Background
Ford, Jean Elizabeth was born on October 5, 1923 in Branson, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Mitchell Melton and Annie Estella (Wyer) Ford.
Ford, Jean Elizabeth was born on October 5, 1923 in Branson, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Mitchell Melton and Annie Estella (Wyer) Ford.
Associate of Arts in English, Los Angeles City College, 1957. Bachelor in English, California State University, 1959. Master of Arts in Higher Education, University Missouri, 1965.
Postgraduate, University of California at Los Angeles, 1960. Postgraduate, University Wisconsin, 1966. Postgraduate, University Missouri Law School, 1969.
Dance instructor, Arthur Murray Studios, Los Angeles, 1948-1951;
office manager, Western Globe Products, Los Angeles, 1951-1955;
private dance teacher, various office jobs, Los Angeles, 1955-1959;
social director, S.S. Matsonia, 1959;
social worker, Los Angeles County, 1959-1961;
7th grade instructor, Carmenita School District, Norwalk, California, 1961-1962;
English instructor, Leadwood (Missouri) High School, 1962-1963;
dance instructor, U. Missouri, 1963-1966;
dance instructor, Southwest Missouri State University, 1966-1968;
dance instructor, Northwest Missouri State University, 1970-1976;
dance instructor, Johnson County Community College, 1976-1977;
tax examiner, Internal Revenue Service, Kansas City, Missoury, 1978-1980;
tax accountant, Baird, Kurtz & Dobson, Kansas City, Missoury, 1981. Substitute teacher various school districts, 1976-1985. Dance chairman Missouri Association Health, Physical Edition and Recreation, 1965-1966, 68-69, central district Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Recreation, 1972-1973.
Visiting author Young Author's Conference, Control Missouri State University, 1987, 88, 89. Speaker American Reading Association, Grandview, Missouri, 1990. Real estate sales agent, Kansas City, 1980-1984.
Real estate sales broker, Missouri andKans., since 1990. Private practice tax accountant, dance teacher, since 1984.
Member Village Presbyterian Church, Prairie Village, Kansas. Member American Contract Bridge League, Kansas City Ski Club, United States Amateur Ballroom Dancers Association, Inc. (associate).
Married J.C. Wingo, 1942 (divorced 1946. Married E. Syd Vineyard, 1952 (divorced 1956). Married Vincent Michel Wessling, February 14, 1983 (divorced December 1989).