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Yvonne Kay Meckfessel

Born: 1946 in Olney, Illinois
Pen Name: Yvonne Meckfessel, Yvonne K. Meckfessel, Yvonne K Pitts and Yvonne Scherer Meckfessel

Connection to Illinois: I was born and raised in rural Richland County, Illinois, living there for over 55 years. I attended college at Olney Central College in Olney, Illinois. I now reside in Troy, Illinois. All of my books have been set in Illinois and are about Illinois residents. One of my books, ''Pickle Pots, Stupid Hats and Other Stories'' is a collection of stories about our pioneer ancestors living in Southern Illinois in the early 1900's. My book, ''Only On Loan, Notes from a journal edged in black'', is about a young man that lived 10 years in Illinois and passed due to heart problems. This is a book about dealing with losses.

Biography: I continue to live in Illinois doing my writing and photography. For several years I was a leader of a local grief group. I was also a 4-H member and leader, winning many public speaking and demonstration contests. I was one of 10 in the nation to win the 4_H Safety Award. I have worked in genealogy for over 40 years and continue to work in this field


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Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers; Children; Young adult readers

Email: pagewriter405@gmail.com
Website: http://www.pagewriter.org
Yvonne Kay Meckfessel on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=yvonne+kay+meckfessel


Selected Titles

  A mother's promises /
ISBN: 0989294420 OCLC: 908951464

Wild Child Pub., Troy, IL : ©2014.

A mother makes simple promises to her child--ones that will be remembered forever.

  Dust bunnies /
ISBN: 0989294412 OCLC: 908952634

[Y. Meckfessel?], [Troy, Ill.?] : ©2014.

A collection of stories and poems.

  Only on loan :
ISBN: 074140088X OCLC: 52524265

Buy Books on the web.com, Bryn Mawr, Penn. : ©1999.

  Pickle pots, stupid hats, and other stories /
ISBN: 0989294404 OCLC: 889452945

[Meckfessel], [Place of publication not identified] : 2013.

"A collecction of stories that chronicles life in rural Southern Illinois in the 1900s that helps keep the memory alive of pioneers who refused to give up when faced with adversity, and were so dedicated and persistent in making their dreams come true that they unknowingly became our heroes."--Cover.

 

 

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