1923
Aileen
2010
Aileen Van Auken
September 1, 1923 — January 15, 2010
Aileen Ainsworth Van Auken passed away January 15, 2010 at Center Point Care Center in Lakeview Village, Lenexa, Kansas. Aileen was born September 1, 1923 in Norway, Kansas, the daughter of Dale R. and Laura Eastvedt Ainsworth. She attended elementary and high school in Wichita, Kansas until the family moved to Kansas City where she graduated from Southwest High School in the class of 1941. She attended MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois for one year and then transferred to University of Kansas where she graduated in 1945.
Aileen was a member of the Second Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, Missouri since 1938 where she was married in 1948. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dale R. and Laura Eastvedt Ainsworth, her brother, Robert R. Ainsworth, and a grandson, W. Tyler Anthony.
She is survived by her loving husband, William L. Van Auken, and sons, Daniel Van Auken and wife, Peggy of Colorado Springs; Richard Van Auken and wife, Laurie, of, Prairie Village; daughter, Alisa Rolling and husband, William of Highlands Ranch, Colorado; six grandchildren to whom she was a loving “Guggy”, Matthew Van Auken (wife, Kimberly), Suzanne Karel (husband Ben), Parker Anthony, and Peter, David and Steven Van Auken, and five great-grandchildren, Hailey, Elizabeth, and Charles Van Auken, and Luke and Mason Karel; her nephew, Robert Randolph Ainsworth and niece, Elizabeth Stroope, and many loving cousins.
Aileen was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority at the University of Kansas. She was an active and loving supporter of her children’s activities and interests serving as a den mother, P.T.A. president at Westwood View Grade School, chauffer, and number one rooter at many tennis and track tournaments and little league baseball games. She was a former president of the Janet Boone Society, a volunteer for many years at the front desk of St Luke’s hospital, earning the recognition of 5,000 hours of service. She was active in the Florence Crittenton Center, serving on its auxiliary board, and a fund raiser for the Children’s Cardiac Center Heart Auction held for many years on Valentine’s Day in the Ranch Mart Auditorium. “Guggy” was a wonderful, loving, selfless, considerate spouse, mother, grandmother, and friend. The most important thing to her in life was her family.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 19, at the Second Presbyterian Church, 318 East 55th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64113. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 3846 W. 75th St., Prairie Village, Kansas 66208 or to the Second Presbyterian Church. She will be buried at Highland Cemetery in Prairie Village, Kansas.
The family wishes to express their heart felt thanks to the gentle care-givers at Center Point Care Center in Lakeview Village and from those at Crossroads Hospice.
Fond memories and condolences for the family may be left at www.overlandparkchapel.com. (Arr.: D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66204, 913-648-6224.)
Aileen was a member of the Second Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, Missouri since 1938 where she was married in 1948. She was preceded in death by her parents, Dale R. and Laura Eastvedt Ainsworth, her brother, Robert R. Ainsworth, and a grandson, W. Tyler Anthony.
She is survived by her loving husband, William L. Van Auken, and sons, Daniel Van Auken and wife, Peggy of Colorado Springs; Richard Van Auken and wife, Laurie, of, Prairie Village; daughter, Alisa Rolling and husband, William of Highlands Ranch, Colorado; six grandchildren to whom she was a loving “Guggy”, Matthew Van Auken (wife, Kimberly), Suzanne Karel (husband Ben), Parker Anthony, and Peter, David and Steven Van Auken, and five great-grandchildren, Hailey, Elizabeth, and Charles Van Auken, and Luke and Mason Karel; her nephew, Robert Randolph Ainsworth and niece, Elizabeth Stroope, and many loving cousins.
Aileen was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority at the University of Kansas. She was an active and loving supporter of her children’s activities and interests serving as a den mother, P.T.A. president at Westwood View Grade School, chauffer, and number one rooter at many tennis and track tournaments and little league baseball games. She was a former president of the Janet Boone Society, a volunteer for many years at the front desk of St Luke’s hospital, earning the recognition of 5,000 hours of service. She was active in the Florence Crittenton Center, serving on its auxiliary board, and a fund raiser for the Children’s Cardiac Center Heart Auction held for many years on Valentine’s Day in the Ranch Mart Auditorium. “Guggy” was a wonderful, loving, selfless, considerate spouse, mother, grandmother, and friend. The most important thing to her in life was her family.
Funeral services will be held at 1:00 p.m., Tuesday, January 19, at the Second Presbyterian Church, 318 East 55th Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64113. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 3846 W. 75th St., Prairie Village, Kansas 66208 or to the Second Presbyterian Church. She will be buried at Highland Cemetery in Prairie Village, Kansas.
The family wishes to express their heart felt thanks to the gentle care-givers at Center Point Care Center in Lakeview Village and from those at Crossroads Hospice.
Fond memories and condolences for the family may be left at www.overlandparkchapel.com. (Arr.: D.W. Newcomer's Sons Overland Park Chapel, 8201 Metcalf, Overland Park, KS 66204, 913-648-6224.)
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