Naida Elaine Sauerwein
Naida Elaine Sauerwein died
Thursday (Dec. 15, 2005). She was born Aug. 1, 1929, in Texhoma, Texas, to
Everett and Mildred (Bartlett) Allen. At age 8, her family moved to Newton. A
graduate of Newton High School, she was a secretary at Central Securities until
her marriage to Ardith Sauerwein on Dec. 28, 1949. They raised five children on
a dairy farm in rural Newton. The family was active in 4-H, church and
community service. An avid folk artisan, she worked at The Yarn Shop and
retired from Prairie View after 23 years in the Creative Arts Department.
Elaine shared her interest in
folk arts with local school groups, regional and state cultural events. She was
active in politics, serving the Democratic Party at county and state levels.
She was a delegate and member of the platform committee for the 1976 National
Democratic Convention. She served on the Newton school board for eight years.
She was preceded in death by
her parents and stepfather, Frank McLean. She is survived by her husband,
Ardith; a sister, Beverly Stackhouse, Pensacola, Fla.; a brother, James R.
Allen, Salina; daughters, Carol Trout, Scott City, Jean Schmidt, Topeka, and
Anita Davis, Newton; sons, Richard Sauerwein, Groton, Conn., and Jim Sauerwein,
Newton; 10 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Family visitation will be
from 6 to 8 p.m. today at Trinity Heights United Methodist Church. Memorial
service will be 3 p.m. Sunday at Trinity Heights United Methodist Church.
Cremation and burial will be in Highland Cemetery, rural Newton.
Memorials have been
established with the Harvey County 4-H Development Fund and Trinity Heights
United Methodist Church Music Program, in care of Broadway Colonial Funeral
Home.
