Arvella was an Episcopalian for over 60 years and a member of St. She received The Maud Hart Lovelace Minnesota Youth Reading Award, The Detroit Book Award, and was recognized by the Society of Midland Authors for Outstanding Accomplishment in the Category of Children's Fiction. In a postscript in her last novel she said she was proud to be the great-grand-daughter of a freed African American woman.
She also published historical fiction novels for children including: You're a Real Hero Amanda, The Bread Winner, Trapped Between the Lash and the Gun.
In the 1970s, she wrote and directed plays for the Minneapolis Public Schools, one of which challenged race-based bias. She taught speech and theater at Marymount College, Salina, Kansas, before raising four children. Arvella earned graduate degrees in law (Washburn University) and drama (University of Iowa). She is also survived by her grandchildren, Page Whitmore (Stephen Segroves), Nelson Whitmore (Camilla), Paul Ranum (Susan Kenzie), Madeline Ranum, Claire Whitmore, and Charles Whitmore (Jessica) along with one great-grandchild, Graham Whitmore and two step-great-grandchildren, Eva & Truman Segroves. She is survived by her children, Bruce Whitmore (Dee Mitchell), Clark Whitmore (Cheryl), Laura Ranum (Robert) and Diane Whitmore, along with nephew, Dennis Embry (Richard Klingaman). She is preceded in death by her husband of 61 years, Page Gregory Whitmore, her brother Herbert Crandell Embry, and her parents Horace and Margaret Embry. except her prizewinning bread recipe.Whitmore, Arvella Doris Embry Born on MaDied peacefully on Masurrounded by family members just a few hours before what would have been her 98th birthday. Jobs are scarce, and soon Sarah’s father is forced to leave home to look for work. Sarah’s parents have been forced to sell the farm, and Sarah is shocked to see that her new house is nothing more than a shack in the poorest part of town. What will life be like in a real town? Will her house be bigger than the one on the farm? She can’t wait to see her first movie at the Aladdin Theater and to make friends at her new school.īut the year is 1932, and life in the midst of the Great Depression is far from easy. “Sarah is a strong female protagonist and the well-structured story is fast paced, while Whitmore’s evocation of the period allows the readers to share the desperation of hard-working, decent people.” - Kirkus ReviewsĪs her family’s Model T truck rattles along toward Waheegan, Sarah Ann Puckett wonders about her new home. When Sarah’s family lose their farm and are forced to move to Shantytown at the height of the Great Depression, Sarah saves them from starvation and complete despair by selling her prize-winning bread.
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