Winford Addison

Note: another spelling variation shows up in articles: Winifred but I have an autograph and he spelled it Winford D. Addison.

Departure July 14, 1918 at New York, New York on the U.S.S. Baltic
Unit Battery A, 62nd Artillery, 33rd Artillery Brigade Coast Artillery Corps 222-2nd Phase
Rank Private
Service Number 822751
Departure February 6, 1919 at Bordeaux, France on the U.S.S. Pocahontas (ID 3044)
Unit BATTERY A, 62nd Artillery, Coast Artillery Corps (CAC)
Rank Private First Class

"Winford Addison was born in Minden, Iowa, April 15, 1899, and when six years old entered the Minden schools. Later he went to the Walnut schools and when his father Dr. W.D. Addison moved to Manning, entered the Manning schools.
His favorite study was mathematics. As soon as he returns home from his enlistment which is in the United States artillery, and located on the Pacific coast, he will enter college and take a professional course leading to a college degree. "
Manning Monitor - 1917

Graduation Profile:
In 1923 Bessie Dunnick wrote " Winford Addison is going to Simpson College ."

Winford D. "Addy" Addison

Funeral services were held in Corona, California, for Winford D. "Addy" Addison, 89, of Corona, formerly of Osage, Iowa. Burial was in Pierce Brothers Crestlawn Memorial Park, Corona.

Addison was born in Iowa in 1898. He graduated from Manning High School, in 1917 and served in the Army during World War I. He earned his bachelor's degree from Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa, and a master's degree from the University of Chicago.

He was high school principal in Osage, Iowa, from 1937 to 1945. He moved to Corona, California in 1945 and taught history, later was principal and director of adult education in Corona High School until his retirement in 1963.

Addison was active in his community and received many civic achievements including a charter member of Kiwanis Club, support group member for Corona Public Library's Heritage Room, and helped with many senior citizen projects. In 1981, he was named Kiwanian of the Year for his many years of service to the Corona Kiwanis Club. He was named the Corona Chamber of Commerce's Citizen of the Year in 1982.

He was a member of the First Congregational Church in Corona and the Temescal Masonic Lodge.

Survivors include his wife, Katherine, a son, Gordon of Corona; five granddaughters, six great-grandchildren and a brother, Fern, of Iowa.

Source: Mitchell County Press, Osage, Iowa - Wednesday, April 27, 1988