Barbara Clett Shippee-Larson

Background

Shippee-Larson, Barbara Clett was born on July 22, 1927 in Kansas City. Daughter of James Mett and Margaret Louise (Tarr) Shippee.

Education

Student, Kansas City The Art Institute of Chicago student, Park College, Parkville, Missouri.

Career

Airline hostess, Mid-Continent Airlines, Kansas City, 1950-1951; medical secretary, Belvedere-Tiburon, California, 1954-1960; owner, Barbara's Children's Clothing Store, North Kansas City, 1964-1968; deputy county clerk, Clay County Clk's. Office, Liberty, Missouri, 1968-1976; secretary treasurer, D. & G. Erection, Kansas City, 1978-1980; buyer, seller, refinisher, Antiques, Kansas City, since 1981. Chairman Clay County History Sites Commission, Liberty, Missouri, 1992-1995.

Photographer Womens Division Kansas City Museum.

Membership

Secretary treasurer Clay County Demo Center Commission, 1968-1992.

Connections

Married Richard Hollman Gaarde, October 12, 1951 (divorced). Children: Pamela Joan, Kathy Lynn, Frederick William III. Married LeRoy Eugene Larson, July 8, 1961.

Father:

James Mett Shippee

Mother:

Margaret Louise (Tarr) Shippee

Spouse:

LeRoy Eugene Larson

Spouse:

Richard Hollman Gaarde

child:

Pamela Joan Shippee-Larson

child:

Kathy Lynn Shippee-Larson

child:

Frederick William III Shippee-Larson