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Supercentenarian Leila Denmark 1898-2012
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Apr 3, 2012, 12:46:56 AM4/3/12
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Athens, and the world, have lost one of the its oldest residents with
the death Monday of Leila Denmark. She was the 4th oldest person in
the world.
She had been getting round-the-clock medical care for many weeks. She
moved to Athens from Alpharetta a few years ago and lived on Morton
Avenue with her daughter and only child, Mary Denmark Hutcherson.
Dr. Denmark was graduated in 1926 from the Medical College of Georgia,
the third woman to do so, according to a story in the Athens Banner
Herald. She moved to Atlanta and was the first resident at Egleston
Children's Hospital.
According to her website, Dr. Denmark opened a practice in her home
after Mary was born in 1930. She subsequently practiced pediatric
medicine in her Altnata home, then in Sandy Springs and finally
Forsyth County, for 71 years.
She was devoted to her patients and their parents. She wrote a self-
published book, Every Child Should Have A Chance, that contained her
common-sense ideas on child rearing and health. It sold thousands of
copies.
She is survived by her daughter, two grandsons and two great
grandchildren. The funeral is Thursday at 1pm at First United
Methodist Church. Burial is Friday at 11am in Bulloch County, where
she was born.
http://athens.patch.com/articles/doctor-leila-denmark-dies-at-114#photo-3934521
the death Monday of Leila Denmark. She was the 4th oldest person in
the world.
She had been getting round-the-clock medical care for many weeks. She
moved to Athens from Alpharetta a few years ago and lived on Morton
Avenue with her daughter and only child, Mary Denmark Hutcherson.
Dr. Denmark was graduated in 1926 from the Medical College of Georgia,
the third woman to do so, according to a story in the Athens Banner
Herald. She moved to Atlanta and was the first resident at Egleston
Children's Hospital.
According to her website, Dr. Denmark opened a practice in her home
after Mary was born in 1930. She subsequently practiced pediatric
medicine in her Altnata home, then in Sandy Springs and finally
Forsyth County, for 71 years.
She was devoted to her patients and their parents. She wrote a self-
published book, Every Child Should Have A Chance, that contained her
common-sense ideas on child rearing and health. It sold thousands of
copies.
She is survived by her daughter, two grandsons and two great
grandchildren. The funeral is Thursday at 1pm at First United
Methodist Church. Burial is Friday at 11am in Bulloch County, where
she was born.
http://athens.patch.com/articles/doctor-leila-denmark-dies-at-114#photo-3934521
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