10:30 a.m.
Saturday, July 31, 2010

Friends are invited to come to the funeral home at any time to sign the memorial book.

Frances Mae Bailey Walter was born August 21, 1927 at Palmyra, Nebraska and died in an auto accident on July 21, 2010 at the age of 82.

She was the fourth child of Merle Bryan Bailey (1897-1964) and Gladys Mary Ring Bailey (1895-1976).  Through the Ring family line, Frances was proud to be the ninth generation of descendents from Mayflower passengers Stephen and Elizabeth Hopkins.

Growing up on a 40-acre farm during the depression and drought of the 1930’s, life was not easy for the Bailey family.  Her share of the work duties included sewing, cooking, quilting, braiding rugs, gardening and canning.

She attended Pleasant Point Public School, District #104 in Otoe County, Nebraska, a one-room country school, through the 8^th grade.  After attending two years of high school at Palmyra, Nebraska, she went one year to Lincoln High in Lincoln, Nebraska, one semester at Kensington High School in Buffalo, New York, then back to Lincoln High to graduate in 1944 at age 16.

After graduation, she moved back to Buffalo with her family and worked at Spencer Lens as a blue-print girl.  In 1946, they moved back to the family farm in Nebraska, and Frances took a job at the Elgin Watch factory in Lincoln.

She met Ted Lowell Walter on a blind date in 1947.  They married on September 1, 1948, and spent 58 years as husband and wife, until Ted’s death on March 17, 2007.

The couple traveled to Ft. Collins, Colorado so Ted could continue his education, and in 1950 their twin sons Gary Lynn and Terry Lee were born.  Later, a daughter, Jean, was also born in Ft. Collins, but being premature did not survive.

After Ted completed his Masters Degree, the family moved to Colby, Kansas where Ronald Dale was born in 1953, followed by Daniel Ray in 1956.

Ted, Frances, and the four boys moved to Manhattan in 1960, and the couple stayed a part of the Manhattan and K-State community for the rest of their lives.

Frances worked at the Buttercrust Day-Old Bread Store part-time during 1964-65.

Then in 1966-1967, she completed the Office Education program at the Manhattan Area Vocational-Technical School, now the Manhattan Area Technical College.  She was in the first graduating class in the newly created program. Coursework included typing and short-hand, and classes were conducted at a local grade school.

She applied her new office skills with Bayer Construction Company for two years, then worked for over ten years at the McCall’s Pattern Company.

After leaving McCall’s, Frances decided to put the skills she learned growing up on the family farm to a different use – she began teaching classes in quilting and rag-rug making, and giving demonstrations at events around the mid-west.  She once wrote, “I’ve had a life-long love affair with home-made rugs, and instead of making them to sell, I teach others to make their own.”

For many years, she gave demonstrations on rug-making, quilting, and box-making at the National Homestead Days celebration in Beatrice, Nebraska, the Western Farm Show in Kansas City, the Manhattan Folk Life Festivals, and numerous museum and commemorative events around the state.  She also taught many quilting and rug-making classes here in Manhattan at University For Man, Douglas Center, Senior Center, and  the Ben Franklin store.  Eventually, she was awarded a Kansas Master Craftsman designation in rug-making.

She was a faithful member of the Manhattan Quilt Guild, serving one year as President, as well as one term of service on the Kansas State Quilting Board of Directors. For many years, she also enjoyed participating regularly in the First Christian Church Do-Day Ladies sewing ministry.  Frances had a Primitive Baptist church background as a child, then participated in Methodist churches in Lincoln, Ft. Collins, and Colby. The last few years, she enjoyed attending church services with her son Dan and his family.  Two of her favorite songs were “What A Friend We Have In Jesus” and “Amazing Grace”.

She was preceded in death by her brothers, William Andrew Bailey and George Samuel Bailey; her husband Ted Walter; and her son, Gary Walter.  She leaves behind one sister, Marian Davis of Curtis, Nebraska, and one brother, Donald Bailey of Lincoln, Nebraska; three sons: Terry Walter of Topeka, Ron Walter of Wamego, and Dan Walter and his wife, Paula, of Manhattan, along with their children Jenny, Joanna, Janalee, Jeff, Jay, Jim, Julie, Joe, Jack, and Janelle of Manhattan, and John Walter and his wife, Lauren, of Salina, Kansas.

If you knew Fran Walter at all, you probably knew her as a bright-eyed, cheerful, generous, energetic woman who loved life, loved her family, and loved people. She was a faithful wife, a loving mother, a hard worker, an inspiring teacher, and a delightful friend.  She will be missed by all who knew her.

A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 31, 10:30am at the Vintage Faith Church, located at 530 Osage in Manhattan.  Friends are invited to come by the Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home at any time to sign the memorial book.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Frances M. Walter memorial fund to be designated at a later date. Online condolences can be sent to www.irvinparkview.com.
 

10:00 a.m.
Monday, August 2, 2010
 

The family will receive friends from 4 until 6 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home.

Nancy Beth MacAdam Rose, 70, Manhattan, KS passed away Wednesday, July 28, 2010 in the Meadowlark Hills/Honstead House, Manhattan.

She was born March 20, 1940 in Orange, NJ, the daughter of Sterling T. MacAdam and Gladys Lewis MacAdam.  She grew up in Bloomfield, NJ, where she was a flag twirler, member of the high school drill team and the 1958 Homecoming Queen.  After graduation, she attended the University of Vermont and the Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School.  Since moving to Manhattan, she received her Associate of Arts Degree from Kansas State University.

She was united in marriage to Frederick W. Oehme on August 6, 1960 in Bloomfield, NJ.  She was later married to Donald L. Rose on January 1, 1989 in Manhattan.  He preceded her in death on September 18, 2009.

After moving to Manhattan in 1960, Mrs. Rose worked for the Kansas State Extension Service and later the Manhattan Credit Bureau.  From 1980 until 1990, she worked as an underwriter for the Kansas Farm Bureau Insurance Company.

She was a longtime member of the First Lutheran Church, Manhattan and later the Free Methodist Church, Manhattan.  Other memberships included the Pi Beta Phi Sorority, Toastmasters International, and Clover Leaf Square Dance Club. She played the base fiddle, was an accomplished pianist and enjoyed needlecraft.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Rose was preceded in death by her mother.

Survivors include a son, Dr. Stephen F. Oehme, and his wife, Melissa, Rock Hill, SC; three daughters, Susan Oehme Raetzman, and her husband, Steve, Bethesda, MD, Deborah Oehme Rainbolt, Lawrence, KS and Heidi Beth Oehme, Durham, NC; a step daughter, Melinda Rose Collins, and her husband, Richard, Wichita; her father, Sterling MacAdam, Ithaca, NY; a sister, Audrey M. Lowe, Ithaca, NY; four grandchildren, Chase and Gaeden Oehme and Natalie and Kari Rainbolt; and one step grandchild, Kristyn Collins.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, August 2, 2010 in the Irvin-Parkview Funeral Home, Manhattan with the Rev. Mark Waterhouse officiating.  Burial will follow in the Sunrise Cemetery, Manhattan.

The family will receive friends from 4 until 6 p.m., Sunday at the funeral home.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Multiple Sclerosis Society or Meadowlark Hills Skilled Nursing Facility and left in care of the funeral home.  Online condolences can be sent to www.irvinparkview.com.