Alva Anne Owen Flynn

Background

Flynn, Alva Anne Owen was born on September 2, 1911 in Star City, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Charles Horace and Claudia Virginia (Parker) Owen.

Education

Student, Monticello University Arkansas, 1930. Bachelor of Science, Oklahoma State University, 1932. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1939.

Career

Teacher home-economics, Gorge-Reed, Morgan High School, Hamburg, Arkansas, 1933-1934; teacher home-economics, Lauaca (Arkansas) School System, 1934-1935; extension agent, Oklahoma Home-Economics and Agriculture Extension Superior vena cava syndrome, Coalgate, Oklahoma, 1935-1938; with, Institute Euthenics Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1939; specialist family living USDA, University of Illinois, Champaign, 1939-1942; retired, University of Illinois, Champaign, 1942.

Achievements

• Alva Anne Owen Flynn has been listed as a noteworthy family living specialist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Officer, League Women Voters, since 1942, City of Danville Parent-Teachers Association, 1942-1962. Member Danville Music Cycle, Illinois, 1942-1971. Member American Association of University Women (officer), American Family Living Association, Omicron Nu.

Interests

• Golf, gardening, knitting, food preperation, reading.

Connections

Married Aloysius James Flynn, May 6, 1941 (deceased). Children: Anne Flynn-Mackin, Dennis Patrick Aloysius.

Father:

Charles Horace Owen

Mother:

Claudia Virginia (Parker) Owen

Spouse:

Aloysius James Flynn

child:

Dennis Patrick Aloysius Flynn

child:

Anne Flynn-Mackin Flynn