Interviewed by Kristin Huber.
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OK.
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And we’ll start. When did you come to Marceline?
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1946.
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56 years.
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46 years ago.
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Where did you originally come from?
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Before you moved here.
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US Air Force 1967 – 1990
Enlisted United States Air Force May 3, 1967 and sworn in at Federal Building in St Louis, Missouri. Shipped to Amarillo AFB, Texas for six weeks of basic training. Amarillo was a hot dry desolate place, with no trees. For six weeks practiced marching, military classes on USAF history, … > More >
Free Masonry in Marceline dates from October 17, 1889, when the Grand Lodge of the State of Missouri granted a Charter to Marceline Lodge Number 481 authorizing them to meet and work with Milton Helwig, Worshipful Master; I. Jeff Buster, Senior Warden; and John F. Eyler, Junior Warden. The former Masonic Building was located where … > More >
The Marceline Community has received assistance and supported the Red Cross by finances and volunteer services in all phases of their program.
A Red Cross Canteen under the supervision of Mrs. Sig Steiner in World War I.
In May 1942, a Red Cross work room for the making of surgical dressings was opened in the … > More >
On a very muddy day in early March, 1910, a small group of women met at the home of Mrs. Dave Haley, at the invitation of her daughter Maude and Alice Haley, an in-law niece. The purpose was to organize a club to relieve the monotony and dreary weeks of a long cold winter and … > More >
The Sorosis Club was organized in 1928 as the first Junior Federated Club in Third District M. F. W. C. under the sponsorship of Sorosis, the first Senior Federated Club in Marceline. At that time a Sorosis member, Mrs. Sig Steiner, was president of Third District and it was through her efforts that club plans … > More >
Troop 99 – Marceline, Missouri
The Boy Scout movement in Marceline began in 1911 with the Rev. J. D. Mendenhall as Scoutmaster of Troop #1, sponsored by the Methodist Church.
Leaders in this movement through the years have been Rev. E. V. Claypool, Rev. Fred J. Smith, Rev. F. E. Edwards, Rev. George P. Sturgis, … > More >
In the oldest record book of the First Christian Church, we find these words: “At a meeting of the members of the Christian Church residing in the city of Marceline, Missouri, held at a vacant house on Santa Fe Avenue on the 3rd Lord’s day in May 1888 for the purpose (sic) of taking … > More >
Sally Ann Leinhauser, 68, of Bettendorf, passed away Sunday, December 13, 2015 at the Clarissa C. Cook Hospice House in Bettendorf. Born on February 15, 1947 in Des Moines, Iowa, Sally was the daughter of Marvin “Pete” and Mary (Donahue) Cook. She married Michael Leinhauser on January 27, 1966 in Des Moines.
Sally worked in … > More >
Evelyn Jean Evans, age 62, a resident of Wheeling, Missouri, passed away on Monday, August 24, 2015, at Hedrick Medical Center, Chillicothe, Missouri.
Evelyn was born the daughter of Walter Edwin Jr. and Donna Louise (McCollough) Childs on February 21, 1953, in Chillicothe, Missouri. She was united in marriage to Scott Merrow on March 23, … > More >
