Thorman, Dorothy (née Coleman)
appeared in Glenview Announcements, 27 Dec 2001, p. 127
Description
- Media Type
- Genealogical Resource
- Newspaper
- Item Type
- Obituaries
- Notes
- Spouse: Floyd M. Thorman
Survived by: A daughter, Katherine Ann; a sister, Frances C. Powell; a brother, Harold J. (Ruth) Coleman; three nieces, Sharon P. Fowler, Diana P. (Peter) Blom and Donna P. (Craig) Hecker; nine grand-nieces and nephews
Age 96; born and raised in Evanston; 1926 graduate of Northwestern U. with a major in zoology and minor in physical education; taught women to be pysical education teachers at Drake U. in Iowa; during the Great Depression, taught physical education at Roycemore School in Evanston; 1935 master's degree from Columbia U. in New York; taught at U. of Georgia before returning to Evanston; 1940s-1950s taught hygiene to foreign students at Kendall College (then Evanston Collegiate Institute); substitute teacher for girls' physical education at New Trier H.S.; Girl Scout leader and president of Winnetka Historical Society; active Northwestern alum, 70+ year member of Pi Beta Phi sorority; 48-year member of Winnetka Congregational Church; preceded in death by her husband, Floyd in 1990 - Date of Publication
- 27 Dec 2001
- Date Of Event
- December 7, 2001
- Last Name(s)
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Thorman
Coleman
- Language of Item
- English
- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Contact
- Glenview Public LibraryEmail:genealogy@glenviewpl.org
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