Winifred Prozeller Wirth

Background

Wirth, Winifred Prozeller was born on September 10, 1916 in Olean, New York, United States. Daughter of Edwin Adam and Clara Eve (Bucher) Prozeller.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics, St. Bonaventure University, 1938. Master of Science in Biology and Physics, St. Bonaventure University, 1942. Master of Arts in Education, Columbia Pacific University, 1985.

Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia Pacific University, 1985.

Career

Professor College St. Mary, Omaha, 1939-1940. Teacher Duchesne Academy Sacred Heart, 1940-1941, Board Education, Allegany, New York, 1941-1942, Brookfield (New York ) Center, 1942-1943, Manasquan (New Jersey) Public Schools, 1943-1944, Calvert School, Kansas, 1945-1955, Withamsville Tobasco School, Withamsville, Ohio, 1955-1957, Goshen (Ohio) Rural School, 1957-1958, St. Bridget's School, Xenia, Ohio, 1958-1959, St. Albert's the Great School, Kettering, 1959-1960, J.E. Prass School, Kettering, 1960-1979, retired, 1979. Cancer researcher Institutum Divi Thomae, Cinn., 1979-1983.

Traveler to various countries for educational material and collecting dolls, since 1962.

Achievements

• Winifred Prozeller Wirth has been listed as a notable writer, educator, plangonologist, bacteriologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Contributor finance aid for 2 scholarships University Dayton, Ohio, since 1986. Specialist Alaska for children. Endower Doctor Frederick Wirth scholarship St. Bonaventure University, Allegany, Allegany Public Library.

Organizer Young Men’s Christian Association Metropolitan Club, 1960, Camp Fire Girls, 1962-1963. Member Parent-Teachers Association, National Arbor Day Foundation, National Wildlife Federation, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, Bradford Exchange, Smithsonian Institution, South Carolina Wildlife Preservation. Member United Nations Educational, National Education Association, American Association Retired Persons, Ohio Education Association, Ohio State Teachers Retirement Association, National Geographic Society, United States History Society, Department Actively Retired Teachers, Science and Cultural Organization, Society Preservation Birds of Prey, National Trust for History Preservation, Greenpeace, St. Thomas Academy Mothers Club (Minnesota), St. Joan of Arc Womens Club.

Interests

• Travel, dressing dolls, collecting dolls (over 2, 000), knitting, restoring century old houses.

Connections

Married Frederick Edward, June 22, 1937 (deceased August 1979). Children: Michael Edwin (deceased), Christine Elizabeth, Frederick Edward, David Noel, Richard Peter, Winifred Catherine, Constance Marianne.

Father:

Edwin Adam Prozeller

Mother:

Clara Eve (Bucher) Prozeller

Spouse:

Frederick Edward

child:

Richard Peter Wirth

child:

David Noel Wirth

child:

Constance Marianne Wirth

child:

Christine Elizabeth Wirth

child:

Michael Edwin Wirth (deceased)

child:

Winifred Catherine Wirth

child:

Frederick Edward Wirth