Elinor Elizabeth McIntosh Aiken

Wichita — Memorial services for Elinor Elizabeth McIntosh Aiken, 87, Wichita, will be at 2 p.m. Monday at First United Methodist Church, 330 N. Broadway, Wichita.Mrs. Aiken died Friday, Dec. 12, 2008.She was born July 29, 1921, in Moline, the daughter of Mark and Goldie Hults McIntosh. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in music from Southwestern College in 1943. She earned a Masters of Music from Wichita State University in 1969 and taught music at Sacred Heart College, now Newman University.Mrs. Aiken moved to Wichita in 1953, where she taught piano and was the Trinity Presbyterian Church choir director. She was a member of Wichita Piano Teachers League and Thursday Afternoon Music Club.She married James F. Aiken Jr. in 1944. He preceded her in death.Survivors include her children, Jamie Aiken, Sally Aiken Myers, James Aiken III, and Tim Aiken and wife Karen; five grandchildren, Skyler and Jasmine Myers and Kurt, Chet and Colby Aiken; and three great-grandchildren, Channing, Sam and Vince Aiken.The family suggests memorials to United Methodist Open Door, P.O. Box 2756, Wichita, KS 67201.Online condolences may be sent at cornerstoneofwichita.com.