The Skaggs-Files

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; ; ; ; ;