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Dr. Harriet OWEN

Dr. Harriet OWEN

Female 1908 - 1959  (51 years)


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  • Name Harriet OWEN 
    Prefix Dr. 
    Birth 18 Jul 1908  Whitinsville, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Education 1930  Wellesley, Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Wellesly College 
    Education 1933  Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    University Of Michigan 
    • MD degree.
    Burial , Cheboygan, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Ashes scattered in Lake Michigan at Wilderness State Park.
    Occupation Medical Doctor 
    Religion Quaker 
    _UID 2CB62A11750945E1A0C6B51BF9D021CFB0A1 
    Death 24 Sep 1959  Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Cause: Possible virus 
    Burial
    • Ashes scattered.
    Person ID I3169  WinderWonderland
    Last Modified 13 Dec 2013 

    Family ID F8466  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Claude Veyne WINDER, Phd,   b. 26 May 1909, Fallon, Churchill, Nevada, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Aug 1972, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage 19 Aug 1932  Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Family ID F1  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 4 Feb 2011 

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  • Notes 
    • The Fallon Standard, 10 June 1933, 1:6 MRS. CLAUDE WINDER ONLY WOMAN MEDIC OF HONOR GRADUATES
      "Mrs. Claude WInder will be the only woman and one of but thirteen senior medical students at Ann Arbor, State University of Michigan, to receive her M.D. degree with honors when the class of '33 is graduated June 19, according to a letter from Claude to his family here.
      "Mrs. Winder was excused from the comprehensive examinations and was invited, with 13 others - numbers 8 to 20 in the class - to take a competitive examination for honors for which the leading six in the class had been recommended without examination. Mrs. Winder and five others of the 13 were successful in passing the honors examination."

      The Ann Arbor News, 25 Sep 1959 DR. HARRIET WINDER DIES AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS
      Dr. Harriet O. Winder, 51, an Ann Arbor physician who had been associated with University Health Service at various times, was pronounced ded on rrival at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital yesterday morning after she was taken ill while riding on a city bus. She lived at 1035 Martin Pl.
      Dr. Winslow G. Fox, a county medical examiner, said today that her death was from natural causes.
      One of Dr. Winder's more recent contributions to the field of medicine was her participation in a survey on the uses made of services offered by Michigan hospitals.
      Active in religious and civic affairs, Dr. Winder took part in the work of the Ann Arbor Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and in efforts of the denomination to promote international peace and better international relations.
      She was a member of the life and work committee of the Ann Arbor Council of Churches. She also was a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
      Dr Winder was born on July 18, 1908, at Whitinsville, Mass. She attended Moses Brown School, a Quaker institution in Providence, R.I., and later received her bachelor degree from Wllesley College in 1930.
      She received her doctor of medicine degee from the University Medical School here in 1933.
      She and Claude V. Winder, now a pharmacologist at the Parke-Davis Co. in Detroit, were married on Aug. 19, 1932. He survives.
      Other survivors include five sons, Robert Winder of Princeton, N.J., Allen Winder, a student at the U-M, Thomas Winder, a student at Scattergood School, West Branch, Ia., and Carl and Paul Winder, both at home; three daughters, Mrs. Ann Winder Taylor of Cambridge, Mass., and Miss Mary Winder and Miss Norma Winder, both a home; and two grandchildren, Lorna Taylor and Katherine Winder.
      Also surviving are a sister, Mrs. George Beal of Winchester, Mass.; and a brother, Major H. Walcott Owen of Washington, D.C.
      There will be no funeral service. An announcement will be made later, however, of Friends Meeting memorial services.
      Gifts in memory of Dr. Winder may be made to the Dennis Morley Memorial Fund in care of the treasurer of the Friends Meeting, 1416 Hill St. The fund, which Dr. Winder helped administer, assists in paying the expenses of young people of high school age participating in conferences, seminars and other activities designed to promote better international and intergroup understanding.

      Ann Arbor Friends Meeting: MINUTE ON HARRIET WINDER
      The following minute was approved in our October Meeting for Business:
      Harriet Winder, our dearly beloved friend and neighbor, died on September 24, 1959. Harriet entered into her many concerns and activities with a keen intelligence and an outpouring of love. Especially dear to her heart were the children and youth of our Meeting community and of the world. Her work with the Sunday School, the Young Friends group, the Dennis Morley Fund, and young people's seminars, schools and workcamps was done with an understanding heart which endeared her to all the children and young people.
      Harriet was loved and honored by people of all races and all walks of life. Her broad tolerance, deep understanding, and loving sympathy characterized all of her work with the Ann Arbor Council of Churches, the NAACP, and other groups. In these efforts, and in life as wife, mother, physician, and friend, she was beloved by all those whose lives were touched by hers. Into the depth of her concerns she brought a gentle humor which added a sparkle to the light she shed. For all of those who knew Harriet, the presence of her living spirit will continue to be felt. The foundations of her life were love and service. Her heart and home were always open to all, and the well-spring of her love was fathomless.
      Ann Arbor Friends wish to express their sympathy and affection to Harriet's husband and children, and to the other members of her extended family circle.

  • Sources 
    1. [S179] Birth certificate for Harriet Owen, (18 Jul 1908 , , Repository: Whitinsville Historical Society).

    2. [S5] The Ann Arbor News (Reliability: 0).
      Dr. Harriet Winder Dies After Brief Illness

    3. [S399] Washtenaw County, MI, Marriage Record for Claude Veyne Winder and Harriet Owen, (Repository: Washtenaw County, MI), Rec #346 (Reliability: 0).
      Groom: Claude V. Winder, age 23, white, b. Fallon, NV, student, f. Elbridge Winder, m. Charlotte Sifford; Bride: Harriet Owen, age 24, white, b. MA, student, f. Henry Owen; Both of Ann Arbor, first ma rriage for both. Date 19 Aug 1932, witnesses Carl A. Moyer, Aileen L. McQuinn, both of Ann Arbor.


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