MayBelle Mildred Beznoska

1914 - 2007  (92 years)

• Name	MayBelle Mildred Beznoska  [1, 2]
  Birth	25 Apr 1914	Junction City, Comanche County, Oklahoma   [2, 3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	2 Apr 2007	Houghton Lake, Roscommon County, Michigan   [2]
  Notes	In a biography she wrote for her children and grandchildren, MayBelle said that she started school in Nebraska, where they were temporarily living to help care for her ailing grandmother Schere. After she completed the fourth grade, they returned to Oklahoma and for her fifth and sixth grade year she and her sister walked to school in Junction City. She lived with "distant relatives Harry and Lilly" to help them care for their three year old daughter when she was seventh grade, while attending Cameron College. The next year she retured home and attended eighth grade in Walters. At the start of High School, she returned to Cameron College, where she was a boarding student for one year, until Geronimo opened a new High School. There were seven students in her 1931 graduating class: Harold Lee Walker, Edna Jo Watson, Golda Mae Northcutt, James Donald Stewart, Willie E. Walker, James Donivan Outenreath and MayBelle herself. MayBelle was class president, with James Donald Stewart serving as secretary. From the time her mother lost her eye, MayBelle had to do all the families sewing, and she also worked side by side with her father on the farm, cuting wheat and oats with a horse drawn thrasher. Obituary MayBelle M. Hutchins, 93, Houghton Lake, died April 2, 2007, at West Branch Regional Medical Center. A memorial service at the family home is planned April 15. Burial will be in Sunset Hills Memorial Park, Flint. Mrs. Hutchins was born in Junction City, OK, April 25, 1914, to Louis and Mildred (Boulier) Beznoska. She married Alfred T. Hutchins in Indiana Aug. 5, 1933. Mrs. Hutchins was a custodian at Mott Community College and a florist for Anthony's, both in Flint. The couple moved to Houghton Lake from Flint in 1976. Mr. Hutchins died in 1992. Mrs. Hutchins was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Besides her husband, she was preceded in death by her parents and in 1947 by a baby son. Mrs. Hutchins is survived by a daughter, Barbara and her husband Charles Sherbenaut of Houghton Lake; a son, Wayne B. Hutchins Sr. of Arizona; a sister, Mazella Thomason of Oklahoma; 11 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and eight great-great-grandchildren. Christler Funeral Home-Houghton Lake Chapel handled arrangements. http://www.houghtonlakeresorter.com/news/2007-04-05/front_page/12288.html
  Person ID	I13833	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Father	Louis Beznoska,   b. 30 Jan 1888, Morse Bluff, Saunders County, Nebraska d. 11 Nov 1958, Walters, Cotton County, Oklahoma (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Mildred Schere,   b. 24 Dec 1896, Nebraska d. 26 Dec 1989, Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	4 Nov 1913	Nebraska City, Otoe County, Nebraska   [1]
  	Millie Beznoska witnessed their wedding.
  Family ID	F5468	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alfred Thomas Hutchins,   b. 22 May 1911   d. 27 Feb 1992, Hidalgo County, Texas (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	5 Aug 1933	La Porte County, Indiana
  	In the biography she prepared for her children and grandchildren, MayBelle writes that she and Al met when he was living with an Aunt and Uncle in Lawton. In 1932, she went on a blind date with Al's roomate, and her friend with Al. Before the evening was over, they "switched" dates, and continued to date over the next three months until his college graduation, when he returned to Flint, Michigan. They corresponded for the next 18 months, until Al found a job and asked her to come to Michigan. Her parents, who approved of him, sold a cow and bought her a bus ticket. The following weekend the young couple drove to Indiana and eloped in a ceremony officiated by Rev. Frohm, taking the train into Chicago the next day for the 1933 World's Fair. In Al's biography he called it a "fast wild ride and believe it or not we did not see the fair." When they returned to Flint, they were greeted with a Shiveree, and the newleyweds ended up at the corner beer garden treating friends to drinks until their money was exhausted. Two months after their weddding, Al was laid off. They moved in with his parents, where the lived for the next 12 years.
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F518	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2011

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Apr 1914 - Junction City, Comanche County, Oklahoma Marriage - 5 Aug 1933 - La Porte County, Indiana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Beznoska, MayBelle Wife of Alfred Hutchins B. 1914 Oklahoma D. 2007 Michigan

  
  

• Sources

  [S190] Mastny, Caroline--Family Researcher, 410 W. 19th Street, Schuyler, Nebraska 68661. [S333] Ancestry.com - U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-Current [database online], (Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2011. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Birth years for the individuals listed range from 1875 to last year. Information in these records includes name, birth date, death date, and last known residence.). [S190] Mastny, Caroline--Family Researcher, 410 W. 19th Street, Schuyler, Nebraska 68661, She has DOB as 25 Apr 1914 (Reliability: 3).