Alloa Anderson (1900-2004)

Leigh Anderson (1899-1983)

Polly Bender (1907-2006)

William Bender (1906-1984)

Flora Burt (1906-2004)

Harold A. Jones (1900-1987)

Betty A. Knepper née Shaneyfelt (1929-1993)

Marguerite Lambert (1898-1990)

Kathryn Lohr (1908-1977)

Richard Miller (1927-2014)

Doris E. Milliman (1904-2001)

Ethelyn Morton (1898-1985)

Lydia Muncy (1902-1996)

Ralph Muncy (1902-1992)

Dorothy Ouradnik (1906-1990)

Pat Shaneyfelt née Groomes (1934-2002)

Margaret Sias (1920-2003)

James Wolf (1918-1976)

Alloa Caviness Anderson (1900-2004), GSWC #1, was the first speaker named in any of the notes. She became Program Chair in 1976 and taught classes. She wrote several books. In 1978, with co-author Polly Bender, she wrote Genealogy in Michigan: What, When Where which is in its third edition. In 1992 she received the Lucy Mary Kellogg award as a member of the Grand Traverse Genealogy Society. She died at age 103 on 10 April 2004 in Lake Leelanau.

Leigh Charles Anderson (1899-1983), GSWC #3, was part of the earliest Membership Committee and made the holders for the membership names.  He was Vice President in 1979, and President in 1980. He died on 6 January 1983 in Northport, Leelanau, Michigan.

Olive Eunice Todd "Polly" Bender (1907-2006), GSWC #12, was Secretary-Treasurer in 1974 and Secretary in 1975 and 1976.  She was Librarian in 1977 and an at-large member in 1980-82.  She taught classes and workshops, wrote articles and books, and was a delegate to the Michigan Genealogical Council. Her death at age 98 was announced in the Ann Arbor News on 20 May 2006.

William Frederick Bender, DDS (1906-1984), GSWC #13, was President for 1976 and a Director in 1975 and 1977. He arranged for a meeting place for GSWC at Washtenaw Community College.  He died in Ann Arbor, Michigan on 10 March 1984.

Flora Burt (1906-2004), GSWC #25, was elected Treasurer in 1975 and served in that capacity until 1981. She presented programs and wrote articles. She passed away in Chelsea, Michigan on 31 January 2004 at age 97. Her papers were donated posthumously to the Bentley Historical Library (Flora Burt Family Papers - circa 1830s-1960s).

Harold Andrew Jones (1900-1987), GSWC #61, was a member of the Bylaws Committee of the Washtenaw Historical Society and was on the first Board of Directors and through 1977.  He supervised the production of the first Directory of Cemeteries in 1978.  He died on 14 May 1987 in Sylvan Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan. Image courtesy of Ann Arbor News (Sunday, March 23, 1980).

Betty Ann Shaneyfelt Knepper (1929-1993) was a charter member of GSWC. Her sister-in-law, Patricia Shaneyfelt, was also a founding member. Betty passed away in Ann Arbor, Michigan on 7 Dec 1993.

Marguerite Felice Novy Lambert (1898-1990), GSWC #73, was a member of the first board of directors through 1976. She worked on Research and Queries since the beginning of the Family History Capers. She also produced several books for the Detroit Society for Genealogical Research on newspaper entries for marriages and deaths in several counties. She passed away on 18 August 1990 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Kathryn Louise Lohr (1908-1977) was a charter member of GSWC. She received an A.B. degree from the University of Michigan, specializing in geography and history. She taught in Pellston, Michigan and was employed by the National Association of Manufacturers in New York, the Kellogg Foundation in Battle Creek, and, for thirty-two years, the United Church of Christ Conference in Lansing, Michigan. She died on 30 January 1977 in Lansing.

Richard LaMar Miller (1927-2014), GSWC #86, was the chair of the Michigan Surname Index for the GSWC in 1981, president in 1991-1993, and a Board member until January 2014, when he passed away, the last founder.

Doris Elsie Milliman (1904-2001), GSWC #220, was the Ypsilanti Historical Museum Archivist. She came to Ypsilanti in 1927 and made a career as a librarian. She was named city historian in 1985 and presided, with Albert P. Marshall, over the Heritage Festival Parade at least twice. She died on 11 September 2001 in Ypsilanti at age 96.

Ethelyn Mary Servis Morton (1898-1985) was the first Secretary. She passed away on 6 April 1985 in Ann Arbor. She was a 1923 graduate of the University of Michigan School of Education and received her master's degree from the University of Michigan in 1924. She was a former teacher with the Ann Arbor Public Schools and had been a secretary for the Washtenaw County Historical Society for many years.

Lydia Low Baird Muncy (1902-1996), GSWC #89, was on the Bylaws Committee for the WCHS, a delegate to the Michigan Genealogical Council, vice President in 1977, and President in 1977. She was member at large from 1978 to 1981, and Vice President again in 1982. She raised money for the beginning group by creating slips from plants.  She did programs, workshops, oral history, and research papers for the Family History Capers and donated books and papers to the library. She died 1 May 1996 in Ann Arbor at age 94.

Ralph Waldo Muncy (1902-1992), GSWC #90, was the genealogist for the Washtenaw Historical Society and on the Bylaws Committee. He was the first president, re-elected in 1975, a delegate to the Michigan Genealogical Council (MGC), and seminar chair for the MGC event held at Hoyt Conference Center at Eastern Michigan University in September 1977. He taught classes, did research and wrote articles, and continued to work with the MGC. His papers have been deposited at the Bentley Historical Library. He died in Ann Arbor on 28 March 1992 at age 89.

Dorothy Knight Lewis Ouradnik (1906-1990) was a charter member of GSWC and was on the membership rolls until 1978. A graduate of the University of Minnesota, she was a kindergarten teacher in Ypsilanti at Willow Run. Her husband, Francis W. Ouradnik, was the official photographer of the University Players at the University of Michigan from 1928 to 1968. His photographs are at the Bentley Historical Library. Dorothy Ouradnik died on 10 October 1990 in Washington, D.C.

Patricia Yvonne Groomes Shaneyfelt (1934-2002), GSWC #117, was a charter member of GSWC and worked on Family Records. Her sister-in-law, Betty Knepper, was also a charter member. Patricia died 7 May 2002 in Ann Arbor.

Margaret Louise Haas Sias (1920-2003), GSWC #119, was the first membership chairman and served on the board from 1976 to 1977. She specialized in German ancestry as well as Lima Township history. She passed away 23 November 2003 in Chelsea and is buried in Lima Center Cemetery.

James McNair Wolf (1918-1976) was a charter member of the GSWC and a research scientist for Environmental Research Institute of Michigan. He gave one of the society’s earliest presentations on German ancestry. In 1976 he died as result of a car accident in Chanute, Kansas after attending the funeral of his mother-in-law. He was 58.