Purse, Mary Frances (née Godwin)
appeared in Glenview Announcements, 21 Feb 2008, p. 103
Description
- Media Type
- Genealogical Resource
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Obituaries
- Notes
- Birth Date: 1923-04-16
Spouse: Frank Purse
Survived by: A daughter, Marcia; two sons, Bill (Agi) and Bob (Gina); five grandchildren, Guy, Jessica, Wendy, Molly and Heather
Age 84; born in Washington, D.C. to Earl and Mary Easton Godwin and grew up on Chicago's North Side and in Evanston; graduate of Evanston Township H.S., studied music and voice at Lawrence U. in Appleton, Wisconsin and Northwestern U.; in mid-1940s appeared on Broadway in NYC; married in 1949 and raised a family in Evanston, Skokie and Northfield; won the coloratura soprano division in the Chicagoland Music Festival in 1957, choir member at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Evanston, member of the Opera-tunists in the 1970s and 80s, performed with the Papai Players, and member of the Evanston Music Club; preceded in death by her husband Frank - Date of Publication
- 21 Feb 2008
- Date Of Event
- December 20, 2007
- Last Name(s)
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Purse
Godwin
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Glenview Public LibraryEmail:genealogy@glenviewpl.org
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