Eleanor Dorothy Focke Colgan
Birth: 3 Jul 1888 Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Death: 25 Jul 1969 (aged 81) Okinawa, Japan
Burial: Calvary Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
Plot:
Memorial #: 18225631
Bio: Services for Mrs. Eleanor D. Colgan, 81, of 1319 Woodrow, who died July 25 in Okinawa, where she had been living the last two years, will be Monday in St. Mary's Cathedral. Rosary will be said Sunday in Byrd-Snodgrass Funeral Home Downtown. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.
She was born in Dayton, Ohio, and had lived in Wichita 50 years. Her husband, Thomas, died in 1943.
Survivors include a son, Rev. Jerome, with the U.S. Army, on Okinawa; three daughters, Mrs. E.G. Stoltz, Wichita, Mrs. Margaret Neff, Albuquerque, N.M., and Sister Eleanor, S.N.D., Chicago, IL; two brothers , Carl Fecke, Dayton, and Paul Fecke, Ponca City, OK, and three sisters, Sister Julia Lorette, S.N.D., Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mrs. Walter Weber and Miss Jeanette Fecke, both of Dayton.
(Published in The Wichita Eagle 1969.)
Gravesite Details Shares stone with spouse and two sons (other side).
Family Members
Parents
Henry Focke 1859-1932
Mary Lause Focke 1859-1909
Spouse
Thomas Patrick Colgan 1879-1943
Siblings
Clemens Focke 1880-1888
Edward William Focke 1882-1966
Leo Bernard Focke 1883-1957
Clara A Focke Weber 1885-1977
Agnes Focke 1887-1973
Bertha Catherine Focke Walterscheid 1889-1927
Henry Joseph Focke 1891-1956
Lawrence Frank Focke 1892-1893
Lousa Margaret Focke Weber 1894-1926
Jeannette Focke 1895-1986
Cecillia Focke 1898-1906
Vincent Aloyious Focke 1899-1962
Carl W Focke 1901-1976
Paul Edward Focke 1904-1978
Children
Margaret Clare Colgan Neff 1920-2007
James Jerome Colgan 1923-1974
Rita Ann Colgan Stolz 1925-1978
Thomas Henry Colgan 1930-1966
Maintained by: Mike Maxton (47363392)
Originally Created by: Deb (46791156)
Added: 4 Mar 2007
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/18225631/eleanor-dorothy-colgan
Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 30 January 2021), memorial page for Eleanor Dorothy Focke Colgan (3 Jul 1888–25 Jul 1969), Find a Grave Memorial no. 18225631, citing Calvary Cemetery, Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Mike Maxton (contributor 47363392) .
