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Mary Delia <I>Poppleton</I> Learned

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Mary Delia Poppleton Learned

Birth
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Death
15 Jan 1960 (aged 86)
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section: 21, Plot: 222, Grave: 2
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Mary Delia Poppleton was born July 23, 1873 to Caroline Laura and Andrew Jackson Poppleton in Omaha, Nebraska. Her birth record was part of Trinity Cathedral-Episcopal, of Omaha, Nebraska.

On April 18, 1893 she was married in Omaha, Nebraska to Myron Leslie Learned.

She passed away January 15, 1960 at her home in Omaha, Nebraska. The following article was in the Evening World-Herald. The Omaha Bee was another newspaper.

Author, Critic Is Dead at 86
Mrs. Mary Learned—Pioneer's Daughter
Mrs. Mary Poppleton Learned, 86, of 316 South Fiftieth Avenue, a life-long Omahan, author and music critic, died unexpectedly at her home Friday night.
She was the daughter of Andrew J. Poppleton, pioneer who formed Nebraska's first law firm and represented Omaha in the first Territorial Legislature.
Mrs. Learned was educated in women's schools in Connecticut and New York. She was a charter member of the Omaha Art Institute, the Colonial Dames of America in Nebraska, a member of the Tuesday Musical Club, Omaha Civic Music Association and Omaha Club.
She was the author of essays and dramatic pantomimes which were acted here and in Chicago and music writer for the old Omaha Bee.
Her husband, Myron I. Learned, a prominent attorney, died in 1928. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908 and was once endorsed by the Omaha and Nebraska Bar Associations for a seat on the United States Circuit Court.
Services will be Monday at 2pm in the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Nativity Chapel. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Survivors include two grandnephews, William S. Poppleton 3d, Omaha, and Samuel K. Poppleton, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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National Archives; obituary printed in the Saturday, January 16,, 1960 Evening World-Herald, p. 2; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteer Diane Elsasser Snider 46512148
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Mary Delia Poppleton was born July 23, 1873 to Caroline Laura and Andrew Jackson Poppleton in Omaha, Nebraska. Her birth record was part of Trinity Cathedral-Episcopal, of Omaha, Nebraska.

On April 18, 1893 she was married in Omaha, Nebraska to Myron Leslie Learned.

She passed away January 15, 1960 at her home in Omaha, Nebraska. The following article was in the Evening World-Herald. The Omaha Bee was another newspaper.

Author, Critic Is Dead at 86
Mrs. Mary Learned—Pioneer's Daughter
Mrs. Mary Poppleton Learned, 86, of 316 South Fiftieth Avenue, a life-long Omahan, author and music critic, died unexpectedly at her home Friday night.
She was the daughter of Andrew J. Poppleton, pioneer who formed Nebraska's first law firm and represented Omaha in the first Territorial Legislature.
Mrs. Learned was educated in women's schools in Connecticut and New York. She was a charter member of the Omaha Art Institute, the Colonial Dames of America in Nebraska, a member of the Tuesday Musical Club, Omaha Civic Music Association and Omaha Club.
She was the author of essays and dramatic pantomimes which were acted here and in Chicago and music writer for the old Omaha Bee.
Her husband, Myron I. Learned, a prominent attorney, died in 1928. He was a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1908 and was once endorsed by the Omaha and Nebraska Bar Associations for a seat on the United States Circuit Court.
Services will be Monday at 2pm in the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral Nativity Chapel. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Survivors include two grandnephews, William S. Poppleton 3d, Omaha, and Samuel K. Poppleton, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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National Archives; obituary printed in the Saturday, January 16,, 1960 Evening World-Herald, p. 2; kind assistance of FindaGrave volunteer Diane Elsasser Snider 46512148
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  • Maintained by: MrsB
  • Originally Created by: Ruth Moss
  • Added: Sep 5, 2005
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11691003/mary_delia-learned: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Delia Poppleton Learned (23 Jul 1873–15 Jan 1960), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11691003, citing Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Omaha, Douglas County, Nebraska, USA; Maintained by MrsB (contributor 47910340).