Odessa Vanderwork Dunn
Fred and May Vanderwork's last child was born January 1, 1912 at Isabel,
Kansas. They named her Odessa Fern.
Odessa went to school at Isabel. She graduated in 1930. After graduation
Odessa worked at Harts Cafe in Medicine Lodge.
On September 8, 1934 at Wellington, Kansas Odessa and Glenn Brown were
married. They had one daughter, Glenna Lee. They lived in Sawyer and Medicine
Lodge.
On December 19, 1949 at Cherokee, Oklahoma Charley Dunn and Odessa were
married. They lived in Alva, Oklahoma. Charley died January 25, 1954.
Odessa is retired from the Bell Telephone System as a telephone operator.
She worked as a telephone operator at Sawyer, Alva, Oklahoma and worked both
at Medicine Lodge and Pratt until these two offices were closed. She then
transferred to Wichita, where she still lives.
Glenna Lee married Dean Bloom and they had three sons, Jody, who lives
in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Craig and Christopher are going to school in
Manhattan, Kansas.
On November 9, 1985 Glenna Lee and Jim Matson were married. They live
in Wichita. Glenna has three step-children, Mike, Vickie and David Matson and
two step-grandchildren.
Source: Isabel, Kansas - The First 100 Years, 1887 - 1987, pg. 71
Submitted by: C.M. Keller