Background
Minnis, Clara Jane Lutz was born on August 30, 1928 in Wilson, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Leo Henry Jacob Lutz and Jennie Marie Brown.
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Clara Jane Lutz Minnis
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Student, University Kansas, 1946-1948; Bachelor of Science in Home Economics/Journalism, Kansas State University, 1951.
Career
Junior executive training squad, Macy's, Kansas City, Missoury, 1951-1952; home economist, Gas Svc. Company, Kansas City, 1952-1954; home economist, food stylist, Gardner Advertising, St. Louis, 1954-1959; freelance food stylist, Chicago, New York City, 1959-1961; volunteer, various boards, Chicago, since 1962.
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Board of directors Show of Summer Garden Club American Chicago Botanical Garden. Board directors, docent St. Louis Art Museum, 1969-1971. Board directors Junior League, Mexico City, 1959-1964, Dayton, 1965-1969, St. Louis.
Deacon Congregational Church, Winnetka, Illinois, 1972-1975, Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, 1979-1983. Member Garden Guild Winnetka (board directors, historian, archivist since 1992), Home Economics in Business, Pi Beta Phi (president pledge class, vice president house).
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Married James Stanley Minnis, June 8, 1957 (divorced April 1994). Children: Janet Minnis Wyman, James Stanley Minnis.
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Presbyterian -
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Republican
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