Mary Myers, Class of 1956

Mary was born on July 20, 1933, in Shawnee, Oklahoma to Thomas B. Myers Sr. And Mary Nell Robinson Myers. Colleen was a graduate of Milikin University with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a Masters in Guidance. She moved to Appleton in 1961 and accepted a position as Program Service Director and Chalk Hills Camp Director for the Fox River Area Girl Scout Council. She became Executive Director of the Council in the late 1960s and retired from that position in 1990. She was active in her community through the Business and Professional Women’s organization, the Appleton Medical Center Auxiliary, and LEAVEN. She was a member and past president of the Sons of Norway Norse Valley Lodge 491. She also served on the Appleton Housing Authority Board and was active in Rotary.

Her love of the Girl Scouts and outdoors led to lifelong friendships in the United States and Norway. She was an avid woodworker, antique collector, genealogist, and prankster.
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Mary Colleen Myers Obituary (tributearchive.com)