Dolores A. Fleming, age 81, of Tionesta, PA, passed away on April 29, 2015, at her home in Tionesta. Mrs. Fleming was born in Great Falls (Black Eagle), Montana, on August 12, 1933, to DeLyal B. Atchison and Amelia Kralich Atchison. After graduating from Great Falls High School in 1951, she married her high school sweetheart, William (Bill) W. Fleming, Jr., and moved with him to Boston where he attended Harvard University. She supported Bill throughout his college and post-graduate career through a variety of jobs, including a position with Kodak.
In 1960, with her husband now Dr. Fleming, she moved to Morgantown, West Virginia, where he joined the Department of Pharmacology at West Virginia University. After giving birth to and while raising three children, she went back to college to complete her own education, first a B.A. in History at West Virginia University (magna cum laude). After earning a Certificate in Decorative Arts from the New York School of Interior Desing in 1975, she completed a certificate and an M.A. in History, Public History option, from West Virginia University in 1983.
From 1983 until 2003, she was involved with a variety of historical projects and publications. She was editor, sol author or co-author of 7 books and numerous other publications. Her books include The Ambassadorial Diary of John W. Davis: The Court of St. James 191801921, which she co-edited with Davis' daughter, Julia Davis; Houses and Homes: Exploring Their History, co-authored with Barabara J. How, Emory L. Kemp, and Ruth Ann Overbeck; Two Years & Beyond: West Virginia University Two-Year School of Medicine; and Generation of Growth: A Contemporary View of the West Virginia University School of Medicine, co-authored with Jeanne Grimm and Patricia Schumann.
Other research interests involved Friendship Hill, the home of Albert Gallatin, Morgantown's Historic South Park neighborhood, Sears-Roebuck Mail Order Homes, and the Seneca Glass Company of Morgantown.
She and Bill traveled the world extensively, which fed her tremendous love of history, geography and culture.
After Bill retired in 2003, they moved to Tionesta, Pa., where one of their daughters resides. At that time, she did some restoration/interpretation consultant work with the Jefferson County Historical Society in Brookville, Pa.
Her husband of 62 years, Bill, passed away with her on April 29, 2015. They are survived by their two daughters... a son... five grandchildren... a great-grandson... In addition, she is survived by two brothers... and a sister...
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a brother, Darryl F. Atchison, in 1957.
Funeral services will be private. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Friends of Tionesta Public Library, PO Box 127, Tionesta, PA 16353.
Great Falls Tribune, Great Falls, MT, 5 May 2015, Tuesday
In 1960, with her husband now Dr. Fleming, she moved to Morgantown, West Virginia, where he joined the Department of Pharmacology at West Virginia University. After giving birth to and while raising three children, she went back to college to complete her own education, first a B.A. in History at West Virginia University (magna cum laude). After earning a Certificate in Decorative Arts from the New York School of Interior Desing in 1975, she completed a certificate and an M.A. in History, Public History option, from West Virginia University in 1983.
From 1983 until 2003, she was involved with a variety of historical projects and publications. She was editor, sol author or co-author of 7 books and numerous other publications. Her books include The Ambassadorial Diary of John W. Davis: The Court of St. James 191801921, which she co-edited with Davis' daughter, Julia Davis; Houses and Homes: Exploring Their History, co-authored with Barabara J. How, Emory L. Kemp, and Ruth Ann Overbeck; Two Years & Beyond: West Virginia University Two-Year School of Medicine; and Generation of Growth: A Contemporary View of the West Virginia University School of Medicine, co-authored with Jeanne Grimm and Patricia Schumann.
Other research interests involved Friendship Hill, the home of Albert Gallatin, Morgantown's Historic South Park neighborhood, Sears-Roebuck Mail Order Homes, and the Seneca Glass Company of Morgantown.
She and Bill traveled the world extensively, which fed her tremendous love of history, geography and culture.
After Bill retired in 2003, they moved to Tionesta, Pa., where one of their daughters resides. At that time, she did some restoration/interpretation consultant work with the Jefferson County Historical Society in Brookville, Pa.
Her husband of 62 years, Bill, passed away with her on April 29, 2015. They are survived by their two daughters... a son... five grandchildren... a great-grandson... In addition, she is survived by two brothers... and a sister...
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a brother, Darryl F. Atchison, in 1957.
Funeral services will be private. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Friends of Tionesta Public Library, PO Box 127, Tionesta, PA 16353.
Great Falls Tribune, Great Falls, MT, 5 May 2015, Tuesday
Dolores A. Fleming, age 81, of Tionesta, PA, passed away on April 29, 2015, at her home in Tionesta. Mrs. Fleming was born in Great Falls (Black Eagle), Montana, on August 12, 1933, to DeLyal B. Atchison and Amelia Kralich Atchison. After graduating from Great Falls High School in 1951, she married her high school sweetheart, William (Bill) W. Fleming, Jr., and moved with him to Boston where he attended Harvard University. She supported Bill throughout his college and post-graduate career through a variety of jobs, including a position with Kodak.
In 1960, with her husband now Dr. Fleming, she moved to Morgantown, West Virginia, where he joined the Department of Pharmacology at West Virginia University. After giving birth to and while raising three children, she went back to college to complete her own education, first a B.A. in History at West Virginia University (magna cum laude). After earning a Certificate in Decorative Arts from the New York School of Interior Desing in 1975, she completed a certificate and an M.A. in History, Public History option, from West Virginia University in 1983.
From 1983 until 2003, she was involved with a variety of historical projects and publications. She was editor, sol author or co-author of 7 books and numerous other publications. Her books include The Ambassadorial Diary of John W. Davis: The Court of St. James 191801921, which she co-edited with Davis' daughter, Julia Davis; Houses and Homes: Exploring Their History, co-authored with Barabara J. How, Emory L. Kemp, and Ruth Ann Overbeck; Two Years & Beyond: West Virginia University Two-Year School of Medicine; and Generation of Growth: A Contemporary View of the West Virginia University School of Medicine, co-authored with Jeanne Grimm and Patricia Schumann.
Other research interests involved Friendship Hill, the home of Albert Gallatin, Morgantown's Historic South Park neighborhood, Sears-Roebuck Mail Order Homes, and the Seneca Glass Company of Morgantown.
She and Bill traveled the world extensively, which fed her tremendous love of history, geography and culture.
After Bill retired in 2003, they moved to Tionesta, Pa., where one of their daughters resides. At that time, she did some restoration/interpretation consultant work with the Jefferson County Historical Society in Brookville, Pa.
Her husband of 62 years, Bill, passed away with her on April 29, 2015. They are survived by their two daughters... a son... five grandchildren... a great-grandson... In addition, she is survived by two brothers... and a sister...
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a brother, Darryl F. Atchison, in 1957.
Funeral services will be private. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Friends of Tionesta Public Library, PO Box 127, Tionesta, PA 16353.
Great Falls Tribune, Great Falls, MT, 5 May 2015, Tuesday
In 1960, with her husband now Dr. Fleming, she moved to Morgantown, West Virginia, where he joined the Department of Pharmacology at West Virginia University. After giving birth to and while raising three children, she went back to college to complete her own education, first a B.A. in History at West Virginia University (magna cum laude). After earning a Certificate in Decorative Arts from the New York School of Interior Desing in 1975, she completed a certificate and an M.A. in History, Public History option, from West Virginia University in 1983.
From 1983 until 2003, she was involved with a variety of historical projects and publications. She was editor, sol author or co-author of 7 books and numerous other publications. Her books include The Ambassadorial Diary of John W. Davis: The Court of St. James 191801921, which she co-edited with Davis' daughter, Julia Davis; Houses and Homes: Exploring Their History, co-authored with Barabara J. How, Emory L. Kemp, and Ruth Ann Overbeck; Two Years & Beyond: West Virginia University Two-Year School of Medicine; and Generation of Growth: A Contemporary View of the West Virginia University School of Medicine, co-authored with Jeanne Grimm and Patricia Schumann.
Other research interests involved Friendship Hill, the home of Albert Gallatin, Morgantown's Historic South Park neighborhood, Sears-Roebuck Mail Order Homes, and the Seneca Glass Company of Morgantown.
She and Bill traveled the world extensively, which fed her tremendous love of history, geography and culture.
After Bill retired in 2003, they moved to Tionesta, Pa., where one of their daughters resides. At that time, she did some restoration/interpretation consultant work with the Jefferson County Historical Society in Brookville, Pa.
Her husband of 62 years, Bill, passed away with her on April 29, 2015. They are survived by their two daughters... a son... five grandchildren... a great-grandson... In addition, she is survived by two brothers... and a sister...
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a brother, Darryl F. Atchison, in 1957.
Funeral services will be private. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the Friends of Tionesta Public Library, PO Box 127, Tionesta, PA 16353.
Great Falls Tribune, Great Falls, MT, 5 May 2015, Tuesday
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