Helen Madeline Wiggins
November 11, 1915 — June 4, 2012
Helen Madeline Wiggins
Helen Madeline Wiggins, of Eureka, died at the Eureka Nursing Center on Monday, June 4, 2012, at the age of 96.
She was born on November 11, 1915, in rural Rosedale, a part of Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of William and Sallie Ann (Bailes) Offutt. She was raised in the Rosedale area and graduated form Argentine High School as valedictorian of her class. She then attended the University of Kansas City (now Missouri University of Kansas City) the first year it was founded in 1933. In that year the University offered a scholarship to all valedictorians of every high school in the Kansas City metropolitan area. She transferred to Kansas City, Kansas Junior College, and then to Kansas State University, where Helen graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in May of 1937. After her schooling she was accepted for Medical Technology training at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. She worked there until March of 1940.
On March 16, 1940, Helen was united in marriage to William “Bill” Henry Wiggins in Kansas City, Kansas. They made their home on a farm/ranch in rural Eureka, where she was a homemaker, and worked for Eureka Livestock Sales for Herb Rockhill and Raymond Vaughn for twenty years.
Bill preceded her in death on August 28, 1989.
Helen was a member of the Eureka Country Club, always playing bridge on Ladies Day, Alpha Xi Delta sorority, P.E.O., Entre Nous, and the Eureka First United Methodist Church, as well as serving for many years as an officer in different clubs and organizations.
She is survived by five sons, William “Bill” Wiggins of Eureka; Donald “Don” and wife, Wilma Wiggins of Springfield, Missouri; James “Jim” Wiggins of Centennial, Colorado; Dwight and wife, Suzanne Wiggins of Kansas City, Missouri; and Bert and wife, Kay of Wichita; eleven grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and one sister-in-law, Jean Offutt of Kansas City, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one brother, Lyle, one sister, Ethel, and two infant siblings.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, June 8, 2012, at Koup Family Funeral Home, With Mr. Jayme Koup officiating. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorials be made to the United Methodist Women. Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home at P.O. Box 595, Eureka, KS 67045, which was in charge of service arrangements.
Helen Madeline Wiggins, of Eureka, died at the Eureka Nursing Center on Monday, June 4, 2012, at the age of 96.
She was born on November 11, 1915, in rural Rosedale, a part of Kansas City, Kansas, the daughter of William and Sallie Ann (Bailes) Offutt. She was raised in the Rosedale area and graduated form Argentine High School as valedictorian of her class. She then attended the University of Kansas City (now Missouri University of Kansas City) the first year it was founded in 1933. In that year the University offered a scholarship to all valedictorians of every high school in the Kansas City metropolitan area. She transferred to Kansas City, Kansas Junior College, and then to Kansas State University, where Helen graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in May of 1937. After her schooling she was accepted for Medical Technology training at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas. She worked there until March of 1940.
On March 16, 1940, Helen was united in marriage to William “Bill” Henry Wiggins in Kansas City, Kansas. They made their home on a farm/ranch in rural Eureka, where she was a homemaker, and worked for Eureka Livestock Sales for Herb Rockhill and Raymond Vaughn for twenty years.
Bill preceded her in death on August 28, 1989.
Helen was a member of the Eureka Country Club, always playing bridge on Ladies Day, Alpha Xi Delta sorority, P.E.O., Entre Nous, and the Eureka First United Methodist Church, as well as serving for many years as an officer in different clubs and organizations.
She is survived by five sons, William “Bill” Wiggins of Eureka; Donald “Don” and wife, Wilma Wiggins of Springfield, Missouri; James “Jim” Wiggins of Centennial, Colorado; Dwight and wife, Suzanne Wiggins of Kansas City, Missouri; and Bert and wife, Kay of Wichita; eleven grandchildren; thirteen great-grandchildren; three great-great-grandchildren; and one sister-in-law, Jean Offutt of Kansas City, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, one brother, Lyle, one sister, Ethel, and two infant siblings.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 P.M., Friday, June 8, 2012, at Koup Family Funeral Home, With Mr. Jayme Koup officiating. Interment will follow in Greenwood Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family has requested that memorials be made to the United Methodist Women. Contributions may be sent in care of Koup Family Funeral Home at P.O. Box 595, Eureka, KS 67045, which was in charge of service arrangements.
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