Daughter of Furnas Case and Lola Case. She graduated from East Alton High School where she participated in sports and was a member of the drum and bugle corps. During World War II she enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps and was one of the first Lady Marines. One of the highlights of her Marine Corps tour was being an escort for First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt. Later she was stationed at Cherry Point, Marine Air Station, NC, where she was in charge of bookkeeping for the base exchange. After World Ward II, she married Ben Karnosky, a career U.S. Army soldier. She and Colonel Karnosky served in many interesting locations, including Austria, Italy, Spain, and Washington, DC. They were in Italy when it was under communist rule, in Spain when it was ruled by the dictator Franco, and in Austria when the Russians had to take down their flag and leave. After being stationed at Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, they settled down and made Savannah their home. She volunteered to serve in many charitable organizations and causes during her lifetime. In recent years she established, The Winifred Case Karnosky Nursing Scholarship Fund at Armstrong Atlantic State University. She was an active member of St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church in Savannah.
Family Members
Parents
Furnas Marion Case
1889–1966
Lola E Lauchner Case
1890–1978
Spouse
Benedict Andrew Karnosky
1916–2006 (m. 1946)
Siblings
Jack Marion Case
1918–1992
