A daughter of Iowa-born Clinton Meade O'Neal (1872-1952) and the Missouri-born Bessie May Peak (1886-1967), Ada -- like her high-school sweetheart and future husband -- graduated from both Kingsburg High School and Fresno State College. They were married at the end of Harold's first year of teaching, on June 18, 1936, at the home of a minister-friend in Dinuba (a neighboring town a few miles to the east, in northern Tulare County).
Ada's only child (Larry Kent Renfrow) died just after his birth, and afterwards she was unable to bear children. The couple channeled their grief, however, into a positive cause: they adopted the local Boy Scout troop as their unofficial family, after Harold volunteered to serve as Scoutmaster. For 40 years, Ada delighted in making treats for the boys, to serve at meetings, and she had fond memories, into her old age, of meeting the adult versions of the troop's former Scouts who thanked her for her motherly care over the years.
Widowed unexpectedly at age 63, Ada remained living in their longtime home at 1425 Winter Street until her death over two decades later.
Ada's only child (Larry Kent Renfrow) died just after his birth, and afterwards she was unable to bear children. The couple channeled their grief, however, into a positive cause: they adopted the local Boy Scout troop as their unofficial family, after Harold volunteered to serve as Scoutmaster. For 40 years, Ada delighted in making treats for the boys, to serve at meetings, and she had fond memories, into her old age, of meeting the adult versions of the troop's former Scouts who thanked her for her motherly care over the years.
Widowed unexpectedly at age 63, Ada remained living in their longtime home at 1425 Winter Street until her death over two decades later.
A daughter of Iowa-born Clinton Meade O'Neal (1872-1952) and the Missouri-born Bessie May Peak (1886-1967), Ada -- like her high-school sweetheart and future husband -- graduated from both Kingsburg High School and Fresno State College. They were married at the end of Harold's first year of teaching, on June 18, 1936, at the home of a minister-friend in Dinuba (a neighboring town a few miles to the east, in northern Tulare County).
Ada's only child (Larry Kent Renfrow) died just after his birth, and afterwards she was unable to bear children. The couple channeled their grief, however, into a positive cause: they adopted the local Boy Scout troop as their unofficial family, after Harold volunteered to serve as Scoutmaster. For 40 years, Ada delighted in making treats for the boys, to serve at meetings, and she had fond memories, into her old age, of meeting the adult versions of the troop's former Scouts who thanked her for her motherly care over the years.
Widowed unexpectedly at age 63, Ada remained living in their longtime home at 1425 Winter Street until her death over two decades later.
Ada's only child (Larry Kent Renfrow) died just after his birth, and afterwards she was unable to bear children. The couple channeled their grief, however, into a positive cause: they adopted the local Boy Scout troop as their unofficial family, after Harold volunteered to serve as Scoutmaster. For 40 years, Ada delighted in making treats for the boys, to serve at meetings, and she had fond memories, into her old age, of meeting the adult versions of the troop's former Scouts who thanked her for her motherly care over the years.
Widowed unexpectedly at age 63, Ada remained living in their longtime home at 1425 Winter Street until her death over two decades later.
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