02/15/1998
Name: Marjory (Kinne) Crouch
Birth: May 27, 1897
Death: Feb. 15, 1998
Burial: Graceland Cemetery – Knoxville – Marion County, Iowa
Spouse: John M. Crouch
Her father died at an early age
Father: Frank M. Kinne (b.Oct 24,1858 – d.Oct 8,1906)
Mother: Ella Barnes Kinne (b.Dec 20,1866 – d.Dec. 8,1955)
Siblings:
1. Frances Elinor (Kinne) (Leonard N.) Roberson (b.1902-d.2002)
She was preceded in death by brothers
2. Jean Kinne (b.Dec. 31, 1893-d.Mar. 25, 1972)
(Married: Florence M. Ives)
3. Morris Kinne of Iowa (b.Nov. 18, 1895-d.Jan. 9, 1961)
(Married: Gladys Iola Shirley)
Margery Kinne Crouch, 1897-1998. Mrs. Crouch was born Margery Kinne in Knoxville, Iowa, the daughter of a grocer. Her college experience is unknown. She was teaching school in Pueblo, Colorado in 1920 (census).
In 1925 she was back in Knoxville, again working as a teacher, with two years of college. By 1928 she was married, living in Berkeley, California, and working as a teacher (City Directory). In a 1930 directory, she was again listed in Berkeley with spouse John M. Crouch, who appears in no subsequent records.
In 1948 she became the vice-principal of the Narimasu School for Americans in Yokohama, Japan (under U.S. Army jurisdiction). By 1951 she owned a home in North Oakland, but continued to spend the school year abroad, in Yokohama and then Germany. We are not clear when she first came to PHHS as Dean of Girls, perhaps 1958 or 1959. She became Vice-Principal for the 1961-62 year.
She left PHHS after the 1963 school year; we presume that she retired. In 1967, at age 70, she took passage on a freighter around the world.
She died three months after a 100th birthday party attended by nieces, nephews, and cousins, as well as friends from near and far.