Granny Madrid

Keli Dean also shared this information about Granny:

Birth: Sep. 28, 1919

Eagar, Apache County, Arizona, USA

Death: Feb. 23, 2007
Eagar, Apache County, Arizona, USA

She was born Sept. 28, 1919, in Eagar to George Wiltbank and Effie May Butler. 

Varis was a homemaker and loved to crochet and make quilts. She loved family get-togethers, was a great cook and enjoyed growing flowers. She researched the genealogy of family lines for most of her adult life. Varis also worked as a cook.

She is survived by her son, Robert Madrid, Eagar; her daughter, Georgia Madrid Moore, Roseberg, Ore.; sisters, Glenda Downer and Fay Pase; 29 grandchildren, 65 great-grandchildren, and 21 great-great-grandchildren.

Varis was preceded in death by her parents, her spouse, Celso, sons Joe and Celso Jr., sisters Meg, Velda and Susie, brothers Alden and Glynn and grandsons Harold Watkins and Robert Madrid.

A visitation was held March 1 at Burnham Mortuary, 535 N. Main, Eagar. Funeral services will be held Friday, March 2, at 11 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Stake Center, Eagar. Interment will follow at the Eagar Cemetery.
Burnham Mortuary of Eagar, handled arrangements.

Family links:
 Parents:
  George Wiltbank (1870 - 1956)
  Effie May Butler Wiltbank (1891 - 1962)

 Spouse:
  Celso Gonzales Madrid (1908 - 2006)

 Children:
  Gary Joe Madrid (1939 - 1996)*
  Celso Madrid (1941 - 2003)*
  Robert Madrid (1942 - 2012)*

 Siblings:
  Alden Lyle Wiltbank (1913 - 1965)*
  Velda Olea Wiltbank Gibbons (1914 - 1968)*
  Varis Wiltbank Madrid (1919 - 2007)
  Melva Wiltbank Connolly (1923 - 1965)*

*Calculated relationship
 Burial:
Eagar Cemetery
Eagar
Apache County
Arizona, USA
Created by: Keli Dean
Record added: Sep 23, 2007
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