Helen Faris Kirkwood

1897 - 1988  (91 years)

• Name	Helen Faris Kirkwood
  Born	9 Feb 1897	Vernon, Vernon County, Wisconsin
  Gender	Female
  Died	21 Sep 1988	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	24 Sep 1988	Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4428	Rossville
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Isaiah Faris
  Mother	Julia McLaughlin Faris
  Family ID	F5191	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Charles M Kirkwood,   d. 16 Dec 1978
  Married	1 May 1920	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2017 15:00:34
  Family ID	F5192	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Buried - 24 Sep 1988 - Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Kirkwood, Helen Mrs. Helen Kirkwood Mrs. Helen Kirkwood, 91, Topeka, died Wednesday, Sept. 21, 1988, at her home. Mrs. Kirkwood and her husband farmed in the Grove, Menoken and Bethel communities. She also taught the Mrs. Flo V. Menninger Bible Course at Grove, Silver Lake and Rossville 14 years during which 80 students were graduated from the course. She established a Menninger Bible Class at St. Marys. She taught two years in a rural school. She was born Feb. 9, 1897, at Vernon, Wis., the daughter of Isaiah and Julia McLaughlin Faris. She spent most of her life in the Menoken, Grove and Bethel communities before she moved into Topeka in 1974. Mrs. Kirkwood was a member of First Christian Church. She was married to Charles M. Kirkwood May 1, 1920, at Rossville. He died Dec. 16, 1978. Survivors include a sister, Alice Robb, 5000 Huntoon. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in Davidson Funeral Home. Burial will be in Prairie Home Cemetery. Mrs. Kirkwood will lie in state after 10 a.m. today at the funeral home where relatives and friends will meet from 7 until 8 p.m. today. Memorial contributions may be made to First Christian Church, 1880 Gage, 66604.