Background
Niensted, Serena May was born on January 17, 1916 in St. Louis. Daughter of August Henry and Serena May (Kidd) Schult.
reading consultant art educator
Niensted, Serena May was born on January 17, 1916 in St. Louis. Daughter of August Henry and Serena May (Kidd) Schult.
AB, Washington University, St. Louis, 1937. Master of Science in Education, Northern Illinois University, 1967.
English and history teacher, Prairie Home (Missouri) H.S., 1955-1956; English teacher, Jamestown (Missouri) H.S., 1956-1958; English teacher, De Kalb (Illinois) H.S., 1960-1963; reading teacher, Carl Sandburg Junior H.S., Palatine, Illinois, 1964-1965; reading consultant, Wood Dale (Illinois) Schools District 7, 1966-1983; art instructor, College of Du Page, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, since 1987; tutor People Educating People, College of Du Page, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, 1987-1989.
Volunteer chapel organist Bensenville (Illinois) Home Society, 1969-1994. Member Bensenville Friends of the Arts, past president, secretary. Member Phi Beta Kappa.
Married John Leonard Niensted, November 13, 1938 (deceased November 1986). Children: Timothy John, Rose Mary Niensted Jackson, Ann Marie Niensted Peacock.