ETHEL MAE THROCKMORTON

NEWTON, Kan.-Ethel Mae (Myers) Throckmorton was born Dec. 24, 1917 and died March 28, 2015. The daughter of William and Maud Myers, she was born on Christmas Eve in Irwin, Mo., a beautiful Christmas present to her family. She contracted the famous bird flu in 1918. She surprised everyone and lived for almost a century. After graduation from Lamar (Mo.) High School, she married Fred Throckmorton and they were wed for 53 years until his death in 1989. The two lived in Kansas most of their married life.

Mrs. Throckmorton was kind, cheerful, gentle, strong and resilient. Graciously she accepted what life offered and always looked forward. She was a wonderful friend, daughter, wife, mother and grandmother, a gardener, consummate pie baker and an ardent Jayhawk basketball fan. Some favorite memories of her are the stories she told of growing up in rural Missouri. She walked a mile to school at age five, learned to drive at age 12 and shared many stories of the Great Depression.

She was preceded in death by her parents, sister Lorene, husband Fred and son Garry. She is survived by a daughter, Linda (Mac) Gyllenhaal, Tucson and two grandchildren, Kirsten Bert, Tucson and Kyle Bert, Bozeman. She is also survived by her dear friend, Verna Classen, of Newton.

The last years of her life were lived in Asbury Park in Newton and the family wishes to express gratitude for their care of her. Burial was in the Iantha, Mo. cemetery. Donations in her memory may be made to Asbury Park, 200 SW 14th, Newton, Kan. 67114.