Barbara Ellen Call
May 20, 1927 — October 30, 2013
Barbara Call
Barbara Ellen Call, age 86, of Wichita, passed away peacefully Wednesday, the 30th of October 2013. Barbara was born in Garland, Kansas, on the 20th of May 1927, to John and Nellie Erickson. She was married to Nile C. Call for 66 years.
Barbara graduated from Neal High School, in Neal Kansas, as salutatorian. She then attended the University of Kansas, majoring in Home Economics. While at college, she met Nile Call. The young couple was married at KU Danforth Chapel on December 1, 1946.
Barbara had a passion for reading, quilting, and her family. She would read anything and everything as long as it was well written but always had to read the ending first. Barbara quilted her entire life and won an award at the Houston International Quilt Festival for her applique quilt. But above all else she loved her family and was proud of each and every one of them.
Barbara was predeceased by her parents, John and Nellie Erickson; her sisters, Elizabeth Ann Erickson, Rosalee Marie Basham, and Linda Ann Adams. Barbara is survived by her husband, Nile; her children, John A. Call and wife Carole of Edmond, Oklahoma, Shelly M. Crisler of Wichita, and Kimberly A. Pignuolo and husband Charles of Houston, Texas. She is also survived by her three grandchildren, Kristen Cowan, Bryan Crisler, and Kristen Pignuolo.
Services will be held at 10:00 am Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at the First United Methodist Church, 521 North Main Street, Eureka, Kansas. Pastor Kenneth Baker will be officiating at the service, interment to follow. The family has requested that memorial contributions be made to the Eureka Public Library. Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home, P.O. Box 595, Eureka, KS 67045, which was in charge of service arrangements.
Barbara Ellen Call, age 86, of Wichita, passed away peacefully Wednesday, the 30th of October 2013. Barbara was born in Garland, Kansas, on the 20th of May 1927, to John and Nellie Erickson. She was married to Nile C. Call for 66 years.
Barbara graduated from Neal High School, in Neal Kansas, as salutatorian. She then attended the University of Kansas, majoring in Home Economics. While at college, she met Nile Call. The young couple was married at KU Danforth Chapel on December 1, 1946.
Barbara had a passion for reading, quilting, and her family. She would read anything and everything as long as it was well written but always had to read the ending first. Barbara quilted her entire life and won an award at the Houston International Quilt Festival for her applique quilt. But above all else she loved her family and was proud of each and every one of them.
Barbara was predeceased by her parents, John and Nellie Erickson; her sisters, Elizabeth Ann Erickson, Rosalee Marie Basham, and Linda Ann Adams. Barbara is survived by her husband, Nile; her children, John A. Call and wife Carole of Edmond, Oklahoma, Shelly M. Crisler of Wichita, and Kimberly A. Pignuolo and husband Charles of Houston, Texas. She is also survived by her three grandchildren, Kristen Cowan, Bryan Crisler, and Kristen Pignuolo.
Services will be held at 10:00 am Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at the First United Methodist Church, 521 North Main Street, Eureka, Kansas. Pastor Kenneth Baker will be officiating at the service, interment to follow. The family has requested that memorial contributions be made to the Eureka Public Library. Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home, P.O. Box 595, Eureka, KS 67045, which was in charge of service arrangements.
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