Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org
Surnames: Plunkett, Beranek
----Source: Greenwood Gleaner (Greenwood, Clark Co., Wis.) 13 Sep 1962
MISSIONARIES TO HONDURAS – A former Greenwood (Clark Co., Wis.) man, George Plunkett, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Plunkett Sr. of Greenwood, and his wife sue have arrived in Belize British Honduras as Papal volunteers for lay help in Latin America. Plunkett, who served with the U.S. Armed Forces for six years, is a June graduate of La Crosse State College. He will set up a physical education program in a new teacher training college in Belize. His wife will teach in a Catholic high school there. The couple met while both were students at La Crosse State College and were married two years ago. They will spend a year in Belize with an option to renew their contract. Their salaries will be paid by the Catholic Diocese of La Crosse. Mrs. Plunkett is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Beranek of La Crosse.
