Esther Claire Millison
Esther Claire Millison of Basehor died Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006, at the Tonganoxie Nursing Center. Survivors in this area include a brother, Carol Pape of Council Grove.
Mrs. Millison moved to Basehor in 1953, where she worked in the elementary school kitchen and baked extra treats for the children, such as hand-decorated Christmas cookies and homemade doughnuts. She later was custodian at the upper elementary school and then provided child care at her home. She also was a homemaker and worked at the Basehor View Farm Dairy and decorated many wedding cakes for the community.
The private funeral service will be held in the Alden-Harrington Funeral Home at Bonner Springs. Burial will be in Prairie View Cemetery near Alta Visa.
Memorial contributions to the Tonganoxie Nursing Center may be sent in care of the funeral home, 214 Oak St., Bonner Springs, KS 66012.