Fourth Generation

19.  Robert James Quirk "Bob"1,2 (William Edward, Robert, Edward) was born2,3 30 Aug 1917 in Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa. He died1,4 21 Feb 1982 in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri and was buried2,4 23 Feb 1982 in Mt. Mariah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

Bob was accounted for3 10 Apr 1930 in 5th Precinct, Dubuque, JT, Dubuque County, Iowa. He was accounted for5 25 Apr 1976 in Shawnee Mission, Johnson County, Kansas.

Notes -

1.  Ref. given names, birth date and death date of Robert James Quirk as cited by Katie Quirk to Richard C. Casey, 7 May 2004.

'Robert James Quirk was born August 30, 1917 in Ft. Dodge, Iowa.  Died February 21, 1982.  James was his confirmation name.' 

 2.  Ref. general biographical information as cited by John A. Casey, 'Descendants of Edward and Johanna Quirk ref. Patrick and Bridget Casey', 27 Mar 1991:

Robert J. and Fronalee Eaker Quirk inherited a piece of land in Colony, Kansas from the estate of Father Michael Quirk.

3.  Ref. general biographical information as cited by Katie Quirk, e-mail to Richard C. Casey, 7 May 2004.

William E. Quirk, Sr. [Robert's father] inherited the land in Colony, Kansas.  It was originally 40 acres purchased as an investment because it was suspected that oil could be found.  When Bob and Fron came to KC someone contacted William E. Senior about drilling there, and he referred them to Bob.  No oil but Bob and his dad decided to start raising cattle.  After William's death in 1955, Bob added more land until there was approximately 2000 acres fenced with cattle.  After Bob's death [son] W.E. (Bill) managed it until it was sold in 1998.

 4.  Ref. general biographical information as cited by Katie Quirk, e-mail to Richard C. Casey, 1 May 2004.

'[My] dad turned the Colony, Kansas land into a cattle ranch, which he enjoyed for many, many years.  He had a man [,Ed] (and later. . .[Ed's]. . .son) running the ranch for him during the weekdays, but he rarely missed going on a Saturday - (Sundays were always reserved for golf).

I remember getting up early occasionally on a Saturday morning and driving down there with him.  We'd go out in Ed's truck and drive around in the fields and look at the cattle.  We'd sit in the middle of all the cattle and talk and talk about the ranch and the trials and tribulations Ed was faced with during the week.  My dad was always so relaxed there.

My brother Bill continued to run the ranch after my dad's death, and we only sold the land a few years ago.  My brother just didn't have the time and cattle prices were so low then that it was a good time to get out of the business.'

5.  Ref. death of Robert J. Quirk as cited by Katie Quirk, e-mail to Richard C. Casey, 1 May 2004.

'My dad died of a brain tumor.  He was originally diagnosed by his doctor as being depressed.  He had retired from his job, and I remember the doctor thinking that my dad was having a tough time dealing with retirement, when in reality he had developed this tumor.  By the time he was diagnosed and he went through an operation to remove the tumor, it was December of that year, and he died the following February, so it was all rather sudden and fast - of course it didn't seem all that fast at the time.  My dad was a great

guy....I still think of him often and miss him terribly.'

 6.  Obituary of Robert J. Quirk, Dubuque, Iowa:  Dubuque Telegraph Herald, 26 Feb 1982.

Services for Robert J. Quirk, 64, of Mission Hills, [Johnson County,] Kan., formerly of Dubuque, were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday [23 Feb 1982] at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Prairie Village, [Johnson County,] Kan.  Burial was in Mount Mariah Cemetery, Kansas City, [Clay County,] Mo.

Mr. Quirk died Sunday morning [21 Feb 1982] in a Kansas City (Mo.) hospital.  He graduated from Loras College in Dubuque, and the University of Iowa Law School in Iowa City.  He was an FBI agent during World War II, and upon completion of his FBI assignment and a brief service in the practice of law in Dubuque, he was called for special military service with the Army.  Following his service duty, he was employed with the Atomic Energy Commission, and Bendix Corporation in Kansas City, Mo., where he served as plant manager for 13 years prior to his retirement two years ago.

Surviving are his wife, Fronalee; two sons, William and Jim, and a daughter Katie, all of Mission Hills[, Johnson County, Kansas].

Bob married1,2 Fronalee Eaker "Casey"1,2 on 16 May 1947 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.

They had the following children:

+            33    M         i.    William Edward Quirk was born 20 Jan 1950.

              34    F          ii.    Katherine Ann Quirk "Katie"1,2,4 was born2,6 12 Sep 1954 in St. Luke's Hospital, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.

Katie graduated from Sunset Hill School 1972  Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. She attended college2,7 at H. Sophie Newcomb College, Tulane University, NO, Louisiana. She graduated from  Katherine Gibbs School, Providence, PC, Rhode Island. She graduated from Dec 1980  Rockhurst University, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. She was7 an operations manager for Knight-Ridder Financial for 13 years 1980/1993. She was accounted for4 21 Feb 1982 in Mission Hills, Johnson County, Kansas.

Notes -

1.  Ref. biographical information for Katherine Quirk as cited by herself to Richard C. Casey, 7 May 2004.

'Katherine Ann Quirk, born September 12, 1954, St. Luke's Hospital, etc.  Graduated Sunset Hill School, KCMO, 1972.  Attended Tulane University/Sophie Newcomb, Katharine Gibbs Secretarial School in Providence, RI and graduated from Rockhurst College, KCMO in December 1980.    Associated with Knight-Ridder Financial for 13 years in various management positions.  Married in 1994 to Michael J. McCormick and divorced in 1999.'

Katie married2,6 Michael J. McCormick2,6 in 1994. The marriage ended in divorce.

+            35    M       iii.    Robert James Quirk was born 31 May 1961.

23.   Robert Edward Casey "Bob"1,8 (Francis Edward Casey, Mary G. Quirk, Edward) was born8,9,10 17 Jun 1918 in Iowa. He died8 30 Oct 1998.

Bob was accounted for9 6 Jan 1920 in Ward 3, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. He was accounted for10 10 Apr 1930 in Ward 3, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.

Bob married1 Helen Jean Latimer1.

They had the following children:

              36    M         i.    Michael Casey1.

              37    M        ii.    Marc Casey1.

              38    M       iii.    Robert Edward Casey1.

              39    F         iv.   Jean Casey1.

              40    F          v.    Therese Casey1.

25.   Frances Aileen Casey "Aileen"1 (Francis Edward Casey, Mary G. Quirk, Edward) was born10 about 1922 in Iowa. She died11 before 14 Aug 2003.

Aileen was accounted for10 10 Apr 1930 in Ward 3, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.

Notes -

1.  Ref. given name of Frances Aileen Casey:

US Census, 1930 - Ward 3, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa cites Aileen F.

Aileen married1,12 Lynn A. Stambaugh1. The marriage ended in divorce.

They had the following children:

              41    F           i.   Mary Stambaugh1.

              42    F          ii.    Beth Stambaugh1.

26.   Genevieve Marie Casey "Marie"1,8,11,13,14 (Francis Edward Casey, Mary G. Quirk, Edward) was born8,10 16 Aug 1924 in Iowa. She died8,13,14 1 Jul 1999 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas and was buried13,14 7 Jul 1999 in Nacogdoches, Nacogdoches County, Texas.

Marie was accounted for10 10 Apr 1930 in Ward 3, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.

Notes -

1.  Ref. given names of Genevieve Marie Casey:

a.  US Census, 1930 - Ward 3, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa cites Marie G.

2.  Obituary for [Genevieve] Marie Casey MacPeak, Mason City Globe Gazette, July 6, 1999.

MARIE MACPEAK

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Mrs. Marie MacPeak, 74, of Nacogdoches, died Thursday (July 1, 1999) in Dallas.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at the Cason Monk-Metcalf Sunset Chapel, in Nacogdoches, with Monsignor James E. Young, of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, officiating.

Visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Home, 5400 North Street, Nacogdoches.

3.  Obituary for [Genevieve] Marie Casey MacPeak, Mason City Globe Gazette, July 7, 1999.

MARIE CASEY MACPEAK

NACOGDOCHES, Texas - Mrs. Marie Casey MacPeak, 74, of Nacogdoches, died Thursday (July 1, 1999) in Dallas.

Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. today at the Cason Monk-Metcalf Sunset Chapel, in Nacogdoches, with Monsignor James E. Young, of Sacred Heart Catholic Church, officiating.

Visitation was held Tuesday at the Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Home, Nacogdoches.

Marie married Malcolm D. MacPeak1,8. Malcolm was born8 9 Apr 1931. He died8 8 Jul 2000.

They had the following children:

+            43    F          i.    Terri MacPeak.

              44    M        ii.    John MacPeak1.

              45    M       iii.    Michael MacPeak1.

27.   John Augustus Casey "Jack"1 (Francis Edward Casey, Mary G. Quirk, Edward) was born15 4 Jun 1928 in Mason City, Iowa. He died15 14 May 2000 in Valparaiso, Indiana.

Jack was accounted for10 10 Apr 1930 in Ward 3, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.

Jack married Mary Lou Margaret Flynn1 on 25 Aug 1951. Mary was born1 1 Mar 1929 in Gary, Indiana.

They had the following children:

+            46    M         i.    Kevin John Casey was born 16 Jun 1952.

+            47    M        ii.    Francis William Casey was born 19 Jun 1953.

              48    M       iii.    Patrick Flynn Casey1 was born1 28 Jun 1954 in Saginaw, MI.

+            49    M       iv.    Sean Christopher Casey was born 10 Feb 1956.

              50    F        v.    Bridget Catherine Casey1 was born1 22 Mar 1957 in Gary, Lake County, Indiana.

+            51    F       vi.    Maureen Ann Casey was born 13 Feb 1959.

+            52    F      vii.    Sheila Aileen Casey was born 3 Sep 1962.

              53    M     viii.    Brian Joseph Casey1 was born1 22 Oct 1964 in Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana.

28.  John Joseph Casey (Charles Harold Casey, Mary G. Quirk, Edward) was born16,17 7 Jan 1928 in Mercy Hospital, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa and was christened17 10 Jan 1928 in Mercy Hospital, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. He died18 30 Dec 1988 in St. Mary's Home, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota and was buried19 5 Jan 1989 in Fort Snelling National Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota.

John was accounted for10 4 Apr 1930 in Ward 3, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. He was inducted into the United States Marine Corps Aug 1945  Great Lakes Naval Station, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. He received his basic training in (PFC) Aug 1945  Camp Pendelton, San Diego, San Diego County, California. He was discharged in (CPL) Sep 1948  Camp Elliott, California.

Notes -

1.  Ref. birth of John Joseph Casey, Birth Announcement, Mason City Globe Gazette, Mason City, Iowa, Jan 1928.

Mr. and Mrs. Harold Casey, 536 Seventh street southeast, are the parents of a boy born at Mercy hospital Saturday morning at 1:30 o'clock.

2.  Ref. birth of John Joseph Casey, Baby Book, St. Joseph Mercy Hospital, Mason City, Iowa, Jan 1928.

B. Saturday January 7, 1928 at 1:30 am.  Physician - Dr. M. J. Fitzpatrick.  Nurse - Miss Fitzpatrick.  Weight - 4 lbs., 12 oz.  Lenght - 21 1/2 inches.

Christened - January 10, 1928 at 10:20 pm, Mercy Hospital, by Rev. P. S. O'Connor.  Godparents - Mr. and Mrs. Gus Casey.

First toy - rattle.  First tooth - 8 months 14 days.  First short clothes - 4 months.  First shoes - 6 months.  First presents - Blanket, shoes, booties, cap, sweater, bath robe.

John married20 Elizabeth Jane Swanson "Betty", daughter of Paul Everett Swanson and Helen Marie Buffington, on 2 Mar 1950 in Holy Family Catholic Church, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. Betty was born 6 Aug 1930 in Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa and was christened 9 Oct 1954 in Immaculate Conception Church, Sumner, Bremer County, Iowa.

Betty made20 made her First Communion 10 Oct 1954 at Immaculate Conception Church, Sumner, Bremer County, Iowa. She was confirmed on20 17 Oct 1954 in Immaculate Conception Church, Sumner, Bremer County, Iowa.

They had the following children:

              54    M         i.    Richard Charles Casey "Rick" was born21 7 Apr 1952 in Sartori Memorial Hospital, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa and was christened20 4 May 1952 in St. Patrick's Church, Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa.

Rick made20 made his First Communion 19 Jun 1960 at St. Bonafice Church, Exira, Audubon County, Iowa. He was confirmed on20 4 May 1966 in Our Lady Of Good Counsel Church, Holstein, Ida County, Iowa. He received his diploma from Galva Community School 1970  Galva, Ida County, Iowa. He attended college 1970 - 1972 at University Of Iowa, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa. He was employed 1974 - 1975 at St. Mary's School, Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa. He received his B.A. degree from Buena Vista College 1975  Storm Lake, Buena Vista County, Iowa. He studied 1975 - 1979 at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. He was employed 1982 - 1991 at NCR Corporation, Roseville, Ramsey County, Minnesota. He was employed 1979 - 1982 at Church Of St. Margaret, N. St. Paul, RC, Minnesota. He received his MBA degree from the College of St. Thomas 1990  St. Paul, Ramsey County, Iowa. He was employed 1991 - 1994 at Minnesota Project Innovation, Minneapolis, HC, Minnesota. He was employed 1994 - 1997 at BlueCross BlueShield Of Minneosta, Eagan, Dakota County, Mi. He was employed 1997 - 2000 at ISI Partners, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota. He was employed 2000 - 2003 at Unisys Corporation, Golden Valley, HC, Minnesota.

+            55    M        ii.    Gregory Donald Casey was born 12 Feb 1953.

              56    M       iii.    David Franklin Casey was born20 23 Oct 1956 in Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa. He died20 23 Oct 1956 in Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa and was buried20 in Immaculate Conception Cemetery, Sumner, Bremer County, Iowa.

+            57    F         iv.    Linda Carolyn Casey was born 12 Oct 1957.

              58    F          v.    Carol Ann Casey was born20 17 Dec 1958 in Waverly, Bremer County, Iowa and was christened20 11 Jan 1959 in Immaculate Conception Church, Sumner, Bremer County, Iowa.

Carol made20 made her First Communion 15 May 1966 at Our Lady Of Good Counsel Church, Holstein, Ida County, Iowa. She was confirmed on20 25 Feb 1969 in Our Lady Of Good Counsel Church, Holstein, Ida County, Iowa.

Carol married20 (1) James Healy on 6 Jun 1981 in Sacred Heart Church, Spencer, Clay County, Iowa. The marriage ended in divorce.

Carol also married (2) Claude W. Hansel22, son of Walter A. Hansel and Florence Molotta on 23 Jul 1994 in Bernham Harbor, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. The marriage ended in divorce. Claude was born22 5 Feb 1946 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. He died22 24 Nov 2004 in Palatine, Cook County, Illinois and was buried22 27 Nov 2004 in Illinois.

Notes -

1.  Obituary of Claude W. Hansel.

Claude W. Hansel     

Claude W. Hansel of Palatine Funeral services for Claude W. Hansel, 58, will be held at 3 p.m. today, at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 185 E. Northwest Highway, Palatine. Interment is private. Visitation will be held from 1 p.m. until the time of services today, at the funeral home. Born Feb. 5, 1946, in Chicago, he died Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2004. Claude was a member of the Suburban Harley Davidson family and a project manager at Airoom Architects & Builders. He was also a master amateur gardener. He was the loving son of Florence (nee Molotta) and the late Walter A. Hansel; beloved husband of C.J.; stepfather of Shawn (Zia) Boley, Brook (Isabel) Boley, Erin (Kevin) Nealis and Regan (Andrew) Jasinski; grandfather of Logan Nealis and Keira Boley; brother of Walter (Elly) Hansel; and uncle of David, Kimberly, Kristina and Micah. For information‚ (847)359-8020.

Published in the Chicago Suburban Daily Herald on 11/27/2004.

31.   K. Ann Casey "Ann"10 (Regina M. Dillon, Johanna B. Quirk, Edward) was born23,24 14 Feb 1922 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.

Ann was accounted for10 7 Apr 1930 in Ward 3, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. She won25 the first of six Iowa Women's Amateur Titles 1941. She graduated from the University of Iowa 1944  Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa. She was25 teaching golf at Stephens College 1944/1948 in Columbia, Boone County, Missouri. She won25 runnerup, Iowa Women's Amateur 1946. She moved25 1948 to Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. She won25 her second title, Iowa Women's Amatuer 1951. She won25 Iowa Women's Amateur 1954. She won25 Palm Beach Invitiational 1956 in Palm Beach, Florida. She won25,26 semifinalist,  US Women's Amateur 1956. She won24 runnerup, North and South, the Western Amateur and the Trans-Mississippi 1956. She won25 the Dorothy J. Manice Trophy as the No. 1 US Amateur 1957. She won25 Iowa Golfer of the Year, amateur or pro 1957. She won25,26 runnerup in the US Women's Amateur, North and South Amateur, Trans-Missippi and Women's Western 1957. She won25 low amatuer in the Women's All-American Open 1957 in Jacksonville. She won25 membership on the US Curtis Cup team 1958, 1960, 1962. She won25 D. J. Manice Award as Outstanding Amateur Golfer 1958. She won25 low amatuer, Women's All-American Open 1958. She won25 the Trans-Mississippi, North and South Amateur and shared the Womens' International Four-Ball title with Marlene Streit 1959. She won25 low amateur, Women's All-American Open 1959. She won25 runnerup, Palm Beach Invitational 1959 in Palm Beach, Florida. She won25 her last Iowa Amateur title 1959 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. She won25 Women's Western Amateur; semifinalist, US Women's Amateur; semifinalist, French Open 1960. She won25 runnerup with Marlene Streit, Women's International Four-Ball  championship 1961. She won25 semifinalist, Women's Western Amateur; runnerup, Trans-Mississippi; co-winner with Deane Berman, National Mixed Two-Ball championship 1962. She won25 runnerup, Palm Beach Invitational 1962 in Palm Beach, Florida. She won25 Iowa Husband and Wife championship 1963. She moved25 1964 to Columbia, Boone County, Missouri. She was25 teaching and coaching the golf team at Stephens College 1964 in Columbia, Boone County, Missouri. She won25 recognition as Ladies Professional Golf Teacher of the Year 1966. She was25 co-author "Golf - A Positive Approach" 1975. She won25 inclusion as one of six Golf Digest outstanding women teaching golf 1976. She was25 running the Stephens College golf course 1977 in Columbia, Boone County, Missouri. She won25 a place in The Sunday Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame 1977. She was accounted for25 27 Mar 1977 in Columbia, Boone County, Missouri. She won27  LPGA Coach of the Year Award 1982. She won28 Spalding Coach of the Year Award 1982. She was accounted for29 1994 in 3806 Woodrail On The Green, Columbia, Missouri. She won30 Ellen Griffing Rolex Award 1996. She won31 the Gladys Palmer Meritorious Service Award 1997. She was accounted for32 2000 in 135 Crest Road, Southern Pines, North Carolina. She was accounted for32 2004 in 135 Crest Road, Southern Pines, North Carolina.

Notes -

1.  Ref. biographical information on the life and career of Ann Casey Johnstone, as cited by 'Joanne Gunderson A Joyous Champion', USGA Journal and Turf Management, September 1957.

Mrs. Johnstone's Comeback

. . .Mrs. Ann Casey Johnstone, of Mason City, Iowa, was four under par for 7.2 holes before the final. . .

. . .Mrs. Johnstone, mother of a four-year-old girl, was runner-up in the Women's Western Amateur and the North and South this year.

Mrs. Johnstone lost her amateur status for a while [sic] due to teaching golf along with other duties at Stevens [sic] College, Columbia, Mo.  She was a school-teacher rather than a golf professional in the usual sense.  After several years out of competition, she has made a spendid return in the last two seasons.  A year ago she was a semifinalist in the USGA Women's Amateur, losing to Miss Gunderson, 1 down.  Now 34, she is a jolly and popular player.

2.  Ref. North and South Amateur Championship, Pinehurst, Inc., Pinehurst, North Carolina, 2004.

The North and South Amateur

It began as a means to afford golfers a competitive arena and to generate publicity for a five-year old resort. Its name was created to foster good relations between geographic regions that only a generation earlier had battled one another in the Civil War.

The mission over the years has been simple, according to Richard Tufts of the Pinehurst’s founding family:

"To provide an annual gathering of those who love the game, rather than a spectacle."

The North and South Women's Amateur began in 1903. The North and South Women's played on Pinehurst No. 1 as well as Pinehurst No. 3. As for playing Pinehurst No. 2, the Women’s North and South Amateur received that honor in 1949. In the year 2002, the North and South Women's Amateur celebrated its' 100th anniversary. A centennial celebration dinner was held to honor all contestants as well as congratulate the past champions. The North and South is contested on the famed Pinehurst No. 2 course, which now plays 5,000-plus yards. On a historical note, the Men’s North and South is the longest consecutive running championship in the country. The U.S. Amateur started in 1895 but was interrupted for two years because of World War I and four years because of World War II.

What draws many guests to Pinehurst is the challenge to play Pinehurst No. 2. As once stated by contestant Kelly Miller (general manager of Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club and Mid Pines Inn & Golf Club), "On No. 2 it’s not just pure power and brawn and making putts. You’ve got to rely on a little thinking to get around, to understand you just don’t fire at every pin."

The addiction is the same: The thrill of competition. Add the experience you get out of playing with the best amateurs from all across the globe, and a historic setting such as Pinehurst No. 2, and you have the essence of competition in championship form.

What each contestant gets out of the championship will differ from person to person, but the essence of the North and South remains the same. As stated by Richard Tufts in his 1962 book, The Scottish Invasion: "Golf came to America as a great amateur sport, rich with tradition and enjoying the highest possible standard of ethics and good sportsmanship in its play. The idea has been to accept the game at Pinehurst in this form and to maintain and preserve these standards in order that amateur golfers might find at Pinehurst those things which James Tufts sought to provide."

Golfers come from around the Carolinas, the East Coast, and the world to enter the North and South each year. Most of the mid-amateurs at one point dreamed of playing on the professional tour (some of them even tried it), while the younger ones still harbor those dreams. Some will make it as LPGA Tour stars, like Babe Didrikson, Louise Suggs, and Donna Andrews.

Many collegiate players have begun their careers participating in the Women’s North and South Amateur. Peggy Kirk Bell, from Rollins, Page Marsh, from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and Beth Bauer, from Duke university-just to name a few.

The common thread is a total devotion to Pinehurst No. 2. As North and South competitor Chris Dalrymple believes, "Strolling down the first fairway, I always think of everyone that’s played here. It’s a pretty incredible thought – that everyone who’s ever been anything in golf has been right here."

The North and South Amateur Championship will put you through a complete test of skill. By the end of the championship, you will know that you have had to hit every shot. It’s just you, the golf course, and the guys you’re playing with. It is golf at its purest form.

NORTH AND SOUTH AMATEUR CHAMPIONS

1959 Mrs. Ann Casey Johnstone

3.  Ref. biographical information on the life and career of Ann Casey Johnstone, as cited by Sterling G. Slappey, USGA Assistant Director, 'Lindrick and St. David's, To Test Curtis Cuppers', USGA Journal and Turf Management, Apr 1960.

For years the folk around Lindrick, Nottinghamshire, England, have been so keen on golf that they maintained at a railway station a small but well-tended hole for practice use as they waited for their trains.

With such a love as this you can imagine the resentment stirred up when the German Luftwaffe ran a stick of bombs alarmingly near the Lindrick Golf Course during World War Two.

Into this hotbed of golfers seven young American women launch themselves on May 20-21 in search of a Curtis Cup victory.  The members of the American team are:

Miss Judy Bell, 23, Wichita, Kansas.

Miss Joanne Goodwin, 23, Haverhill, Mass.

Miss JoAnne Gunderson, 20, Kirkland, Wash.

Mrs. Ann Casey Johnstone, 37, Mason City, Iowa.

Miss Barbara McIntire, 25, Lake Park, Fla.

Miss Anne Quast, 22, Marysville, Wash.

Non-playing Captain is Mrs. Henri Prunaret, Chairman of the USGA Women's Committee.

Alternates are:  Miss Barbara Williams, Richmond, Calif., Mrs. Paul Dye, Jr., Indianapolis, and Mrs. Mary A. Porter, Westmont, N. J.

The last four of America's biennial Curtis Cup teams managed to win only once against the British, while losing twice and halving on another occasion.  The British presently hold the Curtis Cup on the strength of having been the holder at the time of the last halved match in 1958.

The venue for the 1960 match will be the Lindrick Course, which is near the town of Worksop and only a few miles from the geographic heart of England.  The course, beside being a good inland course, is notable as the site of Britain's only recent victory in the Ryder Cup matches.

British men professionals won there in 1957 against an American team.

At one time the first green at Lindrick was noted locally as the amphitheater for some of the best cock fights in Central England.  But that was many years ago, and now the bit of moorland near the meeting place of Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire is used just for golf.

Lindrick is a tight course with an extra amount of bunkers and an approximate par of 71.  Its length is 6,471 yards.  England can be wet in mid-May but Lindrick rests on a shelf of rock and its drainage is rapid.  The going is likely to be good.

For the Americans who think of British courses only in terms of The Old Course at St. Andrews, of Hoylake or of Muirfield, the Lindrick course would be a surprise.  In several ways it looks and plays like some American courses.

A second course in Britain where the American women will play this spring is much closer to the concept of a British seaside links.  It is Royal St. David's at Harlech, North Wales, where the British Women's Amateur Championship will be May 30-June 2.  The American Curtis Cup players intend to compete.

St. David's lies just by Cardigan Bay, which is part of the Irish Sea.  A tremendous old castle sits on a hill and you never seem to get out of sight of it.

Snowdon Mountain is in the distance and altogether the site is a grand one for golf.

Strangely golf came to St. David's by way of Australia.  Apparently the game was introduced to a Briton while he was in Australia.  He returned to the home island and introduced in at Harlech.  The course laid out was given the name of Wales' Patron Saint, St. Dai, or St. David in English.

Dunes dot St. David's and many a shot must be hit in a low trajectory through a saddle in the hills to a green you cannot see until you are right on it.  A high ball can be blown completely off course along the windy Welsh Coast.

The American Curtis Cup team flies from New York to London by jet aircraft May 13.  A charter bus takes the team and its entourage straight to Ye Olde Bell Hotel, Worksop.

Practice sessions will be held through May 19.  The three foursomes over 36 holes will be played May 20 and the six singles over 36 holes will be may 21.

The team then disbands, and its members will return to London May 22 for a few days of relaxation and sightseeing before the British Championship at Harlech.

After the British Championship, some of the American players will return home and others will go on European holidays.

Following are geographical data about the team:

Miss Judith May Bell was born in Wichita, Kansas, on September 23, 1936, and still lives there.  She is in her last year a Arizona University.  Her most notable performance was reaching the quarter-finals of the 1959 Women's National Amateur Championship.  She has won the Kansas State Championship three times.  During 1959 she also was quarter-finalist in the Women's Western Amateur and the North and South.  She was runnerup at both the South Atlantic and Florida East Coast tournaments.  Her favorite shot is with the wedge.

Miss Judith Carol Eller, the youngest member of the Team, is a newcomer to international competition.  She was born August 24, 1940 at Old Hickory, Tenn., where she still resides.

Her biggest golf thrill came in winning the Nationals Girls' Junior Championship for the second year in a row in 1958.  Miss Eller's 1959 record included victory in the National Collegiate, the Tennessee State and the Southern Championships.  during the 1959 Women's National Amateur she lost in the quarter-finals on the 22nd hole to Miss Joanne Goodwin.  She is in her second year at the University of Miami of Florida.  One of her hobbies is collecting hats.  The wedge shot is her favorite.

Miss Joanne Goodwin is a new member of the Curtis Cup Team.  The was born in Plymouth, Mass., February 26, 1936, very near the site where the Pilgrim fathers landed, and new lives in Haverhill, Mass.  Her favorite shot is with the wedge.  Her occupation is bookkeeping and her hobbies outside of golf are domestic. . . sewing, knitting and baking.

In 1959 Miss Goodwin was runner-up in the Women's National Amateur, the North and South and the Doherty Tournament in Florida.  She tied for second low amateur in the Women's National Open and as second in the Eastern championship (amateur).  In 1958 she lost to Scotland's Mrs. George Valentine in the fourth round of the Women's National Amateur.

Miss JoAnne Patricia Gunderson's favorite shot is one that isn't universally loved - the bunker shot from sand.  Miss Gunderson is making her second Curtis Cup appearance.  In the 1958 match she defeated Mrs. George Valentine.  Partnered with Miss Anne Quast, she lost her foursome against Mrs. Frances Smith and Miss Jeanette Robertson by 3 down and 2 to play.

Miss Gunderson's record in the Women's National amateur Championship is one of the finest in recent years.  In 1956 when she was 16 years old he was runner-up to Miss Marlene Stewart.  Next year Miss Gunderson won the Championship.  In 1958 she lost in the semi-finals to Miss Quast, who went on to the title.  Last summer she lost in the fourth round.

In 1959 Miss Gunderson won the Western Amateur and she was low amateur in the Western Open, scoring 299, which put her in a tie the Professional Patty Berg for second place in overall scoring.

Miss Gunderson was born April 4, 1939.  Her home is in Kirkland, Wash.  She attends Arizona State University.

Mrs. Ann Casey Johnstone won the 1959 North and South and the Trans-Mississippi Tournaments.  She lost in the third round of the Women's National Amateur.  In 1958 she lost in the quarter-finals of the National and in 1956 she went to the finals.  Also during 1956 Mrs. Johnstone was runner-up in the North and South, the Western Amateur and the Trans-Mississippi.  She played on the 1958 Curtis Cup Team.  In singles she lost to Miss Janette Robertson and in foursomes she and Miss Barbara McIntire defeated Miss Bridget Jackson and Mrs. George Valentine.

Mrs. Johnstone was born February 14, 1922 at Mason City, Iowa, where she still lives.  She attended the University of Iowa.  Her husband, Les Johnstone, is also a fine golfer.  They have a daughter, Jean Ann Johnstone.  Mrs. Johnstone's favorite shot is the drive and she has aced two holes.  Her conspicuous interests include church work and assistance to retarded children.

Miss Barbara Joy McIntire is the present Women's National Amateur Champion.  She also gained the high distinction in 1956 of tying with Mrs. Kathy Cornelius, professional, for the Women's National Open title.  Miss McIntire lost in the play-off.

She was a member of the 1958 Curtis Cup Team, halving her singles against Mrs. Michael Bonallack and joining Mrs. Ann Casey Johnstone for a victory in foursomes against Miss Bridget Jackson and Mrs. George Valentine.

Besides winning the Women's National Amateur last year Miss McIntire was tied for second low amateur in the Women's National Open, was low amateur in the Titleholders, and the Palm Beach Championship.  She won the Western Amateur in 1958 and the North and South in 1957.

Miss McIntire was born January 12, 1935, in Toledo, Ohio, and now lives in Lake Park, Fla.  She attended the University of Toledo and Rollins College.  She is a real estate saleswoman.  Her hobbies are art and reading.  Her favorite shot is the drive, and she has scored one hole-in-one.

Miss Anne Karen Quast will be making her second appearance on the Curtis Cup Team.  In the 1958 match she defeated Miss Elizabeth Price in singles:  in foursomes she and Miss JoAnne Gunderson lost to Miss Janette Robertson and Mrs. Frances Smith.

In the last five years of the Women's National Amateur Championship, Miss Quast won the title in 1958, was a semi-finalist in 1956 and a quarter-finalist in 1955, 1937 [1957] and 1959.  Miss Quast has an excellent record in stroke play also.  She was low amateur in the last two National Open Championships.  In the 1956 Titleholders tournament for amateurs and professionals, Miss Quast was runner-up by three strokes to Professional Patty Berg.  She had 299.

Miss Quast was graduated from Stanford University last year.  She was born August 31, 1937, at Everett, Washington, and her home is in Marysville, Washington.  One of her hobbies is playing the piano.

Mrs. Henri Prunaret, Natick, Mass., the non playing Captain of the American team, was the United States Senior Champion in 1953.  She is Chairman of the USGA's Women's Committee and President of the United States Senior Women's Golf Association.  She is a past president of both the Women's Golf Association of Massachusetts and the Women's Eastern Golf Association.  Mrs. Prunaret's hobbies include not only golf but also beagling and curling.  She attended Briarcliff College.

4.  Ref. biographical information on the life and career of Ann Casey Johnstone, as cited by Maury White, The Des Moines Register, 27 Mar 1977.

Ann Casey Johnstone in 'Hall'

WON 6 WOMEN'S AMATEUR GOLF TITLES

By MAURY WHITE

Register Staff Writer

03/27/1977

The golfing Saga of Ann Casey Johnstone started in Mason City about 1935 when she was 13 and "put to work" by her mother, the late Regina D. Casey.

"My father didn't play golf, but mother was pretty good," says Johnstone, 55, now of Columbia, Mo. "I started caddying for her, then started hitting a few balls."

A few months later, Johnstone got the only set of women's clubs she has ever owned. A few years later, in 1941, she won the first of six Iowa Women's Amateur titles.

That's not bad, being a record number, which has since been tied by Corkey Nydle of Ottumwa. But Ann Casey's fame and success spread far beyond state borders.

During a tremendous 1957 campaign, she was a finalist in four of the nation's major amateur tournaments for women, including the U.S. Amateur.

That won her the Dorothy J. Manice trophy as our nation's No. 1 amateur. On the home front, she was named top Iowa golfer for 1957 -- woman or man, amateur or pro.

Johnstone was selected to the U.S. Curtis Cup team to play against England in 1958, 1960 and 1962. Just last year, Golf Digest named her as one of six outstanding women teaching golf in the nation.

Small wonder that today Ann Casey Johnstone becomes the eighty-third person, and second woman, to be named to The Sunday Register's Iowa Sports Hall of Fame.

FROM THIS moment on, because wife and husband are integral parts of the tale, let us speak of Mr. and Mrs. Johnstone as Les and Ann.

Let us also speak of how they got together and where they are now, since that is an important part of how the druggist's daughter got the inspiration to rise to national prominence.

"I shot 72, for nine holes the first time I tried," recalls Ann. "A couple of years later, I won the city meet. And I started taking lessons from Les Bolstead."

Bolstead, an outstanding teacher who was also the University of Minnesota golf coach, had a young redhead name of Patty Berg taking lessons, too. She and Ann became fast friends.

"We were playing a tournament in the Chicago area in 1946 and Patty introduced me to the assistant pro at the club," recalls Ann. "A fellow named Les Johnstone."

They were married two years later and Les moved to Mason City to run one of William Bernard Casey's drug stores. He applied and was granted reinstatement as an amateur, and still is one.

Hold on now, for this gets complicated.

Ann Was graduated from Iowa in 1944 with a degree in physical education. Stephens College was seeking a woman to teach golf.

"At the time I started, you could retain your amateur standing if you had a college degree in P.E." explains Ann. "Later, that rule changed and I was declared a pro."

Les had entered her life by then and in 1948 she left Columbia to return to Mason City as a housewife. Ann also regained her amateur standing, and kept it until 1964. Then...

"After 16 years of marriage, I had to turn pro again to put my husband through college," point out Ann, with pride. She returned to Stephens to teach and coach the golf team.

Les went to school for four years and now is a pharmacist at the Missouri Medical Center in Columbia. Recently, he won an area amateur tournament for senior golfers.

Ann runs the college's nine-hole course. Her daughter, now Jeann Grabias, once played on the Stephens' team. In 1966, Ann was named "Ladies Professional Golf Teacher of the Year."

She is also the co-author of "Golf -- a Positive Approach," published in 1975.

OK, Now, let us return to 1948. The couple had two children, including a boy who died before he was two. The golf clubs were idle for a brief spell. Then Ann was back at it.

Ten years after her first state amateur title, she won a second in 1951. She was 5 feet 5 inches, good for about 200 yards off the tee and was rarely out of the fairway.

"I never did consider myself a good putter," she says. "But I didn't waste many shots, either, and generally had the ball in close."  Ann started putting it all together in the mid-1950s and Les and a brother-in-law, Bill Martin, tossed out an intriguing idea one day.  "Why don't you try to make the Curtis Cup team?" asked Les, or maybe it was Bill. If she was seeking a challenge, and she must have been, there it was.

"That was my inspiration. I wanted to show I could," she says. And in 1956, Ann became the first (and only) Iowan to reach the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur.

It was match play and she lost in 19 holes to a young tigress from the Pacific Northwest. A year later, the same woman defeated Ann in the 36-hole final, 8 and 6. You might say that Ann knows a lot about JoAnne Carner Gunderson's burst onto the national scene. Gunderson won $103,275 as a pro in 1976.

THE FUNNY part of 1957 was that she wound up an excellent season with a sneaking suspicion that she was destined to be El Floppo.  Ann was runnerup in the U.S. meet, the North and South Amateur, Trans-Mississippi and Women's Western -- plus being low amateur in Florida's Jacksonville Open.

"It bothered me that I hadn't won one," admits Ann, who speaks of that campaign as her "bridesmaid year." There are folks who make careers out of coming close.

On the strength of those many good showings, Ann was chosen on the 1958 Curtis Cup team for the matches in Newton, Mass. She played England in 1960 and California in 1962.

"The first Curtis Cup had to be the high point," she says. "Standing there, representing your country, while they play the Star Spangled Banner and God Save The Queen."

The first international competition may have helped in other ways, too. In 1959, she won the Trans-Miss and North and South and shared the Women's International Four-Ball title with Marlene Streit. A list of the more important happenings is below.

IT WAS A good playing career and Ann deserves to be enshrined alongside an earlier heroine, Mrs. Lucile Robinson Mann, who was inducted last year.

Ann could shoot unbelievably low rounds. In 1955, she wheeled the back nine at the Davenport Country Club in 30, helped by an eagle and a double eagle.

It tied the lowest known nine-hole mark by a woman at the time. Berg had previously had a 30. Patty, by the way, also introduced Ann to playing with men's clubs.

Ann's playing partners and rivals of those days were the titans of their time: Berg, Gunderson, Barbara Romack, Louise Suggs, Peggy Kirk Bell and, yes, Babe Didrikson Zaharias.

"I played several matches against Babe and she beat me every time," recalls Ann. "Once I had her a hole down after the first nine, but she pulled it out.

"After the match, she laughed and said, 'Listen, you little pipsqueak, if you think you can beat me, you've got another think coming."

Of the Iowa titles, the first ("because it was the first") and the last were the most meaningful. During the last, in 1959, she set the present record of 296.

"But the reason it was so important was that it was done at Mason City, my home. I'm an Iowan, true and blue."

Mrs. Regina Casey, the lady who started it all, died one month ago at 88. She had lots of reasons to be proud of her favorite caddie.

Ann Casey Johnstone's career highlights

1941 -- Winner, Iowa Amateur.

1946 -- Runnerup, Iowa Amateur.

1951 -- Winner, Iowa Amateur.

1953 -- Runnerup, Iowa Amateur.

1954 -- Medalist and winner, Iowa Amateur.

1955 -- Winner, Iowa Amateur.

1956 -- Winner, Palm Beach Invitational; semifinalist, U.S. Women's Amateur.

1957 -- Iowa Golfer of the Year; runnerup, U.S. Women's Amateur; runnerup, Trans-Mississippi Amateur; runnerup, Women's Western Amateur; low amateur in Jacksonville Open; winner, Iowa Amateur.

1958 -- Member of U.S. Curtis Cup team; Winner of D.J. Manoce [sic] Award as "Outstanding Amateur Golfer;" low amateur, Women's All-American Open.

1959 -- Winner, Trans-Mississippi; winner, North and South Amateur; co-winner with Marlene Streit, Women's International four-Ball championship; low amateur, Women's All-American Open; winner, Iowa Amateur; runnerup, Palm Beach Invitational.

1960 -- Member of U.S. Curtis Cup Team; winner, Women's Western Amateur; semifinalist, U.S. Women's Amateur; semifinalist, French Open.

1961 -- Runnerup with Marlene Streit, Women's International Four-Ball championship.

1962 -- Member of U.S. Curtis Cup team; semifinalist, Women's Western Amateur; runnerup, Trans-Mississippi; co-winner with Deane Berman, National Mixed Two-Ball championship; runnerup, Palm Beach Invitational.

1963 -- Winner, Iowa Husband and Wife championship.

5.  Ref. LPGA Coach of the Year Award, LPGA.com, 9 May 2004.

1981 Mary Dagraedt

  Miami-Dade Community 

  College

1982 Ann Casey Johnstone

  Stephens College

1983 Barbara B. Smith

  Longwood College

1984 Patricia Weis

  University of Texas

1985 Diane Thomason

  University of Iowa

1986 Linda Vollstedt

  Arizona State University

1987 Mary Beth Nienhaus

  Appleton West High 

  School

1988 Jackie Steinmann

  University of California-

  Los Angeles

1989 Barbara Smith

  Longwood College

1990 Cathy Bright

  University of California-

  Los Angeles

1991 Carol Ludvigson

  University of Oklahoma

1992 Iris Schneider

  Rollins College

1993 Linda Vollstedt

  Arizona State University

1994 Sarah Hindi

  University of New Mexico

1995 Mary Beth McGirr

  UNC Greensboro

1996 Beans Kelly

  University of Georgia

1997 Debby King

  University of Memphis

1998 Jackie Booth

  University of New Mexico

1999 Kathleen Teichert

  University of Michigan

2000 Nancy Lewis

  San Jose State University

2001 Dianne Dailey

  Wake Forest University

2002 Jackie Booth

  University of New Mexico

2003 Nancy McDaniel

  University of California at Berkeley

6.  Ref. Ellen Griffin Rolex Award, NCAA News NCAA Record, 10 Feb 1997.

NOTABLES

Ann Casey Johnstone and Herb Wimberly were honored by the College Golf Foundation and National Golf Coaches Association. Johnstone, a physical education instructor and head golf coach at Stephens and codirector of the Chapel Valley Golf Clinics for the past 20 years, received the Rolex/Gladys Palmer Meritorious Service Award for outstanding contributions to women's collegiate golf. Wimberly, who was golf coach at New Mexico State for more than 30 years, received the Rolex Honor Award for outstanding service and contributions to men's collegiate golf.

7.  Ref. Ellen Griffin Rolex Award, LPGA News, www.czgolfschool.com, 9 May 2004.

The Ellen Griffin Rolex Award, instituted by the LPGA T&CP Division in 1989 to honor the late Ellen Griffin, recognizes an individual, male or female, who has made a major contribution to the teaching of golf and who emulates Griffin's spirit, love and dedication to students, teachers, teaching skills and the game of golf. Griffin, who passed away in 1986, was one of the best-known women's golf teaching professionals in American history.

 8.  Ref. Ellen Griffin Rolex Award, LPGA, LPGA.com, 9 May 2004.

1989 Peggy Kirk Bell

1990 Linda Craft

1991 Shirley Englehorn

1992 Harvey Penick

1993  Goldie Bateson

1994 Carol Clark Johnson

1995 Joanne Winter

1996 Ann Casey Johnstone

1997 Dr. DeDe Owens

1998 Shirley Spork

1999 Betty Hicks

2000 Dr. Gary Wiren

2001 Penny Zavichas

2002 Annette Thompson

2003 Dr. Barbara B. Smith

9.  Ref. Gladys Palmer Meritorious Service Award as cited by the National Golf Coaches Association, http://ngca.collegiategolf.com, 9 May 2004.

The Gladys Palmer Meritorious Service Award is given in recognition of outstanding service above and beyond the call of duty. Outstanding service may take the form of years of unselfish involvement in promoting golf at any level, or highly significant service of far-reaching proportions.

Gladys Palmer’s contributions to women’s collegiate golf were highly significant. As Chairperson of the women’s division of Physical Education at Ohio State University, she organized the first women’s golf championship in June 1941. She believed that it was up to the educational institutions to run an event for collegiate women, and at the request of a particular young woman the championship was created. The Minnesota student that brought the idea to Palmer was Patty Berg.

This award is intended to honor individuals who have made a substantial contribution to the evolution and growth of women’s collegiate golf. Recipients of this prestigious award have influenced women’s golf in a manner that changed the complexion of the sport.  Accordingly, the award is meant to honor a pioneering spirit. While all coaches have a responsibility to give back something to the game, consideration for this award will only be given to those services that extend beyond that basic duty. Since new elements have been added to the original Gladys Palmer Award, past recipients of that award are eligible to be nominated for the Gladys Palmer Meritorious Service Award.

Past Recipients and Year of Award:

Dales McNamara - 2004, University of Tulsa

Linda Vollstedt - 2003, Arizona State University

Peggy Kirk Bell - 2002

Patty Berg - 2001

Ann Pitts - 2000, Oklahoma State University

Jackie Tobian-Steinmann – 1999, UCLA

Mary Fossum – 1998, Michigan State University

Ann Casey Johnstone – 1997, Stephens College

Liz Murphey – 1996, University of Georgia

Dianne Dailey – 1995, Wake Forest University

Sam Carmichael – 1994, Indiana University

Dot Gunnells – 1993, University of North Carolina

Diane Thomason – 1992, University of Iowa

Pat Weiss – 1991, University of Texas

Mimi Ryan – 1990, University of Florida

Gary Howard – 1988, Brigham Young University

Ann Pitts – 1987, Oklahoma State University

Jackie Tobian-Steinmann – 1986, UCLA

 Ann married25 Les Johnstone25 in 1948.

They had the following children:

              59    F           i.   Jean Ann Johnstone24,25 was born26 about 1953.

Notes -

1.  Ref. given names of Jean Ann Johnstone:

a.  Maury White, 'Ann Casey Johnstone in 'Hall'', Des Moines Register, 27 Mar 1977 cites Jeann.

b.  Sterling G. Slappey, USGA Assistant Director, 'Lindrick and St. David's, To Test Curtis Cuppers', USGA Jornal and Turf Management, Apr 1960 cites Jean Ann.

Jean married25 Unknown Grabias25.