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Dr Petrena <I>Abbe</I> Shea

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Dr Petrena Abbe Shea

Birth
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Death
17 Nov 2001 (aged 92)
Williamsburg, Williamsburg City, Virginia, USA
Burial
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA GPS-Latitude: 38.9493861, Longitude: -77.0117028
Plot
Section M, Lot 292, Range 7
Memorial ID
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Age: 92 yrs. 9 mos. 5 dys.

D/O Dr. Truman Abbe & Ethel Whipple (Brown) Abbe
W/O Samuel Hazen Shea (21 Aug 1910-28 Jan 1984); m 17 Sep 1938, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
M/O William Abbe Shea (1 Mar 1943-Sep 1948)
M/O Thomas Y. Shea
M/O Robert A. Shea

Graduated from George Washington University Medical School in 1936. Performed residency at Columbia Hospital.

Charter Member of Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists

Last Residence: Williamsburg, James City, Virginia 23185, USA [SSDI]

Newsletter, Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists, 12 May 2002:

The WUU Endowment Fund has been the recipient of four unsolicited contributions totalling $450 from friends of our deceased charter member, Dr. Petrena Shea, M.D. For those of you who didn't know her, she was a prominent OB-GYN who was a pioneer in movement to make birth control accessible to all women, and to establish women's rights to reproductive health services in general. The Fund and the congregation are grateful for her memory and for these gifts of remembrance in her honor.
Age: 92 yrs. 9 mos. 5 dys.

D/O Dr. Truman Abbe & Ethel Whipple (Brown) Abbe
W/O Samuel Hazen Shea (21 Aug 1910-28 Jan 1984); m 17 Sep 1938, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
M/O William Abbe Shea (1 Mar 1943-Sep 1948)
M/O Thomas Y. Shea
M/O Robert A. Shea

Graduated from George Washington University Medical School in 1936. Performed residency at Columbia Hospital.

Charter Member of Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists

Last Residence: Williamsburg, James City, Virginia 23185, USA [SSDI]

Newsletter, Williamsburg Unitarian Universalists, 12 May 2002:

The WUU Endowment Fund has been the recipient of four unsolicited contributions totalling $450 from friends of our deceased charter member, Dr. Petrena Shea, M.D. For those of you who didn't know her, she was a prominent OB-GYN who was a pioneer in movement to make birth control accessible to all women, and to establish women's rights to reproductive health services in general. The Fund and the congregation are grateful for her memory and for these gifts of remembrance in her honor.

Inscription

(flat marker)
S. HAZEN SHEA M.D.
1910 -- 1984
PETRENA ABBE SHEA M.D.
1909 -- 2001

(plot marker obverse)
CLEVELAND ABBE
DECEMBER 3, 1838
OCTOBER 28, 1916

MARGARET PERCIVAL ABBE
NOVEMBER 7, 1865
JANUARY 7, 1836



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  • Created by: Earl Abbe
  • Added: Jan 7, 2015
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/141031427/petrena-shea: accessed ), memorial page for Dr Petrena Abbe Shea (12 Feb 1909–17 Nov 2001), Find a Grave Memorial ID 141031427, citing Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA; Maintained by Earl Abbe (contributor 46843447).