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Helen Faris Kirkwood

Female 1897 - 1988  (91 years)


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  • Name Helen Faris Kirkwood 
    Born 9 Feb 1897  Vernon, Vernon County, Wisconsin Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 21 Sep 1988  Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 24 Sep 1988  Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Last Modified 12 Oct 2017 15:00:34 
    Family ID F5192  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBuried - 24 Sep 1988 - Prairie Home Cemetery, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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    Obituary- Kirkwood, Helen
    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.