Pauline Fecht July 19, 1931 - May 3, 2026
Pauline Fecht joined Kansas Authors Club in 2000 and almost immediately began her time serving as the president of far western Kansas (D7). She contributed regularly to CAPPER's Weekly Readers' series, My Folks.
Memories from Members:
"Pauline was the leader of the Kansas Authors Club chapter that met in Dodge City four times a year when I joined the club. She was so friendly and encouraging. She went out of her way to make me feel at home and welcome from my first meeting. When she learned that was writing "on the world wide web" (to date myself a little) she was so excited and asked me to speak at a meeting because she thought it was an important subject (the internet) that members needed to learn about.
As a member from western Kansas, I worked with Pauline and her team on my first convention, which was held in Hutchinson. Our group was in charge of the bookroom while the folks from Hutchinson were in charge of the location and the speakers. Pauline made sure I was introduced to members even though I immediately fell in love with working in the bookroom and would have been happy to station myself there for every convention from that point on.
Years later, after I had moved away from western Kansas, I ran into Pauline quite by accident in Dodge City. She recognized me immediately and asked about my writing. I will always be thankful to Pauline for the kindness she showed to me when I was young and looking for a group of writers to hang out with."
Tracy Million Simmons,
26 year member of Kansas Authors Club,
former District 7, District 1, and District 2 member
Current Executive Director
"Pauline was the leader of the Kansas Authors Club chapter that met in Dodge City four times a year when I joined the club. She was so friendly and encouraging. She went out of her way to make me feel at home and welcome from my first meeting. When she learned that was writing "on the world wide web" (to date myself a little) she was so excited and asked me to speak at a meeting because she thought it was an important subject (the internet) that members needed to learn about.
As a member from western Kansas, I worked with Pauline and her team on my first convention, which was held in Hutchinson. Our group was in charge of the bookroom while the folks from Hutchinson were in charge of the location and the speakers. Pauline made sure I was introduced to members even though I immediately fell in love with working in the bookroom and would have been happy to station myself there for every convention from that point on.
Years later, after I had moved away from western Kansas, I ran into Pauline quite by accident in Dodge City. She recognized me immediately and asked about my writing. I will always be thankful to Pauline for the kindness she showed to me when I was young and looking for a group of writers to hang out with."
Tracy Million Simmons,
26 year member of Kansas Authors Club,
former District 7, District 1, and District 2 member
Current Executive Director
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