Imogene E. (Bonham) Mcdaniel
September 4, 1922 — March 16, 2024
Imogene E. McDaniel of Eureka died on Saturday, March 16, 2024, at Eureka Nursing Center in Eureka at the age of 101.
She was born on September 4, 1922, in Corwin, Kansas, the daughter of Harry and Ida (George) Bonham. She graduated from Attica High School, and prior to graduation she met her future husband, Harry McDaniel. Harry was drafted into the Army during WWII. While Harry was off to war, Imogene was hired as one of the first women at Boeing as a “Rosie the Riveter” working on the B-29 plane and witnessed the first flight of this plane referred to as Doc.
After war, Harry and Imogene were united in marriage in Medicine Lodge, Kansas on September 4, 1945.
Harry and Imogene’s first home was near Zenda, Kansas, with Janet Kay being born in 1949. They moved to Argonia, Kansas in 1953 where their daughter Karen Ann was born. Harry and Imogene worked side by side farming and harvesting wheat. A registered Angus cow calf herd brought them to the Flint Hills purchasing Greenwood County grass land in the 1960’s. They moved to Eureka in 1972.
She was a part of the Eureka First United Methodist Church, Golden Rule 4-H Club, Freeport Trailblazers 4-H Club Community Leader, Sumner and Greenwood County Extension Homemaker Units, and United Methodist Women.
Imogene is survived by her daughters, Janet and husband, Keith Guthrie, Eureka; and Karen McDaniel, Winfield; granddaughters: Charlene Baker and Anne and husband, Eddie Lewis, all of Eureka; great-grandchildren Brooke and husband, Cade Burden, Lydia, Landon, and Trinity Lewis, Caylee and Cassidy Baker, all of Eureka. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Harry; and all seven siblings: Chester Bonham, Lester Bonham, Leland Bonham, Mary Martin, Richard Bonham, Dorothy Mae Bonham, and LaVina Walk.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the First United Methodist Church of Eureka with Reverend Linda Pope officiating. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation hours are set for 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., Wednesday, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Eureka First United Methodist Church or the Greenwood County 4-H Foundation. Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home at P.O. Box 595, Eureka, KS 67045, which is in charge of service arrangements.
She was born on September 4, 1922, in Corwin, Kansas, the daughter of Harry and Ida (George) Bonham. She graduated from Attica High School, and prior to graduation she met her future husband, Harry McDaniel. Harry was drafted into the Army during WWII. While Harry was off to war, Imogene was hired as one of the first women at Boeing as a “Rosie the Riveter” working on the B-29 plane and witnessed the first flight of this plane referred to as Doc.
After war, Harry and Imogene were united in marriage in Medicine Lodge, Kansas on September 4, 1945.
Harry and Imogene’s first home was near Zenda, Kansas, with Janet Kay being born in 1949. They moved to Argonia, Kansas in 1953 where their daughter Karen Ann was born. Harry and Imogene worked side by side farming and harvesting wheat. A registered Angus cow calf herd brought them to the Flint Hills purchasing Greenwood County grass land in the 1960’s. They moved to Eureka in 1972.
She was a part of the Eureka First United Methodist Church, Golden Rule 4-H Club, Freeport Trailblazers 4-H Club Community Leader, Sumner and Greenwood County Extension Homemaker Units, and United Methodist Women.
Imogene is survived by her daughters, Janet and husband, Keith Guthrie, Eureka; and Karen McDaniel, Winfield; granddaughters: Charlene Baker and Anne and husband, Eddie Lewis, all of Eureka; great-grandchildren Brooke and husband, Cade Burden, Lydia, Landon, and Trinity Lewis, Caylee and Cassidy Baker, all of Eureka. She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Harry; and all seven siblings: Chester Bonham, Lester Bonham, Leland Bonham, Mary Martin, Richard Bonham, Dorothy Mae Bonham, and LaVina Walk.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Thursday, March 21, 2024, at the First United Methodist Church of Eureka with Reverend Linda Pope officiating. Interment will follow at Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation hours are set for 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., Wednesday, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to the Eureka First United Methodist Church or the Greenwood County 4-H Foundation. Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home at P.O. Box 595, Eureka, KS 67045, which is in charge of service arrangements.
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