Background
Willard, Shirley Ann Ogle was born on September 28, 1936 in Morocco, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Charlie Ernest and Maye Elizabeth (Nicewander) Ogle.
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Willard, Shirley Ann Ogle was born on September 28, 1936 in Morocco, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Charlie Ernest and Maye Elizabeth (Nicewander) Ogle.
Bachelor, Manchester College, 1959; Master of Arts, Ball State University, 1966.
Teacher, Rock Creek School, Bluffton, Indiana, 1959-1960; teacher, Kewanna (Indiana) H.S., 1960-1967, 76-77; teacher, North Miami H.S., Denver, Indiana, 1968-1973; reporter, page editor, Rochester (Indiana) Sentinel, 1975-1976; music director, Fulton County History Society, Rochester, since 1978; editor, president, Fulton County History Society, Rochester, since 1971.
Secretary-treasurer Indian Awareness Center, Rochester, 1982-2005. Founder, director Trail of Courage Living History Festival, Rochester, since 1976. Organizer, leader Trail of Death Commemorative Caravan, 1988, 93, 98, 2003.
Founder Trail of Death Regional History Trail, Indiana-Kansas, since 1994, editor, since 1994. Member history marker committee Indiana History Society, 1989-1996. Rural preservation committee History Landmarks Foundation Indiana, since 1992.
Founder Living History Village called Loyal, Indiana, County History, since 1982. President Fulton County Tourism, since 2005. Founder Potawatomi Trail of Death Association, since 2005, treasurer, since 2005.
Member of Association Indiana Museum, National Council History Education.
Married Willis Daughter of Willard, June 5, 1964. Children: Thomas Jefferson, Doyle Allen, William Joseph.