In Remembrance Of
Thelma L. (Giddens) Walkup
Thelma L. Walkup, 96, of Frazier, MO went to be with her Heavenly Father, Monday, January 18, 2016.
Thelma was born on August 25, 1919 to Henry and Susan (Hines) Giddens near Frazier, MO. She graduated from Gower High School. She then attended St. Joseph Junior College, Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville and Missouri Western State College in St. Joseph where she received a Bachelor of Science in Education.
On July 21, 1943 she was united in marriage to Vincent D. “Toe” Walkup. After their marriage they farmed in the Frazier area where they made their home. They received many awards for their farming operations. Her husband passed away August 5, 2000.
In earlier years Thelma taught at Frazier School, a one room grade school from which she graduated. She retired from St. Francis Xavier Elementary School in St. Joseph in 1981.
Thelma was a longtime and faithful member of the Frazier Baptist Church where she served in many capacities. She helped organize the first Vacation Bible School.
Thelma was a member of the Frazier and No. 5 Extension Clubs for over 60 years. She was also a No. 5 4-H Club Leader for many years. In 1966 she was named to the Leaders Honor Roll of the University of Missouri Extension Division in recognition of her leadership. Thelma was a Past Noble Grand of the Agency Rebekah Lodge No. 202.
She was preceded in death by her parents, brother, Charles Giddens; sisters, Ruth Grooms, Georgia Trout, and Melba Paul; and one great-grandson, Preston Leo Budine.
Thelma is survived by her children, Daryl Walkup and wife Pat, Gower, MO, Cheryl Budine and husband Ron, Agency, MO, and Rita Ellington and husband Gary, Yakima, WA; five grandchildren, DeWayne Budine and wife Joy, Dean Walkup and wife Andrea, Doug Walkup and wife Ronetta, Jeff Ellington and wife Amy, and Jenny Vecchi and husband Colin; eleven great-grandchildren, Erin and Connor Ellington, Morgan, Madison, and Meleah Walkup, Keegan and Adriana Budine, Colby and Corbin Walkup and Will Drescher and Noah Vecchi; several nieces and nephews, other relatives and many friends.
Funeral Services: 11:00 a.m. Saturday, January 23rd at Frazier Baptist Church, Frazier, MO
Burial: Frazier Cemetery
Visitation: 5:00-8:00 p.m. Friday at the church.
Donations may be made to the Frazier Baptist Church Building Fund or Frazier Cemetery.
Arrangements, Hixson-Klein Funeral Home, Gower.
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George & Cindy Budine
Sorry to hear of your Moms passing, she was a very sweet lady. Love and hugs to you all. Keeping you in our thoughts and prayers.
Candice Hanks
So sorry for your loss. Your family is in our thoughts and prayers.
Charlie O'Dowd
Please, put your hand onto your heart as a tribute to a very special woman who left kind and peaceful values in the hearts and lives of generations of eager and attentive children. She got the very most out of life because she know in her heart that she was needed every day. Don't be sad and let pessimism cloud your ability to see the good in one another and value family, sharing life together, and remembering what grandma, what mom, what your teacher, and what the church has told you that will give you courage, pride, and happy memories to light your life for ever and ever after. Blessings. You left family and friends that will miss you because you showed them that they were important to you.
Laura Kiernan
Dear Family,I'm Aunt Thelma's great niece, Laura (and Patsy Grooms's daugher). I want to pass on my condolences to all of her family including Daryl Walkup and wife Pat, Cheryl Budine and husband Ron and Rita Ellington and husband Gary, and all of her grandchildren and great grandchildren.I feel very blessed to have such wonderful memories from my childhood visiting Aunt Thelma and her family and farm. I remember vividly playing with the pigs (though we got in trouble for that!) and enjoying time with her, Aunt Melba, Grandma Giddens, Grandma Grooms and all the rest.I also appreciate all of the letters she sent me, mostly around holiday time, to help keep me updated on the goings on in Missouri. I still have all of them!It was wonderful to see her at her 94th birthday party in Missouri and at Aunt Karin and Uncle Bob's Wedding Vow Renewal ceremony in Colorado. As always, I wish I could have spent more time with her.We prayed for her in my Sunday School Class on the Sunday before she passed away. I am happy for her that she is now with loved ones who have also been born unto eternal life.Grandma Grooms has been my Angel since she passed away when i was a teenager. Now we all have another angel to watch over us.God bless you all.All my love, Laura
Stephanie, Andrew and Austin Zingg
Dear Family,We are all so sorry we couldnt be there with you at this time. We know that Aunt Thelma is in heaven, looking down on all of us and joined by her loved ones that we all miss. Please know that we are praying and thinking about all of you. Much Love,Stephanine, Andy and Austin.
Tom & Susan Holder
Very sorry for your loss. She was a wonderful woman.