Mrs. Dames attended Our Lady of Lourdes grade school and graduated from Mercy High School. She also attended St. Louis University.
Her newspaper career began in 1954, when she started selling classified advertising for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
She worked for the Globe-Democrat until 1959, when she married insurance agent Urban L. Dames.
Mrs. Dames began working for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1966 for the newspaper’s women’s section. She eventually became editor of that section and the features section.
In 1974, she became the Post-Dispatch’s first female executive when she was named features director. She was a columnist and senior feature writer when she retired in 1999.
She is survived by her four daughters, Alice Dames of south St. Louis County, Lucia Ann Byrns of Webster Groves, Cecilia Dames of Vienna, Austria, and Madeline Sophie Dames of University City; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She is also survived by two brothers, Andrew Foster of Schenectady, N.Y., and David Foster of Attleboro, Mass.
Her newspaper career began in 1954, when she started selling classified advertising for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
She worked for the Globe-Democrat until 1959, when she married insurance agent Urban L. Dames.
Mrs. Dames began working for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1966 for the newspaper’s women’s section. She eventually became editor of that section and the features section.
In 1974, she became the Post-Dispatch’s first female executive when she was named features director. She was a columnist and senior feature writer when she retired in 1999.
She is survived by her four daughters, Alice Dames of south St. Louis County, Lucia Ann Byrns of Webster Groves, Cecilia Dames of Vienna, Austria, and Madeline Sophie Dames of University City; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She is also survived by two brothers, Andrew Foster of Schenectady, N.Y., and David Foster of Attleboro, Mass.
Mrs. Dames attended Our Lady of Lourdes grade school and graduated from Mercy High School. She also attended St. Louis University.
Her newspaper career began in 1954, when she started selling classified advertising for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
She worked for the Globe-Democrat until 1959, when she married insurance agent Urban L. Dames.
Mrs. Dames began working for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1966 for the newspaper’s women’s section. She eventually became editor of that section and the features section.
In 1974, she became the Post-Dispatch’s first female executive when she was named features director. She was a columnist and senior feature writer when she retired in 1999.
She is survived by her four daughters, Alice Dames of south St. Louis County, Lucia Ann Byrns of Webster Groves, Cecilia Dames of Vienna, Austria, and Madeline Sophie Dames of University City; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She is also survived by two brothers, Andrew Foster of Schenectady, N.Y., and David Foster of Attleboro, Mass.
Her newspaper career began in 1954, when she started selling classified advertising for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
She worked for the Globe-Democrat until 1959, when she married insurance agent Urban L. Dames.
Mrs. Dames began working for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1966 for the newspaper’s women’s section. She eventually became editor of that section and the features section.
In 1974, she became the Post-Dispatch’s first female executive when she was named features director. She was a columnist and senior feature writer when she retired in 1999.
She is survived by her four daughters, Alice Dames of south St. Louis County, Lucia Ann Byrns of Webster Groves, Cecilia Dames of Vienna, Austria, and Madeline Sophie Dames of University City; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. She is also survived by two brothers, Andrew Foster of Schenectady, N.Y., and David Foster of Attleboro, Mass.
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