Harriet Holbrook Hamilton: local benefactor
Harriet Holbrook Hamilton, 85, a longtime Atherton resident whose financial generosity benefitted many local medical causes, died March 15, 1997 at home.
Born in San Francisco as an only child, she moved to the San Diego area when she was 7 after her father had a stroke. In San Diego, she was raised by her mother and grandfather, John D. Spreckels, who founded the Spreckels sugar company.
During World War II, Hamilton served in naval intelligence in Venezuela with her first husband, Frank Garrettson Belcher. She established the nurses' aide division of the Red Cross in Venezuela, and was awarded the Simon Bolivar Medal. Her love of horses also led her to create Venezuela's first women's polo team.
She moved to Atherton in 1946 to raise her family. She was active in many charitable causes. She helped fund Stanford Research Institute's "Day-long EKG" machine and fetal heart monitor. She was also a founder of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Clinic. In addition, she provided the funding for the Santa Inez dormitory at the Santa Catalina School in Monterey and dedicated it to her mother, Lillie Spreckels Holbrook.
Hamilton's aunt, Olive Holbrook Palmer, donated the land for what is now Holbrook Palmer Park in Atherton in 1965. Hamilton wrote four books, three on family history and another on Chinese snuff bottles.
She is survived by three sons, John Garrettson Belcher of Napa, Frank Garrettson Belcher of Eagar, Ariz., and Edward Morse Hamilton Jr. of Atherton; a daughter, Virginia Belcher Wilson of Napa; 17 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
Contributions may be made to the Coronado Hospital Foundation, the Library Fund of the Society of California Pioneers, the Pacific School of Religion, the National Alzheimer's Association, or the Woodside-Atherton Garden Club.
source: http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/community_pulse/1997_Apr_9.OBITS09.html
Harriet Holbrook Hamilton, 85, a longtime Atherton resident whose financial generosity benefitted many local medical causes, died March 15, 1997 at home.
Born in San Francisco as an only child, she moved to the San Diego area when she was 7 after her father had a stroke. In San Diego, she was raised by her mother and grandfather, John D. Spreckels, who founded the Spreckels sugar company.
During World War II, Hamilton served in naval intelligence in Venezuela with her first husband, Frank Garrettson Belcher. She established the nurses' aide division of the Red Cross in Venezuela, and was awarded the Simon Bolivar Medal. Her love of horses also led her to create Venezuela's first women's polo team.
She moved to Atherton in 1946 to raise her family. She was active in many charitable causes. She helped fund Stanford Research Institute's "Day-long EKG" machine and fetal heart monitor. She was also a founder of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Clinic. In addition, she provided the funding for the Santa Inez dormitory at the Santa Catalina School in Monterey and dedicated it to her mother, Lillie Spreckels Holbrook.
Hamilton's aunt, Olive Holbrook Palmer, donated the land for what is now Holbrook Palmer Park in Atherton in 1965. Hamilton wrote four books, three on family history and another on Chinese snuff bottles.
She is survived by three sons, John Garrettson Belcher of Napa, Frank Garrettson Belcher of Eagar, Ariz., and Edward Morse Hamilton Jr. of Atherton; a daughter, Virginia Belcher Wilson of Napa; 17 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
Contributions may be made to the Coronado Hospital Foundation, the Library Fund of the Society of California Pioneers, the Pacific School of Religion, the National Alzheimer's Association, or the Woodside-Atherton Garden Club.
source: http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/community_pulse/1997_Apr_9.OBITS09.html
Harriet Holbrook Hamilton: local benefactor
Harriet Holbrook Hamilton, 85, a longtime Atherton resident whose financial generosity benefitted many local medical causes, died March 15, 1997 at home.
Born in San Francisco as an only child, she moved to the San Diego area when she was 7 after her father had a stroke. In San Diego, she was raised by her mother and grandfather, John D. Spreckels, who founded the Spreckels sugar company.
During World War II, Hamilton served in naval intelligence in Venezuela with her first husband, Frank Garrettson Belcher. She established the nurses' aide division of the Red Cross in Venezuela, and was awarded the Simon Bolivar Medal. Her love of horses also led her to create Venezuela's first women's polo team.
She moved to Atherton in 1946 to raise her family. She was active in many charitable causes. She helped fund Stanford Research Institute's "Day-long EKG" machine and fetal heart monitor. She was also a founder of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Clinic. In addition, she provided the funding for the Santa Inez dormitory at the Santa Catalina School in Monterey and dedicated it to her mother, Lillie Spreckels Holbrook.
Hamilton's aunt, Olive Holbrook Palmer, donated the land for what is now Holbrook Palmer Park in Atherton in 1965. Hamilton wrote four books, three on family history and another on Chinese snuff bottles.
She is survived by three sons, John Garrettson Belcher of Napa, Frank Garrettson Belcher of Eagar, Ariz., and Edward Morse Hamilton Jr. of Atherton; a daughter, Virginia Belcher Wilson of Napa; 17 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
Contributions may be made to the Coronado Hospital Foundation, the Library Fund of the Society of California Pioneers, the Pacific School of Religion, the National Alzheimer's Association, or the Woodside-Atherton Garden Club.
source: http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/community_pulse/1997_Apr_9.OBITS09.html
Harriet Holbrook Hamilton, 85, a longtime Atherton resident whose financial generosity benefitted many local medical causes, died March 15, 1997 at home.
Born in San Francisco as an only child, she moved to the San Diego area when she was 7 after her father had a stroke. In San Diego, she was raised by her mother and grandfather, John D. Spreckels, who founded the Spreckels sugar company.
During World War II, Hamilton served in naval intelligence in Venezuela with her first husband, Frank Garrettson Belcher. She established the nurses' aide division of the Red Cross in Venezuela, and was awarded the Simon Bolivar Medal. Her love of horses also led her to create Venezuela's first women's polo team.
She moved to Atherton in 1946 to raise her family. She was active in many charitable causes. She helped fund Stanford Research Institute's "Day-long EKG" machine and fetal heart monitor. She was also a founder of the Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Clinic. In addition, she provided the funding for the Santa Inez dormitory at the Santa Catalina School in Monterey and dedicated it to her mother, Lillie Spreckels Holbrook.
Hamilton's aunt, Olive Holbrook Palmer, donated the land for what is now Holbrook Palmer Park in Atherton in 1965. Hamilton wrote four books, three on family history and another on Chinese snuff bottles.
She is survived by three sons, John Garrettson Belcher of Napa, Frank Garrettson Belcher of Eagar, Ariz., and Edward Morse Hamilton Jr. of Atherton; a daughter, Virginia Belcher Wilson of Napa; 17 grandchildren; and 19 great-grandchildren.
Contributions may be made to the Coronado Hospital Foundation, the Library Fund of the Society of California Pioneers, the Pacific School of Religion, the National Alzheimer's Association, or the Woodside-Atherton Garden Club.
source: http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/community_pulse/1997_Apr_9.OBITS09.html
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