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Carolyn Woodring Leh
Posted 2/13/07
Carolyn Woodring Leh, 96 SEAFORD - Carolyn Woodring Leh of Seaford died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007, in Seaford Center. She was 96. Born in Egypt, Lehigh County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late …
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Carolyn Woodring Leh
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Carolyn Woodring Leh, 96
SEAFORD - Carolyn Woodring Leh of Seaford died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007, in Seaford Center. She was 96.
Born in Egypt, Lehigh County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Alfred Henry Leh and Mayme Clara Woodring.
Carolyn attended Egypt Grammar School and graduated from Whitehall Township High School in Hodendaugua, Pa. She attended her freshman year of college at Cornell University and graduated from Drexel University in 1931 with a bachelor of science in home economics education. Carolyn attended the University of Maine, University of Delaware and received a master of arts degree from New York University.
Her first position as a home economics teacher was at Muhlenbury Township High Scholl in Laureldale, Pa. Later, Penn State assigned her to Lebanon County as home economics extension representative with Headquarters in Lebanon. She worked with farm families in women's groups meetings, 4-H clubs and senior extensions clubs, solving family life problems and recreational activities. After six years, Carolyn joined the Jonathan Dayton Regional High School faculty at Springfield, N.J., as foods, nutrition and family life teacher. Later she had a brief public health experience in the Columbia County TB Association located in Hudson, N.Y. In 1945 she came to Delaware, where she taught home economics at Lord Baltimore School. The following year she transferred to the Laurel Special School District, where she taught for 27 years, retiring in 1973.
Carolyn belonged to many professional organizations at the local, state and national levels. She was a 50-year member of the American Home Economics Association. She belonged to the Delaware Vocational Association. She was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, an honorary society of teachers. She was a past president of Alpha Tau State in Delaware, and a member of Beta Chapter in Sussex County. Carolyn was an active member of the Sussex County Delaware Retired School personnel. She was also a member of Seaford AARP 1084 for many years. When she lived in Sharptown, Md., she was an active member of the Institute for retired Persons at Salisbury State University.
She was an active member of St. Phillips Episcopal Church in Laurel since 1950, serving as secretary to the vestry, on the altar guild and different offices in the local Episcopal women's organization.
At retirement, she was a volunteer at the Wicomico Nursing Home in Salisbury, Md., for four years teaching arthritic and heart patients handicrafts. Volunteer activities occupied much of her retired life. In 1996 she moved from Sharptown to Seaford.
She is survived by her nephew, Eric Wheatley Leh Sr.; a great-nephew, Eric Wheatley Leh Jr. of Hurlock, Md.; and her cousins, D.F. Woodring of Knoxville, and Robert Leh of Allentown.
Her brother, Francis Leh, preceded her in death.
At her request, her body was donated to the University of Delaware Sciences.
A celebration of her life will be held at St. Phillips Episcopal Church, 600 S. Central Ave., Laurel, at 11 a.m. Thursday. Mr. Ken Athey will officiate.
Memorial contributions can be made to the church in her memory.
Arrangements by Hannigan, Short, Disharoon Funeral Home, Laurel.
SEAFORD - Carolyn Woodring Leh of Seaford died Saturday, Feb. 10, 2007, in Seaford Center. She was 96.
Born in Egypt, Lehigh County, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Alfred Henry Leh and Mayme Clara Woodring.
Carolyn attended Egypt Grammar School and graduated from Whitehall Township High School in Hodendaugua, Pa. She attended her freshman year of college at Cornell University and graduated from Drexel University in 1931 with a bachelor of science in home economics education. Carolyn attended the University of Maine, University of Delaware and received a master of arts degree from New York University.
Her first position as a home economics teacher was at Muhlenbury Township High Scholl in Laureldale, Pa. Later, Penn State assigned her to Lebanon County as home economics extension representative with Headquarters in Lebanon. She worked with farm families in women's groups meetings, 4-H clubs and senior extensions clubs, solving family life problems and recreational activities. After six years, Carolyn joined the Jonathan Dayton Regional High School faculty at Springfield, N.J., as foods, nutrition and family life teacher. Later she had a brief public health experience in the Columbia County TB Association located in Hudson, N.Y. In 1945 she came to Delaware, where she taught home economics at Lord Baltimore School. The following year she transferred to the Laurel Special School District, where she taught for 27 years, retiring in 1973.
Carolyn belonged to many professional organizations at the local, state and national levels. She was a 50-year member of the American Home Economics Association. She belonged to the Delaware Vocational Association. She was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International, an honorary society of teachers. She was a past president of Alpha Tau State in Delaware, and a member of Beta Chapter in Sussex County. Carolyn was an active member of the Sussex County Delaware Retired School personnel. She was also a member of Seaford AARP 1084 for many years. When she lived in Sharptown, Md., she was an active member of the Institute for retired Persons at Salisbury State University.
She was an active member of St. Phillips Episcopal Church in Laurel since 1950, serving as secretary to the vestry, on the altar guild and different offices in the local Episcopal women's organization.
At retirement, she was a volunteer at the Wicomico Nursing Home in Salisbury, Md., for four years teaching arthritic and heart patients handicrafts. Volunteer activities occupied much of her retired life. In 1996 she moved from Sharptown to Seaford.
She is survived by her nephew, Eric Wheatley Leh Sr.; a great-nephew, Eric Wheatley Leh Jr. of Hurlock, Md.; and her cousins, D.F. Woodring of Knoxville, and Robert Leh of Allentown.
Her brother, Francis Leh, preceded her in death.
At her request, her body was donated to the University of Delaware Sciences.
A celebration of her life will be held at St. Phillips Episcopal Church, 600 S. Central Ave., Laurel, at 11 a.m. Thursday. Mr. Ken Athey will officiate.
Memorial contributions can be made to the church in her memory.
Arrangements by Hannigan, Short, Disharoon Funeral Home, Laurel.
