McGee Plumb Family
(See
photographs)
Walter Winford McGee
(also known as "Walter Winfred"), son of
James Fenton
McGee and
Mary Susan Payne,
was born November 11, 1898 in Oskaloosa, Iowa and died December
7, 1973 in Oberlin, Decatur County, Kansas.
He married
Olive Fenton Wade May 1, 1921
in Oberlin, Decatur
County, Kansas.
(See
wedding photograph)
Other events in the life of Walter Winford McGee
(also see obituary)
Occupations : Teacher in Utah
and
Kansas
1918-1920, rural mail carrier 1920 to 1961
(see article)
Description : 5 feet 10 inches, 165 pounds (WWI draft record)
Residences: Raised on farm south of Oberlin, Kansas, Moved
to Oberlin circa 1916 where he attended and graduated high
school in 1918, Norcatur, Kansas from 1918 to 1920 while teach
school, 706 East St, Oberlin (circa 1921 to 1932), 307 West Oak (1932 to 1965), 307 South
Elk (1965 onwards)
Burial : Oberlin Cemetery, Oberlin, Decatur County, Kansas. (See
photograph)
She was born September 14, 1897 in Decatur Co.,
Kansas
near Danbury,
Nebraska
and died May 30, 1987 in Oberlin,
Decatur County, Kansas,
daughter of
John Charles Wade and
Alice Nash Plumb.
Other events in the life of Olive Fenton Wade
(also
see
obituary
and
memories)
Religion : Oberlin United Methodist Church
Occupations : Housewife, seamstress at Campbell's Draperies
Residences: Born and raised in a sod house about 2 miles
south of Danbury, Nebraska. She moved to Oberlin during high
school but then returned home to raise her youngest brother and
sister after her mother died. Her younger sister, Mary
Wade, lived with Olive and Walt in Oberlin for several years
after they were married so she could finish school.
Burial : 2 June 1987, Oberlin Cemetery, Oberlin, Decatur County, Kansas. (See
photograph)
Children of Walter
Winford McGee and Olive Fenton Wade
Lowell Wade McGee
was born April 5, 1922 in Oberlin, Decatur
County, Kansas and died April 7, 1922 in Oberlin, Decatur County,
Kansas.
 Enid Wyonne McGee
was born April 28, 1925 in St. Catherine's Hospital,
McCook,
Nebraska and died on February 1, 2020 in Norton, Norton,
Kansas. She married
Loyal "Ish" L. Simmonds on May 29th, 1948 in Oberlin,
KS and Gene Foland in 1970. (See
photograph)
 David James McGee
was born August 11, 1927 in McCook, Red
Willow County, Nebraska and died February 10, 2009 in Oberlin, Decatur County,
Kansas.
He married Eva E. Corcoran on July 27, 1948 in Denver, Colorado
and Hilda B. Madden on June 3 1967. (See
photograph)
See WWII Service Record
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