Clarissa Winsor
YUMA - One of Yuma's most well known women, Clarissa Winsor, 93, died Tuesday at Huetts Rest Home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Dixon's Yuma Mortuary. Burial will be at Desert Lawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Winsor had been curator of the Arizona Territorial Prison Museum here for 25 years and was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the Order of the Eastern Star, the Zonta Club of Yuma and Business and Professional Women's Club. She was also a member of Daughters of the American Revolution, Yuma Garden Club and the Democratic Women's Club. . Survivors include a son, Mulford Winsor Jr. of Yuma; two daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Winsor Davis of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Margaret Winsor Blalack of Yuma; seven grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren and four great - great - grandchildren. Friends may call from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. Thursday at Dixon's Yuma Mortuary.
Clarissa Brown was born in Tucson, Arizona on September 3, 1880, the child of James and Olive Brown. She was reputed to be the third white child born in Tucson. She spent her childhood on a ranch on the Santa Cruz River between Tucson and Nogales and later attended the University of Arizona. In 1903 she married newspaper publisher Mulford Winsor, founder of Yuma Sun. They moved on a ranch near Yuma. She raised three children and remained on the ranch while her husband carried on his political career in Phoenix as an associate of Governor George W.P. Hunt, and later as President of the State Senateand the second Arizona State Librarian. In 1940 she became active in the preservation of the Yuma Territorial Prisonas a museum. The following yearbecame its first curator, a position she held until her retirement in 1965. That same year she was selected as Yuma "Man" of the Year and the Mayor proclaimed "Clarissa Winsor Day." Winsor was a leader in numerous civic activities. She was a charter member of the Yuma Woman's Club. In addition she belonged to the Yuma Garden Club, the Zonta Club, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Order of Eastern Star, and the Business and Professional Women's Club. She died March 8, 1974and was posthumously inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame in 1986.
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Arizona Republic
Phoenix, ArizonaClarissa Brown was born in Tucson, Arizona on September 3, 1880, the child of James and Olive Brown. She was reputed to be the third white child born in Tucson. She spent her childhood on a ranch on the Santa Cruz River between Tucson and Nogales and later attended the University of Arizona. In 1903 she married newspaper publisher Mulford Winsor, founder of Yuma Sun. They moved on a ranch near Yuma. She raised three children and remained on the ranch while her husband carried on his political career in Phoenix as an associate of Governor George W.P. Hunt, and later as President of the State Senateand the second Arizona State Librarian. In 1940 she became active in the preservation of the Yuma Territorial Prisonas a museum. The following yearbecame its first curator, a position she held until her retirement in 1965. That same year she was selected as Yuma "Man" of the Year and the Mayor proclaimed "Clarissa Winsor Day." Winsor was a leader in numerous civic activities. She was a charter member of the Yuma Woman's Club. In addition she belonged to the Yuma Garden Club, the Zonta Club, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Order of Eastern Star, and the Business and Professional Women's Club. She died March 8, 1974and was posthumously inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame in 1986.
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7 Mar 1974, Thu • Page 51
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YUMA - One of Yuma's most well known women, Clarissa Winsor, 93, died Tuesday at Huetts Rest Home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Dixon's Yuma Mortuary. Burial will be at Desert Lawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Winsor had been curator of the Arizona Territorial Prison Museum here for 25 years and was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the Order of the Eastern Star, the Zonta Club of Yuma and Business and Professional Women's Club. She was also a member of Daughters of the American Revolution, Yuma Garden Club and the Democratic Women's Club. . Survivors include a son, Mulford Winsor Jr. of Yuma; two daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Winsor Davis of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Margaret Winsor Blalack of Yuma; seven grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren and four great - great - grandchildren. Friends may call from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. Thursday at Dixon's Yuma Mortuary.
Clarissa Brown was born in Tucson, Arizona on September 3, 1880, the child of James and Olive Brown. She was reputed to be the third white child born in Tucson. She spent her childhood on a ranch on the Santa Cruz River between Tucson and Nogales and later attended the University of Arizona. In 1903 she married newspaper publisher Mulford Winsor, founder of Yuma Sun. They moved on a ranch near Yuma. She raised three children and remained on the ranch while her husband carried on his political career in Phoenix as an associate of Governor George W.P. Hunt, and later as President of the State Senateand the second Arizona State Librarian. In 1940 she became active in the preservation of the Yuma Territorial Prisonas a museum. The following yearbecame its first curator, a position she held until her retirement in 1965. That same year she was selected as Yuma "Man" of the Year and the Mayor proclaimed "Clarissa Winsor Day." Winsor was a leader in numerous civic activities. She was a charter member of the Yuma Woman's Club. In addition she belonged to the Yuma Garden Club, the Zonta Club, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Order of Eastern Star, and the Business and Professional Women's Club. She died March 8, 1974and was posthumously inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame in 1986.
Contributor: SMKroll (50356747)
Arizona Republic
Phoenix, ArizonaClarissa Brown was born in Tucson, Arizona on September 3, 1880, the child of James and Olive Brown. She was reputed to be the third white child born in Tucson. She spent her childhood on a ranch on the Santa Cruz River between Tucson and Nogales and later attended the University of Arizona. In 1903 she married newspaper publisher Mulford Winsor, founder of Yuma Sun. They moved on a ranch near Yuma. She raised three children and remained on the ranch while her husband carried on his political career in Phoenix as an associate of Governor George W.P. Hunt, and later as President of the State Senateand the second Arizona State Librarian. In 1940 she became active in the preservation of the Yuma Territorial Prisonas a museum. The following yearbecame its first curator, a position she held until her retirement in 1965. That same year she was selected as Yuma "Man" of the Year and the Mayor proclaimed "Clarissa Winsor Day." Winsor was a leader in numerous civic activities. She was a charter member of the Yuma Woman's Club. In addition she belonged to the Yuma Garden Club, the Zonta Club, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Order of Eastern Star, and the Business and Professional Women's Club. She died March 8, 1974and was posthumously inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame in 1986.
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7 Mar 1974, Thu • Page 51
Contributor: Marilyn McRae McCarty (47447871) •
Clarissa Winsor
YUMA - One of Yuma's most well known women, Clarissa Winsor, 93, died Tuesday at Huetts Rest Home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Dixon's Yuma Mortuary. Burial will be at Desert Lawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Winsor had been curator of the Arizona Territorial Prison Museum here for 25 years and was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the Order of the Eastern Star, the Zonta Club of Yuma and Business and Professional Women's Club. She was also a member of Daughters of the American Revolution, Yuma Garden Club and the Democratic Women's Club. . Survivors include a son, Mulford Winsor Jr. of Yuma; two daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Winsor Davis of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Margaret Winsor Blalack of Yuma; seven grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren and four great - great - grandchildren. Friends may call from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. Thursday at Dixon's Yuma Mortuary.
Clarissa Brown was born in Tucson, Arizona on September 3, 1880, the child of James and Olive Brown. She was reputed to be the third white child born in Tucson. She spent her childhood on a ranch on the Santa Cruz River between Tucson and Nogales and later attended the University of Arizona. In 1903 she married newspaper publisher Mulford Winsor, founder of Yuma Sun. They moved on a ranch near Yuma. She raised three children and remained on the ranch while her husband carried on his political career in Phoenix as an associate of Governor George W.P. Hunt, and later as President of the State Senateand the second Arizona State Librarian. In 1940 she became active in the preservation of the Yuma Territorial Prisonas a museum. The following yearbecame its first curator, a position she held until her retirement in 1965. That same year she was selected as Yuma "Man" of the Year and the Mayor proclaimed "Clarissa Winsor Day." Winsor was a leader in numerous civic activities. She was a charter member of the Yuma Woman's Club. In addition she belonged to the Yuma Garden Club, the Zonta Club, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Order of Eastern Star, and the Business and Professional Women's Club. She died March 8, 1974and was posthumously inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame in 1986.
Contributor: SMKroll (50356747)
Arizona Republic
Phoenix, ArizonaClarissa Brown was born in Tucson, Arizona on September 3, 1880, the child of James and Olive Brown. She was reputed to be the third white child born in Tucson. She spent her childhood on a ranch on the Santa Cruz River between Tucson and Nogales and later attended the University of Arizona. In 1903 she married newspaper publisher Mulford Winsor, founder of Yuma Sun. They moved on a ranch near Yuma. She raised three children and remained on the ranch while her husband carried on his political career in Phoenix as an associate of Governor George W.P. Hunt, and later as President of the State Senateand the second Arizona State Librarian. In 1940 she became active in the preservation of the Yuma Territorial Prisonas a museum. The following yearbecame its first curator, a position she held until her retirement in 1965. That same year she was selected as Yuma "Man" of the Year and the Mayor proclaimed "Clarissa Winsor Day." Winsor was a leader in numerous civic activities. She was a charter member of the Yuma Woman's Club. In addition she belonged to the Yuma Garden Club, the Zonta Club, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Order of Eastern Star, and the Business and Professional Women's Club. She died March 8, 1974and was posthumously inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame in 1986.
Contributor: SMKroll (50356747)
7 Mar 1974, Thu • Page 51
Contributor: Marilyn McRae McCarty (47447871) •
YUMA - One of Yuma's most well known women, Clarissa Winsor, 93, died Tuesday at Huetts Rest Home. Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at Dixon's Yuma Mortuary. Burial will be at Desert Lawn Memorial Park. Mrs. Winsor had been curator of the Arizona Territorial Prison Museum here for 25 years and was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, the Order of the Eastern Star, the Zonta Club of Yuma and Business and Professional Women's Club. She was also a member of Daughters of the American Revolution, Yuma Garden Club and the Democratic Women's Club. . Survivors include a son, Mulford Winsor Jr. of Yuma; two daughters, Mrs. Eleanor Winsor Davis of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Margaret Winsor Blalack of Yuma; seven grandchildren, 22 great grandchildren and four great - great - grandchildren. Friends may call from 4 p.m. until 9 p.m. Thursday at Dixon's Yuma Mortuary.
Clarissa Brown was born in Tucson, Arizona on September 3, 1880, the child of James and Olive Brown. She was reputed to be the third white child born in Tucson. She spent her childhood on a ranch on the Santa Cruz River between Tucson and Nogales and later attended the University of Arizona. In 1903 she married newspaper publisher Mulford Winsor, founder of Yuma Sun. They moved on a ranch near Yuma. She raised three children and remained on the ranch while her husband carried on his political career in Phoenix as an associate of Governor George W.P. Hunt, and later as President of the State Senateand the second Arizona State Librarian. In 1940 she became active in the preservation of the Yuma Territorial Prisonas a museum. The following yearbecame its first curator, a position she held until her retirement in 1965. That same year she was selected as Yuma "Man" of the Year and the Mayor proclaimed "Clarissa Winsor Day." Winsor was a leader in numerous civic activities. She was a charter member of the Yuma Woman's Club. In addition she belonged to the Yuma Garden Club, the Zonta Club, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Order of Eastern Star, and the Business and Professional Women's Club. She died March 8, 1974and was posthumously inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame in 1986.
Contributor: SMKroll (50356747)
Arizona Republic
Phoenix, ArizonaClarissa Brown was born in Tucson, Arizona on September 3, 1880, the child of James and Olive Brown. She was reputed to be the third white child born in Tucson. She spent her childhood on a ranch on the Santa Cruz River between Tucson and Nogales and later attended the University of Arizona. In 1903 she married newspaper publisher Mulford Winsor, founder of Yuma Sun. They moved on a ranch near Yuma. She raised three children and remained on the ranch while her husband carried on his political career in Phoenix as an associate of Governor George W.P. Hunt, and later as President of the State Senateand the second Arizona State Librarian. In 1940 she became active in the preservation of the Yuma Territorial Prisonas a museum. The following yearbecame its first curator, a position she held until her retirement in 1965. That same year she was selected as Yuma "Man" of the Year and the Mayor proclaimed "Clarissa Winsor Day." Winsor was a leader in numerous civic activities. She was a charter member of the Yuma Woman's Club. In addition she belonged to the Yuma Garden Club, the Zonta Club, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Order of Eastern Star, and the Business and Professional Women's Club. She died March 8, 1974and was posthumously inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame in 1986.
Contributor: SMKroll (50356747)
7 Mar 1974, Thu • Page 51
Contributor: Marilyn McRae McCarty (47447871) •
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