[Source Obituary: Baltimore Sun on Apr. 2, 2014]
On March 23, 2014, Margaret T. DeLawter, passed away at the age of 103. She is survived by a sister, numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, as well as dear family friend Yamile A. Hunt. Miss DeLawter served in the Pacific Campaign of World War II as an Army nurse, after the war she joined the Public Health Service, in which she retired in 1969 as a full Colonel. After retirement Ms. DeLawter enjoyed life traveling the world. A memorial service will be held April 12, 2014 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Wolfsville, MD. In lieu of flowers, Miss DeLawter's wishes were to donate to the charity of your choice.
[Source: Catonsville Times, 7/21/2010]
Retired Army colonel about to turn 100
Celebration to take place in Catonsville
By Jay R. Thompson
As she nears her 100th birthday July 29, Margaret DeLawter has a lifetime of rich memories on which to reflect.
She has traveled throughout the United States and the world, achieved the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army and earned a master's degree.
Asked if she had any advice or wisdom for the younger generations, she responded, "Hell no!"
Now a resident of St. Joseph's Nursing Home on Tugwell Drive, DeLawter grew up in a farmhouse in Pleasant Walk in Frederick County.
"We went to bed early because we didn't have electricity," she said. "No one had electricity."
But, DeLawter said, "You always found something to do."
DeLawter graduated from the University of Maryland School of Nursing in 1936 and began working at Shephard Pratt Hospital, in Baltimore.
During World War II, she enlisted as a nurse in the U.S. Army and was stationed at the 42nd General Hospital in Australia in 1942.
There, DeLawter met First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
"She liked seeing the soldiers in the hospital, and I took her around," DeLawter said. "She had beautiful hands."
DeLawter, however, was not impressed by the duty.
"Somebody had to take her around," she said.
DeLawter was later stationed in Europe and the Philippines but said she never really feared for her life.
"You weren't afraid because they weren't going to shoot at you," she said. "You didn't bomb hospitals."
Following the war, DeLawter earned a master's degree in nurse administration from Columbia University.
During the Korean War, she served as chief night nurse at the Public Health Service hospital, in Seattle.
During and after the wars, DeLawter was stationed in or visited France, Italy, England, Japan, China, Morocco and other countries, as well as all 50 U.S. states.
Engaged twice, DeLawter never got around to marrying.
"I didn't want to," said DeLawter, who retired from the Army in 1968.
Still, she will have plenty of family to celebrate with her when she turns 100 next week, thanks to a connection from her Army days.
In 1960, Yamile Hunt, 19, was living in Tela, a port city in Honduras.
Hunt's uncle, who'd been in the U.S. Merchant Marines, knew DeLawter from World War II.
He suggested DeLawter sponsor Hunt in the U.S. citizenship process.
DeLawter wrote Hunt a letter, and the two corresponded for a year.
In 1961, Hunt moved in with DeLawter in Norfolk, Va. They later ended up living in DeLawter's home on Charles Street, in Baltimore.
"I lived with her for five years," Hunt said. "She was teaching me English, and I was teaching her Spanish."
In the early 1960s, Hunt attended Strayer's Business College, now Strayer University, where she learned secretarial skills. She was awarded U.S. citizenship in 1963, and worked for the IRS in Baltimore, followed by a stint at the Federal Court office before retiring in 2001.
Now 69, Hunt lives on Oak Lodge Road, in Catonsville.
Through it all, she has never lost touch with her sponsor.
"I visit her every day," Hunt said.
"She was like my second mother in a way," she said. "She always treated me like a daughter."
DeLawter helped bring Hunt's sisters, Leyla and Gloria, to the United States.
Hunt married and she and her husband, Brian, had three daughters, all of whom attended Catonsville High School, earned college degrees and maintained their connection to Catonsville.
"If it wasn't for her, we wouldn't be here," said Nicole Bezold, 36, who lives in the area with her husband, Wayne, and their 14-month-old son, Cooper. "I'm in awe of her, obviously."
"She was always educating herself, even after her master's degree," said Jeanine Hunt, 39, who lives in Catonsville. "In the evenings and days off, she was taking classes."
"She has the most amazing life," said a third daughter, Patty Anderson, 41, who lives in the area with her husband, Lee, and their two children, Lexi, 13, and Aidan, 8.
Instead of television, DeLawter spent her nontraveling time knitting, doing crosswords and gardening.
"She lived by herself until she was 96 or 97 years old," Jeanine Hunt said. "She never got cable."
DeLawter attributes her longevity to the absence of one vice. "Stay away from drink," she said.
At noon July 31, DeLawter will celebrate her 100th birthday with her adopted family and friends at Dimitri's International Grille, 2205 Frederick Road, in Catonsville.
On March 23, 2014, Margaret T. DeLawter, passed away at the age of 103. She is survived by a sister, numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, as well as dear family friend Yamile A. Hunt. Miss DeLawter served in the Pacific Campaign of World War II as an Army nurse, after the war she joined the Public Health Service, in which she retired in 1969 as a full Colonel. After retirement Ms. DeLawter enjoyed life traveling the world. A memorial service will be held April 12, 2014 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Wolfsville, MD. In lieu of flowers, Miss DeLawter's wishes were to donate to the charity of your choice.
[Source: Catonsville Times, 7/21/2010]
Retired Army colonel about to turn 100
Celebration to take place in Catonsville
By Jay R. Thompson
As she nears her 100th birthday July 29, Margaret DeLawter has a lifetime of rich memories on which to reflect.
She has traveled throughout the United States and the world, achieved the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army and earned a master's degree.
Asked if she had any advice or wisdom for the younger generations, she responded, "Hell no!"
Now a resident of St. Joseph's Nursing Home on Tugwell Drive, DeLawter grew up in a farmhouse in Pleasant Walk in Frederick County.
"We went to bed early because we didn't have electricity," she said. "No one had electricity."
But, DeLawter said, "You always found something to do."
DeLawter graduated from the University of Maryland School of Nursing in 1936 and began working at Shephard Pratt Hospital, in Baltimore.
During World War II, she enlisted as a nurse in the U.S. Army and was stationed at the 42nd General Hospital in Australia in 1942.
There, DeLawter met First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
"She liked seeing the soldiers in the hospital, and I took her around," DeLawter said. "She had beautiful hands."
DeLawter, however, was not impressed by the duty.
"Somebody had to take her around," she said.
DeLawter was later stationed in Europe and the Philippines but said she never really feared for her life.
"You weren't afraid because they weren't going to shoot at you," she said. "You didn't bomb hospitals."
Following the war, DeLawter earned a master's degree in nurse administration from Columbia University.
During the Korean War, she served as chief night nurse at the Public Health Service hospital, in Seattle.
During and after the wars, DeLawter was stationed in or visited France, Italy, England, Japan, China, Morocco and other countries, as well as all 50 U.S. states.
Engaged twice, DeLawter never got around to marrying.
"I didn't want to," said DeLawter, who retired from the Army in 1968.
Still, she will have plenty of family to celebrate with her when she turns 100 next week, thanks to a connection from her Army days.
In 1960, Yamile Hunt, 19, was living in Tela, a port city in Honduras.
Hunt's uncle, who'd been in the U.S. Merchant Marines, knew DeLawter from World War II.
He suggested DeLawter sponsor Hunt in the U.S. citizenship process.
DeLawter wrote Hunt a letter, and the two corresponded for a year.
In 1961, Hunt moved in with DeLawter in Norfolk, Va. They later ended up living in DeLawter's home on Charles Street, in Baltimore.
"I lived with her for five years," Hunt said. "She was teaching me English, and I was teaching her Spanish."
In the early 1960s, Hunt attended Strayer's Business College, now Strayer University, where she learned secretarial skills. She was awarded U.S. citizenship in 1963, and worked for the IRS in Baltimore, followed by a stint at the Federal Court office before retiring in 2001.
Now 69, Hunt lives on Oak Lodge Road, in Catonsville.
Through it all, she has never lost touch with her sponsor.
"I visit her every day," Hunt said.
"She was like my second mother in a way," she said. "She always treated me like a daughter."
DeLawter helped bring Hunt's sisters, Leyla and Gloria, to the United States.
Hunt married and she and her husband, Brian, had three daughters, all of whom attended Catonsville High School, earned college degrees and maintained their connection to Catonsville.
"If it wasn't for her, we wouldn't be here," said Nicole Bezold, 36, who lives in the area with her husband, Wayne, and their 14-month-old son, Cooper. "I'm in awe of her, obviously."
"She was always educating herself, even after her master's degree," said Jeanine Hunt, 39, who lives in Catonsville. "In the evenings and days off, she was taking classes."
"She has the most amazing life," said a third daughter, Patty Anderson, 41, who lives in the area with her husband, Lee, and their two children, Lexi, 13, and Aidan, 8.
Instead of television, DeLawter spent her nontraveling time knitting, doing crosswords and gardening.
"She lived by herself until she was 96 or 97 years old," Jeanine Hunt said. "She never got cable."
DeLawter attributes her longevity to the absence of one vice. "Stay away from drink," she said.
At noon July 31, DeLawter will celebrate her 100th birthday with her adopted family and friends at Dimitri's International Grille, 2205 Frederick Road, in Catonsville.
[Source Obituary: Baltimore Sun on Apr. 2, 2014]
On March 23, 2014, Margaret T. DeLawter, passed away at the age of 103. She is survived by a sister, numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, as well as dear family friend Yamile A. Hunt. Miss DeLawter served in the Pacific Campaign of World War II as an Army nurse, after the war she joined the Public Health Service, in which she retired in 1969 as a full Colonel. After retirement Ms. DeLawter enjoyed life traveling the world. A memorial service will be held April 12, 2014 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Wolfsville, MD. In lieu of flowers, Miss DeLawter's wishes were to donate to the charity of your choice.
[Source: Catonsville Times, 7/21/2010]
Retired Army colonel about to turn 100
Celebration to take place in Catonsville
By Jay R. Thompson
As she nears her 100th birthday July 29, Margaret DeLawter has a lifetime of rich memories on which to reflect.
She has traveled throughout the United States and the world, achieved the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army and earned a master's degree.
Asked if she had any advice or wisdom for the younger generations, she responded, "Hell no!"
Now a resident of St. Joseph's Nursing Home on Tugwell Drive, DeLawter grew up in a farmhouse in Pleasant Walk in Frederick County.
"We went to bed early because we didn't have electricity," she said. "No one had electricity."
But, DeLawter said, "You always found something to do."
DeLawter graduated from the University of Maryland School of Nursing in 1936 and began working at Shephard Pratt Hospital, in Baltimore.
During World War II, she enlisted as a nurse in the U.S. Army and was stationed at the 42nd General Hospital in Australia in 1942.
There, DeLawter met First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
"She liked seeing the soldiers in the hospital, and I took her around," DeLawter said. "She had beautiful hands."
DeLawter, however, was not impressed by the duty.
"Somebody had to take her around," she said.
DeLawter was later stationed in Europe and the Philippines but said she never really feared for her life.
"You weren't afraid because they weren't going to shoot at you," she said. "You didn't bomb hospitals."
Following the war, DeLawter earned a master's degree in nurse administration from Columbia University.
During the Korean War, she served as chief night nurse at the Public Health Service hospital, in Seattle.
During and after the wars, DeLawter was stationed in or visited France, Italy, England, Japan, China, Morocco and other countries, as well as all 50 U.S. states.
Engaged twice, DeLawter never got around to marrying.
"I didn't want to," said DeLawter, who retired from the Army in 1968.
Still, she will have plenty of family to celebrate with her when she turns 100 next week, thanks to a connection from her Army days.
In 1960, Yamile Hunt, 19, was living in Tela, a port city in Honduras.
Hunt's uncle, who'd been in the U.S. Merchant Marines, knew DeLawter from World War II.
He suggested DeLawter sponsor Hunt in the U.S. citizenship process.
DeLawter wrote Hunt a letter, and the two corresponded for a year.
In 1961, Hunt moved in with DeLawter in Norfolk, Va. They later ended up living in DeLawter's home on Charles Street, in Baltimore.
"I lived with her for five years," Hunt said. "She was teaching me English, and I was teaching her Spanish."
In the early 1960s, Hunt attended Strayer's Business College, now Strayer University, where she learned secretarial skills. She was awarded U.S. citizenship in 1963, and worked for the IRS in Baltimore, followed by a stint at the Federal Court office before retiring in 2001.
Now 69, Hunt lives on Oak Lodge Road, in Catonsville.
Through it all, she has never lost touch with her sponsor.
"I visit her every day," Hunt said.
"She was like my second mother in a way," she said. "She always treated me like a daughter."
DeLawter helped bring Hunt's sisters, Leyla and Gloria, to the United States.
Hunt married and she and her husband, Brian, had three daughters, all of whom attended Catonsville High School, earned college degrees and maintained their connection to Catonsville.
"If it wasn't for her, we wouldn't be here," said Nicole Bezold, 36, who lives in the area with her husband, Wayne, and their 14-month-old son, Cooper. "I'm in awe of her, obviously."
"She was always educating herself, even after her master's degree," said Jeanine Hunt, 39, who lives in Catonsville. "In the evenings and days off, she was taking classes."
"She has the most amazing life," said a third daughter, Patty Anderson, 41, who lives in the area with her husband, Lee, and their two children, Lexi, 13, and Aidan, 8.
Instead of television, DeLawter spent her nontraveling time knitting, doing crosswords and gardening.
"She lived by herself until she was 96 or 97 years old," Jeanine Hunt said. "She never got cable."
DeLawter attributes her longevity to the absence of one vice. "Stay away from drink," she said.
At noon July 31, DeLawter will celebrate her 100th birthday with her adopted family and friends at Dimitri's International Grille, 2205 Frederick Road, in Catonsville.
On March 23, 2014, Margaret T. DeLawter, passed away at the age of 103. She is survived by a sister, numerous nieces, nephews, grandnieces and grandnephews, as well as dear family friend Yamile A. Hunt. Miss DeLawter served in the Pacific Campaign of World War II as an Army nurse, after the war she joined the Public Health Service, in which she retired in 1969 as a full Colonel. After retirement Ms. DeLawter enjoyed life traveling the world. A memorial service will be held April 12, 2014 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Wolfsville, MD. In lieu of flowers, Miss DeLawter's wishes were to donate to the charity of your choice.
[Source: Catonsville Times, 7/21/2010]
Retired Army colonel about to turn 100
Celebration to take place in Catonsville
By Jay R. Thompson
As she nears her 100th birthday July 29, Margaret DeLawter has a lifetime of rich memories on which to reflect.
She has traveled throughout the United States and the world, achieved the rank of colonel in the U.S. Army and earned a master's degree.
Asked if she had any advice or wisdom for the younger generations, she responded, "Hell no!"
Now a resident of St. Joseph's Nursing Home on Tugwell Drive, DeLawter grew up in a farmhouse in Pleasant Walk in Frederick County.
"We went to bed early because we didn't have electricity," she said. "No one had electricity."
But, DeLawter said, "You always found something to do."
DeLawter graduated from the University of Maryland School of Nursing in 1936 and began working at Shephard Pratt Hospital, in Baltimore.
During World War II, she enlisted as a nurse in the U.S. Army and was stationed at the 42nd General Hospital in Australia in 1942.
There, DeLawter met First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
"She liked seeing the soldiers in the hospital, and I took her around," DeLawter said. "She had beautiful hands."
DeLawter, however, was not impressed by the duty.
"Somebody had to take her around," she said.
DeLawter was later stationed in Europe and the Philippines but said she never really feared for her life.
"You weren't afraid because they weren't going to shoot at you," she said. "You didn't bomb hospitals."
Following the war, DeLawter earned a master's degree in nurse administration from Columbia University.
During the Korean War, she served as chief night nurse at the Public Health Service hospital, in Seattle.
During and after the wars, DeLawter was stationed in or visited France, Italy, England, Japan, China, Morocco and other countries, as well as all 50 U.S. states.
Engaged twice, DeLawter never got around to marrying.
"I didn't want to," said DeLawter, who retired from the Army in 1968.
Still, she will have plenty of family to celebrate with her when she turns 100 next week, thanks to a connection from her Army days.
In 1960, Yamile Hunt, 19, was living in Tela, a port city in Honduras.
Hunt's uncle, who'd been in the U.S. Merchant Marines, knew DeLawter from World War II.
He suggested DeLawter sponsor Hunt in the U.S. citizenship process.
DeLawter wrote Hunt a letter, and the two corresponded for a year.
In 1961, Hunt moved in with DeLawter in Norfolk, Va. They later ended up living in DeLawter's home on Charles Street, in Baltimore.
"I lived with her for five years," Hunt said. "She was teaching me English, and I was teaching her Spanish."
In the early 1960s, Hunt attended Strayer's Business College, now Strayer University, where she learned secretarial skills. She was awarded U.S. citizenship in 1963, and worked for the IRS in Baltimore, followed by a stint at the Federal Court office before retiring in 2001.
Now 69, Hunt lives on Oak Lodge Road, in Catonsville.
Through it all, she has never lost touch with her sponsor.
"I visit her every day," Hunt said.
"She was like my second mother in a way," she said. "She always treated me like a daughter."
DeLawter helped bring Hunt's sisters, Leyla and Gloria, to the United States.
Hunt married and she and her husband, Brian, had three daughters, all of whom attended Catonsville High School, earned college degrees and maintained their connection to Catonsville.
"If it wasn't for her, we wouldn't be here," said Nicole Bezold, 36, who lives in the area with her husband, Wayne, and their 14-month-old son, Cooper. "I'm in awe of her, obviously."
"She was always educating herself, even after her master's degree," said Jeanine Hunt, 39, who lives in Catonsville. "In the evenings and days off, she was taking classes."
"She has the most amazing life," said a third daughter, Patty Anderson, 41, who lives in the area with her husband, Lee, and their two children, Lexi, 13, and Aidan, 8.
Instead of television, DeLawter spent her nontraveling time knitting, doing crosswords and gardening.
"She lived by herself until she was 96 or 97 years old," Jeanine Hunt said. "She never got cable."
DeLawter attributes her longevity to the absence of one vice. "Stay away from drink," she said.
At noon July 31, DeLawter will celebrate her 100th birthday with her adopted family and friends at Dimitri's International Grille, 2205 Frederick Road, in Catonsville.
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