1931 - 2006 (74 years)
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Name |
Gwendolyn Osa (Gwynn) ROTH |
Birth |
22 Aug 1931 |
Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa |
Gender |
Female |
Death |
1 Feb 2006 |
Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas |
Burial |
6 Feb 2006 |
McPherson City Cemetery, McPherson, McPherson County, Kansas |
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.
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Person ID |
I919 |
Don Carlson's Tree |
Last Modified |
19 Dec 2016 |
Family |
Thomas Roy EKUM, b. 8 Jan 1930, Vernon County, Wisconsin d. 26 Oct 2015, Hutchinson, Reno County, Kansas (Age 85 years) |
Marriage |
12 Nov 1950 |
McPherson, McPherson County, Kansas |
Family ID |
F677 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
30 Mar 2006 |
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