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Wanda May Vinson

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  • Name Wanda May Vinson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Born 25 Nov 1916  Kansas City, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] 
    Gender Female 
    Died 10 Jan 2004  Almena, Norton, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6] 

    Parents

    Family ID: F3237 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart  
    Father Clarence Chauncey Vinson,   b. 16 Oct 1889, Jasper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1963  (Age 73) 
    Mother Maybelle S Prindle,   b. Abt 1890, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1979  (Age 89) 
    Married 19 Jun 1912  Webb City, Jasper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 

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    Siblings 1 sibling 
     1. Wanda May Vinson,   b. 25 Nov 1916, Kansas City, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 10 Jan 2004, Almena, Norton, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 87)
     2. H. Vinson
     

  • Notes

    • Wanda May Vinson, 87, formerly of Topeka, died Saturday, Jan. 10, 2004, at Norton County Hospital. She was born on Nov. 25, 1916, in Kansas City, Mo., the daughter of Clarence C. and Maybelle S. Ludington Vinson. She was a graduate of Shawnee Mission High School, received a pre-law degree from Baker University and her masters degree from The University of Kansas. Miss Vinson was a former social studies teacher at Wellsville, Wellington and Wichita-East High Schools and served as the principal at Antioch Grade School in Shawnee Mission. For 36 years, she served as an administrative assistant with the Kansas State High School Activities Association, where she founded and directed the Kansas Association for Youth (Kays / Kayettes), a state-wide student leadership, service organization. For the past 46 years, a scholarship in her honor has provided more than $55,000 in scholarships for KAY student leaders. Among her many honors are honorary doctorate degree from Baker University; Shawnee Mission-North High School honorary alumni; KSHSAA Governor's Award for Outstanding contributions to Secondary Education; Kansas Teacher's Hall of Fame; and Kansas State High School Activities Association Hall of Fame. Honor societies include Pi Kappa Delta; Pi Lambda Theta; and Cardinal Key National Honor Society. Offices held include national president of Baker University Alumni Association; Baker University board of trustees and executive board; state president of Kansas Women Administrators; and state vice president of Delta Kappa Gamma. Miss Vinson was a 50 year-member of First United Methodist Church in Topeka. She was an active member of the Almena Study Club and United Methodist Women. Surviving is a sister, Henrietta Vinson-Goodman, Napa, Calif. Services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday in Klasse Chapel of First United Methodist Church in Topeka. Burial will follow in Mount Hope Cemetery in Topeka. Miss Vinson will lie in state at Penwell-Gabel Mid Tow n Chapel from noon to 7 p.m. today. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Wanda May Vinson Scholarship Fund, in care of KSHSAA, 601 S.W. Commerce Place, Topeka, Kan., 66615. Online condolences may be left at www.penwell-gabel.com .Published in Topeka Capital-Journal from Jan. 12 to Jan. 13, 2004

  • Source Citations

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    2. [S8] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Topeka, Shawnee, Kansas; Roll: m-t0627-01260; Page: 1B; Enumeration District: 89-34B.

    3. [S1] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.Original data - Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Reco;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Rosedale, Wyandotte, Kansas; Roll: T625_555; Page: 19A; Enumeration District: 198.

    4. [S17] Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925, Ancestry.com., (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.Original data - 1855 Kansas Territory Census. Microfilm reel K-1. Kansas State Historical Society.1856, 1857, and 1858 Kansas Territory Censuses. Microfilm reel K-1. Kansas State Histor;), Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1925 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: KS1925_172; Line: 33.

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