GRETCHEN HAYES WEBER
(née GREENWOOD)

Born: August 19, 1935    Jamestown, Stutsman, North Dakota
Died: February 16, 2015


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Marriage:
 
 
Raymond James Greenwood
Anabelle Iola Brockman
 
St. John's Academy, Jamestown, ND
Graduated 1953
College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN
Graduated 1957 with MA in Fine Arts

Editor of the Catherine Wheel, the college newspaper
Editor of a quarterly journal, Apostolic Perspectives, for Fides Press at Notre Dame University
Taught Calligraphy at the Art Department at Iowa State University for ten years

Thomas Anthony Weber
August 22, 1959
Church of St. James, Jamestown, ND
Gretchen Hayes Weber (née Greenwood)

Children: Elizabeth Ann Oct. 30, 1960  
  Catherine Sienna Apr.  27, 1962  
  Mary Nov. 7, 1963  
  Madeleine Sept. 11, 1966  

Notes: Gretchen Greenwood was born in Medina, ND in 1935 and grew up in Jamestown, ND. She graduated from St. John's Academy in 1953 and from the College of
  St. Catherine, St. Paul, MN 1957. An English major, Gretchen edited the Catherine Wheel, the college newspaper, for two years. After graduation, she was hired by Fides Press at Notre Dame University to edit a quarterly journal, Apostolic Perspectives. At Iowa State University, Gretchen taught Calligraphy in the Art Department for ten years.
 
Martha Greenwood Spaans reminisces on her sister:  "Gretchen Weber, MA Fine Arts, neglected to mention that she is included in A Tribute to Outstanding Minnesota Women Who Are Recognized in the 2000-2001 Edition of Who's Who of American Women: Gretchen Greenwood Weber, College of St. Catherine '57, Calligrapher, Illustrator."

Ancestry: The Balder Line
  The Greenwood Line
  The Franz Kampa Line

The Greenwood Family

Photograph of the Smiths and Greenwoods in Minneapolis, MN

Gretchen Weber Interview, Iowa Women Artists Oral History Project, March 31, 1999

In Memory of Gretchen Greenwood Weber 1935 - 2015

Gretchen and Martha Greenwood.
Gretchen and Martha Greenwood

The Greenwoods and Greenwood Grandchildren.
The Greenwoods and Greenwood Grandchildren
Left to right: Martha, grandfather Ernest, Gretchen, Mary Claire, Jimmy and grandmother Clara

Gretchen Greenwood, Gayle Joos, Martha Greenwood and Mary Claire Greenwood.
Left to right: Gretchen Greenwood, Gayle Joos, Martha Greenwood and Mary Claire Greenwood

Siblings Gretchen and Angela.
Siblings Gretchen and Angela

Siblings Martha, Gretchen, Raymond and Angela.
Left to right: Siblings Martha, Gretchen, Raymond and Angela
At Gretchen Spaans and Bob Biggs Wedding
McCabe-Marlowe House, Grand Rapids, MI
May 8, 1993

Siblings Martha, Raymond, Angela and Gretchen.
Left to right: Siblings Martha, Raymond, Angela and Gretchen

Greenwood Family.
Left to right:Martha Greenwood Spaans, Tom Weber, Marsha Sovada, Gretchen Weber (née Greenwood), and Ed Spaans
Jamestown, ND
2000

Gretchen Greenwood, Gayle Joos, Martha Greenwood and Mary Claire Greenwood.  Gretchen Greenwood, Gayle Joos, Martha Greenwood and Mary Claire Greenwood.
Left to right: Niece Gretchen Biggs, grand-niece Ruby Biggs (5 years old), sister Martha Spaans and Gretchen Weber
Webers from Iowa visiting Grand Rapids, MI

Gretchen Hayes Weber (née Greenwood)
Thomas Anthony and Gretchen Hayes Weber (née Greenwood)
Gretchen Hayes Weber (née Greenwood) Thomas Anthony and Gretchen Hayes Weber (née Greenwood)

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