Elaine E Werner Banks

1937 - 2007  (70 years)

• Name	Elaine E Werner Banks
  Born	6 Oct 1937	Hanover, Washington County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	19 Dec 2007	Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	22 Dec 2007	Holy Cross Cemetery, Emmett, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I3058	Rossville
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2019

  
  

  Father	Jake F Werner
  Mother	Edna Mary Louise Schroeder Werner
  Family ID	F871	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jimmie Banks,   d. 14 Nov 1987
  Married	12 Jul 1957	Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas
  Children	1. Debra Banks Wulfkuhle + 2. Janet Banks Rafferty   3. Jane Banks McCollum
  Last Modified	6 May 2016 13:31:23
  Family ID	F872	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 6 Oct 1937 - Hanover, Washington County, Kansas Married - 12 Jul 1957 - Maple Hill, Wabaunsee County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Banks, Elaine ELAINE E. BANKS Elaine E. Banks, 70, St. Marys, died Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2007, at Lexington Park Center in Topeka. She was born Oct. 6, 1937, at Hanover, the daughter of Jake F. and Edna Mary Louise Schroeder Werner. She spent her early life in the Hanover community then lived in the St. Marys and Maple Hill communities. She and her husband Jim with their family lived on a farm in the Emmett community and Elaine moved back to St. Marys in the early 90s where she lived until moving to Wamego in April 2006. Mrs. Banks graduated from Maple Hill High School and attended Clarks School of Business. After her husband’s death, she received a certificate in accounting from Kaw Valley Vo-Tech in Topeka. Elaine was a great cook at St. Marys Manor. Later she worked for Bayer Stone and Knoll’s Patient Supply. She most recently was an assistant librarian and lead story time at the Pottawatomie-Wabaunsee Regional Library in St. Marys before she retired because of ill health. Elaine was a member of the Emmett United Methodist Church. She had been a Sunday school teacher at the St. Marys United Methodist Church and helped with Noah’s Neighbors in Emmett. She also had been a Girl Scout leader. On July 12, 1957, she was united in marriage to Jimmie “Jim” Banks at Maple Hill. He preceded her in death on Nov. 14, 1987. Survivors include three daughters, Debra “Deb” (Gary) Wulfkuhle, Rossville, Janet (Bill) Rafferty, Emmett and Jane (Keith) McCollum, Olathe; a sister Lorene Richardson, Springfield, Mo.; a brother Robert (Bob) Werner, Grove, Okla.; three granddaughters and three grandsons; one great-granddaughter. Funeral services were held Saturday, Dec. 22, at the Emmett United Methodist Church. Internment was in Holy Cross Cemetery, Emmett. Memorial contributions may be made to the Emmett United Methodist Church or to the Heart of America Hospice and sent in care of Piper Funeral Home, 714 Maple St., St. Marys, KS 66536.