Edna Earline Cumberland-Stockton, 89, passed away on Monday morning April 18. During an extended illness she was visited and comforted by family, friends and staff at Comfort Care Home on Morningside in Wichita. Edna Earline was born February 1, 1927 in Ocklawaha Florida, the only child of Edna Elizabeth(Blair) and James Earl Baze. While living and working in Miami Florida after WWII, Earline, as she was then known, met her husband Kenneth, a Navy pilot from Kansas. As a youngster, Edna lived in Tulsa and Norfolk, VA as well as Daytona and other Florida cities. Later, she & Ken lived in Kansas City, Salina, Oklahoma City and Poway CA. They enjoyed their working careers and flying. Edna and Kenneth raised four children in Wichita. Around 1977 she and Ken moved to the San Diego, California area after Ken retired from the FAA. They enjoyed 10 years in California before Ken died in 1986.
Edna was a member of The Ninety-Nine's, an international organization of women pilots. She worked for several years each at the Sedgwick County Tag Office, as title clerk at Davis Moore dealership, and doing taxes in San Diego area. She was an energetic woman who volunteered her secretarial skills to more than one organization Edna was proud of her skill at shorthand and was an accomplished typist.
Edna married Robert Stockton of Vista California in 1990. Edna and Bob enjoyed dancing at the Elks Clubs and walking the beaches and their lovely Rancho Bernardo neighborhood where they settled. Bob died in 2011 after a long illness.
Edna was preceded in death by her parents, husband Kenneth E Cumberland and second husband Robert Stockton. She is survived by her children Hal Cumberland (Carol) Wichita, Joy Stuenkel (Omar) Benton City, Washington, James Cumberland, Janet Gruntzel , Wichita, Karen Holden (David) Cabarillo CA, and Robert Stockton Jr.(Kelli) Riverside, CA . Edna is also survived by 13 grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren. Edna will be remembered as a loving mother, a grandmother and a true friend.
A celebration of her life will be held privately for her family and friends on Saturday 11 am.