"Winnie Agnes Burr Stewart attended Wichita County High School and received a B.A. from Park College in 1921. Prior to her appointment as a missionary in December of 1927, Winnie taught mathematics at Girard High School in Girard, Kansas, and Crawford County Community High School in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. She taught mathematics, civics, hygiene, and bible at the Kohala Girls School in Kohala, Hawaii and then English at the Mid-Pacific Institute Grammar School, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Winnie Agnes Burr Stewart sailed for Siam in the summer of 1928, having prepared the previous year at The Biblical Seminary in New York City. From her arrival until 1932, she acted as principal of a girls school in Pitsanuloke, then spending the next eight years as a teacher at the Dara Academy for girls, Chiangmai, Thailand. March 28, 1941, Winnie married the Rev. Herbert W. Stewart.
During World War II, Winnie and her husband were forced to evacuate their station in Thailand ahead of the invading Japanese armies. They walked or traveled by bus and train, moving through dense jungle, first through Burma, and finally into India.
From 1942-46, Winnie taught at the Dehra Dunn Girls' High School in Dehra Dunn, India. Winnie and her husband were eventually able to return to Nan, Thailand in 1946. The Stewart's worked in Nan until 1953, when they returned to the United States on furlough for health reasons. Both retired in 1957. After the death of her husband, the Presbyterian Mission Board asked Winnie to return to Thailand. On June 15,1985, in gratitude for her 29 years of missionary service, a building at Dara Academy, Chiangmai, Thailand, was dedicated the "Winnie Burr Stewart Elementary Building".
She leaves two stepdaughters, Lois Allen, Medford, Mass., and Faye Jose, Richmon, Ind; three sisters, Ruth Burr of Pratt KS, Rosa Whitchurch, Lakewood, Colorado and May Keller, Residential Care Home Macon, Mo."
In a final wish, which so characterized her life, Winnie donated her body to science. In order to provide access to those who may be searching for Winnie, however, I have arbitrarily placed her in Beula cemetery with her parents and siblings.
Winnie Agnes Burr Stewart sailed for Siam in the summer of 1928, having prepared the previous year at The Biblical Seminary in New York City. From her arrival until 1932, she acted as principal of a girls school in Pitsanuloke, then spending the next eight years as a teacher at the Dara Academy for girls, Chiangmai, Thailand. March 28, 1941, Winnie married the Rev. Herbert W. Stewart.
During World War II, Winnie and her husband were forced to evacuate their station in Thailand ahead of the invading Japanese armies. They walked or traveled by bus and train, moving through dense jungle, first through Burma, and finally into India.
From 1942-46, Winnie taught at the Dehra Dunn Girls' High School in Dehra Dunn, India. Winnie and her husband were eventually able to return to Nan, Thailand in 1946. The Stewart's worked in Nan until 1953, when they returned to the United States on furlough for health reasons. Both retired in 1957. After the death of her husband, the Presbyterian Mission Board asked Winnie to return to Thailand. On June 15,1985, in gratitude for her 29 years of missionary service, a building at Dara Academy, Chiangmai, Thailand, was dedicated the "Winnie Burr Stewart Elementary Building".
She leaves two stepdaughters, Lois Allen, Medford, Mass., and Faye Jose, Richmon, Ind; three sisters, Ruth Burr of Pratt KS, Rosa Whitchurch, Lakewood, Colorado and May Keller, Residential Care Home Macon, Mo."
In a final wish, which so characterized her life, Winnie donated her body to science. In order to provide access to those who may be searching for Winnie, however, I have arbitrarily placed her in Beula cemetery with her parents and siblings.
"Winnie Agnes Burr Stewart attended Wichita County High School and received a B.A. from Park College in 1921. Prior to her appointment as a missionary in December of 1927, Winnie taught mathematics at Girard High School in Girard, Kansas, and Crawford County Community High School in Cottonwood Falls, Kansas. She taught mathematics, civics, hygiene, and bible at the Kohala Girls School in Kohala, Hawaii and then English at the Mid-Pacific Institute Grammar School, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Winnie Agnes Burr Stewart sailed for Siam in the summer of 1928, having prepared the previous year at The Biblical Seminary in New York City. From her arrival until 1932, she acted as principal of a girls school in Pitsanuloke, then spending the next eight years as a teacher at the Dara Academy for girls, Chiangmai, Thailand. March 28, 1941, Winnie married the Rev. Herbert W. Stewart.
During World War II, Winnie and her husband were forced to evacuate their station in Thailand ahead of the invading Japanese armies. They walked or traveled by bus and train, moving through dense jungle, first through Burma, and finally into India.
From 1942-46, Winnie taught at the Dehra Dunn Girls' High School in Dehra Dunn, India. Winnie and her husband were eventually able to return to Nan, Thailand in 1946. The Stewart's worked in Nan until 1953, when they returned to the United States on furlough for health reasons. Both retired in 1957. After the death of her husband, the Presbyterian Mission Board asked Winnie to return to Thailand. On June 15,1985, in gratitude for her 29 years of missionary service, a building at Dara Academy, Chiangmai, Thailand, was dedicated the "Winnie Burr Stewart Elementary Building".
She leaves two stepdaughters, Lois Allen, Medford, Mass., and Faye Jose, Richmon, Ind; three sisters, Ruth Burr of Pratt KS, Rosa Whitchurch, Lakewood, Colorado and May Keller, Residential Care Home Macon, Mo."
In a final wish, which so characterized her life, Winnie donated her body to science. In order to provide access to those who may be searching for Winnie, however, I have arbitrarily placed her in Beula cemetery with her parents and siblings.
Winnie Agnes Burr Stewart sailed for Siam in the summer of 1928, having prepared the previous year at The Biblical Seminary in New York City. From her arrival until 1932, she acted as principal of a girls school in Pitsanuloke, then spending the next eight years as a teacher at the Dara Academy for girls, Chiangmai, Thailand. March 28, 1941, Winnie married the Rev. Herbert W. Stewart.
During World War II, Winnie and her husband were forced to evacuate their station in Thailand ahead of the invading Japanese armies. They walked or traveled by bus and train, moving through dense jungle, first through Burma, and finally into India.
From 1942-46, Winnie taught at the Dehra Dunn Girls' High School in Dehra Dunn, India. Winnie and her husband were eventually able to return to Nan, Thailand in 1946. The Stewart's worked in Nan until 1953, when they returned to the United States on furlough for health reasons. Both retired in 1957. After the death of her husband, the Presbyterian Mission Board asked Winnie to return to Thailand. On June 15,1985, in gratitude for her 29 years of missionary service, a building at Dara Academy, Chiangmai, Thailand, was dedicated the "Winnie Burr Stewart Elementary Building".
She leaves two stepdaughters, Lois Allen, Medford, Mass., and Faye Jose, Richmon, Ind; three sisters, Ruth Burr of Pratt KS, Rosa Whitchurch, Lakewood, Colorado and May Keller, Residential Care Home Macon, Mo."
In a final wish, which so characterized her life, Winnie donated her body to science. In order to provide access to those who may be searching for Winnie, however, I have arbitrarily placed her in Beula cemetery with her parents and siblings.
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