(June 1, 1961 Pawnee Chief newspaper):
Jane WINGO, 102, services here Sunday
Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, May 28, for probably Pawnee county's eldest pioneer citizen, Mrs. Jane "Grandma" WINGO, who was 102 at the time of her passing, Friday, May 26, at a local hospital.
Born October 23, 1858, in Floyd County, Kentucky, she married James E. WINGO in June of 1880 in Floyd County and they moved to Lyons County, Kansas. In 1898, they moved to a farm northeast of Pawnee, and she has lived in this area since that time.
Her passing brings to mind many of the interesting experiences which she had in her long lifetime and the fact that she was pert and alert most of her many days.
Past issues of the Chief tell of her childhood. "I'd rather have some old hog ribs like I used to eat in Kentucky, than a birthday cake," she told a Chief reporter on her 101st birthday.
She recalled as a child that in the Civil War days, she, her mother and 4 brothers and sisters rode two horses from their Kentucky home to Ohio to escape the fighting. They took with them on the horses all the clothing and bedding and what little food they had.
When her father was drafted in Ohio, they returned to Kentucky to live with relatives.
She remembered her mother hiding the one remaining horse from the soldiers so that the family of 5 children could have some transportation.
She also remembered that soldiers brought beef to the house and that her mother spent most of the night cooking it for them. The next morning, they discovered that the soldiers had butchered the family cow and that was what she had cooked for them.
She had a vast memory and lived through several wars, each more violent than the last. She had seen the great inventions of man from the automobile to jet airplanes, radio then television, atom and hydrogen bombs, satellites circling the earth and men riding rockets.
Still, her wish was that she might live long enough to see real and lasting peace on earth with good will toward all men. Her husband passed away 28 years ago, while they lived in Skedee. She was the mother of 6 children and adopted a neighbor's orphaned daughter.
She left 4 generations of descendants, including a son and daughter, Kittie TULL and John WINGO; 2 other sons, Harvey WINGO and George WINGO; and 2 other daughters Mrs. Lula BRADLEY and Neetice REIFSNIDER; plus 15 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren, 20 great great grandchildren, and a brother, George BROWN of Skedee.
Her services were conducted at the Poteet funeral chapel by Miss Iris JONES of Nardin, Oklahoma.
Grandma WINGO was a member of the Church of Truth. Interment was in Highland Park Cemetery, Pawnee, under direction of the Poteet Funeral Home.