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Caroline Estelle <I>Pitkin</I> McCready

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Caroline Estelle Pitkin McCready

Birth
Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
Sep 1957 (aged 79–80)
Burial
Forest Park, Cook County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 1, lot 95
Memorial ID
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Graduated from Wellesley College in 1902. Co-founded the Economy Shop and Infant Welfare Society in Oak Park.

Mrs. McCready was married to Edward W. McCready, owner of the McCready Cork Company in Chicago. Mr. McCready and their daughter Suzanne were killed in an auto accident in Maryland in 1919. Mrs. McCready donated $200,000 to establish the Edward W. McCready Memorial Hospital in her husband's native Crisfield, Maryland. In 1942, Mrs. McCready donated to Beloit College a large collection of Asian art objects in memory of her father, Edward Pitkin, a long-time College trustee. She never remarried.
Graduated from Wellesley College in 1902. Co-founded the Economy Shop and Infant Welfare Society in Oak Park.

Mrs. McCready was married to Edward W. McCready, owner of the McCready Cork Company in Chicago. Mr. McCready and their daughter Suzanne were killed in an auto accident in Maryland in 1919. Mrs. McCready donated $200,000 to establish the Edward W. McCready Memorial Hospital in her husband's native Crisfield, Maryland. In 1942, Mrs. McCready donated to Beloit College a large collection of Asian art objects in memory of her father, Edward Pitkin, a long-time College trustee. She never remarried.


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