country station death_place death_date show birth_place birth_date article_title name style
united states wnax -lrb- am -rrb- yankton , south dakota united states 22 october 2007 the neighbor lady marshalltown , iowa united states 1917 wynn speece
 wynn speece radio personality
wynn speece

wynn hubler speece -lrb- 1917 -- 2007 -rrb- was the `` neighbor lady '' on wnax -lrb- am -rrb- radio for 64 years from 1941 to 2005 .
speece began working at wnax in 1939 shortly after graduating from drake university with a degree in theater .
as the `` neighbor lady , '' speece shared recipes , household tips and personal anecdotes during her weekday program .
at the height of her fame in the 1940s and 1950s , she received over 250,000 letters a year .
wnax published `` ten years with your neighbor lady '' , a collection of recipes , tips and letters from listeners , in 1954 .
speece received a marconi radio award in 1992 .
