Claire Wallingford

CLAIRE LOUISE CONNELLY WALLINGFORD

Age 90, passed away June 19, 2006 in Prairie Village, KS. Visitation will be held on Friday, June 23, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Penwell-Gabel Funeral Home, 14275 S. Blackbob Rd., Olathe, KS. Funeral services will follow on Saturday, June 24, at 10:00 a.m., also in the chapel of the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial gifts to the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders, 3846 West 75th Street, Prairie Village, KS 66208.

Claire was born on June 16, 1916 in Caney, KS to G. Walter and Mabel Connelly. She graduated from Caney High School, and went on to graduate from the University of Kansas with a degree in Sociology. She married Earle G. Wallingford, Jr., on June 24, 1939 in Caney, KS.
She was active in the Olathe Chapter of P.E.O., the Junior Service League, and was a board member of the Olathe Medical Center, Culture Class, the Holiday Dance Club, and also enjoyed playing in two local bridge clubs.

She is survived by her children; Thomas and his wife Sherry of Prairie Village, KS, Earle III, of Flagstaff, AZ, Walter and his wife Linda of Columbus, OH, and Steven and his wife Dawn of Bozeman, MT. She also leaves behind eleven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband, Earle Wallingford, Jr., in 1987.

Claire will be dearly missed by the many people whose lives she touched. Claire was loving, kind, compassionate, and a genuinely beautiful wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and friend. To know her was to love her. Claire always thought of others feelings and happiness first. Her compassion knew no limits. To look in her eyes, was to look into the eyes of love and acceptance. Claire's life was an inspiration and example to many of how to live a life of generosity of spirit.
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