Background
Mary was born in August 1921 in Winona, Kansas, United States.
Mary was born in August 1921 in Winona, Kansas, United States.
Mary grew up as a farm girl, active in 4H and Radio club which enabled her to earn a college scholarship to Kansas State Univ. Boy Scout Explorer Post Advisor for 15 years where earned Silver Beaver Award for distinguished leadership in 1977. Supervising Nurse at Guymon, Okla. Memorial Hospital (what would be a Nurse Practitioner today); Hospital Career Coordinator; President of the Oklahoma Nurses Association District 23 in 1981; Red Cross Home Nursing Instructor in 1966; Red Cross Civil Defense Coordinator and Volunteer Consultant for Western Okla. Red Cross in 1977. United Methodist Church: Sunday School Teacher, President of the United Methodist Women, was among the first lay speakers in Okla. Panhandle selected by National Gardener Magazine to test garden seeds and plants in 1990. Person of conviction, leadership, public service, equality, hard-working and productive, high moral and religious values, love of family, great caring of others and helping people make a better life for themselves. The state of Okla. Health and Welfare Department.: pioneered and directed in-home health care nursing for western Okla, United States.
