Born and raised in Pond Creek, Oklahoma, Ida Fern McKay moved to Wichita, Kansas in the 1920s and worked as a barber in the Lassen Hotel. She is shown in the 1930 Census of Wichita, living in an apartment with her brother Harold. At some point Fern returned to Pond Creek (1940 Census) where she again worked as a barber while she and her younger brother, Larkin McKay, were living with their father. She worked for several years with Ralph Seger as a barber and later married Howard Halcomb. Fern and Harold had no children of their own but raised one son, "Punky" from Harold's first marriage.
Born and raised in Pond Creek, Oklahoma, Ida Fern McKay moved to Wichita, Kansas in the 1920s and worked as a barber in the Lassen Hotel. She is shown in the 1930 Census of Wichita, living in an apartment with her brother Harold. At some point Fern returned to Pond Creek (1940 Census) where she again worked as a barber while she and her younger brother, Larkin McKay, were living with their father. She worked for several years with Ralph Seger as a barber and later married Howard Halcomb. Fern and Harold had no children of their own but raised one son, "Punky" from Harold's first marriage.
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