Frances Irene Allmond

Background

Allmond, Frances Irene was born on August 29, 1931 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Daughter of Francis John and Helen Mary (Kanicki) Oliphant.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Delaware, 1953; travel agent certified, Delaware Technology and Community College, 1987.

Career

Technician, E.I. duPont de Nemours & Company, Wilmington, 1953-1956; substitute teacher public schools, State of Delaware, Wilmington, 1971-1977; tour guide, History Society Delaware, Wilmington, 1977-1988; tour guide, Nemours Mansion, Artificial Intelligence duPont Institute, Wilmington, 1977-1988; coordinator decorating studio, J.C. Penney Company, Wilmington, 1988-1989; customer service representative, Barry Companies, Wilmington, 1989; administrative assistant, ICI Americas, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, 1989-1991; assistant furniture specialist, Foster Wheeler Facilities Management Delaware, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, 1992-1995; retired, 1995.

Achievements

• Frances Irene Allmond has been listed as a noteworthy Company associate by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Active History Society Delaware, Delaware Art Museum, Rehoboth Art League, Mount Pleasant School District Parent-Teachers Association, 1965-1976, Grace Episcopalian Church, Wilmington, since 1950, licensed lay reader, since 1983, vestry senior warden, 1983-1985, trustee endowment fund, 1985-1989, bishop's diocesan county, 1987-1990, vestry junior warden, 1991-1992. Volunteer docent Winterthur Museum and Gardens, 1964-1976. Board directors Wilmington Flower Market, Inc., 1972-1978, 80-81, Chairman of the Board, 1974.

Board directors Delaware Arthritis Foundation, 1983-1986, secretary, 1984-1986, trustee, 1986-1989. Trustee Lombardy Hall Foundation, since 1986. President Grand Opera House Guild, 1979-1978l.

Board directors Grand Opera House, 1979-1981. Vice president Delaware Revolutionary War Forum, 1975-1977. Governing board Friends Performing Arts, 1980-1989, secretary, 1987-1989.

Member American Association of University Women (scholarship committee 1965-1967), University of Delaware Blue and Gold Club, U. Delaware Alumni Association (class representative since 1953, board directors 1983-1985), Daughters of the American Revolution, U. Delaware Human Resources Alumni Association (scholarship committee 1981), U. Delaware Library. Associations (board directors since 1985, vice president 1986-1991, president 1991-1995).

Interests

• Avocations: gardening, needlework, genealogy research.

Connections

Married Charles Musgrove Allmond III, May 2, 1953. Children: Bayard Wheeler III, Sarah Oliphant Allmond Long.

Father:

Francis John Oliphant

Mother:

Helen Mary (Kanicki) Oliphant

Spouse:

Charles Musgrove Allmond III

child:

Bayard Wheeler III Allmond

child:

Sarah Oliphant Allmond Long Allmond