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The Miami Herald, Florida Saturday 1/14/1928
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The Springfield (Massachusetts) Evening Union, Thursday 1/19/1928
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Alma's good friend Anne Starr has died. Some illness that wouldn't go away. Maybe antibiotics would have helped, maybe not.
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[The Miami Herald, Florida Saturday 1/14/1928]
MISS ANNA MORSE STARR – Miss Anna Morse Starr, 60, visitor from Elyria, Ohio, died yesterday morning in the home of her sister, Mrs. Caroline Lewis, 2245 S.W. Sixteenth terrace. Miss Starr, who came from Elyria two months ago, had been ill several months. She leaves besides her sister, Mrs. Lewis, another sister, Mrs. Frances S. Mallory, also of Miami. The body will be sent to Orlando today for cremation by the W. H. Combs Funeral Home, in charge of the arrangements.
MISS ANNA MORSE STARR – Miss Anna Morse Starr, 60, visitor from Elyria, Ohio, died yesterday morning in the home of her sister, Mrs. Caroline Lewis, 2245 S.W. Sixteenth terrace. Miss Starr, who came from Elyria two months ago, had been ill several months. She leaves besides her sister, Mrs. Lewis, another sister, Mrs. Frances S. Mallory, also of Miami. The body will be sent to Orlando today for cremation by the W. H. Combs Funeral Home, in charge of the arrangements.
[The Springfield (Massachusetts) Evening Union, Thursday 1/19/1928]
Miss Anna M. Starr Dies in Florida
Mt. Holyoke Botany Instructor Was in South in Quest of Health.
News was received yesterday of the death in Florida of Miss Anna Morse Starr, professor of botany in Mt. Holyoke College, who had just passed away at Miami, where she went in an effort to recover her health. Miss Fannie A. Stebbins, supervisor of nature study in the public schools, said today that in the interest of her work at the college Miss Starr undertook a trip to the biological laboratory in Seattle last summer. Miss Stebbins and Miss Elizabeth F. Wassum, principal of Homer Street School, intimate friends of Miss Starr, thought of making the trip also, but had to give it up. On her way back from Seattle Miss Starr was taken ill and went to the Oberlin (O.) hospital. Later, when she seemed to have partly recovered, she went to Miami to be with her sister.
Miss Stebbins and Miss Wassum became very well acquainted with the Mt. Holyoke instructor while all three were engaged in research work at Percy, P.Q., a year ago last summer. Miss Stebbins described Miss Starr as of most attractive personality, devoted to her work and a thorough student.
Miss Starr took her B. A. degree from Oberlin in 1906 and her master of arts degree the following year. In 1911 the University of Chicago made her a doctor of philosophy. The same year she was called to Mt. Holyoke as instructor in botany and in 1917 became associate professor of botany. While working for a doctor’s degree Miss Starr did research work at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole.
Miss Starr held a fellowship in botany in the University of Chicago, was a member of the Ecological Society of America, the Sigma Xi Society and the Botanical Society of America.
Miss Anna M. Starr Dies in Florida
Mt. Holyoke Botany Instructor Was in South in Quest of Health.
News was received yesterday of the death in Florida of Miss Anna Morse Starr, professor of botany in Mt. Holyoke College, who had just passed away at Miami, where she went in an effort to recover her health. Miss Fannie A. Stebbins, supervisor of nature study in the public schools, said today that in the interest of her work at the college Miss Starr undertook a trip to the biological laboratory in Seattle last summer. Miss Stebbins and Miss Elizabeth F. Wassum, principal of Homer Street School, intimate friends of Miss Starr, thought of making the trip also, but had to give it up. On her way back from Seattle Miss Starr was taken ill and went to the Oberlin (O.) hospital. Later, when she seemed to have partly recovered, she went to Miami to be with her sister.
Miss Stebbins and Miss Wassum became very well acquainted with the Mt. Holyoke instructor while all three were engaged in research work at Percy, P.Q., a year ago last summer. Miss Stebbins described Miss Starr as of most attractive personality, devoted to her work and a thorough student.
Miss Starr took her B. A. degree from Oberlin in 1906 and her master of arts degree the following year. In 1911 the University of Chicago made her a doctor of philosophy. The same year she was called to Mt. Holyoke as instructor in botany and in 1917 became associate professor of botany. While working for a doctor’s degree Miss Starr did research work at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole.
Miss Starr held a fellowship in botany in the University of Chicago, was a member of the Ecological Society of America, the Sigma Xi Society and the Botanical Society of America.
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Miss Anna Morse Starr, 60, visitor from Elyria, Ohio, died yesterday morning in the home of her sister, Mrs. Caroline Lewis, 2245 S.W. Sixteenth terrace. Miss Starr, who came from Elyria two months ago, had been ill several months.
Anne lived in South Hadley, Massachusetts, rather than in Elyria, Ohio, and as was detailed in the next obituary on this page, she travelled to Florida from Oberlin, Ohio, rather than from Elyria. Elyria was where the three sisters - Caroline, Frances, and Anne Starr - grew up. I am imagining a rather incoherent phone call from the Lewis home to the Miami Herald - or maybe to the W.H. Combs Funeral Home, who did what they could with the garbled information.
2.
The body will be sent to Orlando today for cremation by the W. H. Combs Funeral Home, in charge of the arrangements.
Was there no crematorium in Miami?
Later note: Very likely there was indeed no crematorium in Miami. After all, in 1935 there was only one crematorium in Georgia - see:
3.
On her way back from Seattle Miss Starr was taken ill and went to the Oberlin (O.) hospital.
I really wonder what happened. Apparently she had no health problems when she travelled to Seattle from South Hadley. And I think probably she got sick long before got to Oberlin, but was able to hold on until she got to a place that she felt was friendly.
4.
Miss Stebbins and Miss Wassum became very well acquainted with the Mt. Holyoke instructor while all three were engaged in research work at Percy, P.Q., a year ago last summer.
I think Percy, P.Q. must be Percé, Province de Québec. Wikipedia says
Percé Rock (French: Rocher Percé, lit. 'pierced rock') is a huge sheer rock formation in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence on the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in Québec, Canada, off Percé Bay. Percé Rock appears from a distance like a ship under sail. It is one of the world's largest natural arches located in water and is considered a geologically and historically rich natural icon of Quebec. It is a major attraction in the Gaspésie region.
5.
While working for a doctor’s degree Miss Starr did research work at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole.
So Anne went to the MBL before she went to work at Mount Holyoke.
6.
Miss Starr held a fellowship in botany in the University of Chicago, was a member of the Ecological Society of America, the Sigma Xi Society and the Botanical Society of America.
For the Ecological Society of America, Wikipedia says:
The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a professional organization of ecological scientists. Based in the United States and founded in 1915, ESA publications include peer-reviewed journals, newsletters, fact sheets, and teaching resources. It holds an annual meeting at different locations in the USA and Canada. In addition to its publications and annual meeting, ESA is engaged in public policy, science, education, and diversity issues.
Alma and Anne must have been there for the founding, because Wikipedia also says:
On December 28, 1915, in Columbus, Ohio, at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a group of about 50 people voted to form the Ecological Society of America, adopted a constitution, and set the next meeting.
...and we know that they attended that meeting:
For the Sigma Xi Society, Wikipedia says:
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society (ΣΞ) is a non-profit honor society for scientists and engineers. Sigma Xi was founded at Cornell University by a junior faculty member and a small group of graduate students in 1886 and is one of the oldest and most prestigious honor societies. Membership in Sigma Xi is by invitation only, where members nominate others on the basis of their research achievements or potential. Sigma Xi goals aim to honor excellence in scientific investigation and encourage cooperation among researchers in all fields of science and engineering. Many of the world's most influential scientists have been members of Sigma Xi, such as Albert Einstein, Linus Pauling, Barbara McClintock, and Sally Ride.
The Holyoke Transcript-Telegram misspelled it as Sigma Pi, and I decided that a Sigma pie would have everything but the kitchen sink in it for filler.
7.
Alma was appointed as administrator of Anne's will. See:
Miss Anna Morse Starr, 60, visitor from Elyria, Ohio, died yesterday morning in the home of her sister, Mrs. Caroline Lewis, 2245 S.W. Sixteenth terrace. Miss Starr, who came from Elyria two months ago, had been ill several months.
Anne lived in South Hadley, Massachusetts, rather than in Elyria, Ohio, and as was detailed in the next obituary on this page, she travelled to Florida from Oberlin, Ohio, rather than from Elyria. Elyria was where the three sisters - Caroline, Frances, and Anne Starr - grew up. I am imagining a rather incoherent phone call from the Lewis home to the Miami Herald - or maybe to the W.H. Combs Funeral Home, who did what they could with the garbled information.
2.
The body will be sent to Orlando today for cremation by the W. H. Combs Funeral Home, in charge of the arrangements.
Was there no crematorium in Miami?
Later note: Very likely there was indeed no crematorium in Miami. After all, in 1935 there was only one crematorium in Georgia - see:
3.
On her way back from Seattle Miss Starr was taken ill and went to the Oberlin (O.) hospital.
I really wonder what happened. Apparently she had no health problems when she travelled to Seattle from South Hadley. And I think probably she got sick long before got to Oberlin, but was able to hold on until she got to a place that she felt was friendly.
4.
Miss Stebbins and Miss Wassum became very well acquainted with the Mt. Holyoke instructor while all three were engaged in research work at Percy, P.Q., a year ago last summer.
I think Percy, P.Q. must be Percé, Province de Québec. Wikipedia says
Percé Rock (French: Rocher Percé, lit. 'pierced rock') is a huge sheer rock formation in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence on the tip of the Gaspé Peninsula in Québec, Canada, off Percé Bay. Percé Rock appears from a distance like a ship under sail. It is one of the world's largest natural arches located in water and is considered a geologically and historically rich natural icon of Quebec. It is a major attraction in the Gaspésie region.
5.
While working for a doctor’s degree Miss Starr did research work at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Woods Hole.
So Anne went to the MBL before she went to work at Mount Holyoke.
6.
Miss Starr held a fellowship in botany in the University of Chicago, was a member of the Ecological Society of America, the Sigma Xi Society and the Botanical Society of America.
For the Ecological Society of America, Wikipedia says:
The Ecological Society of America (ESA) is a professional organization of ecological scientists. Based in the United States and founded in 1915, ESA publications include peer-reviewed journals, newsletters, fact sheets, and teaching resources. It holds an annual meeting at different locations in the USA and Canada. In addition to its publications and annual meeting, ESA is engaged in public policy, science, education, and diversity issues.
Alma and Anne must have been there for the founding, because Wikipedia also says:
On December 28, 1915, in Columbus, Ohio, at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a group of about 50 people voted to form the Ecological Society of America, adopted a constitution, and set the next meeting.
...and we know that they attended that meeting:
For the Sigma Xi Society, Wikipedia says:
Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society (ΣΞ) is a non-profit honor society for scientists and engineers. Sigma Xi was founded at Cornell University by a junior faculty member and a small group of graduate students in 1886 and is one of the oldest and most prestigious honor societies. Membership in Sigma Xi is by invitation only, where members nominate others on the basis of their research achievements or potential. Sigma Xi goals aim to honor excellence in scientific investigation and encourage cooperation among researchers in all fields of science and engineering. Many of the world's most influential scientists have been members of Sigma Xi, such as Albert Einstein, Linus Pauling, Barbara McClintock, and Sally Ride.
The Holyoke Transcript-Telegram misspelled it as Sigma Pi, and I decided that a Sigma pie would have everything but the kitchen sink in it for filler.
7.
Alma was appointed as administrator of Anne's will. See:
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