Faye Emma Mansfield was born July 1, 1913 to James Edward and Ethel Meeks Mansfield in La Plata, Missouri. She was their older child. Her brother, Glen Mansfield provided her with an extended family of niece, Gail and nephew, Eddie. Faye also has cousins that she regularly corresponded with and filled us in on the family history. Faye was known to write lengthy interesting letters, encouraging the younger generation to continue in education and also in honoring the family ancestry. I miss those letters.
Faye was proud of her middle name, "Emma". She was named after Grandma Emma Rebecca Klingman Meeks.
Never marrying, education was her life's interest. Faye began teaching in one room schools after two years of college training at Illinois State Normal University. Then she taught at small town schools in Illinois.
Faye pursued higher education during summers and nights earning her Bachelor's Degree from Illinois State Normal University, Normal, Illinois and her Master's Degree from Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York City. She joined Kappa Delta Pi, a scholarship society. Her post-graduate work continued from Columbia University, New York City, from the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, and from the University of Arizona in Tucson. She completed her Doctoral Credits from Teacher's College Columbia University, New York City.
Faye worked with prospective teachers from Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, and with Illinois State Normal University. Her public school supervisory teaching included schools in Montgomery County, Maryland. She then joined New York's State Teacher's College in Buffalo.
In 1947, she was called to Illinois State Normal University as a professor in the Metcalf Laboratory School where she remained until retirement in 1972.
For over fifty-eight years, Faye was an active member of Delta Kappa Gamma, an International Honorary Organization for women teachers.
In 1975 she moved to Sun City, Arizona. There she continued to work as a substitute teacher in several districts surrounding Sun City until she was 89 years of age. I remember that she would write that she went swimming every day while living in Sun City. She loved the water and loved her swimming. Faye was active in the Sew and Sew Club where she participated in style shows to exhibit clothes she made for herself and for many young family members.
Faye's parents and brother preceded her in death. She is survived by one niece, Gail Clarkson(Ivan), one nephew, G.E. "Eddie" Mansfield, Jr. (Lois) and their children, grandchildren, and their great grandchildren.
No burial info at this time.
Faye was proud of her middle name, "Emma". She was named after Grandma Emma Rebecca Klingman Meeks.
Never marrying, education was her life's interest. Faye began teaching in one room schools after two years of college training at Illinois State Normal University. Then she taught at small town schools in Illinois.
Faye pursued higher education during summers and nights earning her Bachelor's Degree from Illinois State Normal University, Normal, Illinois and her Master's Degree from Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York City. She joined Kappa Delta Pi, a scholarship society. Her post-graduate work continued from Columbia University, New York City, from the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, and from the University of Arizona in Tucson. She completed her Doctoral Credits from Teacher's College Columbia University, New York City.
Faye worked with prospective teachers from Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, and with Illinois State Normal University. Her public school supervisory teaching included schools in Montgomery County, Maryland. She then joined New York's State Teacher's College in Buffalo.
In 1947, she was called to Illinois State Normal University as a professor in the Metcalf Laboratory School where she remained until retirement in 1972.
For over fifty-eight years, Faye was an active member of Delta Kappa Gamma, an International Honorary Organization for women teachers.
In 1975 she moved to Sun City, Arizona. There she continued to work as a substitute teacher in several districts surrounding Sun City until she was 89 years of age. I remember that she would write that she went swimming every day while living in Sun City. She loved the water and loved her swimming. Faye was active in the Sew and Sew Club where she participated in style shows to exhibit clothes she made for herself and for many young family members.
Faye's parents and brother preceded her in death. She is survived by one niece, Gail Clarkson(Ivan), one nephew, G.E. "Eddie" Mansfield, Jr. (Lois) and their children, grandchildren, and their great grandchildren.
No burial info at this time.
Faye Emma Mansfield was born July 1, 1913 to James Edward and Ethel Meeks Mansfield in La Plata, Missouri. She was their older child. Her brother, Glen Mansfield provided her with an extended family of niece, Gail and nephew, Eddie. Faye also has cousins that she regularly corresponded with and filled us in on the family history. Faye was known to write lengthy interesting letters, encouraging the younger generation to continue in education and also in honoring the family ancestry. I miss those letters.
Faye was proud of her middle name, "Emma". She was named after Grandma Emma Rebecca Klingman Meeks.
Never marrying, education was her life's interest. Faye began teaching in one room schools after two years of college training at Illinois State Normal University. Then she taught at small town schools in Illinois.
Faye pursued higher education during summers and nights earning her Bachelor's Degree from Illinois State Normal University, Normal, Illinois and her Master's Degree from Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York City. She joined Kappa Delta Pi, a scholarship society. Her post-graduate work continued from Columbia University, New York City, from the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, and from the University of Arizona in Tucson. She completed her Doctoral Credits from Teacher's College Columbia University, New York City.
Faye worked with prospective teachers from Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, and with Illinois State Normal University. Her public school supervisory teaching included schools in Montgomery County, Maryland. She then joined New York's State Teacher's College in Buffalo.
In 1947, she was called to Illinois State Normal University as a professor in the Metcalf Laboratory School where she remained until retirement in 1972.
For over fifty-eight years, Faye was an active member of Delta Kappa Gamma, an International Honorary Organization for women teachers.
In 1975 she moved to Sun City, Arizona. There she continued to work as a substitute teacher in several districts surrounding Sun City until she was 89 years of age. I remember that she would write that she went swimming every day while living in Sun City. She loved the water and loved her swimming. Faye was active in the Sew and Sew Club where she participated in style shows to exhibit clothes she made for herself and for many young family members.
Faye's parents and brother preceded her in death. She is survived by one niece, Gail Clarkson(Ivan), one nephew, G.E. "Eddie" Mansfield, Jr. (Lois) and their children, grandchildren, and their great grandchildren.
No burial info at this time.
Faye was proud of her middle name, "Emma". She was named after Grandma Emma Rebecca Klingman Meeks.
Never marrying, education was her life's interest. Faye began teaching in one room schools after two years of college training at Illinois State Normal University. Then she taught at small town schools in Illinois.
Faye pursued higher education during summers and nights earning her Bachelor's Degree from Illinois State Normal University, Normal, Illinois and her Master's Degree from Teacher's College, Columbia University, New York City. She joined Kappa Delta Pi, a scholarship society. Her post-graduate work continued from Columbia University, New York City, from the University of Hawaii, Honolulu, and from the University of Arizona in Tucson. She completed her Doctoral Credits from Teacher's College Columbia University, New York City.
Faye worked with prospective teachers from Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, and with Illinois State Normal University. Her public school supervisory teaching included schools in Montgomery County, Maryland. She then joined New York's State Teacher's College in Buffalo.
In 1947, she was called to Illinois State Normal University as a professor in the Metcalf Laboratory School where she remained until retirement in 1972.
For over fifty-eight years, Faye was an active member of Delta Kappa Gamma, an International Honorary Organization for women teachers.
In 1975 she moved to Sun City, Arizona. There she continued to work as a substitute teacher in several districts surrounding Sun City until she was 89 years of age. I remember that she would write that she went swimming every day while living in Sun City. She loved the water and loved her swimming. Faye was active in the Sew and Sew Club where she participated in style shows to exhibit clothes she made for herself and for many young family members.
Faye's parents and brother preceded her in death. She is survived by one niece, Gail Clarkson(Ivan), one nephew, G.E. "Eddie" Mansfield, Jr. (Lois) and their children, grandchildren, and their great grandchildren.
No burial info at this time.
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