Anita M. Oldham Dies Friday Night
Mrs. Anita M. Oldham, wife of Jack Oldham of Leesburg, Ind., and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., died at 9:45 o'clock Friday night at the Cleveland Clinic hospital, where she underwent heart surgery earlier in the day.
Mrs. Oldham was the former Miss Anita Swearingen, a former resident of Decatur and well known in this city.
Surviving are her husband, one brother Milton Swearingen of Decatur, and one sister, Mrs. William E. (Helen) McGahey of Fort Wayne.
The body will be returned from Cleveland to the Chalfant-Perry funeral home in Fort Wayne. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Final Rites Today For Anita Oldham
Funeral services were held this morning at Chalfant-Perry funeral home in Fort Wayne for Mrs. H.J. (Anita Swearingen) Oldham, former Decatur resident, who died Friday night at the Cleveland Clinic hospital. A second service was held this afternoon in the chapel of the Washington Park cemetery near Cumberland.
After receiving her A.M. and M.A. degrees from Indiana University, she started her teaching career at Knightstown. In 1940 she was elected president of the Indiana state teachers of speech an organization of 700, and in 1946 was named president of the Indiana state teachers association. As a member of the state curriculum committee she helped write Indiana's first complete course of study in English. She later contributed a chapter in Matilda Bailey's English Fourth Course.
Mrs. Oldham taught English at Elmhurst high school from 1947 until 1954, when she taught at Indiana Technical College with the rank of associate professor. Besides holding an office in the Fort Wayne branch of the American association of university women, she served as legislative chairman for several years, and initiated and directed the get-out-the-vote campaign for women in Fort Wayne. One of her leading community contributions was deputy chief warden of Allen county civil defense, 1954-1958, which led to her appointment of the nation advisory committee of the women's federal civic defense program.
Mrs. Oldham was also a member of the League of Women Voters, Sigma Kappa college sorority, for which she was regional director, Delta Kappa Gamma, which she served as president, Y.M.C.A., Fort Wayne Woman's club, of which she was regional director.
She was past grand electa of the grand chapter of the Order of Eastern Star of Indiana and past worthy matron of the Eastern Star in Greenfield.
Mrs. Anita M. Oldham, wife of Jack Oldham of Leesburg, Ind., and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., died at 9:45 o'clock Friday night at the Cleveland Clinic hospital, where she underwent heart surgery earlier in the day.
Mrs. Oldham was the former Miss Anita Swearingen, a former resident of Decatur and well known in this city.
Surviving are her husband, one brother Milton Swearingen of Decatur, and one sister, Mrs. William E. (Helen) McGahey of Fort Wayne.
The body will be returned from Cleveland to the Chalfant-Perry funeral home in Fort Wayne. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Final Rites Today For Anita Oldham
Funeral services were held this morning at Chalfant-Perry funeral home in Fort Wayne for Mrs. H.J. (Anita Swearingen) Oldham, former Decatur resident, who died Friday night at the Cleveland Clinic hospital. A second service was held this afternoon in the chapel of the Washington Park cemetery near Cumberland.
After receiving her A.M. and M.A. degrees from Indiana University, she started her teaching career at Knightstown. In 1940 she was elected president of the Indiana state teachers of speech an organization of 700, and in 1946 was named president of the Indiana state teachers association. As a member of the state curriculum committee she helped write Indiana's first complete course of study in English. She later contributed a chapter in Matilda Bailey's English Fourth Course.
Mrs. Oldham taught English at Elmhurst high school from 1947 until 1954, when she taught at Indiana Technical College with the rank of associate professor. Besides holding an office in the Fort Wayne branch of the American association of university women, she served as legislative chairman for several years, and initiated and directed the get-out-the-vote campaign for women in Fort Wayne. One of her leading community contributions was deputy chief warden of Allen county civil defense, 1954-1958, which led to her appointment of the nation advisory committee of the women's federal civic defense program.
Mrs. Oldham was also a member of the League of Women Voters, Sigma Kappa college sorority, for which she was regional director, Delta Kappa Gamma, which she served as president, Y.M.C.A., Fort Wayne Woman's club, of which she was regional director.
She was past grand electa of the grand chapter of the Order of Eastern Star of Indiana and past worthy matron of the Eastern Star in Greenfield.
Anita M. Oldham Dies Friday Night
Mrs. Anita M. Oldham, wife of Jack Oldham of Leesburg, Ind., and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., died at 9:45 o'clock Friday night at the Cleveland Clinic hospital, where she underwent heart surgery earlier in the day.
Mrs. Oldham was the former Miss Anita Swearingen, a former resident of Decatur and well known in this city.
Surviving are her husband, one brother Milton Swearingen of Decatur, and one sister, Mrs. William E. (Helen) McGahey of Fort Wayne.
The body will be returned from Cleveland to the Chalfant-Perry funeral home in Fort Wayne. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Final Rites Today For Anita Oldham
Funeral services were held this morning at Chalfant-Perry funeral home in Fort Wayne for Mrs. H.J. (Anita Swearingen) Oldham, former Decatur resident, who died Friday night at the Cleveland Clinic hospital. A second service was held this afternoon in the chapel of the Washington Park cemetery near Cumberland.
After receiving her A.M. and M.A. degrees from Indiana University, she started her teaching career at Knightstown. In 1940 she was elected president of the Indiana state teachers of speech an organization of 700, and in 1946 was named president of the Indiana state teachers association. As a member of the state curriculum committee she helped write Indiana's first complete course of study in English. She later contributed a chapter in Matilda Bailey's English Fourth Course.
Mrs. Oldham taught English at Elmhurst high school from 1947 until 1954, when she taught at Indiana Technical College with the rank of associate professor. Besides holding an office in the Fort Wayne branch of the American association of university women, she served as legislative chairman for several years, and initiated and directed the get-out-the-vote campaign for women in Fort Wayne. One of her leading community contributions was deputy chief warden of Allen county civil defense, 1954-1958, which led to her appointment of the nation advisory committee of the women's federal civic defense program.
Mrs. Oldham was also a member of the League of Women Voters, Sigma Kappa college sorority, for which she was regional director, Delta Kappa Gamma, which she served as president, Y.M.C.A., Fort Wayne Woman's club, of which she was regional director.
She was past grand electa of the grand chapter of the Order of Eastern Star of Indiana and past worthy matron of the Eastern Star in Greenfield.
Mrs. Anita M. Oldham, wife of Jack Oldham of Leesburg, Ind., and Fort Lauderdale, Fla., died at 9:45 o'clock Friday night at the Cleveland Clinic hospital, where she underwent heart surgery earlier in the day.
Mrs. Oldham was the former Miss Anita Swearingen, a former resident of Decatur and well known in this city.
Surviving are her husband, one brother Milton Swearingen of Decatur, and one sister, Mrs. William E. (Helen) McGahey of Fort Wayne.
The body will be returned from Cleveland to the Chalfant-Perry funeral home in Fort Wayne. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Final Rites Today For Anita Oldham
Funeral services were held this morning at Chalfant-Perry funeral home in Fort Wayne for Mrs. H.J. (Anita Swearingen) Oldham, former Decatur resident, who died Friday night at the Cleveland Clinic hospital. A second service was held this afternoon in the chapel of the Washington Park cemetery near Cumberland.
After receiving her A.M. and M.A. degrees from Indiana University, she started her teaching career at Knightstown. In 1940 she was elected president of the Indiana state teachers of speech an organization of 700, and in 1946 was named president of the Indiana state teachers association. As a member of the state curriculum committee she helped write Indiana's first complete course of study in English. She later contributed a chapter in Matilda Bailey's English Fourth Course.
Mrs. Oldham taught English at Elmhurst high school from 1947 until 1954, when she taught at Indiana Technical College with the rank of associate professor. Besides holding an office in the Fort Wayne branch of the American association of university women, she served as legislative chairman for several years, and initiated and directed the get-out-the-vote campaign for women in Fort Wayne. One of her leading community contributions was deputy chief warden of Allen county civil defense, 1954-1958, which led to her appointment of the nation advisory committee of the women's federal civic defense program.
Mrs. Oldham was also a member of the League of Women Voters, Sigma Kappa college sorority, for which she was regional director, Delta Kappa Gamma, which she served as president, Y.M.C.A., Fort Wayne Woman's club, of which she was regional director.
She was past grand electa of the grand chapter of the Order of Eastern Star of Indiana and past worthy matron of the Eastern Star in Greenfield.
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