Katherine Jordan
1916 - 2014
Obituary
Katherine Jordan, 98, of Newton, died
Wednesday (Dec. 3, 2014) at Newton Medical Center.
She was born Sept. 17, 1916, in Newton,
the daughter of Lesco and Octavia Cochran Wade Jr. Katherine attended
local schools and was a lifelong resident of Newton. She married
Emmett S. Jordan on April 13, 1941, in Newton.
During World War II, Katherine worked
at Boeing Aircraft in Wichita. Prior to the birth of her children,
she was a domestic worker for the Galle family in McPherson and the
Oliver family in Newton. Katherine would later be a cook at the
Ripley Hotel in Newton, as well as several area nursing homes and
restaurants.
Katherine was a longtime member of the
Second Baptist Church in Newton, serving as president of the Mission
Society and director of the Vacation Bible School program. Through
the years, she had also been a member of the local E.H.U.
Survivors include sons, Wayne of
Oakland, California, E.J. of Newton, and Richard of Wichita;
daughters, Evelyn Yvonne Lee of Lawrence, and Joyce Jordan of Kansas
City, Missouri; eight grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren
and great-great-grandchildren.
Katherine was preceded in death by her
parents; husband, Emmett on May 30, 1977; and brothers, Carl, Ernest
and Greggular Wade.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014, at the Second Baptist Church in Newton.
Interment will be in the Greenwood Cemetery, Newton.
Friends may call at the funeral home:
from 1 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9, and Wednesday, Dec. 10. Family will
greet visitors from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10.
Condolences may be left at
www.broadwaycolonialfh.com.
Arrangements are by Broadway Colonial
Funeral Home, Newton.
