Obituary of Dola Aiken

Sedan - Dola Frances Aiken, age 96, of Havana, Kansas passed away Thursday morning, December 7, 2006 at the Sedan City Hospital. She was born February 14, 1910 in Chautauqua, Kansas to Warren E. and Hattie I. (Kingston) Glenn. She attended and graduated from the Sedan High School. She attended Pittsburg Teachers College where she received her teaching certificate. She taught school at the St. Charles, High Rock, Fowler and Lone Cherry Schools for seven years. She married Glen Marion Aiken on August 21, 1934 in Chicago, Illinois. They moved to Havana in 1935, where they lived until she moved to the Pleasant Valley Manor Nursing Home in 2005. Glen preceded her in death on April 2, 1993. She was a member of the Sunflower EHU and belonged to Chautauqua County Farm Bureau and was a County Woman Chairman for years. She was also a member of Union Chapel Church and Senior Citizens and other organizations. She loved crocheting, sewing, cooking and was especially known for raising African Violets. She is survived by two daughters, Linda Kline and her husband Robert of Havana, Kansas and Shirley Baker and her husband Ed of Plano, Texas; one son, Kenneth Aiken and his wife Beverly of Havana, Kansas; six grandchildren, Brian and Donna Kline of Chautauqua County, Kevin and Nicole Klinemeier of Seattle, Washington, David and Hanh Baker of Plano, Texas, Deb and Marcus Gregoire of Bristow, Virginia, Rebecca and Roy Arellano of Houston, Texas and Edwin Aiken of Lawrence, Kansas and seven great-grandchildren Dustin, Cheyenne, Alyssa, Jessica and Elizabeth Kline and Christie and Nickolaus Baker. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Glen. Family and friends may call from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday, December 11, 2006 at the David W. Barnes Funeral Home in Sedan, Kansas. The family will greet friends from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Monday. Funeral services will be held at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, December 12, 2006 at the Lone Cherry Baptist Church in Havana, Kansas with Reverend Jim Hardin and Pastor Gary Cole officiating. Interment will follow in the Greenwood Cemetery in Sedan, Kansas. The family has suggested memorial contributions to the Sedan Education Foundation and these remembrances may be left with the funeral home.