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Cora & George Webster |
The George and Cora Webster Scholarship Fund provides scholarships to African American students who are graduates of high schools located within the Community Foundation service area.
George Webster is a native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of Westinghouse High School in Pittsburgh and attended Pennsylvania State University.
In 1963, Mr. Webster enlisted in the United States Marine Corp where he attained the rank of staff sergeant. His service included sixteen months in Vietnam.
After serving ten years in the Marine Corp, he joined the United States Navy. From 1979 until 1982, he was a Navy recruiter in Aurora.
After serving on five different aircraft carriers, he eventually achieved the rank of master chief petty officer.
Upon his retirement from the service in 1988, he and his wife Cora Webster moved back to the Aurora Community.
Mr. Webster was an Aurora Election Commission Judge for twenty-one years and a member of the Aurora Citizens Police Academy Alumni Association for many years.
Cora Webster was born in Eudora, Arkansas. She worked as a licensed cosmetologist in Texas and was employed by both the May Company and the KMART Corporation in Illinois.
Mrs. Webster is a member of the Main Street Baptist Church and serves as a member of the Nurses Aide Ministry.
Mr. and Mrs. Webster were married in December 1969 at Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church in Chicago. They have one son and a granddaughter.
George & Cora Webster Scholarship Fund
If you would prefer to make your contribution by check or money order,
please print out our contribution form
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Our service area includes the Greater Aurora Area, the TriCities and Kendall County in the State of Illinois. |
