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Fairy is my grandaunt and 7th cousin twice removed (7cou2r).
She is the 4th of eleven children born to Joseph Anson 'Joe' WALKER and Effie Mae CARPENTER.
Aunt Fairy's middle name given at birth was Pamelia (after her paternal grandmother), but at some point she changed it to Evangeline. She used both middle names/initials at various times during her life.
Aunt Fairy m(1) Freeman Helwick SHAWEN (1887 KS - 1943 KS). That marriage ended in divorce.
She m(2) Joseph Harrison LANE (aka Capt. J. H. LANE) who passed away "after the Depression" (as per Aunt Fairy in a letter many years ago). They had a stillborn son (as per my mother).
In addition to being a unique and talented woman, Aunt Fairy is extra special to us because she assisted at the birth of my mother.
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'Wichita Eagle'
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Thursday, 28 February 1985
FAIRY P. LANE, 94, of Wichita, retired licensed practical nurse and poet, died Wednesday. Service 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Wichita Park Cemetery.
Survivors: sisters, Evalina Hammond of Wichita, Ellene Wilson of Pueblo, Colo. Broadway Mortuary.
Wichita Eagle, Friday, March 1, 1985
FAIRY LANE'S POETRY CAPTURED HER BEAUTIFUL FEELINGS
Author: ANNE VALENTINE, STAFF WRITER
Fairy Lane's poetry often captured the pleasant thoughts that crossed her mind on a given day.
''When I get a nice thought, I just write it down right away," Mrs. Lane said in an interview in 1980.
Beauty was a favorite theme in the 200 poems Mrs. Lane wrote and had published.
''I'm a person who feels beauty. I try never to write the ugly things," she said.
On Wednesday, Mrs. Lane, a poet and retired nurse, died at age 94 of heart failure after a bout with influenza. A funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Wichita Park Cemetery.
Fairy P. Walker was born Sept. 11, 1890, in Melvern. She spent her early life in Wellsville and Ottawa and studied to become a licensed practical nurse. She helped operate an import store in Tucumcari, N.M., before moving to Wichita in the late 1940s.
Mrs. Lane was married twice. She had no children.
Writing poetry was an important part of her life from childhood. In the 1980 interview, Mrs. Lane said she won her first writing contest in third grade by composing the verse, "I saw a red bird sitting on a limb. I stood still and listened to him."
Her later dealt with her notions of beauty, truth and patriotism.
To one relative, William Lynch, Mrs. Lane's poetry seemed to come from another world.
''She had a vivid imagination of everything. Her creative ability in a fantasy world made her into a poet," said Lynch, who married Mrs. Lane's niece, the late Fairy Lynch.
Mrs. Lane's poetry was published in magazines and books including Kansas Farmers, United Poets and Prairie Poets. She wrote more than 200 published poems, including "Spirit of America," which she sent to President Richard Nixon in 1973.
In return, Mrs. Lane received an autographed photograph of the president and his wife, which she displayed on the upright piano in her Wichita home.
One verse of "Spirit of America" extolls the strength of this country:
America, we cherish you,
Dear homeland that we love;
We shall defend our liberty,
Though foes may boast of mighty power,
Defeat, we shall not see;
For the Spirit of America
Is one of Victory.
Mrs. Lane is survived by two sisters, Evalina Hammond of Wichita and Ellene Wilson of Pueblo, Colo. Broadway Mortuary in Wichita is in charge of arrangements.
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Fairy is my grandaunt and 7th cousin twice removed (7cou2r).
She is the 4th of eleven children born to Joseph Anson 'Joe' WALKER and Effie Mae CARPENTER.
Aunt Fairy's middle name given at birth was Pamelia (after her paternal grandmother), but at some point she changed it to Evangeline. She used both middle names/initials at various times during her life.
Aunt Fairy m(1) Freeman Helwick SHAWEN (1887 KS - 1943 KS). That marriage ended in divorce.
She m(2) Joseph Harrison LANE (aka Capt. J. H. LANE) who passed away "after the Depression" (as per Aunt Fairy in a letter many years ago). They had a stillborn son (as per my mother).
In addition to being a unique and talented woman, Aunt Fairy is extra special to us because she assisted at the birth of my mother.
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'Wichita Eagle'
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Thursday, 28 February 1985
FAIRY P. LANE, 94, of Wichita, retired licensed practical nurse and poet, died Wednesday. Service 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Wichita Park Cemetery.
Survivors: sisters, Evalina Hammond of Wichita, Ellene Wilson of Pueblo, Colo. Broadway Mortuary.
Wichita Eagle, Friday, March 1, 1985
FAIRY LANE'S POETRY CAPTURED HER BEAUTIFUL FEELINGS
Author: ANNE VALENTINE, STAFF WRITER
Fairy Lane's poetry often captured the pleasant thoughts that crossed her mind on a given day.
''When I get a nice thought, I just write it down right away," Mrs. Lane said in an interview in 1980.
Beauty was a favorite theme in the 200 poems Mrs. Lane wrote and had published.
''I'm a person who feels beauty. I try never to write the ugly things," she said.
On Wednesday, Mrs. Lane, a poet and retired nurse, died at age 94 of heart failure after a bout with influenza. A funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Wichita Park Cemetery.
Fairy P. Walker was born Sept. 11, 1890, in Melvern. She spent her early life in Wellsville and Ottawa and studied to become a licensed practical nurse. She helped operate an import store in Tucumcari, N.M., before moving to Wichita in the late 1940s.
Mrs. Lane was married twice. She had no children.
Writing poetry was an important part of her life from childhood. In the 1980 interview, Mrs. Lane said she won her first writing contest in third grade by composing the verse, "I saw a red bird sitting on a limb. I stood still and listened to him."
Her later dealt with her notions of beauty, truth and patriotism.
To one relative, William Lynch, Mrs. Lane's poetry seemed to come from another world.
''She had a vivid imagination of everything. Her creative ability in a fantasy world made her into a poet," said Lynch, who married Mrs. Lane's niece, the late Fairy Lynch.
Mrs. Lane's poetry was published in magazines and books including Kansas Farmers, United Poets and Prairie Poets. She wrote more than 200 published poems, including "Spirit of America," which she sent to President Richard Nixon in 1973.
In return, Mrs. Lane received an autographed photograph of the president and his wife, which she displayed on the upright piano in her Wichita home.
One verse of "Spirit of America" extolls the strength of this country:
America, we cherish you,
Dear homeland that we love;
We shall defend our liberty,
Though foes may boast of mighty power,
Defeat, we shall not see;
For the Spirit of America
Is one of Victory.
Mrs. Lane is survived by two sisters, Evalina Hammond of Wichita and Ellene Wilson of Pueblo, Colo. Broadway Mortuary in Wichita is in charge of arrangements.
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Fairy is my grandaunt and 7th cousin twice removed (7cou2r).
She is the 4th of eleven children born to Joseph Anson 'Joe' WALKER and Effie Mae CARPENTER.
Aunt Fairy's middle name given at birth was Pamelia (after her paternal grandmother), but at some point she changed it to Evangeline. She used both middle names/initials at various times during her life.
Aunt Fairy m(1) Freeman Helwick SHAWEN (1887 KS - 1943 KS). That marriage ended in divorce.
She m(2) Joseph Harrison LANE (aka Capt. J. H. LANE) who passed away "after the Depression" (as per Aunt Fairy in a letter many years ago). They had a stillborn son (as per my mother).
In addition to being a unique and talented woman, Aunt Fairy is extra special to us because she assisted at the birth of my mother.
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'Wichita Eagle'
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Thursday, 28 February 1985
FAIRY P. LANE, 94, of Wichita, retired licensed practical nurse and poet, died Wednesday. Service 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Wichita Park Cemetery.
Survivors: sisters, Evalina Hammond of Wichita, Ellene Wilson of Pueblo, Colo. Broadway Mortuary.
Wichita Eagle, Friday, March 1, 1985
FAIRY LANE'S POETRY CAPTURED HER BEAUTIFUL FEELINGS
Author: ANNE VALENTINE, STAFF WRITER
Fairy Lane's poetry often captured the pleasant thoughts that crossed her mind on a given day.
''When I get a nice thought, I just write it down right away," Mrs. Lane said in an interview in 1980.
Beauty was a favorite theme in the 200 poems Mrs. Lane wrote and had published.
''I'm a person who feels beauty. I try never to write the ugly things," she said.
On Wednesday, Mrs. Lane, a poet and retired nurse, died at age 94 of heart failure after a bout with influenza. A funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Wichita Park Cemetery.
Fairy P. Walker was born Sept. 11, 1890, in Melvern. She spent her early life in Wellsville and Ottawa and studied to become a licensed practical nurse. She helped operate an import store in Tucumcari, N.M., before moving to Wichita in the late 1940s.
Mrs. Lane was married twice. She had no children.
Writing poetry was an important part of her life from childhood. In the 1980 interview, Mrs. Lane said she won her first writing contest in third grade by composing the verse, "I saw a red bird sitting on a limb. I stood still and listened to him."
Her later dealt with her notions of beauty, truth and patriotism.
To one relative, William Lynch, Mrs. Lane's poetry seemed to come from another world.
''She had a vivid imagination of everything. Her creative ability in a fantasy world made her into a poet," said Lynch, who married Mrs. Lane's niece, the late Fairy Lynch.
Mrs. Lane's poetry was published in magazines and books including Kansas Farmers, United Poets and Prairie Poets. She wrote more than 200 published poems, including "Spirit of America," which she sent to President Richard Nixon in 1973.
In return, Mrs. Lane received an autographed photograph of the president and his wife, which she displayed on the upright piano in her Wichita home.
One verse of "Spirit of America" extolls the strength of this country:
America, we cherish you,
Dear homeland that we love;
We shall defend our liberty,
Though foes may boast of mighty power,
Defeat, we shall not see;
For the Spirit of America
Is one of Victory.
Mrs. Lane is survived by two sisters, Evalina Hammond of Wichita and Ellene Wilson of Pueblo, Colo. Broadway Mortuary in Wichita is in charge of arrangements.
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Fairy is my grandaunt and 7th cousin twice removed (7cou2r).
She is the 4th of eleven children born to Joseph Anson 'Joe' WALKER and Effie Mae CARPENTER.
Aunt Fairy's middle name given at birth was Pamelia (after her paternal grandmother), but at some point she changed it to Evangeline. She used both middle names/initials at various times during her life.
Aunt Fairy m(1) Freeman Helwick SHAWEN (1887 KS - 1943 KS). That marriage ended in divorce.
She m(2) Joseph Harrison LANE (aka Capt. J. H. LANE) who passed away "after the Depression" (as per Aunt Fairy in a letter many years ago). They had a stillborn son (as per my mother).
In addition to being a unique and talented woman, Aunt Fairy is extra special to us because she assisted at the birth of my mother.
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'Wichita Eagle'
Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas
Thursday, 28 February 1985
FAIRY P. LANE, 94, of Wichita, retired licensed practical nurse and poet, died Wednesday. Service 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Wichita Park Cemetery.
Survivors: sisters, Evalina Hammond of Wichita, Ellene Wilson of Pueblo, Colo. Broadway Mortuary.
Wichita Eagle, Friday, March 1, 1985
FAIRY LANE'S POETRY CAPTURED HER BEAUTIFUL FEELINGS
Author: ANNE VALENTINE, STAFF WRITER
Fairy Lane's poetry often captured the pleasant thoughts that crossed her mind on a given day.
''When I get a nice thought, I just write it down right away," Mrs. Lane said in an interview in 1980.
Beauty was a favorite theme in the 200 poems Mrs. Lane wrote and had published.
''I'm a person who feels beauty. I try never to write the ugly things," she said.
On Wednesday, Mrs. Lane, a poet and retired nurse, died at age 94 of heart failure after a bout with influenza. A funeral will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Wichita Park Cemetery.
Fairy P. Walker was born Sept. 11, 1890, in Melvern. She spent her early life in Wellsville and Ottawa and studied to become a licensed practical nurse. She helped operate an import store in Tucumcari, N.M., before moving to Wichita in the late 1940s.
Mrs. Lane was married twice. She had no children.
Writing poetry was an important part of her life from childhood. In the 1980 interview, Mrs. Lane said she won her first writing contest in third grade by composing the verse, "I saw a red bird sitting on a limb. I stood still and listened to him."
Her later dealt with her notions of beauty, truth and patriotism.
To one relative, William Lynch, Mrs. Lane's poetry seemed to come from another world.
''She had a vivid imagination of everything. Her creative ability in a fantasy world made her into a poet," said Lynch, who married Mrs. Lane's niece, the late Fairy Lynch.
Mrs. Lane's poetry was published in magazines and books including Kansas Farmers, United Poets and Prairie Poets. She wrote more than 200 published poems, including "Spirit of America," which she sent to President Richard Nixon in 1973.
In return, Mrs. Lane received an autographed photograph of the president and his wife, which she displayed on the upright piano in her Wichita home.
One verse of "Spirit of America" extolls the strength of this country:
America, we cherish you,
Dear homeland that we love;
We shall defend our liberty,
Though foes may boast of mighty power,
Defeat, we shall not see;
For the Spirit of America
Is one of Victory.
Mrs. Lane is survived by two sisters, Evalina Hammond of Wichita and Ellene Wilson of Pueblo, Colo. Broadway Mortuary in Wichita is in charge of arrangements.
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Family Members
Siblings
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Albert Carpenter "Albo" Walker
1885–1885
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Lytle Reese Walker
1887–1982
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Mary Ethel Walker Cline
1888–1917
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Evalina May Walker Hammond
1892–1988
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Lewis Floyd Walker
1895–1961
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Lawrence Ezra Walker
1897–1983
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Emory Clair Walker
1900–1975
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Iva Susanna Walker
1903–1918
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Ellene Elizabeth Walker Wilson
1905–1986
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Effie Lynne Walker Arnold
1908–1976
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