Waldo F. Mitchell
(1885-1974)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Lillian Gladys Rippetoe

Waldo F. Mitchell 1 2 3

  • Born: 1 Dec 1885, Ervin Township, Howard, IN, USA 2 3 4
  • Marriage (1): Lillian Gladys Rippetoe on 2 Jun 1915 in , Vigo, IN
  • Died: 24 Mar 1974, Terre Haute, Vigo, IN at age 88 2 3
  • Buried: Terre Haute: Highland Lawn Cemetery, Vigo, IN 2 3

   FamilySearch ID: KFR4-VRC.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Obituary: Indianapolis News: obituary of Dr. Waldo F. Mitchell on 25 Mar 1974 in Indianapolis, Marion, IN. 3 Services for Dr. Waldo F. Mitchell, 88, professor emeritus of social studies at Indiana State University, will be Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Cross Funeral Home. Dr. Mitchell died yesterday in a Terre Haute nursing home. He was a teacher and principal at several Indiana public schools from 1907 to 1919. Dr. Mitchell graduated from the University of Chicago in 1922. He taught business and economics at DePauw University from 1927 to 1931 and at Indiana State University from 1931 to 1952. Dr. Mitchell was a member of the American Economics Association and cofoundcr and past president of the Indiana Academy of Social Sciences. Survivors wife Gladys; sons Howard, David; daughters Mrs. Samuel Beecher, Mrs. Ernest Deagan.

2. Occupation: teacher in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk, IA, USA.


Waldo married Lillian Gladys Rippetoe on 2 Jun 1915 in , Vigo, IN. (Lillian Gladys Rippetoe was born on 9 Sep 1893 in Caldwell, Bedford, TN, USA,2 4 died on 13 Aug 1991 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, IN, USA 2 and was buried in Terre Haute: Highland Lawn Cemetery, Vigo, IN 2.)


Sources


1 The Daily Item (Sunbury, PA), 31 Jul 2002, page 15. Obituary of Margaret M. Beecher.

2 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/26027366.

3 "Indianapolis News (Indianapolis, IN)," 25 Mar 1974, page 45. Obituary of Waldo F. Mitchell.

4 Pritchard, Ruth Mitchell, The genealogical record of the ancestors and descendants of Perley and Phebe (Lewis) Mitchell of Parke County, Indiana. 1958., Page 9.



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