Sarah C. Reynolds1
F, b. circa 1868
Sarah C. Reynolds was born circa 1868 at Clark Co., IN.1,2 She was the daughter of James K. Polk Reynolds and Mary Ann Jackson.1
Sarah E. Reynolds1
F, b. 25 December 1882, d. 3 July 1918
Sarah E. Reynolds was born on 25 December 1882 at Campbell Co., TN.1 She married Sampson Patton Meredith on 27 October 1901 at Campbell Co., TN. Sarah E. Reynolds died on 3 July 1918 at Campbell Co., TN, at age 35. She was buried in July 1918 at Meredith Cemetery, Pioneer, Campbell Co., TN, Find A Grave Memorial# 23829336.
Child of Sarah E. Reynolds and Sampson Patton Meredith
- Willard A. Meredith+1 b. 30 Oct 1912, d. 2 Feb 2002
Citations
- [S4216] 1930 Federal Census, Campbell County, Tennessee. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T626, Roll 2235; FHL #2341969.
Stanford Thomas Reynolds
M, b. 15 November 1920
Stanford Thomas Reynolds was born on 15 November 1920 at Antler, Bottineau Co., ND. He was the son of Thomas F. Reynolds and Pearl Olive Howe. Stanford Thomas Reynolds married Florence Velma Smith, daughter of Arthur E. Smith and Luella Tallman, on 28 December 1946 at Paton, Greene Co., IA.
Thankful Reynolds1
F, b. 31 March 1799, d. 1883
Thankful Reynolds was born on 31 March 1799 at Renssaelaer Co., NY.1 She married Lawrence Rose. Thankful Reynolds died in 1883 at Highland Co., OH.
Note: Some details in this family per Morrison/Reynolds Family Tree genealogy prepared by Fordedge2011, online at ancestry.com.
Note: Some details in this family per Morrison/Reynolds Family Tree genealogy prepared by Fordedge2011, online at ancestry.com.
Child of Thankful Reynolds and Lawrence Rose
- Helen M. Rose+1 b. 9 May 1831, d. 23 Nov 1875
Citations
- [S584] 1850 Federal Census, Highland County, Ohio. Microfilm Image, NARA Series M432, Roll 694.
Theodore Reynolds1
M, b. September 1885
Theodore Reynolds was born in September 1885 at Spencer Twp., Allen Co., OH.1 He was the son of Daniel Reynolds and Rachael Rigdon.1
Citations
- [S104] 1900 Federal Census, Allen County, Ohio. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T623, Roll 1236; FHL #1241236.
Thomas F. Reynolds
M
Thomas F. Reynolds married Pearl Olive Howe.
Child of Thomas F. Reynolds and Pearl Olive Howe
- Stanford Thomas Reynolds+ b. 15 Nov 1920
Wayne E. Reynolds
M, b. 27 June 1921, d. 26 March 2011
Wayne E. Reynolds was born on 27 June 1921. He was the son of Clyde Ellsworth Reynolds and Lulu Minerva Brown. Wayne E. Reynolds married Shirley Jean Shepard, Shirley remarried in 1960 to Clarence Kudrick. Wayne E. Reynolds and Shirley Jean Shepard were divorced before March 1960. Wayne E. Reynolds died on 26 March 2011 at age 89. He was buried in March 2011 at Panther Creek Cemetery, Stecoah, Graham Co., NC, Findagrave #153118920.
Werter E. Reynolds1
M, b. 19 January 1879, d. 1954
Werter E. Reynolds was born on 19 January 1879 at Union Twp., Fayette Co., OH.1,2 He was the son of Randall B. Reynolds and Kitturah Coil.1 Werter E. Reynolds married Clara Belle Hoy circa 1898, A child was lost prior to the 1900 census, which incorrectly shows it was living. The 1910 census is clear that two children had been born and only one (Ruth) was living at that time. DLB 2015.2,3 Werter E. Reynolds lived on 26 April 1910 at Jasper Twp., Fayette Co., OH.3 He lived on 12 January 1920 at Jasper Twp., Fayette Co., OH.4 He died in 1954 at Fayette Co., OH.
Children of Werter E. Reynolds and Clara Belle Hoy
- Ruth A. Reynolds3 b. c 1901
- Jesse Everett Reynolds4 b. 26 Apr 1912, d. 30 Mar 2000
Citations
- [S566] 1880 Federal Census, Fayette County, Ohio. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T9, Rolls 1013-14; FHL #1255013-14.
- [S263] 1900 Federal Census, Fayette County, Ohio. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T623, Roll 1266; FHL #1241266.
- [S1609] 1910 Federal Census, Fayette County, Ohio. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T624, Roll 1179; FHL #1375192.
- [S1607] 1920 Federal Census, Fayette County, Ohio. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T625, Roll 1379.
Wilber A. Reynolds1
M, b. October 1883
Wilber A. Reynolds was born in October 1883 at Fayette Co., OH.1 He was the son of Randall B. Reynolds and Kitturah Coil.1
Citations
- [S263] 1900 Federal Census, Fayette County, Ohio. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T623, Roll 1266; FHL #1241266.
William Reynolds
M
William Reynolds married Mary Zentmeyer, daughter of John Zentmeyer and Barbara Wendel, on 25 February 1834.
Children of William Reynolds and Mary Zentmeyer
- L. A. L. Reynolds b. c 1836
- James Reynolds b. c 1838
William Reynolds1
M, b. circa 1873
William Reynolds was born circa 1873 at Clark or Crawford Co., IN.1 He was the son of James K. Polk Reynolds and Mary Ann Jackson.1
Citations
- [S337] 1880 Federal Census, Crawford County, Indiana. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T9, Roll 0271; FHL #1254271.
William M. Reynolds1
M, b. October 1881, d. 31 July 1957
William M. Reynolds was born in October 1881 at Spencer Twp., Allen Co., OH.1 He was the son of Daniel Reynolds and Rachael Rigdon.1 William M. Reynolds married Nora M. Rose, daughter of Caroline (?), on 21 March 1903. William M. Reynolds died on 31 July 1957 at Allen Co., OH, at age 75. He was buried on 3 August 1957 at Spencerville Cemetery, Spencerville, Allen Co., OH.
Children of William M. Reynolds and Nora M. Rose
- Hazel Edith Reynolds2 b. 17 Mar 1904, d. 18 Aug 1993
- Ethel Cleo Reynolds2 b. 13 Feb 1906, d. 7 Feb 2007
- Wilmer K. Reynolds3 b. 27 Jul 1913, d. 3 Feb 1972
Citations
- [S104] 1900 Federal Census, Allen County, Ohio. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T623, Roll 1236; FHL #1241236.
- [S2706] 1910 Federal Census, Van Wert County, Ohio. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T624, Roll 1238; FHL #1375251.
- [S2707] 1920 Federal Census, Allen County, Ohio. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T625, Roll 1344.
Wilmer K. Reynolds1
M, b. 27 July 1913, d. 3 February 1972
Wilmer K. Reynolds was born on 27 July 1913 at Spencerville, Allen Co., OH.1 He was the son of William M. Reynolds and Nora M. Rose.1 Wilmer K. Reynolds married Ruth A. Beerman, daughter of John A. Beerman and Myrtle Steiger, on 31 December 1938. Wilmer K. Reynolds died on 3 February 1972 at Allen Co., OH, at age 58.
Citations
- [S2707] 1920 Federal Census, Allen County, Ohio. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T625, Roll 1344.
John Rezin
M, b. 8 July 1919, d. 21 June 2012
John Rezin was also known as "Zeke". He was born on 8 July 1919 at Franklin, Crawford Co., KS. He was the son of Joseph Rezin and Anna Roeback. John Rezin married Ruth Pauline Windle, daughter of William Windle and Bertha Irene Phelps, on 31 May 1942 at Dakota City, Dakota Co., NE. John Rezin died on 21 June 2012 at Sioux City, Woodbury Co., IA, at age 92 John Rezin, 92, of Sioux City passed away on Thursday, June 21, 2012 at Touchstone Living Center. Funeral services for John will be on Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel with Rev. Jim Wilson officiating. Visitation will be on Monday with family present from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Burial will be in the Logan Park Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel.
John was born on July 8, 1919 in Franklin, Kansas to Joseph and Anna (Roeback) Rezin. In 1938 he graduated from High School in Arma, Kansas. After graduation he went into the Civilian Conservation Corp (C.C.C.) He later served his country in the U.S. Army as a Corporal. He was united in marriage to Ruth Windle on May 31, 1942 in Dakota City, NE. She preceded him in death on February 22, 1999.
John worked for Sioux City Furniture from 1946 to 1964. He then worked for Briar Cliff from 1968 to 1970. From 1970 to 1981 he worked for Sioux City as the Cemetery Sexton retiring in 1981.
John enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening, working outside in his yard and shop, playing the harmonica, listening to music and visiting with family and friends.
He is survived by his 4 children, John C. (Patty) Rezin of Rapid City, SD; Bruce E. (Pam) Rezin of Colorado Springs, CO; Ruth Ann (James) Reilly of Sioux City and Laura L. Rezin of Sioux City; 7 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren; a brother Andrew Rezin of Kansas City, KS; and a sister Edith Kriss of Kansas City, KS. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, 2 sisters and 3 brothers.
He was buried in June 2012 at Logan Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury Co., IA, Find A Grave Memorial# 92411778.
John was born on July 8, 1919 in Franklin, Kansas to Joseph and Anna (Roeback) Rezin. In 1938 he graduated from High School in Arma, Kansas. After graduation he went into the Civilian Conservation Corp (C.C.C.) He later served his country in the U.S. Army as a Corporal. He was united in marriage to Ruth Windle on May 31, 1942 in Dakota City, NE. She preceded him in death on February 22, 1999.
John worked for Sioux City Furniture from 1946 to 1964. He then worked for Briar Cliff from 1968 to 1970. From 1970 to 1981 he worked for Sioux City as the Cemetery Sexton retiring in 1981.
John enjoyed fishing, hunting, gardening, working outside in his yard and shop, playing the harmonica, listening to music and visiting with family and friends.
He is survived by his 4 children, John C. (Patty) Rezin of Rapid City, SD; Bruce E. (Pam) Rezin of Colorado Springs, CO; Ruth Ann (James) Reilly of Sioux City and Laura L. Rezin of Sioux City; 7 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren; a brother Andrew Rezin of Kansas City, KS; and a sister Edith Kriss of Kansas City, KS. He was preceded in death by his parents, wife, 2 sisters and 3 brothers.
He was buried in June 2012 at Logan Park Cemetery, Sioux City, Woodbury Co., IA, Find A Grave Memorial# 92411778.
Joseph Rezin
M, b. 1876, d. 1943
Joseph Rezin was born in 1876 at Yugoslavia native language Slovenian.1 He married Anna Roeback circa 1907. Joseph Rezin died in 1943. He was buried in 1943 at St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery, Pittsburg, Crawford Co., KS, Find A Grave Memorial# 107451484.
Child of Joseph Rezin and Anna Roeback
- John Rezin+ b. 8 Jul 1919, d. 21 Jun 2012
Citations
- [S3763] 1930 Federal Census, Crawford County, Kansas. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T626, Roll 699; FHL #2340434.
Harriette Virginia Rhawn
F, b. 18 December 1925, d. 14 November 2012
Harriette Virginia Rhawn was born on 18 December 1925 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV. She was the daughter of Heister Guie Rhawn and Mary Cordelia Franklin. Harriette Virginia Rhawn married James William Behringer, son of Frank Henry Behringer and Esther T. Tufts, on 7 November 1947. Harriette Virginia Rhawn and James William Behringer were divorced. Harriette Virginia Rhawn married Beaman Twitty White, son of Hayes McMurry White and Laura Leigh Twitty, on 11 November 1977 at Loudoun Co., VA, Beaman Twitty White was married & divorced from Benedetta Columbia Foppiani?before his marriage to Harriett Virginia (Rhawn) Behringer. Harriette Virginia Rhawn and Beaman Twitty White were divorced. Harriette Virginia Rhawn married Paul Longstreth Fussell Jr., Ph.D., son of Paul Fussell and Wilhma Wilson Sill, after 1980, Paul was previously married to Betty Ellen Harper, and had two children, Sam and Rosalind.
Note: Newspaper Articles:
The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland; Sunday, April 13, 1947; Page 82 (Newspapers.com)
Personals
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Englar, of Murdock road, has as guests, her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Heister Rhawn of West Virginia. They will be joined later by their daughter, Miss Harriett Rhawn, a senior at Northwestern University.
Chicago Tribune; Chicago, Illinois; Sunday, June 23, 1957; Main Edition, Page 124 (Newspapers.com)
Home-Grown
by Harriette Behringer
Something had to be done about the housework.
This became obvious after our fourh child was born. The day time chores weren't wearying; the twilight ones were. The table setting and clearing, the plate scraping, the washing and drying and putting away of the dishes -- these simple tasks seemed to take forever.
Four children should not mean that a mother no longer has energy and time enough for the bed time story. Yet that was the way it was working out. Often I would beg off and whisk the youngsters into bed as fast as I could.
In order to straighten out this snarl in our day, I took what I felt to be the most sensible step. I spread the workload (but not by handing an apron to my husband, which would be unfair to a hardworking breadwinner).
I enlisted the children themselves. Marcy, 4, would set the table and maybe help with dish wiping; Cole, 8, would wash and Rocklin (Rocky), 6, would dry (and possibly give the baby, Liese, a bottle, if the need arose).
The plan worked well. The children have discovered the meaning of cooperation. Each one accepts responsibility. As for the quality of the dishwashing, the dryer has the right to return to the washer any item with a trace of food still on it. And, since I'm the one that puts the dishes away, I can check on the dryer's thoroness.
Of course, pots and skillets, sweeping and windup touches still are my department. But I do get to the story.
One evening a neighbor boy dropped in when the work crew was in action. He stared for a while in fascination. Then -- shades of Tom Sawyer! -- he asked plaintively: "Have you got a towel for me?"
Chicago Tribune; Chicago, Illinois; Sunday, September 13, 1964; Other Editions, Page 109 (Newspapers.com)
Mother Goes Away to College!
by Harriett Behringer
What's it like to live on a college campus again at an age when you can more accurately describe yourself as Mrs. Middle Age than Betty Co-Ed? A Park Forest housewife and mother has a firsthand report.
Determination to get a master's degree sent Mrs. Harriette Behringer back to campus life after 14 years. She's a Park Forest kindergarten teacher.
"GOOD-BY Betty Co-ed," said my husband, as I hoisted myself aboard the Illinois Central southbound train.
I felt like waving an orange and blue pennant, for at last I was on my way to the University of Illinois. Mother was going away to college!
And yet, my vision blurred and my lips trembled. Altho I was looking forward to the four week summer session, I knew I would miss the family I left behind. For I wasn't Betty Co-ed. Not at all. I was more like Mrs. Middle Age, and I was a wife and mother of four!
Would they miss me? Would they get enough to eat? And how about my experience? Would it be an adventure in learning or a big flop? As the train pulled away from the red brick Homewood station, and eggbeater whirled in my head.
I was temporarily forsaking bed and board in the suburbs for college. It was a dream of mine to complete the requirements for a master of education degree, and this would be the first leg on a requirement called residency.
I was going away to college because the university had tersely stated, "A master's degree candidate must spend at least two semisters in residence."
It was fine, said the university, to take those handy courses at its extension service in my local high school, but this couldn't go on forever. I had to get going on this residency requirement. So I decided to knock off those two semisters in short segments, with the four week summer session as a starter.
The train pulled into the humid twin cities, Champaign-Urbana, and I took a cab to my sorority house, Alpha Omicron Pi. My room was waiting. I unpacked my sheets, quilt, clothes, soap chips, et al, and was up for breakfast and class the next day. My schedule was 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday thru Friday, with two hours out for lunch and all the hours at the library that I could squeese in. My course was creative writing for elementary grades; my instructor, the very intense and helpful educator, Dr. Walter A. Moore.
What was it like to be a co-ed again? It had been 14 years since I graduated from Northwestern university, yet 14 years had not brought too many startling changes. The girls were still as lithe and blonde as ever, perhaps more blonde. Young men were still calling; the buzzer was still buzzing with waiting dates in the foyer.
In many ways I was as naive as any freshman. I could find my way around Chicago's Old Town, but I needed my campus map every minute to tell which handsome red brick building was which.
After a week I could locate the library stacks and I had discovered the English building pool, where I took a daily dip after class. I found the foreign film society, and saw some great movies. I tracked down everything that needed tracking, but I still needed my special library map.
I found the undergraduates to be, in general, serious-minded young women. Almost unanimously they agreed that college was getting tougher than ever. They told of a recent freshman convocation at which the speaker said: "Look to your right. Look to your left. Only one of you will be hear next year."
Meanwhile, back at the ranch house in suburbia, things went well. The family consulted an elaborate daily chart which I hung on the kitchen bulletin board. They read such romantic reminders as "Tuesday: Bring in milk, take out garbage. Wednesday: swim team. Friday: golf lessons." On my three day week-end at home, I kept up on the laundry, made bowls of Jello, and stocked up on hamburgers, and cold cuts.
And during the week there were no tears at my absence. The children had a grand time with their dad. It was only because he had recently set up his office at home and was able to keep an eye on the youngsters that I could get away.
In fact, everything worked out so well that I'm planning to go back next summer, for I still haven't finished my residency requirements.
And I enjoyed my campuss days immensely, especially the atmosphere of learning. It will enrich me for many months. I enjoyed, too, being "one of the girls" for a bit, even tho I realized that they didn't see me in exactly that light. One of the cute little blondes asked me if I were the housemother. I regained my self-control in time to chuckle weakly. True, I was old enough to be her mother. But I didn't want to be anyone's mother except the four who had been so good about waiting at home for Mom to yell, "School's out!"
Harriette Virginia Rhawn died on 14 November 2012 at Medford, Jackson Co., OR, at age 86
Obituary -- The Philadelphia Inquirer; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Tuesday, December 4, 2012; Page B05 (Newspapers.com)
Harriette B. Fussell, 86, writer, advocae, by Sally A. Downey, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Harriette Behringer Fussell, 86, formerly of Center City, a journalist and public relations executive who was an advocate for women's rights, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, at a long-term care home in Medford, Ore. She had moved to Oregon two years ago to be close to family.
For 10 years, until moving to Philadelphia in 1983, Mrs Fussell was director of public and community relations for the International Xerox Training Center in Leesburg, Va.
At Xerox, she developed women's rights projects during a yearlong sabbatical. She championed feminism through lectures, workshops, and talk shows, and established Alert magazine to assist women in all areas of job equality, her son Cole Behringer said.
After moving to Philadelphia, Mrs. Fussell edited newsletters for the Federal Reserve Bank and the U.S. Mint.
In 1990, she retired to accompany her husband, Paul Fussell, to London for a two-year study abroad program sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania.
Her husband, then a professor at Penn, was a recipient of the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award for his 1975 book, The Great War and Modern Memory. The couple met in the early 1980s when she sent him a postcard after reading an article about him.
In recent years, she was active with Planned Parenthood and the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia, wrote book reviews for The Inquirer, and contributed numerous letters to the editor to The Inquirer about social issues.
An authority on Benjamin Franklin, Mrs. Fussell suggested excerpts from Franklin's autobiography that were published in The Inquirer in 1990 to honor the bicentennial of his death.
In 1992, Mrs. Fussell established a "Campaign Against Compulsory Audio," providing diners with cards to give to maitre d's or servers in restaurants requesting that music be turned down or turned off. She also campaigned against the intrusion of cellphones, her son said.
She and her husband, who died in 2010, enjoyed the cultural scene in Philadelphia, attending theater and opera performances and Philadelphia Orchestra concerts. "They had a great life to the end," her son said.
Mrs. Fussell was born in Clarksburg, W. Va. Her father, H. G. Rhawn, was a newspaper editor and publisher. She earned a bachelor's degree from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1947, and a master's degree in education from the University of Illinois in 1968.
In 1947, she married James W. Behringer. They had four children before divorcing. While raining a family in the Chicago area, she taught kindergarten through high school classes in local public schools.
From 1969 to 1973 she lived in Connecticut, where she was editor of My Weekly Reader, a national classroom newspaper. She was the author of four children's books.
In addition to her son, Mrs. Fussell is survived by another son, Rocklin Behringer, daughters Marcy and Liese Behringer; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Her former husband died in 1976.
A memorial service will be at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, at First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St.
Donations may be made to the Harriette Behringer Fussell Fund, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1144 Locust St., Philadelphia 19107.
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Thursday, 06 December 2012; Page B06; (Newspapers.com):
Clearing the Record
An obituary Tuesday for Harriette Behringer Fussell gave the wrong year of death of her husband, Paul. He died in May.
Note: Newspaper Articles:
The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland; Sunday, April 13, 1947; Page 82 (Newspapers.com)
Personals
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Englar, of Murdock road, has as guests, her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Heister Rhawn of West Virginia. They will be joined later by their daughter, Miss Harriett Rhawn, a senior at Northwestern University.
Chicago Tribune; Chicago, Illinois; Sunday, June 23, 1957; Main Edition, Page 124 (Newspapers.com)
Home-Grown
by Harriette Behringer
Something had to be done about the housework.
This became obvious after our fourh child was born. The day time chores weren't wearying; the twilight ones were. The table setting and clearing, the plate scraping, the washing and drying and putting away of the dishes -- these simple tasks seemed to take forever.
Four children should not mean that a mother no longer has energy and time enough for the bed time story. Yet that was the way it was working out. Often I would beg off and whisk the youngsters into bed as fast as I could.
In order to straighten out this snarl in our day, I took what I felt to be the most sensible step. I spread the workload (but not by handing an apron to my husband, which would be unfair to a hardworking breadwinner).
I enlisted the children themselves. Marcy, 4, would set the table and maybe help with dish wiping; Cole, 8, would wash and Rocklin (Rocky), 6, would dry (and possibly give the baby, Liese, a bottle, if the need arose).
The plan worked well. The children have discovered the meaning of cooperation. Each one accepts responsibility. As for the quality of the dishwashing, the dryer has the right to return to the washer any item with a trace of food still on it. And, since I'm the one that puts the dishes away, I can check on the dryer's thoroness.
Of course, pots and skillets, sweeping and windup touches still are my department. But I do get to the story.
One evening a neighbor boy dropped in when the work crew was in action. He stared for a while in fascination. Then -- shades of Tom Sawyer! -- he asked plaintively: "Have you got a towel for me?"
Chicago Tribune; Chicago, Illinois; Sunday, September 13, 1964; Other Editions, Page 109 (Newspapers.com)
Mother Goes Away to College!
by Harriett Behringer
What's it like to live on a college campus again at an age when you can more accurately describe yourself as Mrs. Middle Age than Betty Co-Ed? A Park Forest housewife and mother has a firsthand report.
Determination to get a master's degree sent Mrs. Harriette Behringer back to campus life after 14 years. She's a Park Forest kindergarten teacher.
"GOOD-BY Betty Co-ed," said my husband, as I hoisted myself aboard the Illinois Central southbound train.
I felt like waving an orange and blue pennant, for at last I was on my way to the University of Illinois. Mother was going away to college!
And yet, my vision blurred and my lips trembled. Altho I was looking forward to the four week summer session, I knew I would miss the family I left behind. For I wasn't Betty Co-ed. Not at all. I was more like Mrs. Middle Age, and I was a wife and mother of four!
Would they miss me? Would they get enough to eat? And how about my experience? Would it be an adventure in learning or a big flop? As the train pulled away from the red brick Homewood station, and eggbeater whirled in my head.
I was temporarily forsaking bed and board in the suburbs for college. It was a dream of mine to complete the requirements for a master of education degree, and this would be the first leg on a requirement called residency.
I was going away to college because the university had tersely stated, "A master's degree candidate must spend at least two semisters in residence."
It was fine, said the university, to take those handy courses at its extension service in my local high school, but this couldn't go on forever. I had to get going on this residency requirement. So I decided to knock off those two semisters in short segments, with the four week summer session as a starter.
The train pulled into the humid twin cities, Champaign-Urbana, and I took a cab to my sorority house, Alpha Omicron Pi. My room was waiting. I unpacked my sheets, quilt, clothes, soap chips, et al, and was up for breakfast and class the next day. My schedule was 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday thru Friday, with two hours out for lunch and all the hours at the library that I could squeese in. My course was creative writing for elementary grades; my instructor, the very intense and helpful educator, Dr. Walter A. Moore.
What was it like to be a co-ed again? It had been 14 years since I graduated from Northwestern university, yet 14 years had not brought too many startling changes. The girls were still as lithe and blonde as ever, perhaps more blonde. Young men were still calling; the buzzer was still buzzing with waiting dates in the foyer.
In many ways I was as naive as any freshman. I could find my way around Chicago's Old Town, but I needed my campus map every minute to tell which handsome red brick building was which.
After a week I could locate the library stacks and I had discovered the English building pool, where I took a daily dip after class. I found the foreign film society, and saw some great movies. I tracked down everything that needed tracking, but I still needed my special library map.
I found the undergraduates to be, in general, serious-minded young women. Almost unanimously they agreed that college was getting tougher than ever. They told of a recent freshman convocation at which the speaker said: "Look to your right. Look to your left. Only one of you will be hear next year."
Meanwhile, back at the ranch house in suburbia, things went well. The family consulted an elaborate daily chart which I hung on the kitchen bulletin board. They read such romantic reminders as "Tuesday: Bring in milk, take out garbage. Wednesday: swim team. Friday: golf lessons." On my three day week-end at home, I kept up on the laundry, made bowls of Jello, and stocked up on hamburgers, and cold cuts.
And during the week there were no tears at my absence. The children had a grand time with their dad. It was only because he had recently set up his office at home and was able to keep an eye on the youngsters that I could get away.
In fact, everything worked out so well that I'm planning to go back next summer, for I still haven't finished my residency requirements.
And I enjoyed my campuss days immensely, especially the atmosphere of learning. It will enrich me for many months. I enjoyed, too, being "one of the girls" for a bit, even tho I realized that they didn't see me in exactly that light. One of the cute little blondes asked me if I were the housemother. I regained my self-control in time to chuckle weakly. True, I was old enough to be her mother. But I didn't want to be anyone's mother except the four who had been so good about waiting at home for Mom to yell, "School's out!"
Harriette Virginia Rhawn died on 14 November 2012 at Medford, Jackson Co., OR, at age 86
Obituary -- The Philadelphia Inquirer; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Tuesday, December 4, 2012; Page B05 (Newspapers.com)
Harriette B. Fussell, 86, writer, advocae, by Sally A. Downey, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
Harriette Behringer Fussell, 86, formerly of Center City, a journalist and public relations executive who was an advocate for women's rights, died Wednesday, Nov. 14, at a long-term care home in Medford, Ore. She had moved to Oregon two years ago to be close to family.
For 10 years, until moving to Philadelphia in 1983, Mrs Fussell was director of public and community relations for the International Xerox Training Center in Leesburg, Va.
At Xerox, she developed women's rights projects during a yearlong sabbatical. She championed feminism through lectures, workshops, and talk shows, and established Alert magazine to assist women in all areas of job equality, her son Cole Behringer said.
After moving to Philadelphia, Mrs. Fussell edited newsletters for the Federal Reserve Bank and the U.S. Mint.
In 1990, she retired to accompany her husband, Paul Fussell, to London for a two-year study abroad program sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania.
Her husband, then a professor at Penn, was a recipient of the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award for his 1975 book, The Great War and Modern Memory. The couple met in the early 1980s when she sent him a postcard after reading an article about him.
In recent years, she was active with Planned Parenthood and the First Unitarian Church in Philadelphia, wrote book reviews for The Inquirer, and contributed numerous letters to the editor to The Inquirer about social issues.
An authority on Benjamin Franklin, Mrs. Fussell suggested excerpts from Franklin's autobiography that were published in The Inquirer in 1990 to honor the bicentennial of his death.
In 1992, Mrs. Fussell established a "Campaign Against Compulsory Audio," providing diners with cards to give to maitre d's or servers in restaurants requesting that music be turned down or turned off. She also campaigned against the intrusion of cellphones, her son said.
She and her husband, who died in 2010, enjoyed the cultural scene in Philadelphia, attending theater and opera performances and Philadelphia Orchestra concerts. "They had a great life to the end," her son said.
Mrs. Fussell was born in Clarksburg, W. Va. Her father, H. G. Rhawn, was a newspaper editor and publisher. She earned a bachelor's degree from Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University in 1947, and a master's degree in education from the University of Illinois in 1968.
In 1947, she married James W. Behringer. They had four children before divorcing. While raining a family in the Chicago area, she taught kindergarten through high school classes in local public schools.
From 1969 to 1973 she lived in Connecticut, where she was editor of My Weekly Reader, a national classroom newspaper. She was the author of four children's books.
In addition to her son, Mrs. Fussell is survived by another son, Rocklin Behringer, daughters Marcy and Liese Behringer; 10 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. Her former husband died in 1976.
A memorial service will be at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 20, at First Unitarian Church, 2125 Chestnut St.
Donations may be made to the Harriette Behringer Fussell Fund, Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania, 1144 Locust St., Philadelphia 19107.
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania); Thursday, 06 December 2012; Page B06; (Newspapers.com):
Clearing the Record
An obituary Tuesday for Harriette Behringer Fussell gave the wrong year of death of her husband, Paul. He died in May.
Heister Guie Rhawn
M, b. 10 August 1892, d. 10 September 1973
Heister Guie Rhawn was born on 10 August 1892 at Catawissa, Columbia Co., PA. He was the son of William Howe Rhawn and Annetta May Partridge. Heister Guie Rhawn began military service WW I service, U.S. Army, Pvt., inducted 28 JUN 1918, Bloomsburg, PA, discharged 23 APR 1919, served in 155 Depot Brigade. He married Mary Cordelia Franklin, daughter of Charles Samuel Franklin and Sarah Elizabeth Shipley, on 12 February 1918 at Richmond, VA,
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT - The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland; Thursday, February 14, 1918; Page 4 (Newspapers.com) and Richmond Times-Dispatch; Richmond, Virginia; Wednesday, February 13, 1918; Page 7 (GenealogyBank.com):
Rhawn - Franklin
Miss Mary C. Franklin of 1712 Ruxton avenue, and Heister G. Rhawn, of Richmond, Va., were married Tuesday afternoon at the parsonage of the Broad Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Richmond by the Rev. Fred R. Chenault.
Mr. and Mrs. Rhawn will live at 18 South Second street, Richmond, Va. Mrs. Rhawn is a native of Baltimore where she has made her home with an aunt since the death of her parents several years ago, and is an accomplished and attractive young woman. Mr. Rhawn has been with the Times-Dispatch since last October, serving as police reporter.
Note:
Newspaper Articles:
Wilkes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record; Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; Tuesday, August 9, 1910; Page 5 (Newspapers.com):
Heister Rhawn of Catawissa transacted business in town on Saturday.
Lancaster New Era (Lancaster, Pennsylvania); Tuesday, 04 Jun 1935; Page 14; (Newspapers.com):
20th Reunion Held By Class of 1915
The class of 1915 held its twentieth reunion at the Lancaster Country club last night, with Prof. J. Nevin Schaeffer of the F. and M. faculty, as quest of honor. George Kunkel, president of the class, presided.
Those attending included: ..............."
The Danville Morning News (Danville, Pennsylvania); Friday, 24 Nov 1944; Page 8; (Newspapers.com)
Mr. and Mrs. Heister G. Rhawn of Clarksburg, W. Va. spent the Thanksgiving holiday at Catawissa visiting Mr. Rhawn's mother, Mrs. Nettie M. Rhawn, who has been ill but is now much improved. Mr. Rhawn is publisher of the Clarksburg, W. Va. News
The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland; Sunday, April 13, 1947; Page 82 (Newspapers.com):
Personals
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Englar, of Murdock road, has as guests, her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Heister Rhawn of West Virginia. They will be joined later by their daughter, Miss Harriett Rhawn, a senior at Northwestern University.
News-Press; Fort Myers, Florida; Saturday, February 8, 1964; Page 7 (Newspapers.com):
Mr. and Mrs. Heister G. Rhawn of Clarksburg, W. Va., will leave Fort Myers today for St. Petersburg to end a Florida vacation, which began in West Palm Beach. Retired editor of the Clarksburg Exponent, a daily, and publisher of the Clarksburg News, a weekly, for 6 years prior to 1956, Mr. Rhawn is now a free lance journalist and is working on a biography of Joseph Diss DeBar, who coined the West Virginia state motto, "Mountaineers Are Always Free."
Letters to the Editor? ? - Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, Pennsylvania); Friday, 09 Oct 1964; Page 22; (Newspapers.com):
Memories of the Brunswick
Editor, Intelligencer Journal:
Is it true that the Hotel Brunswick has been razed to make a parking lot? What memories that news recalls for me!
I covered the hotel opening banquet in 1913 for the Lancaster news. Bill Douglas and Jimmy Herbert operated the paper. The plant was in an alley adjoining the police station. I was a reporter doing evening chores to make a little extra money to attend F&M. The reporters were Wally Forster (now editor of the Pittsburgh Press) and me. I recall also that Herbert sent me on a political jaunt to cover Boies Penrose when he talked at Rock Springs. Later I worked for A. E. McCollough at your paper and was assigned to revival series staged by the Rev. Henry Stough. For a "kick," Stough on night said Lancaster newsmen were "so crooked they could not lie in bed straight" and that gave him some headlines. I could go on and on about these days, but enough!
"Doc" Netscher and "Sol" Pontius were a year ahead of me and can vouch for me. I was 1915 at college and want to make the 1965 reunion Will miss the Brunswick!
Oh, yes! Look at the files and you will see my story with a lead which said that behind every great project is the hand of a great man and from there went on to tell the history of the Heine family!
Heister G. Rhawn
Clarksburg, W. Va.
Box 167.
Occupation:
Newspaper reporter with the Times Dispatch, Richmond, Va. In military service from June 28, 1918 to April 23, 1919. Last station, Dept. of Publicity, Surgeon General's Office, Washington, D.C. Married, February 12, 1918, Mary Cornelia (sic) Franklin.
Heister Guie Rhawn lived between 1931 and 1960 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV. He died on 10 September 1973 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV, at age 81.
WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENT - The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland; Thursday, February 14, 1918; Page 4 (Newspapers.com) and Richmond Times-Dispatch; Richmond, Virginia; Wednesday, February 13, 1918; Page 7 (GenealogyBank.com):
Rhawn - Franklin
Miss Mary C. Franklin of 1712 Ruxton avenue, and Heister G. Rhawn, of Richmond, Va., were married Tuesday afternoon at the parsonage of the Broad Street Methodist Episcopal Church in Richmond by the Rev. Fred R. Chenault.
Mr. and Mrs. Rhawn will live at 18 South Second street, Richmond, Va. Mrs. Rhawn is a native of Baltimore where she has made her home with an aunt since the death of her parents several years ago, and is an accomplished and attractive young woman. Mr. Rhawn has been with the Times-Dispatch since last October, serving as police reporter.
Note:
Newspaper Articles:
Wilkes-Barre Semi-Weekly Record; Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania; Tuesday, August 9, 1910; Page 5 (Newspapers.com):
Heister Rhawn of Catawissa transacted business in town on Saturday.
Lancaster New Era (Lancaster, Pennsylvania); Tuesday, 04 Jun 1935; Page 14; (Newspapers.com):
20th Reunion Held By Class of 1915
The class of 1915 held its twentieth reunion at the Lancaster Country club last night, with Prof. J. Nevin Schaeffer of the F. and M. faculty, as quest of honor. George Kunkel, president of the class, presided.
Those attending included: ..............."
The Danville Morning News (Danville, Pennsylvania); Friday, 24 Nov 1944; Page 8; (Newspapers.com)
Mr. and Mrs. Heister G. Rhawn of Clarksburg, W. Va. spent the Thanksgiving holiday at Catawissa visiting Mr. Rhawn's mother, Mrs. Nettie M. Rhawn, who has been ill but is now much improved. Mr. Rhawn is publisher of the Clarksburg, W. Va. News
The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, Maryland; Sunday, April 13, 1947; Page 82 (Newspapers.com):
Personals
Mrs. Elizabeth F. Englar, of Murdock road, has as guests, her brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Heister Rhawn of West Virginia. They will be joined later by their daughter, Miss Harriett Rhawn, a senior at Northwestern University.
News-Press; Fort Myers, Florida; Saturday, February 8, 1964; Page 7 (Newspapers.com):
Mr. and Mrs. Heister G. Rhawn of Clarksburg, W. Va., will leave Fort Myers today for St. Petersburg to end a Florida vacation, which began in West Palm Beach. Retired editor of the Clarksburg Exponent, a daily, and publisher of the Clarksburg News, a weekly, for 6 years prior to 1956, Mr. Rhawn is now a free lance journalist and is working on a biography of Joseph Diss DeBar, who coined the West Virginia state motto, "Mountaineers Are Always Free."
Letters to the Editor? ? - Intelligencer Journal (Lancaster, Pennsylvania); Friday, 09 Oct 1964; Page 22; (Newspapers.com):
Memories of the Brunswick
Editor, Intelligencer Journal:
Is it true that the Hotel Brunswick has been razed to make a parking lot? What memories that news recalls for me!
I covered the hotel opening banquet in 1913 for the Lancaster news. Bill Douglas and Jimmy Herbert operated the paper. The plant was in an alley adjoining the police station. I was a reporter doing evening chores to make a little extra money to attend F&M. The reporters were Wally Forster (now editor of the Pittsburgh Press) and me. I recall also that Herbert sent me on a political jaunt to cover Boies Penrose when he talked at Rock Springs. Later I worked for A. E. McCollough at your paper and was assigned to revival series staged by the Rev. Henry Stough. For a "kick," Stough on night said Lancaster newsmen were "so crooked they could not lie in bed straight" and that gave him some headlines. I could go on and on about these days, but enough!
"Doc" Netscher and "Sol" Pontius were a year ahead of me and can vouch for me. I was 1915 at college and want to make the 1965 reunion Will miss the Brunswick!
Oh, yes! Look at the files and you will see my story with a lead which said that behind every great project is the hand of a great man and from there went on to tell the history of the Heine family!
Heister G. Rhawn
Clarksburg, W. Va.
Box 167.
Occupation:
Newspaper reporter with the Times Dispatch, Richmond, Va. In military service from June 28, 1918 to April 23, 1919. Last station, Dept. of Publicity, Surgeon General's Office, Washington, D.C. Married, February 12, 1918, Mary Cornelia (sic) Franklin.
Heister Guie Rhawn lived between 1931 and 1960 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV. He died on 10 September 1973 at Clarksburg, Harrison Co., WV, at age 81.
Child of Heister Guie Rhawn and Mary Cordelia Franklin
- Harriette Virginia Rhawn+ b. 18 Dec 1925, d. 14 Nov 2012
William Howe Rhawn
M, b. 11 October 1856, d. 14 March 1919
William Howe Rhawn was born on 11 October 1856 at Catawissa, Columbia Co., PA. He married Annetta May Partridge on 23 December 1879 at Columbia Co., PA. William Howe Rhawn died on 14 March 1919 at Catawissa, Columbia Co., PA, at age 62. He was buried in March 1919 at Hillside Cemetery, Catawissa, Columbia Co., PA, Findagrave #100445991.
Child of William Howe Rhawn and Annetta May Partridge
- Heister Guie Rhawn+ b. 10 Aug 1892, d. 10 Sep 1973
James Robert Rhea
M, b. 18 January 1775, d. 23 March 1855
James Robert Rhea was born on 18 January 1775 at Maryland. He was the son of Rev. Joseph Rhea and Elizabeth McIlwaine. James Robert Rhea married Elizabeth Snapp, daughter of Philip Snapp and Catherine Hockman, on 13 February 1813 at Knox Co., TN. James Robert Rhea died on 23 March 1855 at Blountville, Sullivan Co., TN, at age 80.
Child of James Robert Rhea and Elizabeth Snapp
- Margaret Rhea+ b. 1815, d. 1898
Rev. Joseph Rhea
M, b. 14 January 1715, d. 20 September 1777
Rev. Joseph Rhea was born on 14 January 1715 at Taughboyne Parish, Londonderry, County Donegal, Ulster Province, Ireland. He married Elizabeth McIlwaine circa 1752. Rev. Joseph Rhea died on 20 September 1777 at age 62. He was buried in September 1777 at Weaver Cemetery, Bristol, Sullivan Co., TN, Find A Grave Memorial# 121275394.
Child of Rev. Joseph Rhea and Elizabeth McIlwaine
- James Robert Rhea+ b. 18 Jan 1775, d. 23 Mar 1855
Margaret Rhea
F, b. 1815, d. 1898
Margaret Rhea was born in 1815 at Tennessee.1 She was the daughter of James Robert Rhea and Elizabeth Snapp. Margaret Rhea married John Pemberton Snapp, son of Samuel Ezekiel Snapp Sr. and Dianna Hannah Pemberton, in 1832. Margaret Rhea died in 1898.
Children of Margaret Rhea and John Pemberton Snapp
- Elizabeth Rhea Snapp1 b. c 1833, d. 1857
- Florence D. Snapp1 b. c 1836
- Margaret Vivoliene Snapp+1 b. 24 Nov 1839, d. 20 Jun 1928
- Lodival Cynthia Snapp+ b. 28 Jun 1844, d. 1 Jul 1917
- Tulen Vilosso Snapp+1 b. 18 Jul 1846, d. 26 Dec 1925
- Curey John Raymond Snapp2 b. 1850, d. c 1908
Mary Rhea
F, b. circa 1859, d. 18 April 1894
Mary Rhea was born circa 1859. She married Marion A. Pringle, son of Nathaniel Pringle and Delilah Brothers, on 5 March 1882 at Brown Co., KS, Two children, son Merle Blaine Pringle (1883-1965) and daughter Delilah Pringle (1886-aft APR 1910). Mary Rhea died on 18 April 1894 at Red Vermillion Twp., Nemaha Co., KS.
May Rhea1
F, b. 1877, d. 26 March 1933
May Rhea was born in 1877 at Tennessee.1 She married Dr. Robert Lee Gallaher circa 1902.1 May Rhea died on 26 March 1933. She was buried in 1933 at Berry Highland Memorial Cemetery, Knoxville, Knox Co., TN, Findagrave #138687465.
Child of May Rhea and Dr. Robert Lee Gallaher
- William Rhea Gallaher1 b. 12 Jul 1908, d. 9 Sep 1984
Citations
- [S4627] 1910 Federal Census, Campbell County, Tennessee. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T624, Roll 1492; FHL #1375505.
Carl Rheinhart1
M, b. September 1891
Carl Rheinhart was born in September 1891 at Chouteau Co. (probably), MT.1 He was the son of Daniel Rheinhart and Mary Daniel.1 Occupation: Meat market salesman in 1930.2 Carl Rheinhart lived on 10 April 1930 at Lovell, Big Horn Co., WY.2
Daniel Rheinhart1
M, b. 1856
Daniel Rheinhart was born in 1856 at North Carolina.1 He married Mary Daniel, daughter of William Burr Daniel and Corilla Frances Patrick, at Chouteau Co., MT.
Children of Daniel Rheinhart and Mary Daniel
- Carl Rheinhart1 b. Sep 1891
- William Z. Rheinhart1 b. Aug 1893
- Hazel Amethyst Rheinhart1 b. Mar 1896
- George D. Rheinhart1 b. Jun 1898
Citations
- [S3534] 1900 Federal Census, Chouteau County, Montana. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T623, Roll 910; FHL #1240910.
George D. Rheinhart1
M, b. June 1898
George D. Rheinhart was born in June 1898 at Chouteau Co. (probably), MT.1 He was the son of Daniel Rheinhart and Mary Daniel.1
Citations
- [S3534] 1900 Federal Census, Chouteau County, Montana. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T623, Roll 910; FHL #1240910.
Hazel Amethyst Rheinhart1
F, b. March 1896
Hazel Amethyst Rheinhart was born in March 1896 at Chouteau Co. (probably), MT.1 She was the daughter of Daniel Rheinhart and Mary Daniel.1
Citations
- [S3534] 1900 Federal Census, Chouteau County, Montana. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T623, Roll 910; FHL #1240910.
William Z. Rheinhart1
M, b. August 1893
William Z. Rheinhart was born in August 1893 at Chouteau Co. (probably), MT.1 He was the son of Daniel Rheinhart and Mary Daniel.1
Citations
- [S3534] 1900 Federal Census, Chouteau County, Montana. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T623, Roll 910; FHL #1240910.
Birdeva Arlene Rhine1
F, b. 2 January 1912, d. 27 March 2002
Birdeva Arlene Rhine was born on 2 January 1912 at Iowa.1 She was the daughter of Ivan James Rhine and Lynna Blanch Warner.1 Birdeva Arlene Rhine married Samuel James Gilbert. Birdeva Arlene Rhine lived in April 1940 at Altona, Pipestone Co., MN.2 She died on 27 March 2002 at Pipestone, Pipestone Co., MN, at age 90. She was buried in March 2002 at New Woodlawn Cemetery, Pipestone, Pipestone Co., MN, Find A Grave Memorial# 47933763.
Charles Theodore Rhine1
M, b. July 1872, d. April 1948
Charles Theodore Rhine was born in July 1872 at Guernsey Co., OH.1,2 He was the son of Thomas Elijah Rhine and Lucinda Frances Clary.1 Charles Theodore Rhine married Lura Bonnell on 30 March 1892 at Guernsey Co., OH. Charles Theodore Rhine lived on 11 June 1900 at Cambridge, Guernsey Co., OH, day laborer in steel mill.2 He lived on 23 April 1910 at 517 North First Street, Cambridge, Guernsey Co., OH, worker in sheet mill.3 He died in April 1948 at age 75. He was buried in 1948 at Northwood Cemetery, Cambridge, Guernsey Co., OH, Findagrave #48310884.
Children of Charles Theodore Rhine and Lura Bonnell
- Theron R. Rhine2 b. Oct 1892
- Corwin C. Rhine2 b. Feb 1894
- Olive Rhine2 b. Apr 1896
- Paul Rhine2 b. Sep 1899
- Fred Rhine3 b. c 1902
- Mamie T. Rhine3 b. c 1905
- Pearl Winona Rhine3 b. 7 Jun 1908
Citations
- [S126] 1880 Federal Census, Guernsey County, Ohio. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T9, Roll 1020; FHL #1255020.
- [S177] 1900 Federal Census, Guernsey County, Ohio. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T623, Roll 1273; FHL #1241273.
- [S200] 1910 Federal Census, Guernsey County, Ohio. Microfilm Image, NARA Series T624, Roll 1186; FHL #1375199.