People
Collection for person entities.
Pages
-
- Margaret Madeline (Sullivan) Lorenzen
- She was born in New York to Jeremiah Joseph and Anna R. Sullivan. US Census records show that her father was an airbrake inspector on a steam railroad. Her mother was a homemaker. She married William Lorenzen in Iowa in 1943. They moved to Palisade, Colorado after purchasing the Palisade Tribune in 1953. With Lorenzen, she ran the Palisade Tribune newspaper for twenty-six years (beginning in 1953). She helped William sell advertising and split reporting duties with him.
-
- Margaret McConnell
- Teacher at the Emerson school in the early 1900s. According to Angela (Audino) Simonetti, who spoke no English upon her arrival in Grand Junction, Colorado from Italy, McConnell was a fellow Catholic and very patient teacher who stayed after school to help Simonetti learn English.
-
- Margaret McGinley
- Early Grand Junction and Fruita resident. Her father, William McGinley, was one of the founders of Grand Junction.
-
- Margaret Shea
- A member of the Sisters of Charity. She was sent to work in St. Mary’s Hospital in Grand Junction in 1896. She was responsible for the production, procurement, and preparation of food for the hospital. This included growing vegetables and keeping chickens and cows.