Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Miss Bertha McGhee


Former Seward Resident
May 13, 1973
Seward Phoenix Log

The friends of Miss Bertha McGhee, a former resident of Seward, will be interested to know that she plans to leave Alaska in July to make her home in Kansas.

The Women’s Society of Christian Service of the Anchor Park Methodist Church of Anchorage invites all friends of Miss McGhee to attend a tea on Sunday, May 16, from 2:00 to 5 p.m. honoring her for her many years of service as a missionary.

Jesse Lee alumni who knew Miss McGhee are especially invited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.S. McDonald, 3027 Wentworth Street, Anchorage, who are also former Seward residents.

Miss McGhee came to Seward to Jesse Lee Home in 1940 and has served under the auspices of the Mission Board of the Methodist Church for 31 years. Before coming to Alaska she served for two years in the Navaho Mission School at Farmington, New Mexico.

During her years in Alaska she has served in various capacities at Jesse Lee Home, at the Seward General Hospital, which formerly was a mission hospital, and as a lay minister servicing Moose Pass, Hope, and Cooper Landing.

When Jesse Lee Home was moved to Anchorage in January of 1966, Miss McGhee moved with it, serving there until her formal retirement in October, 1969. Since that time Miss McGhee has served as secretary of the Anchor Park Methodist Church.

2 comments:

Virginia Allain said...

Please take a look at a website I've created about Bertha McGhee on Squidoo.
http://www.squidoo.com/bertha_mcghee
I would love to know if you have more information about her time in Alaska.

Dorene Lorenz said...

Great website. What an amazing lady.