Mary Sumpter McCracken

1897 - 1988  (90 years)

• Name	Mary Sumpter McCracken
  Born	8 Aug 1897	Jackson County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	9 Feb 1988	Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa
  Buried	13 Feb 1988	Valley Falls Cemetery, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas
  Person ID	I4780	Rossville
  Last Modified	28 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Daniel Boone Sumpter
  Mother	Lenore Myers Sumpter
  Family ID	F5361	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	George Marshall McCracken,   d. 14 Dec 1968
  Married	26 Apr 1922	Holton, Jackson County, Kansas
  Children	1. Lenore McCracken Weatherby
  Last Modified	20 Oct 2017 13:33:13
  Family ID	F5362	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 8 Aug 1897 - Jackson County, Kansas Married - 26 Apr 1922 - Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Died - 9 Feb 1988 - Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa Buried - 13 Feb 1988 - Valley Falls Cemetery, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- McCracken, Mary McCracken Mrs. Mary McCracken, 90, Valley Falls, died Tuesday, Feb. 9, 1988, in a Des Moines, Iowa, hospital. She earlier suffered a heart attack at the home of a daughter she was visiting at Indianola, Iowa. Mrs. McCracken taught piano lessons more than 50 years and had played for many weddings and funerals at Valley Falls. She moved to Valley Falls as a first grade and music teacher. She was born Aug. 8, 1897, in Jackson County, the daughter of Daniel Boone and Lenore Myers Sumpter. She was graduated from Mayetta Grade and High Schools. She later was graduated from Campbell Conservatory of Music at Holton where she studied piano, organ and voice. She later was graduated from Pittsburg State Teachers College at Pittsburg. Mrs. McCracken was a member of the United Methodist Church in Valley Falls, where she was a church organist many years. She was a 50-year member of the Young Women’s Christian Association at Valley Falls and a member of the Kansas Letter Carriers auxiliary and Topeka Music Teachers Association. She was married to George Marshall McCracken April 26, 1922, at Holton. He died Dec. 14, 1968. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Lenore Weatherby, Indianola, Iowa; two granddaughters; and two great-grandchildren. Services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday in the United Methodist Church at Valley Falls. Burial will be in Valley Falls Cemetery. Relatives and friends will meet from 7 until 8 p.m. Friday at Nellis-Hagge Funeral Home in Valley Falls. Memorial contributions may be made to the United Methodist Church Music Department at Valley Falls or to the Easter Seal Foundation.