Services were held at 1 pm Tuesday in the McGinnis Chapel, Bettendorf with Dr. Donald Blackstone, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Davenport, officiating.
Burial was in Oakridge Cemetery, Princeton.
Miss Dennis was born in Princeton on Nov. 1, 1887.
She was a graduate of Deaconess School, Baltimore, Maryland and Wanamaker Language School, Allahabad, India.
She served six years in the Presbyterian Church work in the United States, and 35 years as a Presbyterian missionary in India.
Miss Dennis pioneered in Fundamental Education in northern India and founded the Christian Opportunity Center, Mainpuri, India. She worked with Methodist Holman Institute for five years helping to develop a similar project.
The Governor of the United Provinces of India awarded her a medal for Distinguished Service in World War II.
Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, Davenport, or to the Princeton Presbyterian Church building fund.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Julia Horne, Seal Beach, California, and two brothers, Walter and Paul, both of Princeton"
Services were held at 1 pm Tuesday in the McGinnis Chapel, Bettendorf with Dr. Donald Blackstone, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Davenport, officiating.
Burial was in Oakridge Cemetery, Princeton.
Miss Dennis was born in Princeton on Nov. 1, 1887.
She was a graduate of Deaconess School, Baltimore, Maryland and Wanamaker Language School, Allahabad, India.
She served six years in the Presbyterian Church work in the United States, and 35 years as a Presbyterian missionary in India.
Miss Dennis pioneered in Fundamental Education in northern India and founded the Christian Opportunity Center, Mainpuri, India. She worked with Methodist Holman Institute for five years helping to develop a similar project.
The Governor of the United Provinces of India awarded her a medal for Distinguished Service in World War II.
Memorials may be made to the First Presbyterian Church, Davenport, or to the Princeton Presbyterian Church building fund.
Surviving are a sister, Mrs. Julia Horne, Seal Beach, California, and two brothers, Walter and Paul, both of Princeton"
Family Members
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George Gwinnett Dennis
1876–1900
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Bertha Adelaide Dennis
1877–1956
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Job Dodge Dennis Jr
1879–1969
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Harriet Olibia "Hettie" Dennis Spink
1881–1967
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Caroline Elizabeth "Carrie" Dennis Farrell
1883–1934
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Julia Ann Dennis Horn
1885–1980
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Arthur Lawrence Dennis
1891–1914
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Lettie Aurelia Dennis
1893–1969
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Walter Eugene Dennis
1895–1973
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Paul Benjamin Dennis
1899–1988
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