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Alice nee Dahlberg and Thomas Sankey or WI

Alice Sankey was my grandmother. Children's Books Published: 365 Bedtime Stories. 1942, Tuffy the Tugboat. 1947, Santa Claus and Jingle Bell. 1947, Little Hank. 1948, Petunia the Pelican. 1949, Marcus -tale of a Monkey, 1951. Timmy and Tommy. 1951, Hide Away Henry. 1953. Jack of Trades. 1953, Roy Roger's Surprise for Donnie. 1954, Roy Rogers and the Desert Treasure, 1954; The Lone ranger and the Ghost Horse, 1955. School Text: Racine Board of Education in 1956: Racine the Belle City: Racine Industries: Why work where? Children's Books: Published by Albert Whitman: Basketballs for Breakfast, 1963; three-in-One Car, 1967; Music by the Got-Rocks, 1970; Judo yell 1972, hit the Bike Trail, 1974. Author of One act play, Silver Wedding, two radio plays: "Angel on a Leash" and "Cupid has Grey Heir". Ghost writer for more than thirty juvenile books and junior novels. Former contributor of adult fiction to the Chicago Daily news. 1986 won humor award at the Santa Barbara Writer's Conference. Columnist "People Watching" for four years Racine Journal Times. Thomas Riddell Sankey, Age 64. Passed away April 2, 1968 in St. Luke's Hospital. Mr. Sankey was born September 13, 1905 (error in date because is 1903 on tombstone), in Beloit, Wis., had resided in Milwaukee, Wis., before coming to Racine in 1927. Mr. Sankey graduated from Marquette University in 1927. he had been Sports Editor at the Old Times Call and Copy Editor of the Minneapolis Journal and Chief of Copy Desk and Telegraph Editor and later Librarian at the Racine-Journal Times. He was an active member of Christ Church Methodist and a former presedent of methodist Men, a member of Sigma Delta Chi (honorary Journalism Fraternity) and Journal-Times 20 year club, Surviving are his wife Alice (Nee:Dahlberg) one daughter, (omitted because still living) of Racine, three granddaughters, Gwynn (Wendy) Malcolm, two others are still living so I will not mention their names here.

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