Magdalena Skirlo
1882 - 1969 (87 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Magdalena Skirlo was born on 16 Mar 1882 in Akron, Tuscola County, Michigan; died on 25 Sep 1969 in Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54198824/magdalena-walkinshaw
Section 10, Lot 137Magdalena married William James Walkinshaw on 23 Oct 1908 in Unionville, Tuscola County, Michigan. William (son of Adam Walkinshaw and Margaret Ann Baird) was born on 30 Oct 1880 in Saint Bernard, Platte County, Nebraska; died on 17 Nov 1962 in Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. John Skirlo Walkinshaw
was born on 9 Nov 1909 in Nelson, Nuckolls County, Nebraska; died on 21 Aug 1978 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming; was buried in Douglas Park Cemetery, Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming. - 3. Arvilla Estella Walkinshaw was born on 7 May 1914 in Nuckolls County, Nebraska; died on 2 Jan 2000 in Lenexa, Johnson County, Kansas; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska.
- 2. John Skirlo Walkinshaw
Generation: 2
2. John Skirlo Walkinshaw (1.Magdalena1) was born on 9 Nov 1909 in Nelson, Nuckolls County, Nebraska; died on 21 Aug 1978 in Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming; was buried in Douglas Park Cemetery, Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming. Notes:
John Skirlo Walkinshaw, long-time Douglas resident, died August 21, 1978 following a short illness. He was born Nov. 9, 1909 at Nelson, Nebraska, the son of Lennie Walkinshaw and William J. Walkinshaw. Skirlo graduated from Nelson, Nebraska High School and attended Sterling College, Sterling, Kansas for three years and graduated from Geneva College, Beaver Fall, Pennsylvania in 1931 with a B.S. degree. He married Elisabeth Moore on Dec. 31, 1937 at Lisbon, New York and to this union were born three children, David Skirlo, of Mesa, Arizona; Jonathan Moore of Douglas and Arvilla Copeland of North Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Walkinshaw began teaching in Converse County schools in 1932 at the old Laramie View School northeast of Douglas. He later taught in rural schools for five years before moving into Douglas where he taught at the high school level until he retired in 1975. During the last few years of teaching, he taught grandchildren of some of the students whom he had instructed when he first began his teaching career. Walkinshaw served in the United States Army from August of 1943 until October of 1945 and spent a total of 20 months in the European Theatre. He served with combat engineers in General Patton's Third Army and received an honorable discharge. (Information was obtained from his obituary in the Douglas Budget, August 31, 1978 by Betty Alberts, FAG member #47293729.)
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79248443/john-skirlo-walkinshawFamily/Spouse: Mary Elisabeth Moore. Mary was born on 10 Sep 1914 in Lisbon, Saint Lawrence County, New York; died on 7 Sep 2010 in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona; was buried in Douglas Park Cemetery, Douglas, Converse County, Wyoming. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Arvilla Estella Walkinshaw (1.Magdalena1) was born on 7 May 1914 in Nuckolls County, Nebraska; died on 2 Jan 2000 in Lenexa, Johnson County, Kansas; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska. Notes:
Former Nuckolls County resident Arvilla Estella (Walkinshaw) Copeland, 85, of Lenexa, Kan., died Sunday, Jan. 2, 2000, at her home.
Services are 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Reformed Presbyterian Church in Shawnee, Kan. Burial is 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Evergreen Cemetery in Superior. Visitation is 2-3 p.m.
Wednesday at the church.
Megrue-Price Funeral Home of Superior is in charge of local arrangements.
Mrs. Copeland was born March 7, 1914, to William J. and Lennie (Skirlo) Walkinshaw in Nuckolls County.
She grew up in the Nuckolls County area. She married Wilbur C. Copeland. She was a teacher and public speaker for many years for public and Christian schools in Superior; Fairfield; Hebron; Clarinda, Iowa; Haxtun, Colo.; and Shawnee. She also was a published writer.
She was a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church.
Survivors are her husband; three sons, Robert M. of Beaver Falls, Pa., Stanley R. of Fort Huachuca, Ariz.,
and Stephen D. of Columbus, Ohio; 14 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
Memorials may be given to the English department at Beaver
County Christian School, 510 37th St.,
Beaver Falls, PA 15010.
Hastings Tribune January 4, 2000.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54199401/arvilla-estella-copeland
Section 10, Lot 135Family/Spouse: Wilbur Clyde Copeland. Wilbur was born on 18 Aug 1921 in Idana, Clay County, Kansas; died on 20 Oct 2013 in Lenexa, Johnson County, Kansas; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Superior, Nuckolls County, Nebraska. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]