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One of her college friends from Ames, knowing of her interest in theater, recommended her as the replacement host for 'The House With the Magic Window,' and the rest was television history. Glen and Louise McVay had driven from Platteville, Wisconsin, looking for a baby boy to adopt, it said, but that when they were in the nursery, 'Glen's eye caught the sight of a tiny baby with big brown eyes looking right at him' and he took her home.Īfter graduating from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a bachelor's degree in psychology and a minor in English literature, Varnum returned to Platteville and became a teacher. Varnum's obituary says she was born in an orphanage in Chicago on May 3, 1931. Betty Lou Varnum's obituary tells of her favorite works

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'I still to this day know how to make woven construction paper hearts and construction paper cones for May baskets,' she said. Regular viewers of 'The House with the Magic Window' knew to keep around 'snubby-nosed scissors, pipe cleaners, aluminum foil, construction paper and egg cartons,' Whisenand said. She said the reaction on social media to Varnum's death shows how important a role Varnum played in young lives. Mary Whisenand, 56, of Des Moines, is one of many central Iowa residents who was a fan of the show in her childhood.

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