2006  Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 6 Feb 2006  McPherson City Cemetery, McPherson, McPherson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Or Osa Gwendolyn.



      Her obit in The Hutchinson News:

      Gwendolyn O. Ekum

      Gwendolyn O. "Gwynn" Ekum, 74, died Feb. 1, 2006, at Hospice House.

      She was born Aug. 22, 1931, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, the daughter of Cyrus N. and Irene Haworth Roth. She was a 1949 McPherson High School graduate and attended Lindenwood College in St. Charles, Mo. A longtime McPherson resident, she moved to Hutchinson in 1995 from Springdale, Ark. She was a retired co-owner and secretary with Mid-Kansas Produce and Western Ice of McPherson.

      She belonged to Emanuel Lutheran Church. She was a member of Women of E.L.C.A., Veterans of Foreign Wars Bob Campbell Post No. 1361 Auxiliary, American Legion Lysle Rishel Post No. 68 Auxiliary and was a longtime volunteer of Hutchinson and McPherson Memorial hospitals.

      On Nov. 12, 1950, she married Tom Ekum in McPherson. He survives.

      Other survivors include: two sons, Richard Ekum, Wichita, and Craig Ekum, McPherson; two daughters, Kristi Ekum, Dodge City, and Kimberly Ekum Anthony Harris, Kansas City, Mo.; a brother, Paul Roth, Tulsa, Okla.; a sister, Barbara Unrein, Great Bend; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

      Funeral will be at 10 a.m. Monday at Emanuel Lutheran Church, Hutchinson, with Pastor Loren Mai presiding. Graveside service will be at 11:30 a.m. in McPherson City Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1 to 9 p.m. Sunday, with the family present from 1 to 3 p.m. at Elliott Mortuary, Hutchinson.

      Memorials may be sent to the church or the Gwynn Ekum Memorial Fund, both in care of the funeral home.
    Person ID I919  Don Carlson's Tree
    Last Modified 19 Dec 2016 

    Family Thomas Roy EKUM,   b. 8 Jan 1930, Vernon County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 2015, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 12 Nov 1950  McPherson, McPherson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F677  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Mar 2006