Wanda Jean Scott Kump was born Sept. 14, 1934, to Elmer O’Dell and Alice Louise Pace Scott in Wright City, Okla., at the home of her maternal grandparents. She grew up in Oklahoma and started school in a “one-room” schoolhouse.
Her family moved to Artesia, Colo., — now known as Dinosaur — in January 1948. She finished eighth grade in Artesia and then started high school in Rangely, Colo., in fall 1949. She attended Uintah…


