Helene Jean "Pinki" WICKHAM ^{1 2}

  General Notes:

MN, BIRTH INDEX, 1900-1934:
Name: Helene Jean Wickham
Birth Date: 14 Oct 1925
Birth Place: Hennepin, Minnesota, USA
Father's Surname: Wickham
Mother's Maiden Name: Beveridge
Certificate Number: 1925-45110

SSDI: Helene J. Koon; b. Oct 14, 1925; d. Feb 13, 1996; issued IA; last residence: Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co, CA.

SOCIAL SECURITY APPLICATIONS & CLAIMS INDEX, 1936-2007:
Name: Helene Jean Pickens [Helene Jean Koon] [Helene Koon] [Helene Jean Wickham]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Birth Date: 14 Oct 1925
Birth Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Death Date: 13 Feb 1996
Father: Claude E Wickham
Mother: Gladys A Bevveridge
SSN: 484226929
Death Certificate Number: SSA721
Notes: Apr 1943: Name listed as HELENE JEAN PICKENS; 11 Sep 1989: Name listed as HELENE JEAN KOON; : Name listed as HELENE JEA KOON; 20 Mar 1996: Name listed as HELENE J KOON

CA DEATH INDEX, 1940-1997:
Name: Helene Wickham Koon [Helene Wickham Wickham]
Social Security #:484226929
Gender: Female
Birth Date: 14 Oct 1925
Birth Place: Minnesota
Death Date: 13 Feb 1996
Death Place:Los Angeles
Mother's Maiden Name: Beveridge
Father's Surname: Wickham

OBIT, The New York Times, March 2, 1996:
Helene Koon, 71, Expert in Drama - Dr. Helene Wickham Koon, an author, scholar of 18th-century dramatic literature and former professor of English at California State University in San Bernardino, died on Feb. 13 at her home in Hollywood. She was 71. The cause was emphysema, said Bernard P. Wiesen, a friend.
Dr. Koon was born in Minneapolis, and graduated from the University of Iowa. She pursued an earlier career as an actress, director and writer for theaters and radio stations in California and New Mexico. She opted for academia, however, and in 1969 earned a doctorate in English at the University of California in Los Angeles.
That year she joined the faculty of what was then California State College and was appointed a full professor in 1978. She also served as chairwoman of the department from 1975 to 1980.
Dr. Koon was the author of biographies of Colley Cibber, an English actor and dramatist (1671-1757), and Eugene Scribe, the French playwright (1791-1861). She also published "How Shakespeare Won the West," a study of Shakespearean stage productions during the Gold Rush, and "Dictionary of Gold Rush Performers, " among other books. The author of numerous articles, she wrote poems and translated French literature and plays.
She is survived by her husband, Charles J. Koon; five sons, Christopher, Robin, Gavin, Nicholas and Lachlan; and six grandchildren.
^{(Submitted by Casey Koon)}

FIND A GRAVE:
Name: Dr Helene W. "Pinki" Koon
Birth Date: 14 Oct 1925
Death Date: 13 Feb 1996
Cemetery: Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Burial or Cremation Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America
Has Bio?: Y

Helene married Charles John KOON. (Charles John KOON was born on 20 Apr 1919 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee Co, WI ^{5 6} and died on 11 Nov 2004 ⁶.)