Mary Lois Ruppenthal Hibbard James was the daughter of Jacob Christian and Sarah Spalding Ruppenthal. Born in Russell, Kansas in 1903, she died in Lenexa, Kansas in 2000. She earned degrees from the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Simmons College in Boston, and Columbia University in New York. She married Harlan Davis Hibbard in 1930, and after he died in 1941 she remarried in 1947 to Wallace James. She taught school in Russell, Kansas, and Akron, Ohio, and was a founding member of the New Jersey chapter of the American Association of Marriage and Family Counselors.
From the description of Mary Lois James papers, circa 1892 - 1983 (bulk: 1950-1980) (Kansas State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 694572872