Class of 1950

1950 Maroon SpotlightFlorence Gillham
Florence Gillham

1950 Graduation Edition
Perry Daily Journal

Florence Vera Gillham, 18-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Gillham, 623 Ivanhoe street, hopes to enter nurses training following her graduation from Perry high school. She was born in Red Rock Dec. 23, 1931. Florence has attended Lily rural school and classes at Sumner, Morrison, and Perry.

Florence Vera (Gillham) Boeken

December 23, 1931 – February 14, 2005

Florence V. Boeken was born December 23, 1931, to John and Martha Gillham in Red Rock, Oklahoma. She was a homemaker and a tour guide for Fort Harker Museum in Kanopolis.

She was preceded in death by a son Larry and a brother Everette Gillham.

She leaves to mourn her husband, Merle Boeken; daughter, Carol Nather; son, Terry (Melinda) Boeken; sister, Mary Folle; brother, Homer; and three grandchildren.