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Ramona Allyn Pinkepank (Home Economics 1946-1948) VIEW PROFILE

Ramona Allyn Klatt, daughter of William Charles (1885-1951) and Christine A. (Tesarek) (1889-1995) Klatt, was born 26 September 1912 in Dunn County, Wisconsin.  Ramona was a 1930 graduate of Menomonie High School and furthered her education at Stout Institute, Menomonie, Dunn County, where she earned a teaching degree.  She married Clyde Pinkepank 28 June 1936 in Dunn County.

Eau Claire Leader (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) Wednesday 1 July 1936

KLATT-PINKEPANK

Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Klatt announce the marriage of their daughter, Ramona Allyn, Sunday, June 28, to Clyde Pinkepank, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pinkepank, Menomonie.  Mr. and Mrs. Pinkepank are at home at 515 Wilson Avenue.

Clyde Pinkepank (also spelled Pinkapank), son of Charles August (1869-1951) and Ida Louise  (Diedrich) (1870-1952) Pinkepank, was born 14 August 1910 in Dunn County.  Clyde, who dated Ramona in high school, was also a 1930 graduate of Menomonie High School.  After graduation Clyde began styling hair and operated Sears Beauty Shop in Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.  (Note: newspaper copy of the Sears Shop advertisement)

By 1940 the Pinkepanks had moved to Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan. 

 Eau Claire Leader (Eau Claire, Wisconsin) Friday 29 November 1940

Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Pinkepank from Lansing, Mich., visited at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Klatt, and family over the Thanksgiving week end.

Jerry, Clyde and Ramona's only child, was born 4 July 1942 in Lansing.  Clyde by the middle 1940's was employed by the Board of Water and Light in Lansing.

Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan) Monday 23 September 1946

Edward L. Murdock, superintendent of Okemos Consolidated school, announces that the home economics position made vacant by the resignation of Miss Mabel Anderson, has been filled.  Mrs. Ramona Pinkepank of Lansing has been secured for the position.  She is a graduate of Stout institute, Menominee (misspelled), Wis.  She has had two years experience, the last being in Lansing.  Miss Anderson has accepted a position at South Milwaukee Vocational school, South Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan) Sunday 24 October 1948

SCHOOL HOT LUNCH PROGRAM STATS AT OKEMOS MONDAY

Okemos, Oct. 23 - The school lunch program for 1948-49 will begin at the Okemos school Monday, October 25, according to Edward L. Murdock, superintendent.

The school is cooperating with the U.S. department of agriculture in the lunch program.  Type A or a full lunch will be served.  The cost to students will be 25 cents per day.  The cost to faculty members will be 30 cents per day.  The federal government reimburses the school at the rate of nine cents per meal.

The program is sponsored by the board of education.  It is directed by Mr. Murdock, superintendent.  The cooks are Mrs. Marvel Swab and Mrs. Gladys Everett.  Mrs. Josephine Nichols, Mrs. Alexandria Oswald and Mrs. Margaret Worthington help with the program.  Mrs. Ramona Pinkepank, home economics instructor, plans the menus.  Other help is given by the custodians and some students.

The program will be continued through the winter months.

Ramona left the Okemos Consolidated School in 1949.  She continued teaching in the Lansing area although she was listed in the Lansing City directory in 1956 as "asst librn public library."

Lansing State Journal (Lansing, Michigan) Sunday 25 February 1968

LOCAL WOMAN IN HOSPITAL

Mt. Pleasant - Mrs. Ramona Pinkepank, 56, of 2200 S. Rundle, Lansing, was hospitalized at Central Michigan community Hospital here Saturday for observation of possible injuries after a one-car accident on U.S. 27, 1 mile north of Shepherd.

She was a passenger in a car driven by her son, Jerry, 25, same address.  State police here said the car went out of control and rolled over when the driver swerved to miss a dog on the road.

During retirement years the Pinkepank's lived in Florida.  Clyde died 17 June 1994.  Ramona died 9 May 2009 in King County, Washington.  They were both interred in Evergreen Cemetery, Menomonie, Dunn County, Wisconsin.

 
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05/11/17 08:06 AM #1    

Sherrie Paty (Barber) (1966)

While researching and writing this biography I was astonished to find that Ramona graduated 5 years (1930) before my Mom did from the same high school in Menomonie, Wisconsin.  Ramona and husband are interred in the beautiful Evergreen cemetery in Menomonie - where all my Mom's family is buried!  What a coincidence.  Ramona was a Klatt before marrying Pinkepack.  Her name should have rung a bell with me since Mom use to talk about the Klatt family.  Anyway, what a small world we live in.  Everyone at some level is intertwined.  If Mom were alive she would be delighted to know all of this. 

Sherrie Paty Barber

St. Cloud, Florida


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