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Maurene Gayle Mast Coan
Maurene Gayle Mast Coan is a native of Flossmoor, Illinois, and the
daughter of Maurene June Frey and Casper Leo Mast, Jr.
Gayle’s maternal grandfather was a 32nd
degree Mason and also a Commander of the Englewood
Commandery in Chicago. He became a dedicated
genealogist in his fifties and gave the family the
groundwork for not only joining genealogical
organizations, but also the names for further research.
Gayle is married to Thomas Donald Coan, Jr. They
reside in Flossmoor, Illinois, in the home built by her
parents.
Mrs. Coan attended the
University of Colorado and
graduated with a B. A. degree in Education. Returning
to her childhood school, Gayle taught at the Flossmoor
Junior High School. In addition to being the head of the
math department, she completed many hours of advanced
education. Since retiring from teaching, she continues
to do data entry work for the district periodically
throughout the year.
Gayle and Don enjoy many shared interests including
travel, reading, gardening, and genealogical research.
Memberships
*
National Gavel Society
* Descendants of Sheriffs & Constables of Colonial &
Antebellum America
(Co-Founder, 1st Vice President General)
* Plymouth Hereditary Society (Governor General, former
Deputy Governor
General)
* Order of the Descendants of the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery Company
(Recording Secretary General)
* National Society Dames of the Court of Honor (National
Chairman –
National Newsletter, Illinois State President)
* Hereditary Order of the First Families of
Massachusetts (Marshal General)
* Order of the First Families of New Hampshire (Founding
Marshal General)
* First Families of Connecticut (Recording Secretary
General, Charter
Member)
* National Society Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims
(Illinois Branch
Recording Secretary, Organizing Corresponding Secretary)
* National Society Daughters of the Union 1861-1865
(Chapter Historian)
* Order of the First Families of Rhode Island &
Providence Plantations
* National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
* National Society Colonial Dames XVII Century
* National Society New England Women
* Illinois Cameo Society
* Flagon and Trencher, Descendants of Colonial Tavern
Keepers
* Order of Descendants of Colonial Physicians and
Chirurgiens
* Sons and Daughters of the Colonial and Antebellum
Bench & Bar 1565-
1861 (Charter Member)
* National Society Colonial Daughters Seventeenth
Century, Inc.
* First Families of the Twin Territories
* Guild of Colonial Artisans and Tradesmen
(Charter Member, Master
Guilder)
* Hereditary Order Descendants Loyalists and Patriots of
the American
Revolution
* National Society United States Daughters of 1812
* Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry
* National Society Sons and Daughters of Antebellum
Planters 1607-1861
* Winthrop Society
* Sons and Daughters of the Province and Republic
of West Florida
* Descendants of Old Plymouth Colony
* Presidential Families of America
* National Order of the Blue and Gray
* Hereditary Order of the Family of Presidents
and First Ladies
* National Society Descendants of Early Quakers
* National Society Daughters of American
Colonists
* Jamestowne Society
* Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial
Governors
* Dutch Colonial Society
* Descendants American House of Burgesses 1619-1699
(Charter Member)
* Registry of Infamous & Famous Relatives in
American Families
* United Daughters of the Confederacy (Chapter
Charter Member)
Other Notes
Gayle is a member of Saint John the Evangelist Episcopal
Church in Flossmoor. She organized and heads a
retirement group of teachers from her school district.
She is a Chi Omega Sorority Alumni donor, Director’s
Club member of the University of Colorado Alumni Group,
a member of the Smithsonian Museum, a Founder Member and
donor of the Williamsburg Foundation, a Historic
Gettysburg-Adams’s County donor, a Civil War
Preservation Trust donor, a National Trust donor for the
preservation of historic sites, a USO donor, and a
member of the Underhill Society.
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