Loved Woman Dies—Mrs. Annice Jeffrey Myers Is Called After Long Illness.
Aiding Girls, Main Aim – Prominent Club Member After Giving Up Practice of Medicine Devotes Life to Charity – Husband, Four Sisters Survive.
Mrs. Annice Jeffrey Myers, wife of Jefferson Myers, died early yesterday afternoon at her home on East Twelfth street after a lingering illness. It had been known for several days by the family that there was no hope for the recovery of the patient.
Mrs. Myers was prominent as a club-woman, charity worker and a s a physician, although she withdrew from the active practice of Medicine several years ago. She was widely known throughout Oregon, having made thousands of friends during the Lewis and Clark Exposition, when she served as official hostess at the Oregon building.
She had enjoyed the best of health until last September, when the fatal ailment overtook her and kept tightening its grip despite the efforts of leading physicians. A number of the most prominent physicians of the United States were called in consultation to save the sufferer.
Mrs. Myers was born in Wayne County, O., 49 years ago and graduated from the Western Reserve Medical College with the class of '84. She practiced medicine for 16 years, first at Cleveland, O., and later at Salem, Or. She came to Oregon 19 years ago and settled at Salem. Her marriage to Mr. Myers took place 10 years ago.
In her charity work Mrs. Myers did endless good. She worked quietly and few knew of her achievements along the line of helping poor girls to better their conditions. She made a practice of searching out girls whose outlook seemed without hope and aiding them to a higher plane. She would meet waitresses in restaurants, invite them to her home, and interest them in the problem of bettering their condition with a view to gaining independence as workers. On learning their bent she would see that they had an opportunity to study and gain a start. Scores of girls were in this way enabled to become trained nurses through her efforts and she opened the way for many to other useful fields.
As official hostess at the Lewis and Clark Exposition her delightful personality served to make the Oregon building one of the most hospitable and enjoyable retreats at the fair grounds.
She took little or no interest in society, although she was a member of many women's clubs and took an active part in church work, as a member of the Presbyterian Church. She served for a term as auditor of the National Woman's Suffrage Association and was vice-president-at-large of the State Equal Suffrage Association.
It was the work of helping girls that occupied most of her time during the last few years, however, and she was planning to organize this work and carry it out on a much larger scale when taken ill last September.
She is survived by her husband and four sisters, Mrs. E. J. Hines, Mrs. Alta Warrington, Mrs. Lena Armstrong, Mrs. Eva J. Warren, and by one brother, Owen Jeffery. Her sisters and brother live in Ohio. Mr. Myers and one sister, Mrs. Warren, were with her at the end.
Funeral services have not yet been arranged, although they will be simple, in accordance with the wishes of Mrs. Myers.
[The Oregonian, 11 May 1911, p6]
Married 31 Dec 1901
(Submitted by FAG Contributor EL Morgan #46903550)
Aiding Girls, Main Aim – Prominent Club Member After Giving Up Practice of Medicine Devotes Life to Charity – Husband, Four Sisters Survive.
Mrs. Annice Jeffrey Myers, wife of Jefferson Myers, died early yesterday afternoon at her home on East Twelfth street after a lingering illness. It had been known for several days by the family that there was no hope for the recovery of the patient.
Mrs. Myers was prominent as a club-woman, charity worker and a s a physician, although she withdrew from the active practice of Medicine several years ago. She was widely known throughout Oregon, having made thousands of friends during the Lewis and Clark Exposition, when she served as official hostess at the Oregon building.
She had enjoyed the best of health until last September, when the fatal ailment overtook her and kept tightening its grip despite the efforts of leading physicians. A number of the most prominent physicians of the United States were called in consultation to save the sufferer.
Mrs. Myers was born in Wayne County, O., 49 years ago and graduated from the Western Reserve Medical College with the class of '84. She practiced medicine for 16 years, first at Cleveland, O., and later at Salem, Or. She came to Oregon 19 years ago and settled at Salem. Her marriage to Mr. Myers took place 10 years ago.
In her charity work Mrs. Myers did endless good. She worked quietly and few knew of her achievements along the line of helping poor girls to better their conditions. She made a practice of searching out girls whose outlook seemed without hope and aiding them to a higher plane. She would meet waitresses in restaurants, invite them to her home, and interest them in the problem of bettering their condition with a view to gaining independence as workers. On learning their bent she would see that they had an opportunity to study and gain a start. Scores of girls were in this way enabled to become trained nurses through her efforts and she opened the way for many to other useful fields.
As official hostess at the Lewis and Clark Exposition her delightful personality served to make the Oregon building one of the most hospitable and enjoyable retreats at the fair grounds.
She took little or no interest in society, although she was a member of many women's clubs and took an active part in church work, as a member of the Presbyterian Church. She served for a term as auditor of the National Woman's Suffrage Association and was vice-president-at-large of the State Equal Suffrage Association.
It was the work of helping girls that occupied most of her time during the last few years, however, and she was planning to organize this work and carry it out on a much larger scale when taken ill last September.
She is survived by her husband and four sisters, Mrs. E. J. Hines, Mrs. Alta Warrington, Mrs. Lena Armstrong, Mrs. Eva J. Warren, and by one brother, Owen Jeffery. Her sisters and brother live in Ohio. Mr. Myers and one sister, Mrs. Warren, were with her at the end.
Funeral services have not yet been arranged, although they will be simple, in accordance with the wishes of Mrs. Myers.
[The Oregonian, 11 May 1911, p6]
Married 31 Dec 1901
(Submitted by FAG Contributor EL Morgan #46903550)
Loved Woman Dies—Mrs. Annice Jeffrey Myers Is Called After Long Illness.
Aiding Girls, Main Aim – Prominent Club Member After Giving Up Practice of Medicine Devotes Life to Charity – Husband, Four Sisters Survive.
Mrs. Annice Jeffrey Myers, wife of Jefferson Myers, died early yesterday afternoon at her home on East Twelfth street after a lingering illness. It had been known for several days by the family that there was no hope for the recovery of the patient.
Mrs. Myers was prominent as a club-woman, charity worker and a s a physician, although she withdrew from the active practice of Medicine several years ago. She was widely known throughout Oregon, having made thousands of friends during the Lewis and Clark Exposition, when she served as official hostess at the Oregon building.
She had enjoyed the best of health until last September, when the fatal ailment overtook her and kept tightening its grip despite the efforts of leading physicians. A number of the most prominent physicians of the United States were called in consultation to save the sufferer.
Mrs. Myers was born in Wayne County, O., 49 years ago and graduated from the Western Reserve Medical College with the class of '84. She practiced medicine for 16 years, first at Cleveland, O., and later at Salem, Or. She came to Oregon 19 years ago and settled at Salem. Her marriage to Mr. Myers took place 10 years ago.
In her charity work Mrs. Myers did endless good. She worked quietly and few knew of her achievements along the line of helping poor girls to better their conditions. She made a practice of searching out girls whose outlook seemed without hope and aiding them to a higher plane. She would meet waitresses in restaurants, invite them to her home, and interest them in the problem of bettering their condition with a view to gaining independence as workers. On learning their bent she would see that they had an opportunity to study and gain a start. Scores of girls were in this way enabled to become trained nurses through her efforts and she opened the way for many to other useful fields.
As official hostess at the Lewis and Clark Exposition her delightful personality served to make the Oregon building one of the most hospitable and enjoyable retreats at the fair grounds.
She took little or no interest in society, although she was a member of many women's clubs and took an active part in church work, as a member of the Presbyterian Church. She served for a term as auditor of the National Woman's Suffrage Association and was vice-president-at-large of the State Equal Suffrage Association.
It was the work of helping girls that occupied most of her time during the last few years, however, and she was planning to organize this work and carry it out on a much larger scale when taken ill last September.
She is survived by her husband and four sisters, Mrs. E. J. Hines, Mrs. Alta Warrington, Mrs. Lena Armstrong, Mrs. Eva J. Warren, and by one brother, Owen Jeffery. Her sisters and brother live in Ohio. Mr. Myers and one sister, Mrs. Warren, were with her at the end.
Funeral services have not yet been arranged, although they will be simple, in accordance with the wishes of Mrs. Myers.
[The Oregonian, 11 May 1911, p6]
Married 31 Dec 1901
(Submitted by FAG Contributor EL Morgan #46903550)
Aiding Girls, Main Aim – Prominent Club Member After Giving Up Practice of Medicine Devotes Life to Charity – Husband, Four Sisters Survive.
Mrs. Annice Jeffrey Myers, wife of Jefferson Myers, died early yesterday afternoon at her home on East Twelfth street after a lingering illness. It had been known for several days by the family that there was no hope for the recovery of the patient.
Mrs. Myers was prominent as a club-woman, charity worker and a s a physician, although she withdrew from the active practice of Medicine several years ago. She was widely known throughout Oregon, having made thousands of friends during the Lewis and Clark Exposition, when she served as official hostess at the Oregon building.
She had enjoyed the best of health until last September, when the fatal ailment overtook her and kept tightening its grip despite the efforts of leading physicians. A number of the most prominent physicians of the United States were called in consultation to save the sufferer.
Mrs. Myers was born in Wayne County, O., 49 years ago and graduated from the Western Reserve Medical College with the class of '84. She practiced medicine for 16 years, first at Cleveland, O., and later at Salem, Or. She came to Oregon 19 years ago and settled at Salem. Her marriage to Mr. Myers took place 10 years ago.
In her charity work Mrs. Myers did endless good. She worked quietly and few knew of her achievements along the line of helping poor girls to better their conditions. She made a practice of searching out girls whose outlook seemed without hope and aiding them to a higher plane. She would meet waitresses in restaurants, invite them to her home, and interest them in the problem of bettering their condition with a view to gaining independence as workers. On learning their bent she would see that they had an opportunity to study and gain a start. Scores of girls were in this way enabled to become trained nurses through her efforts and she opened the way for many to other useful fields.
As official hostess at the Lewis and Clark Exposition her delightful personality served to make the Oregon building one of the most hospitable and enjoyable retreats at the fair grounds.
She took little or no interest in society, although she was a member of many women's clubs and took an active part in church work, as a member of the Presbyterian Church. She served for a term as auditor of the National Woman's Suffrage Association and was vice-president-at-large of the State Equal Suffrage Association.
It was the work of helping girls that occupied most of her time during the last few years, however, and she was planning to organize this work and carry it out on a much larger scale when taken ill last September.
She is survived by her husband and four sisters, Mrs. E. J. Hines, Mrs. Alta Warrington, Mrs. Lena Armstrong, Mrs. Eva J. Warren, and by one brother, Owen Jeffery. Her sisters and brother live in Ohio. Mr. Myers and one sister, Mrs. Warren, were with her at the end.
Funeral services have not yet been arranged, although they will be simple, in accordance with the wishes of Mrs. Myers.
[The Oregonian, 11 May 1911, p6]
Married 31 Dec 1901
(Submitted by FAG Contributor EL Morgan #46903550)
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