Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Mnnesota, 7 April 1994
Social Worker Katherine Binns
Katherine Dain Binns, 75, a writer and social worker in Minneapolis, died Sunday, April 3, 1994, at Westminster Towers in Orlando, Fla.
Binns, formerly of Minneapolis, moved to Orlando about five years ago.
She was born in Minneapolis, the daughter of James M. Dain, founder of the investment company now known as Dain Bosworth Inc., and attended the old Northrop Collegiate School. She graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. In the early 1940s, she started and directed the Valley Vagabonds, a roving theater troupe that presented folk and historical plays along the Hudson River, including the estates of Franklin Roosevelt, John Rockefeller Jr., and Lowell Thomas.
She married actor Edward Binns in 1941. During World War II, she was in England and France with the American Red Cross, while he served in India. After the war, they moved to Cleveland, where he was a member of the Cleveland Playhouse, and she wrote and directed plays. They moved to New York, where Edward performed on broadway. She raised a family, but continued to write dramas for radio. In the late 1950s, they moved to Minneapolis, where she was a social worker for the elderly in Minneapolis public housing projects and volunteered at Children's Hospital and senior citizen centers.
Her sister, Jean Dain Waters, of Rochester, Minn., said she was a brilliant woman who was a prolific writer of plays, radio scripts, and poetry, especially in the area of history. She was a member of the League of Women Voters and the Vassar Alumnae Association. Binns was the first great-grandchild of Henry Titus Welles, a prominent lumberman in the 1869s and the first mayor of St. Anthony. He donated the land for the Cathedral Church of St. Mark in Minneapolis.
Besides her sister, Binns is survived by two daughters, Nancy Binns-Berkey, of Warren, Conn., and Judith Binns-Wessel, of Orlando.
A memorial service will be held in Minneapolis later this month.
Social Worker Katherine Binns
Katherine Dain Binns, 75, a writer and social worker in Minneapolis, died Sunday, April 3, 1994, at Westminster Towers in Orlando, Fla.
Binns, formerly of Minneapolis, moved to Orlando about five years ago.
She was born in Minneapolis, the daughter of James M. Dain, founder of the investment company now known as Dain Bosworth Inc., and attended the old Northrop Collegiate School. She graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. In the early 1940s, she started and directed the Valley Vagabonds, a roving theater troupe that presented folk and historical plays along the Hudson River, including the estates of Franklin Roosevelt, John Rockefeller Jr., and Lowell Thomas.
She married actor Edward Binns in 1941. During World War II, she was in England and France with the American Red Cross, while he served in India. After the war, they moved to Cleveland, where he was a member of the Cleveland Playhouse, and she wrote and directed plays. They moved to New York, where Edward performed on broadway. She raised a family, but continued to write dramas for radio. In the late 1950s, they moved to Minneapolis, where she was a social worker for the elderly in Minneapolis public housing projects and volunteered at Children's Hospital and senior citizen centers.
Her sister, Jean Dain Waters, of Rochester, Minn., said she was a brilliant woman who was a prolific writer of plays, radio scripts, and poetry, especially in the area of history. She was a member of the League of Women Voters and the Vassar Alumnae Association. Binns was the first great-grandchild of Henry Titus Welles, a prominent lumberman in the 1869s and the first mayor of St. Anthony. He donated the land for the Cathedral Church of St. Mark in Minneapolis.
Besides her sister, Binns is survived by two daughters, Nancy Binns-Berkey, of Warren, Conn., and Judith Binns-Wessel, of Orlando.
A memorial service will be held in Minneapolis later this month.
Star Tribune, Minneapolis, Mnnesota, 7 April 1994
Social Worker Katherine Binns
Katherine Dain Binns, 75, a writer and social worker in Minneapolis, died Sunday, April 3, 1994, at Westminster Towers in Orlando, Fla.
Binns, formerly of Minneapolis, moved to Orlando about five years ago.
She was born in Minneapolis, the daughter of James M. Dain, founder of the investment company now known as Dain Bosworth Inc., and attended the old Northrop Collegiate School. She graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. In the early 1940s, she started and directed the Valley Vagabonds, a roving theater troupe that presented folk and historical plays along the Hudson River, including the estates of Franklin Roosevelt, John Rockefeller Jr., and Lowell Thomas.
She married actor Edward Binns in 1941. During World War II, she was in England and France with the American Red Cross, while he served in India. After the war, they moved to Cleveland, where he was a member of the Cleveland Playhouse, and she wrote and directed plays. They moved to New York, where Edward performed on broadway. She raised a family, but continued to write dramas for radio. In the late 1950s, they moved to Minneapolis, where she was a social worker for the elderly in Minneapolis public housing projects and volunteered at Children's Hospital and senior citizen centers.
Her sister, Jean Dain Waters, of Rochester, Minn., said she was a brilliant woman who was a prolific writer of plays, radio scripts, and poetry, especially in the area of history. She was a member of the League of Women Voters and the Vassar Alumnae Association. Binns was the first great-grandchild of Henry Titus Welles, a prominent lumberman in the 1869s and the first mayor of St. Anthony. He donated the land for the Cathedral Church of St. Mark in Minneapolis.
Besides her sister, Binns is survived by two daughters, Nancy Binns-Berkey, of Warren, Conn., and Judith Binns-Wessel, of Orlando.
A memorial service will be held in Minneapolis later this month.
Social Worker Katherine Binns
Katherine Dain Binns, 75, a writer and social worker in Minneapolis, died Sunday, April 3, 1994, at Westminster Towers in Orlando, Fla.
Binns, formerly of Minneapolis, moved to Orlando about five years ago.
She was born in Minneapolis, the daughter of James M. Dain, founder of the investment company now known as Dain Bosworth Inc., and attended the old Northrop Collegiate School. She graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. In the early 1940s, she started and directed the Valley Vagabonds, a roving theater troupe that presented folk and historical plays along the Hudson River, including the estates of Franklin Roosevelt, John Rockefeller Jr., and Lowell Thomas.
She married actor Edward Binns in 1941. During World War II, she was in England and France with the American Red Cross, while he served in India. After the war, they moved to Cleveland, where he was a member of the Cleveland Playhouse, and she wrote and directed plays. They moved to New York, where Edward performed on broadway. She raised a family, but continued to write dramas for radio. In the late 1950s, they moved to Minneapolis, where she was a social worker for the elderly in Minneapolis public housing projects and volunteered at Children's Hospital and senior citizen centers.
Her sister, Jean Dain Waters, of Rochester, Minn., said she was a brilliant woman who was a prolific writer of plays, radio scripts, and poetry, especially in the area of history. She was a member of the League of Women Voters and the Vassar Alumnae Association. Binns was the first great-grandchild of Henry Titus Welles, a prominent lumberman in the 1869s and the first mayor of St. Anthony. He donated the land for the Cathedral Church of St. Mark in Minneapolis.
Besides her sister, Binns is survived by two daughters, Nancy Binns-Berkey, of Warren, Conn., and Judith Binns-Wessel, of Orlando.
A memorial service will be held in Minneapolis later this month.
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