• General Notes

  Cause of Death:<CAUS> 1986 STROKE
  EVA "EVE" NANNETTE POTTORFF
  WAS BORN SEPT 9 1930 IN PARSONS KANSAS TO MARTHA VIRGINIA  JULIA FITZPATRICK
  POTTORFF, AND FRED CLOYD POTTORFF
  SHE WENT SPRINGHILL RURAL COUNTRY SCHOOL WHERE JIM  FIRST MET HER
  EVE  WAS IN THE 1ST GRADE AND JIM  WAS IN THE 3RD
  SHE HAD THE BIGEST GREEN EYES AND THE BLACKEST PIGTAILS
  JIM AND EVE  LATER MET AGAIN AT PARSONS HIGH SCHOOL, SHE HAD ATTENDED EAST HIGH
  SCHOOL AND JIM  ATTENDED  WEST HIGH SCHOOL
  THEN THE 2 HIGH SCHOOLS MET FOR THE 11TH AND 12 TH GRADES
  THE 11TH AND 12 GRADES WERE IN WITH THE JUNIOR COLLEGE FIRST 2 YEARS AND IN THE
  SAME BUILDING.
  EVE WAS A VERY GREGARIOUS PERSON AND EVERYONE LOVED HER. SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL
  WITH HER  GREEN EYES AND BLACK HAIR
  WHILE IN SCHOOL EVE WORKED AT A BAKERY ON MAIN STREET, AND JIM WORKED ACROSS
  THE STREET AT THE DAVIS PAINT STORE
  EVE AND JIM  DATED AND WERE STEADIES THERE.
  AFTER HER GRADUATION IN 1948 SHE ATTENDED NURSES TRAINING FOR ONE YEAR BEFORE
  EVE AND JIM  GOT MARRIED ON JUNE 19  1949 AT THE FIRST METHODIST CHURCH IN
  PARSONS KS.
  JIM HAD BEEN AWAY TO KANSAS UNIVERSITY FOR ONE YEAR HAVING GRADUATED JUNIOR
  COLLEGE IN 1948 .
  JIM'S  2ND YEAR ( 1949) AT KU , EVE  JOINED JIM,  AND WORKED AT VARIOUS JOBS IN
  LAWRENCE. A CLOTHING STORE, THE TELEPHONE OFFICE AS A SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR,
  SUPPORTING JIM  AND ALLOWING HIM TO FINISH HIS  BACHELOR OF ART EDUCATION
  DEGREE.
  JIM BEGAN HIS TEACHING CAREER IN 1951 AT THE THEN, SHAWNEE MISSION RURAL HIGH
  SCHOOL FOR 1 1/2 YEAR . THEN JIM WAS DRAFTED IN THE US ARMY IN JUNE OF 1952.
  WHILE JIM WAS IN THE SERVICE, EVE WORKED AS A MODEL FOR THE BETTY ROSE SUIT AND
  COAT COMPANY, TRAVELING ALL OVER THE SOUTH.
  AFTER JIM WAS DISCHARGED FRON THE ARMY HE RESUMED TEACHING AT SHAWNN MISSION
  HIGH SCHOOL.
  JIM AND EVE  ADOPTED 2 CHILDREN, JEFF IN 1957. AND KIMBERLY IN 1960. THEY  HAD
  3 MORE, ERICKE IN 1962 , RACHINDA IN 1964, AND HALLIE IN 1967.
  KEEPING HER BUSY AT HOME
  BABYSITTING NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS AND OUR OWN
  .
  IN THE EARLY 1970'S EVE AND JIM WERE ADOPTED BY SARAH COURTRIHT, AN IOWA
  INDIAN.
  SARAH SAID EVE LOOKED SO MUCH LIKE ONE OF HER DAUGHTERS.
  EVE AND SARAH WERE GREAT FRIENDS. EVE WENT TO THE SOUTHWEST FOR INDIAN JEWELERY
  ABOUT ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH, DURING THE INDAN JEWELERY CRAZE IN THE MID 1970'S.
  AND ALWAYS SHERED HER GLEANINGS WITH SARAH AT HER COST.
  THE INDAIN CEREMONY WAS HELD AT THE HOME OF BOBBY BLUE , THE PRESIDENT OF THE
  GREATER KANSAS CITY INDIAN CLUB.
  A TEPEE WAS SET UP AND A WHOLE PIG WAS ROASTING OVER AN OPEN FIRE.  MUCH FOOD
  AN SORT OF LIKE POT LUCK. LOTS OF PEOPLE PRESENT.
  EVE AND JIM WERE PLACED ON CHAIRS IN THE CENTER OF A RING OF PEOPLE, AND GIFTS
  WERE BESTOWED ON THEM IN THE INDIAN TRADITION.
  THEY WERE GIVEN THE INDIAN NAMES BY SARAH.
  EVE WAS " TAE GLEE  HA", OR LAUGHING BUFFALO.
  AND JIM WAS GIVEN " WAS WAE HEE"  OR LITTLE DOCTOR
  WHICH WERE NAMES OF HER ANCESTORS
  IN THE EARLY 1970'S JIM AND EVE  OPENED THE SHOP "TAE GLEE  HA" AND SOLD INDIAN
  JEWELERY. LOCATED AT 8862 WEST 75TH STREET IN OVERLAND PARK KS.
  IN THE" ANTIOCH 75 " SHOPPING CENTER
  IT STARTED FIRST  BEING INDAIN JEWELERY AND INDIAN ARTIFACTS.
  THEN DEVELOPED INTO SILVERSMITHING CLASSES AND JEWELERY  SUPPLIES.
  EVE OPERATED  IT FROM 1975 TO 1983, AND FINALLY  CLOSED IT AFTER 8 YEARS.
  SHE WENT IN FOR EXPLORATORY SURGERY IN 1986 AND HAD A STROKE IN THE RECOVERY
  ROOM  AND WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR MANY MONTHS RECOVERING.
  SHE HAD LOST HER SPEECH AND MOBILITY.  MUCH THERAPY ENSUED
  SHE FINALLY CAME HOME , BUT WAS NEVER THE SAME AFTER THE STROKE
  SHE  DIED SEPT. 19, 1990 AT SHAWNEE MISSION HOSPITAL WITH ALL HER CHILDREN AND
  HUSBAND NEARBY.
  RECORDED BY JIM WHEAT 2002-03
  !BIRTH: JIM WHEAT, MY OWN FAMILY KNOWLEDGE; ; ; ; ;
  !SEALING_PARENTS: Jeffrey Lynn Wheat, Jeff and Gloria; ; ; ; ; 

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