1926
Mary
2008
Mary Alice Chilcott
January 30, 1926 — August 23, 2008
Mary Alice Chilcott, 82, died Saturday, August 23, 2008, at MeritCare's Palliative Care Unit.
Mary Alice was born on the Agricultural Experiment Station outside Woodward, Oklahoma on January 30, 1926. She was the second child of Ellery Franklin Chilcott and Winona Hunter Chilcott. The people who worked in the fields and laboratories of the Station never left a child's questions unanswered, so it was there that her free and independent spirit was nurtured.
Upon the death of her father when she was 13, Winona moved the family to California for a short time, and then settled in Columbia, Missouri, where Mary Alice graduated from high school and attended Stephens College. Because of World War II, she left college to respond to an urgent need for weather observers with the US Weather Bureau. Her first post was in Lander, Wyoming. Her career lasted nearly 32 years, with promotions taking her to Springfield, IL, Ashville, NC, Minneapolis, MN, Washington, DC, and Denver, CO. She retired in 1976, as Branch Chief/Supervisory Personnel Specialist with Federal Aviation Administration. After retirement, she worked as a personnel consultant in the transportation industry. She moved to Eventide in Moorhead in 2004.
Mary Alice was an active volunteer, avid traveler, sports fan, bridge player and a keen political observer. She obtained a private pilot license. She held memberships in the National Organization for Women (charter member), the Daughters of the American Revolution, PEO and the National Association of Parliamentarians (Colorado State President). The latter two interests converged when she served as parliamentarian for PEO International.
Mary Alice is survived by her sisters, Phyllis (Robert) Litherland, Moorhead, and Fran Channing, Annandale, VA; nieces, Susan Litherland, Chicago, IL, Jan (James) Coffelt, Lakewood, CO, Teri (Jerome) Thorsen, Moorhead, and Caren Litherland, New York, NY; nephews, Kevin and Cameron Duff, Annandale, VA ; grand-nieces, Ann (Deb) Mason, Port Republic, MD, and Laura Coffelt, Lakewood, CO; and grand-nephews, Ty Thorsen, Northfield, MN, and Hunter Thorsen, Grand Forks, ND
Mary Alice was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Robert Chilcott, and a nephew, Colin Duff.
Memorial Service: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, at 2 PM, in Korsmo Funeral Chapel, 409 South 8th Street. Moorhead.
Mary Alice was born on the Agricultural Experiment Station outside Woodward, Oklahoma on January 30, 1926. She was the second child of Ellery Franklin Chilcott and Winona Hunter Chilcott. The people who worked in the fields and laboratories of the Station never left a child's questions unanswered, so it was there that her free and independent spirit was nurtured.
Upon the death of her father when she was 13, Winona moved the family to California for a short time, and then settled in Columbia, Missouri, where Mary Alice graduated from high school and attended Stephens College. Because of World War II, she left college to respond to an urgent need for weather observers with the US Weather Bureau. Her first post was in Lander, Wyoming. Her career lasted nearly 32 years, with promotions taking her to Springfield, IL, Ashville, NC, Minneapolis, MN, Washington, DC, and Denver, CO. She retired in 1976, as Branch Chief/Supervisory Personnel Specialist with Federal Aviation Administration. After retirement, she worked as a personnel consultant in the transportation industry. She moved to Eventide in Moorhead in 2004.
Mary Alice was an active volunteer, avid traveler, sports fan, bridge player and a keen political observer. She obtained a private pilot license. She held memberships in the National Organization for Women (charter member), the Daughters of the American Revolution, PEO and the National Association of Parliamentarians (Colorado State President). The latter two interests converged when she served as parliamentarian for PEO International.
Mary Alice is survived by her sisters, Phyllis (Robert) Litherland, Moorhead, and Fran Channing, Annandale, VA; nieces, Susan Litherland, Chicago, IL, Jan (James) Coffelt, Lakewood, CO, Teri (Jerome) Thorsen, Moorhead, and Caren Litherland, New York, NY; nephews, Kevin and Cameron Duff, Annandale, VA ; grand-nieces, Ann (Deb) Mason, Port Republic, MD, and Laura Coffelt, Lakewood, CO; and grand-nephews, Ty Thorsen, Northfield, MN, and Hunter Thorsen, Grand Forks, ND
Mary Alice was preceded in death by her parents, a brother, Robert Chilcott, and a nephew, Colin Duff.
Memorial Service: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, at 2 PM, in Korsmo Funeral Chapel, 409 South 8th Street. Moorhead.
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