Kerrville - Arrangements for Minnie Mae Sunday, 95, of Kerrville, TX who passed from this life in Kerrville, on Monday, July 15, 2013
Mae was born on January 10, 1918 in Shelby, Texas to Alex and Mattie Voelkel. She graduated from high school in Fayetteville, Texas and from Texas Woman's University in Denton in 1939 with a degree in Health and Physical Education. After graduation she accepted a teaching job in Gainesville, Texas where she taught in the local junior and senior high schools and at the junior college.
It was in Gainesville where Mae met and married Captain James H. Kaden, a commanding officer in the U.S. Air Force. They had one son, Hayden J. Kaden who was born in 1942. James was killed in World War II in 1943.
In 1947 Mae met Carroll Rodney Sunday in Austin, Texas. They were married on June 1, 1947 in Austin. Rodney was a Presbyterian minister and they spent the first three years of their marriage in Homer, Louisiana where Rodney was the minister of First Presbyterian Church. Their son Randy was born in Homer in 1948. The family then moved to Houston, Texas where they lived for the next 20 years. Their son Tim was born in Houston in 1952. In 1956, the family spent a year in Cambridge, England while Rodney did post-graduate work in Theology at Westminster College, Cambridge University. That year abroad was one of the happiest times of Mae's life.
While living in Houston, Mae worked as a substitute teacher. She taught Sunday school, sang in the church choir, served as the President of the T.W. U. National Alumni Association Chapter and was president of her garden club. She worked with underprivileged senior citizens and helped organize a day care center for African-American children. She especially wanted to be remembered for having introduced Senator Barbara Jordan, Texas' first black Congresswoman at a meeting attended by more than a 1,000 women in Houston.
Mae also took great pride in having been part of the first modern dance group organized at her college. That group still exists and performs worldwide. The director of the dance department chose Mae as one of three dance models for the stained glass dance window in the Little Chapel in the Woods at Texas Woman's University.
Upon their retirement, Mae and Rodney moved to their home on the south fork of the Guadalupe River near Hunt, Texas. Mae continued to live a full and active life in the Hill Country. She served in various capacities in the Hunt Garden Club, was a charter member of the Hill Country Youth Ranch Auxiliary and served as a member on the Board of Directors for 16 years. She was recognized for her outstanding volunteer service by the Hill Country Youth Ranch Board. She was a driving force behind fund raising for the H.C.Y.R. and brought in the first $10,000.00 check. No one could raise money like Mae Sunday. She drove all over Kerr County collecting donations and no one ever turned her down.
In 2010 Mae was predeceased by her husband of 63 years, Rodney Sunday
Mae was born on January 10, 1918 in Shelby, Texas to Alex and Mattie Voelkel. She graduated from high school in Fayetteville, Texas and from Texas Woman's University in Denton in 1939 with a degree in Health and Physical Education. After graduation she accepted a teaching job in Gainesville, Texas where she taught in the local junior and senior high schools and at the junior college.
It was in Gainesville where Mae met and married Captain James H. Kaden, a commanding officer in the U.S. Air Force. They had one son, Hayden J. Kaden who was born in 1942. James was killed in World War II in 1943.
In 1947 Mae met Carroll Rodney Sunday in Austin, Texas. They were married on June 1, 1947 in Austin. Rodney was a Presbyterian minister and they spent the first three years of their marriage in Homer, Louisiana where Rodney was the minister of First Presbyterian Church. Their son Randy was born in Homer in 1948. The family then moved to Houston, Texas where they lived for the next 20 years. Their son Tim was born in Houston in 1952. In 1956, the family spent a year in Cambridge, England while Rodney did post-graduate work in Theology at Westminster College, Cambridge University. That year abroad was one of the happiest times of Mae's life.
While living in Houston, Mae worked as a substitute teacher. She taught Sunday school, sang in the church choir, served as the President of the T.W. U. National Alumni Association Chapter and was president of her garden club. She worked with underprivileged senior citizens and helped organize a day care center for African-American children. She especially wanted to be remembered for having introduced Senator Barbara Jordan, Texas' first black Congresswoman at a meeting attended by more than a 1,000 women in Houston.
Mae also took great pride in having been part of the first modern dance group organized at her college. That group still exists and performs worldwide. The director of the dance department chose Mae as one of three dance models for the stained glass dance window in the Little Chapel in the Woods at Texas Woman's University.
Upon their retirement, Mae and Rodney moved to their home on the south fork of the Guadalupe River near Hunt, Texas. Mae continued to live a full and active life in the Hill Country. She served in various capacities in the Hunt Garden Club, was a charter member of the Hill Country Youth Ranch Auxiliary and served as a member on the Board of Directors for 16 years. She was recognized for her outstanding volunteer service by the Hill Country Youth Ranch Board. She was a driving force behind fund raising for the H.C.Y.R. and brought in the first $10,000.00 check. No one could raise money like Mae Sunday. She drove all over Kerr County collecting donations and no one ever turned her down.
In 2010 Mae was predeceased by her husband of 63 years, Rodney Sunday
Kerrville - Arrangements for Minnie Mae Sunday, 95, of Kerrville, TX who passed from this life in Kerrville, on Monday, July 15, 2013
Mae was born on January 10, 1918 in Shelby, Texas to Alex and Mattie Voelkel. She graduated from high school in Fayetteville, Texas and from Texas Woman's University in Denton in 1939 with a degree in Health and Physical Education. After graduation she accepted a teaching job in Gainesville, Texas where she taught in the local junior and senior high schools and at the junior college.
It was in Gainesville where Mae met and married Captain James H. Kaden, a commanding officer in the U.S. Air Force. They had one son, Hayden J. Kaden who was born in 1942. James was killed in World War II in 1943.
In 1947 Mae met Carroll Rodney Sunday in Austin, Texas. They were married on June 1, 1947 in Austin. Rodney was a Presbyterian minister and they spent the first three years of their marriage in Homer, Louisiana where Rodney was the minister of First Presbyterian Church. Their son Randy was born in Homer in 1948. The family then moved to Houston, Texas where they lived for the next 20 years. Their son Tim was born in Houston in 1952. In 1956, the family spent a year in Cambridge, England while Rodney did post-graduate work in Theology at Westminster College, Cambridge University. That year abroad was one of the happiest times of Mae's life.
While living in Houston, Mae worked as a substitute teacher. She taught Sunday school, sang in the church choir, served as the President of the T.W. U. National Alumni Association Chapter and was president of her garden club. She worked with underprivileged senior citizens and helped organize a day care center for African-American children. She especially wanted to be remembered for having introduced Senator Barbara Jordan, Texas' first black Congresswoman at a meeting attended by more than a 1,000 women in Houston.
Mae also took great pride in having been part of the first modern dance group organized at her college. That group still exists and performs worldwide. The director of the dance department chose Mae as one of three dance models for the stained glass dance window in the Little Chapel in the Woods at Texas Woman's University.
Upon their retirement, Mae and Rodney moved to their home on the south fork of the Guadalupe River near Hunt, Texas. Mae continued to live a full and active life in the Hill Country. She served in various capacities in the Hunt Garden Club, was a charter member of the Hill Country Youth Ranch Auxiliary and served as a member on the Board of Directors for 16 years. She was recognized for her outstanding volunteer service by the Hill Country Youth Ranch Board. She was a driving force behind fund raising for the H.C.Y.R. and brought in the first $10,000.00 check. No one could raise money like Mae Sunday. She drove all over Kerr County collecting donations and no one ever turned her down.
In 2010 Mae was predeceased by her husband of 63 years, Rodney Sunday
Mae was born on January 10, 1918 in Shelby, Texas to Alex and Mattie Voelkel. She graduated from high school in Fayetteville, Texas and from Texas Woman's University in Denton in 1939 with a degree in Health and Physical Education. After graduation she accepted a teaching job in Gainesville, Texas where she taught in the local junior and senior high schools and at the junior college.
It was in Gainesville where Mae met and married Captain James H. Kaden, a commanding officer in the U.S. Air Force. They had one son, Hayden J. Kaden who was born in 1942. James was killed in World War II in 1943.
In 1947 Mae met Carroll Rodney Sunday in Austin, Texas. They were married on June 1, 1947 in Austin. Rodney was a Presbyterian minister and they spent the first three years of their marriage in Homer, Louisiana where Rodney was the minister of First Presbyterian Church. Their son Randy was born in Homer in 1948. The family then moved to Houston, Texas where they lived for the next 20 years. Their son Tim was born in Houston in 1952. In 1956, the family spent a year in Cambridge, England while Rodney did post-graduate work in Theology at Westminster College, Cambridge University. That year abroad was one of the happiest times of Mae's life.
While living in Houston, Mae worked as a substitute teacher. She taught Sunday school, sang in the church choir, served as the President of the T.W. U. National Alumni Association Chapter and was president of her garden club. She worked with underprivileged senior citizens and helped organize a day care center for African-American children. She especially wanted to be remembered for having introduced Senator Barbara Jordan, Texas' first black Congresswoman at a meeting attended by more than a 1,000 women in Houston.
Mae also took great pride in having been part of the first modern dance group organized at her college. That group still exists and performs worldwide. The director of the dance department chose Mae as one of three dance models for the stained glass dance window in the Little Chapel in the Woods at Texas Woman's University.
Upon their retirement, Mae and Rodney moved to their home on the south fork of the Guadalupe River near Hunt, Texas. Mae continued to live a full and active life in the Hill Country. She served in various capacities in the Hunt Garden Club, was a charter member of the Hill Country Youth Ranch Auxiliary and served as a member on the Board of Directors for 16 years. She was recognized for her outstanding volunteer service by the Hill Country Youth Ranch Board. She was a driving force behind fund raising for the H.C.Y.R. and brought in the first $10,000.00 check. No one could raise money like Mae Sunday. She drove all over Kerr County collecting donations and no one ever turned her down.
In 2010 Mae was predeceased by her husband of 63 years, Rodney Sunday
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