Marion Louise (Goodchild) Clark (1913 - 2001)

Born 13 Apr 1913 in Fairgrove, Michigan, United States

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Died 21 Jul 2001 at age 88 in Vero Beach, Florida

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Biography

Marion was born in 1913. ^[1]

Graduated from Michigan State University. She was the president of the women's student body.

Her sisters Ruth and Lura put her through college where she majored in chemistry. She wasn't able to find a research job and ended up teaching.^[2]

Taught high school chemistry and physics Taught special education

Helped found a library in Howey-in-the-Hills Florida^[3]

She got a howey in the hills citizenship award for that.

She passed away in 2001 from pancreatic cancer.

Timeline

1920 Census ^[4]

1930 Census ^[5]

1940 Age 26. Married. Living in Dearborn, Michigan with husband Cecil and son Jim. ^[6]

Sources

Volunteer Makes Howie A Richer Place, Orlando Sentinal, October 29, 1995

Michigan State University Yearbook, 1935

Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Jody Benedict, Monday, July 29, 2013.
2. ↑ (As told to me by Linda Benedict Benedict-596)
3. ↑ Volunteer Makes Howie A Richer Place
4. ↑ [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ7F-SJ4 John E Goodchild United States Census, 1920}
5. ↑ 1930 Census
6. ↑ 1940 Census

Acknowledgments

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