In Memory

Gwen Michael (Kraushaar) - Class Of 1932

Gwen C. Kraushaar, 92, of Overland Park, Kansas passed away on Friday, December 21, 2007. Memorial services at Countryside Christian Church, Mission, Kansas.

Gwen was born on August 15, 1915 in Parkersburg, Illinois, a daughter of Olin R. and Ruby (Richards) Michael. 

Gwen was an active member of Countryside Christian Church from the time the family moved to the Kansas City area in 1966, serving on numerous committees and boards in support of the church’s activities. She had been employed at the Ohio Casualty Insurance Company for approximately 15 years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Herbert H. Kraushaar on December 3, 1997; and by her sisters, Venus Weesner and Leah Michael.

Survivors include her daughters, Jean Kraushaar, Leawood, KS and Gail Evertson and her husband Ed, Littleton, Colorado; grandchildren, Ben and Ross Evertson, both of Colorado; brother, Harold Michael, Olney, Illinois; and sister, Verlyn Higgins, Johnson City, Tennessee.

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