Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameAlice Elizabeth "Betty" Wynn 
Birth21 Jul 1930, Wichita, Sedgwick Co, KS
Death14 Mar 2015, Wichita, Sedgwick Co, KS
Misc. Notes
Born to to John Thomas & Gladys Mary (Doty) Wynn of Copeland, KS. Her mother doctored in Wichita & came to Wichita to deliver her children. She graduated from Southwestern University in Winfield, KS in 1951.
She was elected honorary vice president general for life on April 19, 2001, at the 110th Continental Congress of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). The office is in recognition of valuable service to the national society, and the number of honorary vice presidents general at any time is 13. Betty was only the second Kansas member to be elected to this office. She served as state regent of the Kansas Society 1989-1992, and was elected a vice president general in 1993 for a term of three years.
[Obituary] Downing & Lahey Mortuary
McGehee, Alice Elizabeth “Betty” (Wynn), 84, died Saturday, March 14, 2015. Betty was born in Wichita, but was raised in Copeland, KS. She received her Bachelor Degree in Music Education from Southwestern College, and MS in Music from Kansas State University. She was a public school music teacher in Sterling, Peabody, and the Wichita area. She was married to Richard McGehee for 57 years. She was a member of First United Methodist Church over 55 years. She was a member and officer in numerous heredity societies; this includes Honorary Vice President General of the National Society of the Daughters of The American Revolution and of the National Society of the Daughters of American Colonists. Visitation with the Family will be from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at Downing & Lahey Mortuary East. Funeral service will be at 2:30 P.M., Thursday, March 19, 2015, at First United Methodist Church. Betty was preceded in death by her parents, John and Gladys Wynn; brother, John Wynn; sister, Mary Jean Wynn. She is survived by her husband, Richard C. McGehee, of Wichita, KS; daughter, Gayle McGehee Baldwin (Curtis), of Scottsdale, AZ; sons, Bruce (DeAnna), of New Albany, MS, Steven (Deanne), of Yukon, OK; grandchildren, Cal, Caroline, Catherine, Ethan, Annabelle.
She was elected honorary vice president general for life on April 19, 2001, at the 110th Continental Congress of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). The office is in recognition of valuable service to the national society, and the number of honorary vice presidents general at any time is 13. Betty was only the second Kansas member to be elected to this office. She served as state regent of the Kansas Society 1989-1992, and was elected a vice president general in 1993 for a term of three years.
[Obituary] Downing & Lahey Mortuary
McGehee, Alice Elizabeth “Betty” (Wynn), 84, died Saturday, March 14, 2015. Betty was born in Wichita, but was raised in Copeland, KS. She received her Bachelor Degree in Music Education from Southwestern College, and MS in Music from Kansas State University. She was a public school music teacher in Sterling, Peabody, and the Wichita area. She was married to Richard McGehee for 57 years. She was a member of First United Methodist Church over 55 years. She was a member and officer in numerous heredity societies; this includes Honorary Vice President General of the National Society of the Daughters of The American Revolution and of the National Society of the Daughters of American Colonists. Visitation with the Family will be from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M., Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at Downing & Lahey Mortuary East. Funeral service will be at 2:30 P.M., Thursday, March 19, 2015, at First United Methodist Church. Betty was preceded in death by her parents, John and Gladys Wynn; brother, John Wynn; sister, Mary Jean Wynn. She is survived by her husband, Richard C. McGehee, of Wichita, KS; daughter, Gayle McGehee Baldwin (Curtis), of Scottsdale, AZ; sons, Bruce (DeAnna), of New Albany, MS, Steven (Deanne), of Yukon, OK; grandchildren, Cal, Caroline, Catherine, Ethan, Annabelle.