NEEDHAM, Elfreda Geraldine (Gillespie) - b. March 1, 1920 - d. February 21, 2014

[patyrn]

Elfreda Geraldine Needham, 93, retired office supply clerk, passed away Friday, February 21, 2014. 

She is survived by her children, Lucille Cook, Samuel (Dixie) Needham, Steven (Darci) Needham, all of Wichita, Kansas, and Catherine (Michael) Hoffman of Arlington, Texas; 8 grandchildren; and 13 great-grandchildren.  She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Lester Needham; her brothers, Bert, Wilbur, Gene and Bob Gillespie; her sister, Earnestine McLain; and her granddaughter, Kimberly Needham.

Rosary will be at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at Cochran Mortuary, 1411 N. Broadway, Wichita, Kansas with funeral mass at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, February 27, 2014 at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Wichita, Kansas.  Burial will follow at 1:00 p.m. in the Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Moline, Kansas.  In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established with St. Patrick Catholic Church, 2007 Arkansas, Wichita, Kansas 67203.  To sign a guest book or leave a condolence for the family, go to www.cochranmortuary.com.

(published in the Wichita Eagle 02/23/2014)