July 28, 2010
Wilma Lee Wishkeno Anquoe
(January 17, 1931 – July 27, 2010)
Wilma Lee “Munis no quah” Wishkeno Anquoe, 79, died Tuesday July 27, 2010 at North Kansas City Hospital. Wilma was born January 17, 1931, on the Potawatomi Common Land, the daughter of Arthur and Sara (Wapp) Wishkeno. She graduated from Haskell Institute and had been a lifelong resident in the Kansas City area. She was a waitress in the Kansas City area and was a member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and of the Drum Religion. She is survived by: her son, James L. Anquoe, of Kansas City, MO; her sister, Mary Wishkeno Delg, of Lawrence, KS; her grandchildren, April Marie Anquoe and Steven James Anquoe. She was preceded in death by her son, Steven E. Anquoe in 1995, her sisters Virginia Cadue and Alethia Bidwell, her brothers, Calvin Wishkeno, Wesley Wishkeno and Ivan Wishkeno, Sr. Drum Services will be Friday, evening, July 30 at the Danceground Building (west of Mayetta). Burial will be Saturday afternoon, July 31, at Wishkeno Cemetery.
(Courtesy of Mercer Funeral Home-Holton, Kan.)