Smucker, Barbara Claassen (1915-2003) - Revision history

Jlynch at 22:01, 9 December 2010

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	Smucker was born Sept. 1, 1915, at Newton, Kan., the daughter of Cornelius and Addie Claassen. She grew up in Newton and graduated from Kansas State University with an English degree.		Smucker was born Sept. 1, 1915, at Newton, Kan., the daughter of Cornelius and Addie Claassen. She grew up in Newton and graduated from Kansas State University with an English degree.

	She studied library science at Rosemary College in Illinois, where she worked as a librarian.		She studied library science at Rosemary [''sic'' Rosary] College in Illinois, where she worked as a librarian.

			As a reporter for the ''Evening Kansan-Republican'' in Newton, she interviewed several celebrities who passed through town on the Santa Fe Railroad, including actors Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Mary Pickford and Charles Laughton, and former president Herbert Hoover.

			She met her husband, Donovan Smucker — later a distinguished Mennonite academic and pastor — when she interviewed him for the newspaper. They were married Jan. 21, 1939. Her husband, with whom she was honored by Bluffton College in 1989, died in 2001.

			Survivors include two sons, Timothy Smucker of Atlanta and Thomas Smucker of New york City; a daughter, Rebecca Smucker-Blick of Douglas, Mich.; three brothers, Lander Claassen of Florida, Walter Claassen of Newton, Kan., and Morris Claassen of Great Bend, Kan.; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

			Funeral was Aug. 2 at First Mennonite Church in Bluffton.


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Jlynch at 21:54, 9 December 2010

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 [[Image:smucker_barbara_claassen_2003.jpg|200 px|right]] One of Smucker's books, ''Underground to Canada,'' was named one of the 50 best books of all time in Canada.  A final book, ''Selina and the Shoo Fly Pie,'' was published in 1999.
-Smucker had received numerous awards for her writing, including an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Bluffton College in 1989.  Other awards include the Canada council Award and the Vicki Metcalf Awared.
+Smucker had received numerous awards for her writing, including an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Bluffton College in 1989.  Other awards include the Canada council Award and the Vicki Metcalf Award.
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Jlynch at 20:46, 9 December 2010

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	BLUFFTON, Ohio — Barbara Claassen Smucker, the author of 14 wel-regarded books for children, died July 29 in Bluffton. She was 87.		BLUFFTON, Ohio — Barbara Claassen Smucker, the author of 14 wel-regarded books for children, died July 29 in Bluffton. She was 87.

	[[Image:~~smucker_barbara_claassen_2003jpg~~\|200 px\|right]] One of Smucker's books, ''Underground to Canada,'' was named one of the 50 best books of all time in Canada. A final book, ''Selina and the Shoo Fly Pie,'' was published in 1999.		[[Image:smucker_barbara_claassen_2003.jpg\|200 px\|right]] One of Smucker's books, ''Underground to Canada,'' was named one of the 50 best books of all time in Canada. A final book, ''Selina and the Shoo Fly Pie,'' was published in 1999.

	Smucker had received numerous awards for her writing, including an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Bluffton College in 1989. Other awards include the Canada council Award and the Vicki Metcalf Awared.		Smucker had received numerous awards for her writing, including an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Bluffton College in 1989. Other awards include the Canada council Award and the Vicki Metcalf Awared.

Jlynch at 20:46, 9 December 2010

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	''Newton Kansan'' obituary: 2003 Aug 1 p. 2		''Newton Kansan'' obituary: 2003 Aug 1 p. 2

	Birth date: 1915		Birth date: 1915 Sep 1


	''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2003 Aug 11 p. 7		''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2003 Aug 11 p. 7

	''Mennonite Weekly Review'' ~~obituary: 2003 Dec 29 p~~. 7		text of obituary:

			<center><font size="+2">'''Author of 14 children's books dies at age 87'''</font></center>

			<font size="1">By Mennonite Weekly Review staff</font>

			BLUFFTON, Ohio — Barbara Claassen Smucker, the author of 14 wel-regarded books for children, died July 29 in Bluffton. She was 87.

			[[Image:smucker_barbara_claassen_2003jpg\|200 px\|right]] One of Smucker's books, ''Underground to Canada,'' was named one of the 50 best books of all time in Canada. A final book, ''Selina and the Shoo Fly Pie,'' was published in 1999.

			Smucker had received numerous awards for her writing, including an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Bluffton College in 1989. Other awards include the Canada council Award and the Vicki Metcalf Awared.


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			''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2003 Aug 11 p. 7

			''Mennonite Weekly Review'' obituary: 2003 Dec 29 p. 7

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''Newton Kansan'' obituary: 2003 Aug 1 p. 2

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