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Mary Sumpter McCracken

Female 1897 - 1988  (90 years)


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  • Name Mary Sumpter McCracken 
    Born 8 Aug 1897  Jackson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 9 Feb 1988  Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried 13 Feb 1988  Valley Falls Cemetery, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lenore McCracken Weatherby
    Last Modified 20 Oct 2017 13:33:13 
    Family ID F5362  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 8 Aug 1897 - Jackson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 26 Apr 1922 - Holton, Jackson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 9 Feb 1988 - Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - 13 Feb 1988 - Valley Falls Cemetery, Valley Falls, Jefferson County, Kansas Link to Google Earth
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  • Documents
    Obituary- McCracken, Mary
    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.