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   

Odessa Vanderwork Dunn
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