Carol Ann Martin Mashek

Background

Mashek, Carol Ann Martin was born on August 6, 1937 in Rural Free Delivery Lamont, Iowa, United States. Daughter of James Theodore and Caroline Marie (Stauss) Martin.

Education

Bachelor, Sioux Falls College, 1959. Master of Arts, University Missouri, 1964.

Career

Teacher Kansas City, Reedsburg and Janesville Public Schools, Kansas/Wisconsin, 1959-1969. Education supervisor and teacher Sioux Falls (South Dakota) College, 1973. Writer Center for Western Studies, Sioux Falls, 1974.

Community programmer Sioux Falls Bicentennial Commission, 1975-1977. Census taker United States Census Bureau, 1975-1977. Researcher, writer, tour guide Sioux Falls Research Services, 1977-1980.

Writer in research Sioux Falls College, 1980-1983. Newspaper columnist Sioux Falls Tribune, 1983-1985. Researcher, writer, tour guide Sioux Falls Research Services, since 1985.

Director Sioux Valley Genealogical Society, Sioux Falls, 1975-1979. President, life member Minnehaha County History Society, Sioux Falls, 1978-1980. Co-founder/director Forest Home Cemetery Association, Sioux Falls, since 1979.

Founder/member Sioux Falls History Council, 1987-1989.

Achievements

• Carol Ann Martin Mashek has been listed as a notable historian, researcher, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

City Coordinator, City Government International Women's Year, Sioux Falls, 1975. Board directors Sioux Falls Board of History Preservation, Sioux Falls, since 1975. City organizer, Sioux Falls Bell Ringing Project, 1988.

Secretary South Dakota United National Association, Sioux Falls, since 1985. Board directors count governor County Abandoned Cemetary Board. Officer Church Women United, Sioux Falls.

Vice president American Baptist Women, 1962-1987. Member (life) South Dakota State History Society, National Trust for History Preservation, Association for State and Local History, Young Women’s Christian Association (Award for Distinguished Contributor to History, Dakota State College, Madison, South Dakota, 1989).

Interests

• Reading, genealogy of family, travel, antiques, gardening.

Connections

Married William August Mashek, July 3, 1960. Children: Tarence Lynn, Timothy Lawrence.

Father:

James Theodore Martin

Mother:

Caroline Marie (Stauss) Martin

Spouse:

William August Mashek

child:

Tarence Lynn Mashek

child:

Timothy Lawrence Mashek