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Mildred Scheel

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Mildred Scheel

Original Name
Wirtz
Birth
Cologne, Stadtkreis Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Death
13 May 1985 (aged 53)
Cologne, Stadtkreis Köln, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Burial
Bonn, Stadtkreis Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Add to Map
Plot
Feld IIIa 166-167
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Social Reformer. She devoted all her life to the fight against cancer and founded the "Deutsche Krebshilfe" (German Cancer Help Association) in 1974. In 1969 she married Walter Scheel, the then minister for foreign affairs and later president of the German Federal Republic. Ironically, the cause of her death was cancer. She kept her illness secret from everybody but the closest family.
Social Reformer. She devoted all her life to the fight against cancer and founded the "Deutsche Krebshilfe" (German Cancer Help Association) in 1974. In 1969 she married Walter Scheel, the then minister for foreign affairs and later president of the German Federal Republic. Ironically, the cause of her death was cancer. She kept her illness secret from everybody but the closest family.

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  • Added: Jan 15, 2002
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6091677/mildred-scheel: accessed ), memorial page for Mildred Scheel (31 Dec 1931–13 May 1985), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6091677, citing Alter Friedhof, Bonn, Stadtkreis Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany; Maintained by Find a Grave.