Kathryn Watkins Swain

Background

Swain, Kathryn Watkins was born on December 6, 1932 in Woodward, Oklahoma, United States. Daughter of Jessie Ralph and Pearl Mae (Gage) Watkins.

Education

Bachelor, University Hawaii, 1976.

Career

Owner, manager, Feminist BookShop (Mountain Sisters), Angels Camp, California, 1977-1979; partner, Utica Union, Books & Music, Angels Camp, California, 1980-1985; branch manager, Child Care Resource & Referral, Jackson City, California, 1981; contract caseworker, Mental Health Center, San Andreas, California, 1986-1987; welfare worker, Calaveras County Social Welfare, San Andreas, California, 1987-1989; chief Executive officer, Puna Bees, Inc., Pahoa, Hawaii., since 1989.

Achievements

• Avocations: community theatre, folk dancing. F C.

Membership

Founder, director Mountain Sisters, Angels Camp, 1977-1979, Calaveras Women's Crisis Line, Angels Camp, 1979-1981. Co-chairman Friends of the Symphony, Calaveras County, 1987-1989. Board directors Mental Health of Calaveras County, 1980-1981.

President Human Resources Network, Jackson, California, 1981. Member American Association of University Women (treas Puna branch since 1990, budget committee Pacific division since 1991).

Interests

• Community theatre, folk dancing.

Connections

Married Marshall Moeller Swain, August 31, 1952 (deceased 1972). Children: Bruce Allen, Paul Ralph, Victoria Alice Rundquist, Curtis Edward, Nancy Kathryn Ervin.

Father:

Jessie Ralph Watkins

Mother:

Pearl Mae (Gage) Watkins

Spouse:

Marshall Moeller Swain

child:

Nancy Kathryn Ervin Swain

child:

Victoria Alice Rundquist Swain

child:

Paul Ralph Swain

child:

Curtis Edward Swain

child:

Bruce Allen Swain