Newberry, Helen Hall
Born
7/9/1869
Birthplace
Detroit, MI
Titles and Honors
1st Vice Pres., Woman's Hospital (Hutzel) -Gave Nurses' Home
Aide to the Women's Preparedness Camp Commandant at Chevy Chase, Md. during WWI she won the commission of Lt. Col.
One of Founders,United Community Services
Treasurer, Detroit Historical Society
Honorary Doctorate from Wayne University in 1948
Aide to the Women's Preparedness Camp Commandant at Chevy Chase, Md. during WWI she won the commission of Lt. Col.
One of Founders,United Community Services
Treasurer, Detroit Historical Society
Honorary Doctorate from Wayne University in 1948
Notes
See Detroit Society for Genealogical Research (DSGR) bio sheet for complete list of activities and awards
She gave, with her two brothers, the Helen Newberry Residence on the University of Michigan Campus in memory of their mother and served on the Board.
She gave, with her two brothers, the Helen Newberry Residence on the University of Michigan Campus in memory of their mother and served on the Board.
Occupation
2nd Vice President, and Regent, of Gunston Hall for Michigan
Active in Frontier Nursing Service established by Mrs. Brekenridge in KY
Served on the Board of the Thompson Home for Old Ladies
Founder and Trustee of Cottage Hospital
Chairman of Ladies' Board of Grace Hospital
Chairman of Occupational Department of Red Cross MI Chapter
1st Vice President of Needlework Guild
Founder of United Community Services
Organizer and President of Tuesday Musicales; Fine Arts Society
Treasurer of Theatre Arts; the Symphony; Detroit Historical Society
Member of Louisa St. Clair Chapter of the National Society DAR, many years was Honory Vice-President-General
Govenor of Mayflower Society
Member of Duaghters of Colonial Governors; Barons of Runymee; Duaghters of Colonial Wars; National HIstoiran of the Duaghters of Founders and Patriots
Active in Frontier Nursing Service established by Mrs. Brekenridge in KY
Served on the Board of the Thompson Home for Old Ladies
Founder and Trustee of Cottage Hospital
Chairman of Ladies' Board of Grace Hospital
Chairman of Occupational Department of Red Cross MI Chapter
1st Vice President of Needlework Guild
Founder of United Community Services
Organizer and President of Tuesday Musicales; Fine Arts Society
Treasurer of Theatre Arts; the Symphony; Detroit Historical Society
Member of Louisa St. Clair Chapter of the National Society DAR, many years was Honory Vice-President-General
Govenor of Mayflower Society
Member of Duaghters of Colonial Governors; Barons of Runymee; Duaghters of Colonial Wars; National HIstoiran of the Duaghters of Founders and Patriots
Father
John Stoughton Newberry
Mother
Helen Parmale Handy
Spouse
Henry B. Joy, m. 10/11/1892, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
Children
One unnamed daughter (b. 1893)
Helen Bourne (b. 1896)
Marion Handy (b. 1899)
James Frederick (b. 1903)
Henry Bourne Jr. (b. 1910)
Helen Bourne (b. 1896)
Marion Handy (b. 1899)
James Frederick (b. 1903)
Henry Bourne Jr. (b. 1910)
Relations
Truman Newberry, John S. Newberry II(brothers)
Nationality
American
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