Winfield Daily Courier, Winfield KS, June 30, 1986
May Cranston Sonner
May Cranston Sonner, 83, of 1011 E. 7th died June 29 in William Newton Memorial Hospital. She was born July 27, 1902 in Vici, Okla., to Bert O. and Ethel Vance Barnes.She married, first Frank Cranston Jan. 28, 1921. He died April 4, 1949. She married, second P.J. Sonner Sept. 16, 1951. He died in 1956.
She moved from Vici to Winfield in 1918. In 1970, she retired as owner and president of Sonner Burner Co. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church. In 1975 she was included in Who’s Who Among American Business Women.
Mrs. Sonner is survived by four sisters, Opal McMeen of Arkansas City, Pearl Smith of Paradise, Calif., one brother, Wallace Barnes of Winfield; nieces and nephews, including Gene DeWald of Wichita and Mysel [sic] Whittenburg of Tuson, Ariz., whom she raised.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Swisher-Taylor and Morris Chapel. Interment will be in Highland Cemetery.
Memorials have been established in her name with the American Heart Association and Cowley County Hospice.
Note: bio info provided by Rejeana (#46827645)
May Cranston Sonner, 83, of 1011 E. 7th died June 29 in William Newton Memorial Hospital. She was born July 27, 1902 in Vici, Okla., to Bert O. and Ethel Vance Barnes.She married, first Frank Cranston Jan. 28, 1921. He died April 4, 1949. She married, second P.J. Sonner Sept. 16, 1951. He died in 1956.
She moved from Vici to Winfield in 1918. In 1970, she retired as owner and president of Sonner Burner Co. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church. In 1975 she was included in Who’s Who Among American Business Women.
Mrs. Sonner is survived by four sisters, Opal McMeen of Arkansas City, Pearl Smith of Paradise, Calif., one brother, Wallace Barnes of Winfield; nieces and nephews, including Gene DeWald of Wichita and Mysel [sic] Whittenburg of Tuson, Ariz., whom she raised.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Swisher-Taylor and Morris Chapel. Interment will be in Highland Cemetery.
Memorials have been established in her name with the American Heart Association and Cowley County Hospice.
Note: bio info provided by Rejeana (#46827645)
Winfield Daily Courier, Winfield KS, June 30, 1986
May Cranston Sonner
May Cranston Sonner, 83, of 1011 E. 7th died June 29 in William Newton Memorial Hospital. She was born July 27, 1902 in Vici, Okla., to Bert O. and Ethel Vance Barnes.She married, first Frank Cranston Jan. 28, 1921. He died April 4, 1949. She married, second P.J. Sonner Sept. 16, 1951. He died in 1956.
She moved from Vici to Winfield in 1918. In 1970, she retired as owner and president of Sonner Burner Co. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church. In 1975 she was included in Who’s Who Among American Business Women.
Mrs. Sonner is survived by four sisters, Opal McMeen of Arkansas City, Pearl Smith of Paradise, Calif., one brother, Wallace Barnes of Winfield; nieces and nephews, including Gene DeWald of Wichita and Mysel [sic] Whittenburg of Tuson, Ariz., whom she raised.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Swisher-Taylor and Morris Chapel. Interment will be in Highland Cemetery.
Memorials have been established in her name with the American Heart Association and Cowley County Hospice.
Note: bio info provided by Rejeana (#46827645)
May Cranston Sonner, 83, of 1011 E. 7th died June 29 in William Newton Memorial Hospital. She was born July 27, 1902 in Vici, Okla., to Bert O. and Ethel Vance Barnes.She married, first Frank Cranston Jan. 28, 1921. He died April 4, 1949. She married, second P.J. Sonner Sept. 16, 1951. He died in 1956.
She moved from Vici to Winfield in 1918. In 1970, she retired as owner and president of Sonner Burner Co. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church. In 1975 she was included in Who’s Who Among American Business Women.
Mrs. Sonner is survived by four sisters, Opal McMeen of Arkansas City, Pearl Smith of Paradise, Calif., one brother, Wallace Barnes of Winfield; nieces and nephews, including Gene DeWald of Wichita and Mysel [sic] Whittenburg of Tuson, Ariz., whom she raised.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Swisher-Taylor and Morris Chapel. Interment will be in Highland Cemetery.
Memorials have been established in her name with the American Heart Association and Cowley County Hospice.
Note: bio info provided by Rejeana (#46827645)
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