BIOGRAPHY
(by Gale Boetius Perez, Find a Grave Contributor 47724849)
My grandmother, Olive Edith Kullgren, left many photographs of her dear friend Eunice Winifred Morgan. I've posted those pictures here and on a tree I created for Eunice on ancestry.com for the benefit of Eunice's family's descendants.
Eunice did not have any children. She was engaged while living in Ponca City, Oklahoma, but her future husband, an executive with Continental Oil, passed away and she never married. The information below comes from US censuses and city directories, and from reminiscences of her sister Anna's son Alfred and his wife Mickie.
Eunice was born May 26, 1897 in Lucas County, Iowa, to John L. Morgan (1868-1941) and Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Watkins (1876-1951). By 1910 her family had moved to Lafayette, Colorado, where she would have become friends with my grandmother.
My grandmother's family moved to Denver in the 'teens and soon after 1910, Eunice's family moved to Butte, Montana. The earliest photo here, of Eunice with her school friend Thelma Dean Hammond (Find a Grave Memorial 147294597), was taken in Butte, I think at Eunice's home because the home appears in another picture where Eunice is older and is wearing a white dress. Eunice's sister Anna's husband Alfred Oulds was from Butte.
In the 1920 census, Eunice, her parents, her brother William and sister Anna were living in Butte at 659 Main St. Eunice was working as a clerk for an oil company (Continental Oil or "Conoco" where she worked for the rest of her life in Denver and Ponca City, OK).
Some of my grandmother's pictures of Eunice were taken at Columbia Gardens, near Butte, and at Hunter's Hot Springs, also in Montana, and so probably were taken in the late 'teens when she lived in Butte.
By 1922, Eunice had moved to Denver and started as a clerk, then as a stenographer for Continental Oil. Eunice is in the Denver City Directory from 1922-29 at two addresses. My grandmother Olive was a stenographer for Continental Oil in Denver in 1921-23, and probably worked there until about 1924 (she moved to Los Angeles in 1924 or 1925, where she worked as a private secretary to Edward L. Doheny at two of his oil companies, Pan American Petroleum and Petroleum Securities Co.).
In the twenties, the two women were members of a club in Denver called I.O.U. Joy. It started as a social group of young women and grew to a philanthropic organization of at least 34 members. There are many references to Club meetings (who was hosted it, and what they did) in the newspaper "Littleton Independent." Olive left a picture of the club members and although I don't see Eunice in the picture, she was a club member and is mentioned in the Littleton Independent as having hosted some of the meetings.
Eunice moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma in 1929 or 1930 and initially worked as a secretary for Continental Oil. In 1930, she and her mother Lizzie were living with her sister Anna, Anna's husband Alfred E. Oulds, and their two year old son Alfred.
By 1936, Eunice had become Supervisor of the Personnel Department for Continental Oil and owned her own home at 903 South Seventh in Ponca City. Her brother William lived with her and was a clerk for Continental Oil.
In 1940, Anna, Anna's son Alfred, mother Lizzie and brother William were living with Eunice at her home. William was working in the advertising department at Continental Oil and Eunice was still Supervisor of the Personnel Department. By 1946, Eunice had purchased another home, at 615 South Osage.
I didn't know Eunice, but you can see from her expression in the photographs what a sweet and special lady she was. Her nephew Alfred and his wife Mickie that she was an extraordinary person - very intelligent, sweet, and even tempered, a woman who took care of everyone in the family.
Sadly, Eunice passed away from Hodgkin's Disease but was "a real trooper" (in the words of her nephew Alfred's wife Mickie) despite the pain and difficulties of coping with the disease. She died three days before her friend Olive, who had been living in Southern California since about 1924. Olive spoke often and affectionately of Eunice, and one can see their close bond from the photographs.
******************************
Obituary (Ponca City News, 10 February 1986)
Eunice W. Morgan died early Saturday morning in St. Louis, Mo. The resident of 1414 East Hartford was 88.
Born May 26, 1897, in Lucas, Iowa, she was the duaghter of John L. and Elizabeth Morgan. She lived in Colorado and Montana, and graduated from high school in 1915.
She was employed by Conoco in 1916 in Butte, Mont. She transferred to Denver in 1920, to Ponca City in 1940 and to Houston in 1955. She retired in Houston in 1957 after 41 years of service.
Miss Morgan was one of the first women to hold managerial positions in Conoco. Among the positions she held were supervisor of the transcribing section, personnel manager in Ponca City, and assistant to the manager of industrial relations in Houston.
She spent five years traveling in the United States, Europe and the Middle East.
She returned to Ponca City in 1970 following the death of her brother, Will.
A member of Grace Episcopal Church, she had served on the altar guild.
She is survived by a sister, Anne M. Oulds, and a nephew, Alfred E. Oulds, both of St. Louis; a grand-niece and grand-nephew; and three great-grand-nieces and nephews.
Order for the Burial of the Dead will be read at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Grace Episcopal Church by the Rev. John Loving. Burial will follow in Odd Fellow Cemetery under the direction of E.M. Trout and Sons Funeral Directors.
Friends may call at the funeral home until noon Tuesday.
The family will be at the home 1414 East Hartford.
A memorial fund has been established in her name with Grace Episcopal Church.
******************************
Eunice's nephew was Alfred E. Oulds, Find a Grave #121324509. Her cousin on her mother's side was John Llewellyn Lewis, the labor leader and president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 (Find a Grave #19560).
(by Gale Boetius Perez, Find a Grave Contributor 47724849)
My grandmother, Olive Edith Kullgren, left many photographs of her dear friend Eunice Winifred Morgan. I've posted those pictures here and on a tree I created for Eunice on ancestry.com for the benefit of Eunice's family's descendants.
Eunice did not have any children. She was engaged while living in Ponca City, Oklahoma, but her future husband, an executive with Continental Oil, passed away and she never married. The information below comes from US censuses and city directories, and from reminiscences of her sister Anna's son Alfred and his wife Mickie.
Eunice was born May 26, 1897 in Lucas County, Iowa, to John L. Morgan (1868-1941) and Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Watkins (1876-1951). By 1910 her family had moved to Lafayette, Colorado, where she would have become friends with my grandmother.
My grandmother's family moved to Denver in the 'teens and soon after 1910, Eunice's family moved to Butte, Montana. The earliest photo here, of Eunice with her school friend Thelma Dean Hammond (Find a Grave Memorial 147294597), was taken in Butte, I think at Eunice's home because the home appears in another picture where Eunice is older and is wearing a white dress. Eunice's sister Anna's husband Alfred Oulds was from Butte.
In the 1920 census, Eunice, her parents, her brother William and sister Anna were living in Butte at 659 Main St. Eunice was working as a clerk for an oil company (Continental Oil or "Conoco" where she worked for the rest of her life in Denver and Ponca City, OK).
Some of my grandmother's pictures of Eunice were taken at Columbia Gardens, near Butte, and at Hunter's Hot Springs, also in Montana, and so probably were taken in the late 'teens when she lived in Butte.
By 1922, Eunice had moved to Denver and started as a clerk, then as a stenographer for Continental Oil. Eunice is in the Denver City Directory from 1922-29 at two addresses. My grandmother Olive was a stenographer for Continental Oil in Denver in 1921-23, and probably worked there until about 1924 (she moved to Los Angeles in 1924 or 1925, where she worked as a private secretary to Edward L. Doheny at two of his oil companies, Pan American Petroleum and Petroleum Securities Co.).
In the twenties, the two women were members of a club in Denver called I.O.U. Joy. It started as a social group of young women and grew to a philanthropic organization of at least 34 members. There are many references to Club meetings (who was hosted it, and what they did) in the newspaper "Littleton Independent." Olive left a picture of the club members and although I don't see Eunice in the picture, she was a club member and is mentioned in the Littleton Independent as having hosted some of the meetings.
Eunice moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma in 1929 or 1930 and initially worked as a secretary for Continental Oil. In 1930, she and her mother Lizzie were living with her sister Anna, Anna's husband Alfred E. Oulds, and their two year old son Alfred.
By 1936, Eunice had become Supervisor of the Personnel Department for Continental Oil and owned her own home at 903 South Seventh in Ponca City. Her brother William lived with her and was a clerk for Continental Oil.
In 1940, Anna, Anna's son Alfred, mother Lizzie and brother William were living with Eunice at her home. William was working in the advertising department at Continental Oil and Eunice was still Supervisor of the Personnel Department. By 1946, Eunice had purchased another home, at 615 South Osage.
I didn't know Eunice, but you can see from her expression in the photographs what a sweet and special lady she was. Her nephew Alfred and his wife Mickie that she was an extraordinary person - very intelligent, sweet, and even tempered, a woman who took care of everyone in the family.
Sadly, Eunice passed away from Hodgkin's Disease but was "a real trooper" (in the words of her nephew Alfred's wife Mickie) despite the pain and difficulties of coping with the disease. She died three days before her friend Olive, who had been living in Southern California since about 1924. Olive spoke often and affectionately of Eunice, and one can see their close bond from the photographs.
******************************
Obituary (Ponca City News, 10 February 1986)
Eunice W. Morgan died early Saturday morning in St. Louis, Mo. The resident of 1414 East Hartford was 88.
Born May 26, 1897, in Lucas, Iowa, she was the duaghter of John L. and Elizabeth Morgan. She lived in Colorado and Montana, and graduated from high school in 1915.
She was employed by Conoco in 1916 in Butte, Mont. She transferred to Denver in 1920, to Ponca City in 1940 and to Houston in 1955. She retired in Houston in 1957 after 41 years of service.
Miss Morgan was one of the first women to hold managerial positions in Conoco. Among the positions she held were supervisor of the transcribing section, personnel manager in Ponca City, and assistant to the manager of industrial relations in Houston.
She spent five years traveling in the United States, Europe and the Middle East.
She returned to Ponca City in 1970 following the death of her brother, Will.
A member of Grace Episcopal Church, she had served on the altar guild.
She is survived by a sister, Anne M. Oulds, and a nephew, Alfred E. Oulds, both of St. Louis; a grand-niece and grand-nephew; and three great-grand-nieces and nephews.
Order for the Burial of the Dead will be read at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Grace Episcopal Church by the Rev. John Loving. Burial will follow in Odd Fellow Cemetery under the direction of E.M. Trout and Sons Funeral Directors.
Friends may call at the funeral home until noon Tuesday.
The family will be at the home 1414 East Hartford.
A memorial fund has been established in her name with Grace Episcopal Church.
******************************
Eunice's nephew was Alfred E. Oulds, Find a Grave #121324509. Her cousin on her mother's side was John Llewellyn Lewis, the labor leader and president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 (Find a Grave #19560).
BIOGRAPHY
(by Gale Boetius Perez, Find a Grave Contributor 47724849)
My grandmother, Olive Edith Kullgren, left many photographs of her dear friend Eunice Winifred Morgan. I've posted those pictures here and on a tree I created for Eunice on ancestry.com for the benefit of Eunice's family's descendants.
Eunice did not have any children. She was engaged while living in Ponca City, Oklahoma, but her future husband, an executive with Continental Oil, passed away and she never married. The information below comes from US censuses and city directories, and from reminiscences of her sister Anna's son Alfred and his wife Mickie.
Eunice was born May 26, 1897 in Lucas County, Iowa, to John L. Morgan (1868-1941) and Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Watkins (1876-1951). By 1910 her family had moved to Lafayette, Colorado, where she would have become friends with my grandmother.
My grandmother's family moved to Denver in the 'teens and soon after 1910, Eunice's family moved to Butte, Montana. The earliest photo here, of Eunice with her school friend Thelma Dean Hammond (Find a Grave Memorial 147294597), was taken in Butte, I think at Eunice's home because the home appears in another picture where Eunice is older and is wearing a white dress. Eunice's sister Anna's husband Alfred Oulds was from Butte.
In the 1920 census, Eunice, her parents, her brother William and sister Anna were living in Butte at 659 Main St. Eunice was working as a clerk for an oil company (Continental Oil or "Conoco" where she worked for the rest of her life in Denver and Ponca City, OK).
Some of my grandmother's pictures of Eunice were taken at Columbia Gardens, near Butte, and at Hunter's Hot Springs, also in Montana, and so probably were taken in the late 'teens when she lived in Butte.
By 1922, Eunice had moved to Denver and started as a clerk, then as a stenographer for Continental Oil. Eunice is in the Denver City Directory from 1922-29 at two addresses. My grandmother Olive was a stenographer for Continental Oil in Denver in 1921-23, and probably worked there until about 1924 (she moved to Los Angeles in 1924 or 1925, where she worked as a private secretary to Edward L. Doheny at two of his oil companies, Pan American Petroleum and Petroleum Securities Co.).
In the twenties, the two women were members of a club in Denver called I.O.U. Joy. It started as a social group of young women and grew to a philanthropic organization of at least 34 members. There are many references to Club meetings (who was hosted it, and what they did) in the newspaper "Littleton Independent." Olive left a picture of the club members and although I don't see Eunice in the picture, she was a club member and is mentioned in the Littleton Independent as having hosted some of the meetings.
Eunice moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma in 1929 or 1930 and initially worked as a secretary for Continental Oil. In 1930, she and her mother Lizzie were living with her sister Anna, Anna's husband Alfred E. Oulds, and their two year old son Alfred.
By 1936, Eunice had become Supervisor of the Personnel Department for Continental Oil and owned her own home at 903 South Seventh in Ponca City. Her brother William lived with her and was a clerk for Continental Oil.
In 1940, Anna, Anna's son Alfred, mother Lizzie and brother William were living with Eunice at her home. William was working in the advertising department at Continental Oil and Eunice was still Supervisor of the Personnel Department. By 1946, Eunice had purchased another home, at 615 South Osage.
I didn't know Eunice, but you can see from her expression in the photographs what a sweet and special lady she was. Her nephew Alfred and his wife Mickie that she was an extraordinary person - very intelligent, sweet, and even tempered, a woman who took care of everyone in the family.
Sadly, Eunice passed away from Hodgkin's Disease but was "a real trooper" (in the words of her nephew Alfred's wife Mickie) despite the pain and difficulties of coping with the disease. She died three days before her friend Olive, who had been living in Southern California since about 1924. Olive spoke often and affectionately of Eunice, and one can see their close bond from the photographs.
******************************
Obituary (Ponca City News, 10 February 1986)
Eunice W. Morgan died early Saturday morning in St. Louis, Mo. The resident of 1414 East Hartford was 88.
Born May 26, 1897, in Lucas, Iowa, she was the duaghter of John L. and Elizabeth Morgan. She lived in Colorado and Montana, and graduated from high school in 1915.
She was employed by Conoco in 1916 in Butte, Mont. She transferred to Denver in 1920, to Ponca City in 1940 and to Houston in 1955. She retired in Houston in 1957 after 41 years of service.
Miss Morgan was one of the first women to hold managerial positions in Conoco. Among the positions she held were supervisor of the transcribing section, personnel manager in Ponca City, and assistant to the manager of industrial relations in Houston.
She spent five years traveling in the United States, Europe and the Middle East.
She returned to Ponca City in 1970 following the death of her brother, Will.
A member of Grace Episcopal Church, she had served on the altar guild.
She is survived by a sister, Anne M. Oulds, and a nephew, Alfred E. Oulds, both of St. Louis; a grand-niece and grand-nephew; and three great-grand-nieces and nephews.
Order for the Burial of the Dead will be read at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Grace Episcopal Church by the Rev. John Loving. Burial will follow in Odd Fellow Cemetery under the direction of E.M. Trout and Sons Funeral Directors.
Friends may call at the funeral home until noon Tuesday.
The family will be at the home 1414 East Hartford.
A memorial fund has been established in her name with Grace Episcopal Church.
******************************
Eunice's nephew was Alfred E. Oulds, Find a Grave #121324509. Her cousin on her mother's side was John Llewellyn Lewis, the labor leader and president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 (Find a Grave #19560).
(by Gale Boetius Perez, Find a Grave Contributor 47724849)
My grandmother, Olive Edith Kullgren, left many photographs of her dear friend Eunice Winifred Morgan. I've posted those pictures here and on a tree I created for Eunice on ancestry.com for the benefit of Eunice's family's descendants.
Eunice did not have any children. She was engaged while living in Ponca City, Oklahoma, but her future husband, an executive with Continental Oil, passed away and she never married. The information below comes from US censuses and city directories, and from reminiscences of her sister Anna's son Alfred and his wife Mickie.
Eunice was born May 26, 1897 in Lucas County, Iowa, to John L. Morgan (1868-1941) and Elizabeth ("Lizzie") Watkins (1876-1951). By 1910 her family had moved to Lafayette, Colorado, where she would have become friends with my grandmother.
My grandmother's family moved to Denver in the 'teens and soon after 1910, Eunice's family moved to Butte, Montana. The earliest photo here, of Eunice with her school friend Thelma Dean Hammond (Find a Grave Memorial 147294597), was taken in Butte, I think at Eunice's home because the home appears in another picture where Eunice is older and is wearing a white dress. Eunice's sister Anna's husband Alfred Oulds was from Butte.
In the 1920 census, Eunice, her parents, her brother William and sister Anna were living in Butte at 659 Main St. Eunice was working as a clerk for an oil company (Continental Oil or "Conoco" where she worked for the rest of her life in Denver and Ponca City, OK).
Some of my grandmother's pictures of Eunice were taken at Columbia Gardens, near Butte, and at Hunter's Hot Springs, also in Montana, and so probably were taken in the late 'teens when she lived in Butte.
By 1922, Eunice had moved to Denver and started as a clerk, then as a stenographer for Continental Oil. Eunice is in the Denver City Directory from 1922-29 at two addresses. My grandmother Olive was a stenographer for Continental Oil in Denver in 1921-23, and probably worked there until about 1924 (she moved to Los Angeles in 1924 or 1925, where she worked as a private secretary to Edward L. Doheny at two of his oil companies, Pan American Petroleum and Petroleum Securities Co.).
In the twenties, the two women were members of a club in Denver called I.O.U. Joy. It started as a social group of young women and grew to a philanthropic organization of at least 34 members. There are many references to Club meetings (who was hosted it, and what they did) in the newspaper "Littleton Independent." Olive left a picture of the club members and although I don't see Eunice in the picture, she was a club member and is mentioned in the Littleton Independent as having hosted some of the meetings.
Eunice moved to Ponca City, Oklahoma in 1929 or 1930 and initially worked as a secretary for Continental Oil. In 1930, she and her mother Lizzie were living with her sister Anna, Anna's husband Alfred E. Oulds, and their two year old son Alfred.
By 1936, Eunice had become Supervisor of the Personnel Department for Continental Oil and owned her own home at 903 South Seventh in Ponca City. Her brother William lived with her and was a clerk for Continental Oil.
In 1940, Anna, Anna's son Alfred, mother Lizzie and brother William were living with Eunice at her home. William was working in the advertising department at Continental Oil and Eunice was still Supervisor of the Personnel Department. By 1946, Eunice had purchased another home, at 615 South Osage.
I didn't know Eunice, but you can see from her expression in the photographs what a sweet and special lady she was. Her nephew Alfred and his wife Mickie that she was an extraordinary person - very intelligent, sweet, and even tempered, a woman who took care of everyone in the family.
Sadly, Eunice passed away from Hodgkin's Disease but was "a real trooper" (in the words of her nephew Alfred's wife Mickie) despite the pain and difficulties of coping with the disease. She died three days before her friend Olive, who had been living in Southern California since about 1924. Olive spoke often and affectionately of Eunice, and one can see their close bond from the photographs.
******************************
Obituary (Ponca City News, 10 February 1986)
Eunice W. Morgan died early Saturday morning in St. Louis, Mo. The resident of 1414 East Hartford was 88.
Born May 26, 1897, in Lucas, Iowa, she was the duaghter of John L. and Elizabeth Morgan. She lived in Colorado and Montana, and graduated from high school in 1915.
She was employed by Conoco in 1916 in Butte, Mont. She transferred to Denver in 1920, to Ponca City in 1940 and to Houston in 1955. She retired in Houston in 1957 after 41 years of service.
Miss Morgan was one of the first women to hold managerial positions in Conoco. Among the positions she held were supervisor of the transcribing section, personnel manager in Ponca City, and assistant to the manager of industrial relations in Houston.
She spent five years traveling in the United States, Europe and the Middle East.
She returned to Ponca City in 1970 following the death of her brother, Will.
A member of Grace Episcopal Church, she had served on the altar guild.
She is survived by a sister, Anne M. Oulds, and a nephew, Alfred E. Oulds, both of St. Louis; a grand-niece and grand-nephew; and three great-grand-nieces and nephews.
Order for the Burial of the Dead will be read at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Grace Episcopal Church by the Rev. John Loving. Burial will follow in Odd Fellow Cemetery under the direction of E.M. Trout and Sons Funeral Directors.
Friends may call at the funeral home until noon Tuesday.
The family will be at the home 1414 East Hartford.
A memorial fund has been established in her name with Grace Episcopal Church.
******************************
Eunice's nephew was Alfred E. Oulds, Find a Grave #121324509. Her cousin on her mother's side was John Llewellyn Lewis, the labor leader and president of the United Mine Workers of America from 1920 to 1960 (Find a Grave #19560).
