Boseleas Alice Trueax, who went by Alice, was born December 2, 1916 near Airlie in Polk County, Oregon to John William Trueax and Margaret Elizabeth Murray Trueax. Her early years were spent near Peedee in Polk County, Oregon but by 1930, the family had moved to Tumalo, Oregon. She attended Redmond High School in Redmond, Oregon and was a very good student. She was on the debate team and at the end of her junior year (1933) she did not have to take some of her final examinations because her grades had been so high in the second half of the year. She graduation from Redmond High in May, 1934. She wanted to go to college, but her father thought that was foolish for women. She went anyway and attended college in southern California. She received help from her maternal aunt, Nettie Lorene Murray MacGinitie, who with her husband George MacGinitie were famous marine biologists. Alice also exchanged housekeeping services for room and board with the family she was living with during college.
About 1945, she had moved to Madera, California, about 5-10 miles northwest of Fresno, and was teaching at Madera Union High School. In 1945, Alice's mother Margaret and her sister Helen visited her in Madera and Helen decided to stay with Alice, perhaps for a year.
At Madera Union High School, she taught chemistry, algebra, and English. In 1953, she was selected to be the state treasurer for California Scholarship Fund.
Later in her teaching career, she also taught in Fresno, before retiring to Capitola, California which is adjacent to Santa Cruz, in the 1970s.
She later returned to Oregon and lived in Clackamas County in the Portland metropolitan area.
Alice died on September 27, 2000 at the age of 83 and her ashes were scattered near her sister Helen's.
Boseleas Alice Trueax, who went by Alice, was born December 2, 1916 near Airlie in Polk County, Oregon to John William Trueax and Margaret Elizabeth Murray Trueax. Her early years were spent near Peedee in Polk County, Oregon but by 1930, the family had moved to Tumalo, Oregon. She attended Redmond High School in Redmond, Oregon and was a very good student. She was on the debate team and at the end of her junior year (1933) she did not have to take some of her final examinations because her grades had been so high in the second half of the year. She graduation from Redmond High in May, 1934. She wanted to go to college, but her father thought that was foolish for women. She went anyway and attended college in southern California. She received help from her maternal aunt, Nettie Lorene Murray MacGinitie, who with her husband George MacGinitie were famous marine biologists. Alice also exchanged housekeeping services for room and board with the family she was living with during college.
About 1945, she had moved to Madera, California, about 5-10 miles northwest of Fresno, and was teaching at Madera Union High School. In 1945, Alice's mother Margaret and her sister Helen visited her in Madera and Helen decided to stay with Alice, perhaps for a year.
At Madera Union High School, she taught chemistry, algebra, and English. In 1953, she was selected to be the state treasurer for California Scholarship Fund.
Later in her teaching career, she also taught in Fresno, before retiring to Capitola, California which is adjacent to Santa Cruz, in the 1970s.
She later returned to Oregon and lived in Clackamas County in the Portland metropolitan area.
Alice died on September 27, 2000 at the age of 83 and her ashes were scattered near her sister Helen's.
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