Frances Fern Chinburg, 95, Dighton, died Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, at Lane County Long Term Care in Dighton.
She was born April 19, 1913, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Abraham and Sall Ann "Goldie" McCoun Kinnison. Her family moved to Greeley, Colo., in the mid 1920s, where she finished grade school. She graduated from Campion Academy, near Loveland, in 1931.
Fulfilling her personal dream, she graduated from Boulder, Colo., Sanitarium and Hospital School of Nursing in February 1935. Her interest in obstetrical nursing led her to pursue further training in Chicago Lying-in Hospital. She spent several of her early nursing years in obstetrical care.
On Aug. 31, 1939, she married Carl Harold Chinburg. She and her husband moved to Fort Collins, Colo., after World War II, where Mrs. Chinburg continued her career, working for many years as a private-duty nurse.
She loved music and played both the piano and the organ. She also enjoyed reading, needlework and collecting antique dolls, and she loved the mountains, especially at Rocky Mountain National Park. Mrs. Chinburg was a member of Seventh-Day Adventist Church of Fort Collins, Colo.; Daughters of the American Revolution and the American Guild of Organists.
She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents.
Funeral was at Bohlender Funeral Chapel in Fort Collins, Colo. Burial was at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins.
Garden City Telegram 10/18/08
She was born April 19, 1913, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Abraham and Sall Ann "Goldie" McCoun Kinnison. Her family moved to Greeley, Colo., in the mid 1920s, where she finished grade school. She graduated from Campion Academy, near Loveland, in 1931.
Fulfilling her personal dream, she graduated from Boulder, Colo., Sanitarium and Hospital School of Nursing in February 1935. Her interest in obstetrical nursing led her to pursue further training in Chicago Lying-in Hospital. She spent several of her early nursing years in obstetrical care.
On Aug. 31, 1939, she married Carl Harold Chinburg. She and her husband moved to Fort Collins, Colo., after World War II, where Mrs. Chinburg continued her career, working for many years as a private-duty nurse.
She loved music and played both the piano and the organ. She also enjoyed reading, needlework and collecting antique dolls, and she loved the mountains, especially at Rocky Mountain National Park. Mrs. Chinburg was a member of Seventh-Day Adventist Church of Fort Collins, Colo.; Daughters of the American Revolution and the American Guild of Organists.
She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents.
Funeral was at Bohlender Funeral Chapel in Fort Collins, Colo. Burial was at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins.
Garden City Telegram 10/18/08
Frances Fern Chinburg, 95, Dighton, died Friday, Oct. 17, 2008, at Lane County Long Term Care in Dighton.
She was born April 19, 1913, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Abraham and Sall Ann "Goldie" McCoun Kinnison. Her family moved to Greeley, Colo., in the mid 1920s, where she finished grade school. She graduated from Campion Academy, near Loveland, in 1931.
Fulfilling her personal dream, she graduated from Boulder, Colo., Sanitarium and Hospital School of Nursing in February 1935. Her interest in obstetrical nursing led her to pursue further training in Chicago Lying-in Hospital. She spent several of her early nursing years in obstetrical care.
On Aug. 31, 1939, she married Carl Harold Chinburg. She and her husband moved to Fort Collins, Colo., after World War II, where Mrs. Chinburg continued her career, working for many years as a private-duty nurse.
She loved music and played both the piano and the organ. She also enjoyed reading, needlework and collecting antique dolls, and she loved the mountains, especially at Rocky Mountain National Park. Mrs. Chinburg was a member of Seventh-Day Adventist Church of Fort Collins, Colo.; Daughters of the American Revolution and the American Guild of Organists.
She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents.
Funeral was at Bohlender Funeral Chapel in Fort Collins, Colo. Burial was at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins.
Garden City Telegram 10/18/08
She was born April 19, 1913, in Salt Lake City, Utah, to Abraham and Sall Ann "Goldie" McCoun Kinnison. Her family moved to Greeley, Colo., in the mid 1920s, where she finished grade school. She graduated from Campion Academy, near Loveland, in 1931.
Fulfilling her personal dream, she graduated from Boulder, Colo., Sanitarium and Hospital School of Nursing in February 1935. Her interest in obstetrical nursing led her to pursue further training in Chicago Lying-in Hospital. She spent several of her early nursing years in obstetrical care.
On Aug. 31, 1939, she married Carl Harold Chinburg. She and her husband moved to Fort Collins, Colo., after World War II, where Mrs. Chinburg continued her career, working for many years as a private-duty nurse.
She loved music and played both the piano and the organ. She also enjoyed reading, needlework and collecting antique dolls, and she loved the mountains, especially at Rocky Mountain National Park. Mrs. Chinburg was a member of Seventh-Day Adventist Church of Fort Collins, Colo.; Daughters of the American Revolution and the American Guild of Organists.
She was preceded in death by her husband and her parents.
Funeral was at Bohlender Funeral Chapel in Fort Collins, Colo. Burial was at Grandview Cemetery in Fort Collins.
Garden City Telegram 10/18/08
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