Dorothy Elizabeth von Achen
Eudora ? Services for Dorothy Elizabeth von Achen, 88, Eudora, will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Warren-McElwain Mortuary Eudora Chapel. Inurnment will be private.
Mrs. von Achen died Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005, at her home.
She was born May, 25, 1916, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Joe and Vestana Hoff Paffen.
Mrs. von Achen was treasurer of Kenneth O. von Achen Chartered Architects before she retired in 2003. She performed as a youth in a family magician vaudeville act.
She had been a member of the Dow Janes, 1900 & Now Club, Weaver Bottom H.D.U. and Trinity Episcopal Church. She served on the Lexington Township Election Board.
She married Kenneth O. von Achen on Jan. 7, 1938, in Kansas City, Mo. He survives, of the home.
Other survivors include two daughters, Suzy Miller, Wichita, and Vestana Ahlen, Eudora; a son, J. Kurt von Achen, Eudora; six grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
The family suggests memorials to the Fairy Godmother’s Fund or Eudora Public Library, sent in care of the mortuary, 1003 John L. Williams Drive, Eudora 66025.
E-mail condolences may be sent to info@warrenmcelwain.com, subject: von Achen.