Alva Review-Courier -

Mary Elizabeth Sweeney, 107, of Winfield, Kansas, passed away Monday, April 2, 2018, at Cumbernauld Village.

Born May 19, 1910, in Alva, Oklahoma, she was the daughter of Charles Orthello "Dick" and Bertha Matilda (Drollinger) Green. She graduated from Alva High School in 1926 and Northwestern State Teachers College of Alva in May of 1930 with a bachelor of science degree in home economics. She was a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority and the president of her chapter for two years. In 1930, she was a delegate to the national convention of Alpha Sigma Alpha in Swampscott, Massachusetts. She w...