Ethel May Moody

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: KHC-166

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection contains materials related to Ethel May Moody, including report cards from her elementary and high school education in Dodge City, a scrapbook of her time working at the Montgomery Ward department store in Dodge City, some correspondences, and a scrapbook of materials related to Governor of Kansas, Fred Hall. There are also materials from her parents and grandfather, including tintypes and photographs, as well as a marriage certificate and materials related to their education. There are also a number of postcards in the collection.

Dates

Creation: 1896 - 2000

Biographical / Historical

Ethel May Moody was a woman who lived and worked in Dodge City, Kansas almost all of her life. She had a lifelong career as a bookkeeper for the Montgomery Ward Company, a retail department store chain with locations throughout the United States. Ms. Moody worked for the Ward organization for 46 years.

Ethel May Woody was born in Spearville, Kansas on 07-02-1910 to George and Etta Leah (Richardson) Moody. She moved with her family to Dodge City when she was 7 years old. She had an older brother named Pearl.

Ethel graduated from Dodge City Senior High School in 1929. This was the first class to graduate out of the new building constructed at 1st Avenue and Mulberry Street. There were 99 graduating seniors that year. Ms. Moody began working for the Montgomery Ward Department Store in Dodge City. It was about 1932 and she was about 21 years of age. She stayed with the company until it ceased operations in Dodge City in December 1978.

After her retirement, Ethel remained busy due to her participation in numerous civic organizations. She was also quite active in the First Christian Church, where she served as a Sunday school teacher. She remained active until the last few years of her life.

Ethel did not marry. She was living in the Trinity Manor Nursing Home at the time of her death on 05-23-2004. Ethel was buried in the Greencrest Cemetery in Dodge City.

Note: Her name may be spelled as Ethel Mae Moody in newspaper archive articles.