Winifred Mauck
Obituary
Winifred Geraldine Claypool Reeves
Mauck was born in rural Whitewater to Frank and Stella Claypool on
Nov. 19, 1914. After graduating from Whitewater High School, she went
on to get a business degree from the Salt City Business College in
Hutchinson. She worked in El Dorado for two years and then married
her high school sweetheart, Robert Reeves. Soon after their marriage,
they moved to California.
During her years in California,
Winifred worked as a "Rosie the Riveter" at Lockheed Martin
for four years during World War II, helping to assemble P38s, and
then worked for a sports magazine for a few years. After moving to
Alhambra, California, and then losing her first husband, Robert
Reeves, in 1955, she worked as an accountant in the payroll
department for the Coca-Cola Bottling Company for about 11 years. Her
love for numbers stayed with her, and even at age 102, she would look
with anticipation toward the day she got her monthly bank statement,
making sure it matched to the penny with her postings.
In 1966, Winifred married Hoyt Mauck,
an old acquaintance who also grew up in rural Whitewater, and she
moved back to the Whitewater area. She was known as Winnie to her
friends and as Grandma Winnie or Auntie Sis to her loved ones. The
highlights of her days were getting to spend time visiting with and
playing games with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She
will be missed by all.
She is survived by her nieces, Cheryl
(Dale) Edmundson of Carolina Beach, North Carolina, and Deann
(Robert) Hill of Santa Fe, New Mexico; nephew Larry (Deanna) Claypool
of Oklahoma City; several great-nephews and nieces; and stepsons Don
(Archie) Mauck of rural Whitewater, Paul (Diane) Mauck of Calera,
Oklahoma, and Ron (Ginger) Mauck of rural Whitewater; plus seven
grandchildren and 17 great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her
parents, Frank and Stella Claypool; husbands, Robert Reeves and Hoyt
Mauck; her sister, Maxine Hankins; two brothers, Elwood and Ronald
Claypool; niece, Janelle Jones; and nephew, Gary Claypool.
Visitation will be held from 7 to 8
p.m. Monday (June 19, 2017) at Lamb Funeral Home in Whitewater.
Visitation with the family will be from 12:30 until 1:30 p.m. with
the funeral service to begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday (June 20, 2017) at
Northside Church of Christ, 4545 N. Meridian, Wichita. Burial will be
at the Whitewater Cemetery at 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday following the
service.
Online condolences at
www.zeinerfuneralhomes.com. Lamb Funeral Home is in charge of the
services.
