Aileen Ainsworth Van Auken passed away January 15, 2010, at Center Point Care Center in Lakeview Village, Lenexa, Kan.
Aileen was born on September 1, 1923, in Norway, Kan., the daughter of Dale R. and Laura Eastvedt Ainsworth. She attended elementary and high school in Wichita, Kan., until the family moved to Kansas City, where she graduated from Southwest High School in the class of 1941. She attended MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Ill., for one year, and then transferred to University of Kansas, where she graduated in 1945. Aileen was a member since 1938 of the Second Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, Mo., where she was married in 1948.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Dale R. and Laura Eastvedt Ainsworth; her brother Robert R. Ainsworth, and a grandson, W. Tyler Anthony.
She is survived by her loving husband, William L. Van Auken, and sons Daniel Van Auken and wife Peggy of Colorado Springs, Richard Van Auken and wife Laurie of Prairie Village; daughter Alisa Rolling and husband William of Highlands Ranch, Colo.; six grandchildren to whom she was a loving "Guggy" - Matthew Van Auken (wife Kimberly), Suzanne Karel (husband Ben), Parker Anthony, and Peter, David and Steven Van Auken, and five great-grandchildren, Hailey, Elizabeth, and Charles Van Auken, and Luke and Mason Karel; her nephew Robert Randolph Ainsworth and niece Elizabeth Stroope, and many loving cousins.
Aileen was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority at the University of Kansas. She was an active and loving supporter of her children's activities and interests, serving as a den mother, PTA president at Westwood View Grade School, chauffeur, and number one rooter at many tennis and track tournaments and little league baseball games. She was a former president of the Janet Boone Society, a volunteer for many years at the front desk of St. Luke's hospital, earning the recognition of 5,000 hours of service. She was active in the Florence Crittenton Center, serving on its auxiliary board, and a fundraiser for the Children's Cardiac Center Heart Auction held for many years on Valentine's Day in the Ranch Mart Auditorium.
"Guggy" was a wonderful, loving, selfless, considerate spouse, mother, grandmother and friend. The most important thing to her in life was her family.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 19, at the Second Presbyterian Church, 318 E. 55th St., Kansas City, MO 64113. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 3846 W. 75th St., Prairie Village, KS 66208, or to the Second Presbyterian Church. She will be buried at Highland Cemetery in Prairie Village, Kan.
The family wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to the gentle care-givers at Center Point Care Center in Lakeview Village and from those at Crossroads Hospice. Fond memories and condolences for the family may be left at www.overlandparkchapel.com. (Arr.: D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66204, 913-648-6224.)
Published in Kansas City Star January 17, 2010
Aileen was born on September 1, 1923, in Norway, Kan., the daughter of Dale R. and Laura Eastvedt Ainsworth. She attended elementary and high school in Wichita, Kan., until the family moved to Kansas City, where she graduated from Southwest High School in the class of 1941. She attended MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Ill., for one year, and then transferred to University of Kansas, where she graduated in 1945. Aileen was a member since 1938 of the Second Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, Mo., where she was married in 1948.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Dale R. and Laura Eastvedt Ainsworth; her brother Robert R. Ainsworth, and a grandson, W. Tyler Anthony.
She is survived by her loving husband, William L. Van Auken, and sons Daniel Van Auken and wife Peggy of Colorado Springs, Richard Van Auken and wife Laurie of Prairie Village; daughter Alisa Rolling and husband William of Highlands Ranch, Colo.; six grandchildren to whom she was a loving "Guggy" - Matthew Van Auken (wife Kimberly), Suzanne Karel (husband Ben), Parker Anthony, and Peter, David and Steven Van Auken, and five great-grandchildren, Hailey, Elizabeth, and Charles Van Auken, and Luke and Mason Karel; her nephew Robert Randolph Ainsworth and niece Elizabeth Stroope, and many loving cousins.
Aileen was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority at the University of Kansas. She was an active and loving supporter of her children's activities and interests, serving as a den mother, PTA president at Westwood View Grade School, chauffeur, and number one rooter at many tennis and track tournaments and little league baseball games. She was a former president of the Janet Boone Society, a volunteer for many years at the front desk of St. Luke's hospital, earning the recognition of 5,000 hours of service. She was active in the Florence Crittenton Center, serving on its auxiliary board, and a fundraiser for the Children's Cardiac Center Heart Auction held for many years on Valentine's Day in the Ranch Mart Auditorium.
"Guggy" was a wonderful, loving, selfless, considerate spouse, mother, grandmother and friend. The most important thing to her in life was her family.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 19, at the Second Presbyterian Church, 318 E. 55th St., Kansas City, MO 64113. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 3846 W. 75th St., Prairie Village, KS 66208, or to the Second Presbyterian Church. She will be buried at Highland Cemetery in Prairie Village, Kan.
The family wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to the gentle care-givers at Center Point Care Center in Lakeview Village and from those at Crossroads Hospice. Fond memories and condolences for the family may be left at www.overlandparkchapel.com. (Arr.: D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66204, 913-648-6224.)
Published in Kansas City Star January 17, 2010
Aileen Ainsworth Van Auken passed away January 15, 2010, at Center Point Care Center in Lakeview Village, Lenexa, Kan.
Aileen was born on September 1, 1923, in Norway, Kan., the daughter of Dale R. and Laura Eastvedt Ainsworth. She attended elementary and high school in Wichita, Kan., until the family moved to Kansas City, where she graduated from Southwest High School in the class of 1941. She attended MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Ill., for one year, and then transferred to University of Kansas, where she graduated in 1945. Aileen was a member since 1938 of the Second Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, Mo., where she was married in 1948.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Dale R. and Laura Eastvedt Ainsworth; her brother Robert R. Ainsworth, and a grandson, W. Tyler Anthony.
She is survived by her loving husband, William L. Van Auken, and sons Daniel Van Auken and wife Peggy of Colorado Springs, Richard Van Auken and wife Laurie of Prairie Village; daughter Alisa Rolling and husband William of Highlands Ranch, Colo.; six grandchildren to whom she was a loving "Guggy" - Matthew Van Auken (wife Kimberly), Suzanne Karel (husband Ben), Parker Anthony, and Peter, David and Steven Van Auken, and five great-grandchildren, Hailey, Elizabeth, and Charles Van Auken, and Luke and Mason Karel; her nephew Robert Randolph Ainsworth and niece Elizabeth Stroope, and many loving cousins.
Aileen was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority at the University of Kansas. She was an active and loving supporter of her children's activities and interests, serving as a den mother, PTA president at Westwood View Grade School, chauffeur, and number one rooter at many tennis and track tournaments and little league baseball games. She was a former president of the Janet Boone Society, a volunteer for many years at the front desk of St. Luke's hospital, earning the recognition of 5,000 hours of service. She was active in the Florence Crittenton Center, serving on its auxiliary board, and a fundraiser for the Children's Cardiac Center Heart Auction held for many years on Valentine's Day in the Ranch Mart Auditorium.
"Guggy" was a wonderful, loving, selfless, considerate spouse, mother, grandmother and friend. The most important thing to her in life was her family.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 19, at the Second Presbyterian Church, 318 E. 55th St., Kansas City, MO 64113. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 3846 W. 75th St., Prairie Village, KS 66208, or to the Second Presbyterian Church. She will be buried at Highland Cemetery in Prairie Village, Kan.
The family wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to the gentle care-givers at Center Point Care Center in Lakeview Village and from those at Crossroads Hospice. Fond memories and condolences for the family may be left at www.overlandparkchapel.com. (Arr.: D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66204, 913-648-6224.)
Published in Kansas City Star January 17, 2010
Aileen was born on September 1, 1923, in Norway, Kan., the daughter of Dale R. and Laura Eastvedt Ainsworth. She attended elementary and high school in Wichita, Kan., until the family moved to Kansas City, where she graduated from Southwest High School in the class of 1941. She attended MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Ill., for one year, and then transferred to University of Kansas, where she graduated in 1945. Aileen was a member since 1938 of the Second Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, Mo., where she was married in 1948.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Dale R. and Laura Eastvedt Ainsworth; her brother Robert R. Ainsworth, and a grandson, W. Tyler Anthony.
She is survived by her loving husband, William L. Van Auken, and sons Daniel Van Auken and wife Peggy of Colorado Springs, Richard Van Auken and wife Laurie of Prairie Village; daughter Alisa Rolling and husband William of Highlands Ranch, Colo.; six grandchildren to whom she was a loving "Guggy" - Matthew Van Auken (wife Kimberly), Suzanne Karel (husband Ben), Parker Anthony, and Peter, David and Steven Van Auken, and five great-grandchildren, Hailey, Elizabeth, and Charles Van Auken, and Luke and Mason Karel; her nephew Robert Randolph Ainsworth and niece Elizabeth Stroope, and many loving cousins.
Aileen was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority at the University of Kansas. She was an active and loving supporter of her children's activities and interests, serving as a den mother, PTA president at Westwood View Grade School, chauffeur, and number one rooter at many tennis and track tournaments and little league baseball games. She was a former president of the Janet Boone Society, a volunteer for many years at the front desk of St. Luke's hospital, earning the recognition of 5,000 hours of service. She was active in the Florence Crittenton Center, serving on its auxiliary board, and a fundraiser for the Children's Cardiac Center Heart Auction held for many years on Valentine's Day in the Ranch Mart Auditorium.
"Guggy" was a wonderful, loving, selfless, considerate spouse, mother, grandmother and friend. The most important thing to her in life was her family.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, January 19, at the Second Presbyterian Church, 318 E. 55th St., Kansas City, MO 64113. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, 3846 W. 75th St., Prairie Village, KS 66208, or to the Second Presbyterian Church. She will be buried at Highland Cemetery in Prairie Village, Kan.
The family wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to the gentle care-givers at Center Point Care Center in Lakeview Village and from those at Crossroads Hospice. Fond memories and condolences for the family may be left at www.overlandparkchapel.com. (Arr.: D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66204, 913-648-6224.)
Published in Kansas City Star January 17, 2010
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