Vinita Gwendolyn Linsacum Stauffer

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Obituary- Stauffer, Vinita 1

Vinita G. Stauffer
HOLTON - Vinita G. Stauffer, 93, Holton, died Friday, August 26,
2011.

She was born Sept. 17, 1917, in Delia, Kansas, the only child of Jesse and Stacia McClain Linsacum. Following her father’s death in 1923, she attended school briefly in Topeka, then lived in Lamar, Colorado, with her grandmother and aunt, until returning to Kansas in June 1925 to reside with her mother and stepfather, George E. Eakin, near Delia. She attended Stach, Stony Point, Nieve and Adrian one-room grade schools and graduated as valedictorian from Delia High School in 1934.

She married Auswell F. Stauffer of the Pleasant Valley community west of Holton on April 29, 1936. After living on two farms, they moved to their own farm in 1945. In addition to rearing a family and helping with farm work as well as keeping the home and garden, she was actively engaged in community activities for many years.

Mrs. Stauffer was a 4-H Club leader for more than 30 years, serving as community leader for the Pleasant Valley Rustlers Club and advisor for the Jackson County Junior Leaders. She served on the Jackson County Agricultural Extension advisory committee and as a Sunday School teacher, WSCS president and missions chairman at Circleville United Methodist Church where she was a member. She was a Democratic committee woman for Banner Township and president of the Jackson County Democratic Women’s Club, a township election official, coordinator of the Jackson County CROP campaign, secretary of the Olive Hill Cemetery Association and member of the Pleasant Valley Neighbors Club.

The Stauffers were married 69 years prior to his death in 2005. She is survived by sons, Russell E. Stauffer, Sabetha, Auswell F. "Bud” Stauffer, Mayetta, Bradford W. Stauffer, Holton; daughter Sharon E. Stauffer Goldsworthy, Germantown, Tennessee; 9 grandchildren, 20 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson.

Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at Mercer Funeral Home in Holton with burial following in Olive Hill Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Memorials may be given to the Circleville United Methodist Church, Delia Presbyterian Church or the Jackson County Humane Society, in care of Mercer Funeral Home, Box 270, Holton, KS 66436. To leave a special message for the family, visit www.mercerfuneralhomes.com.

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