Winnie moved to Seattle and the District of Ballard in 1922, where she was raised in a home, which originally stood on the sight of where the Monroe Junior High School building now stands. The house was moved, to make room for the building of the school, to its present location, one block away, to the corner of 67th Street and 19th Avenue N.W., in Ballard.
Winnie is the last original member of Ballard Trinity Methodist Church, her father being one of the founding members and driving force in establishing the church. She graduated from Monroe Junior High School in 1933 and from Ballard High School in 1937. After high school she went to work at the Woolworth’s Five and Dime store once located in downtown Seattle. Her ambition was to become an interior decorator. But marriage, followed by a son, and then a war put these dreams on hold. A growing family would only allow her the time to practice and enjoy her passion for interior decorating of her Seattle home and a summer home.
She was married on August 31, 1940, at the home of her parents, in Seattle, to Leo Carl Wenzel.
Winnie was a stay-at-home mom until after her sons graduated from high school. She was a Cub Scout Den mother when her youngest was in scouts.
After her sons graduated from high school she went to work as an assistant woman’s department manager for Fred Meyer. After retiring she and Leo traveled throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.
She was a member of the Daughters of the Nile, and the David Douglas Chapter, Washington State Society of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, having two family members killed on Lexington Green, April 19, 1775, the day of the “shot heard round the world.”
Winnie is the last original member of Ballard Trinity Methodist Church, her father being one of the founding members and driving force in establishing the church. She graduated from Monroe Junior High School in 1933 and from Ballard High School in 1937. After high school she went to work at the Woolworth’s Five and Dime store once located in downtown Seattle. Her ambition was to become an interior decorator. But marriage, followed by a son, and then a war put these dreams on hold. A growing family would only allow her the time to practice and enjoy her passion for interior decorating of her Seattle home and a summer home.
She was married on August 31, 1940, at the home of her parents, in Seattle, to Leo Carl Wenzel.
Winnie was a stay-at-home mom until after her sons graduated from high school. She was a Cub Scout Den mother when her youngest was in scouts.
After her sons graduated from high school she went to work as an assistant woman’s department manager for Fred Meyer. After retiring she and Leo traveled throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.
She was a member of the Daughters of the Nile, and the David Douglas Chapter, Washington State Society of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, having two family members killed on Lexington Green, April 19, 1775, the day of the “shot heard round the world.”
Winnie moved to Seattle and the District of Ballard in 1922, where she was raised in a home, which originally stood on the sight of where the Monroe Junior High School building now stands. The house was moved, to make room for the building of the school, to its present location, one block away, to the corner of 67th Street and 19th Avenue N.W., in Ballard.
Winnie is the last original member of Ballard Trinity Methodist Church, her father being one of the founding members and driving force in establishing the church. She graduated from Monroe Junior High School in 1933 and from Ballard High School in 1937. After high school she went to work at the Woolworth’s Five and Dime store once located in downtown Seattle. Her ambition was to become an interior decorator. But marriage, followed by a son, and then a war put these dreams on hold. A growing family would only allow her the time to practice and enjoy her passion for interior decorating of her Seattle home and a summer home.
She was married on August 31, 1940, at the home of her parents, in Seattle, to Leo Carl Wenzel.
Winnie was a stay-at-home mom until after her sons graduated from high school. She was a Cub Scout Den mother when her youngest was in scouts.
After her sons graduated from high school she went to work as an assistant woman’s department manager for Fred Meyer. After retiring she and Leo traveled throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.
She was a member of the Daughters of the Nile, and the David Douglas Chapter, Washington State Society of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, having two family members killed on Lexington Green, April 19, 1775, the day of the “shot heard round the world.”
Winnie is the last original member of Ballard Trinity Methodist Church, her father being one of the founding members and driving force in establishing the church. She graduated from Monroe Junior High School in 1933 and from Ballard High School in 1937. After high school she went to work at the Woolworth’s Five and Dime store once located in downtown Seattle. Her ambition was to become an interior decorator. But marriage, followed by a son, and then a war put these dreams on hold. A growing family would only allow her the time to practice and enjoy her passion for interior decorating of her Seattle home and a summer home.
She was married on August 31, 1940, at the home of her parents, in Seattle, to Leo Carl Wenzel.
Winnie was a stay-at-home mom until after her sons graduated from high school. She was a Cub Scout Den mother when her youngest was in scouts.
After her sons graduated from high school she went to work as an assistant woman’s department manager for Fred Meyer. After retiring she and Leo traveled throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe.
She was a member of the Daughters of the Nile, and the David Douglas Chapter, Washington State Society of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, having two family members killed on Lexington Green, April 19, 1775, the day of the “shot heard round the world.”
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