
Gladys Winifred Whisner

Person ID: I21706
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Name Gladys Winifred Whisner [1, 2] Notes - Obituary: Gladys W. Tracy: Gladys W. Tracy, 93, Paola, lifelong resident of Miami County, died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 1989, at the Miami County Hospital. She was born to Almer M. and Minnie H. Koontz Whisner on Aug. 24, 1896, near Fontana. She had lived in the Fontana and New Lancaster areas most of her life. She had made her home at the Country Haven Nursing Center in Paola for the past four years. She was married to Deane A. Tracy on Dec. 27, 1922, in Paola. He preceded her in death Nov. 23, 1978. Mrs. Tracy was a member of the Stony Point Methodist Church near Parker, the Parker Chapter 307, Order of the Eastern Star, and the American Legion Auxiliary of Parker. In earlier years she taught at the Mission, Sunny Ridge, Hawkeye and Oak, Grove elementary schools in Miami County. Others preceding her in death were her parents and a son, Kenneth D. Tracy, who died July 11, 1988. Surviving are a son, D. Duane Tracy of Gardner; three daughters, Leita Broockerd of Overland Park, Leila Kennedy of Olathe, and Twila Broockerd of Kansas City, Mo.; a brother Donald A. Whisner of Paola; three sisters, Ethel Hodgson and Vivian Polhamus, both of Parker, and Thelma Smith of Selah, Wash.; 14 grandchildren; 27 great-grandchildren; and several step-grandchildren. Friend may call from 7 to 8:30 o'clock tonight Wednesday, at the Wilson and Son Chapel in Paola. The services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Chapel. The Rev. Jerry Vaughn, pastor of the United Methodist Church of Paola, will officiate. Donna Wehmeier will provide organ selections, which will include "The Old Rugged Cross." The burial will be in the New Lancaster Cemetery. Serving a pallbearers will be grandsons, Larry J. Broockerd, Ronald Broockerd, Roland L. Broockerd, Charles D. Broockerd, Gary Tracy, Gregory Tracy, Dale Kennedy and Alan Kennedy. In lieu of flower the suggests memorials to American Heart or the American Cancer society. Submitted by Roberta Obermeier Hime--From the Miami County Swan River Genealogy and Historical Societies Museum at Paola, Kansas--Obituary Files.
Born 24 Aug 1896 Kansas, USA [1, 2]
Gender Female Died 19 Dec 1989 Miami County Medical Center, Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA [2]
Buried 21 Dec 1989 New Lancaster Cemetery, New Lancaster, Miami, Kansas, USA [2]
- row F, lot 215
Parents
Father Living (ID:I17919) Mother Living (ID:I18212) Family
Husband Deane Adolph Tracy (ID:I22980), b. 10 Nov 1897, New Lancaster, Miami, Kansas, USA , d. 23 Nov 1978, Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA
(Age 81 years)
Married 27 Dec 1922 Paola, Miami, Kansas, USA Children 1. Kenneth Tracy (ID:I19390), b. Abt 1926, Kansas, USA , d. 11 Jul 1988 (Age ~ 62 years)
2. Leita M. Tracy (ID:I20819), b. 19 Jan 1927, Kansas, USA , d. 30 Mar 2016 (Age 89 years)
3. Leila Bell Tracy (ID:I26340), b. 19 Jan 1927, Kansas, USA , d. 22 Feb 2011, Olathe, Johnson, Kansas, USA
(Age 84 years)
4. Twila W. Tracy (ID:I21966), b. 20 Feb 1928, Amsterdam, Bates, Missouri, USA , d. 6 Nov 2017 (Age 89 years)
5. Donald Duane Tracy (ID:I23136), b. 12 Aug 1936, La Cygne, Linn, Kansas, USA , d. 20 Nov 2006, Gardner Hospital, Gardner, Johnson, Kansas, USA
(Age 70 years)
Other Personal Events
Residence 1935 Rural, Miami, Kansas, USA [1]
Residence 1940 Miami, Kansas, USA [1]
Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head: Wife -
Event Map
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Source Citations
- [S1151] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Miami, Miami, Kansas; Roll: m-t0627-01246; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 61-3.
1940 United States Federal Census
Year: 1940; Census Place: Miami, Miami, Kansas; Roll: m-t0627-01246; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 61-3 - [S1251] Find A Grave, Gladys Winifred Whisner Tracy.
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- [S1151] 1940 United States Federal Census, Year: 1940; Census Place: Miami, Miami, Kansas; Roll: m-t0627-01246; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 61-3.