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Mildred: Four Generations of Girl Scout Legacy
October 02, 2026
In 2015, Mildred Guenther celebrated her 100th birthday. And by then, she had already spent 85 years as a Girl Scout.
Mildred became a Girl Scout at 15 years old in Lincoln's Clover Troop #2. Her troop leader encouraged girls to get outdoors, try new things, and discover skills they might not otherwise have had the opportunity to learn.
Girl Scouts looked a little different then. Mildred earned badges in things like needlepoint, canning, housekeeping, Morse code, and cooking. She was a Girl Scout before the first organized Girl Scout Cookie Program, when her troop sold candy to fund their activities.
Years later, Mildred became a troop leader for her own daughters, Linda and Sue Ann, guiding them from Brownies through Seniors. She loved camping with her girls, even remembering one particularly cold campout when she led everyone on a jog around the campsite to keep warm.
Her love of Girl Scouts became a family tradition.
By 2015, four generations of her family had been part of Girl Scouts, with Mildred's great-granddaughters, Haley and Avery, carrying that tradition forward in Doniphan.
One Girl Scout. Four generations. More than eight decades of memories, lessons and adventures.
That's what a legacy looks like.
100 years. Countless stories. One lasting legacy.
