Dorothy Fisher Lydecker was born in Hackensack, New Jersey on 24 March 1893. She graduated from the Hackensack High School with the class of 1912. After two years of study at the Art Student's League in New York, she went to Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland, graduating in 1918. Some of her activities at college included service on the staff of the Goucher Weekly, art editor of Donnybrook Fair, designer of costumes for the senior play, and membership on the class swimming team. After graduation, she enlisted as a canteen worker for the American Expeditionary Forces, YMCA, working in the Lederle Antitoxin Laboratory until called upon for service in December. She sailed for England 31 December 1918, and worked in canteens at Knotly Ash Camp, Liverpool, and at Gievres, France. She was discharged from service September 1919. For some time following the war she served in the Navy Club of New York City.
On 21 October, 1922 she married Leigh Kent Lydecker, bearing five children. Though as a wife and mother she continued to be active in church and numerous social clubs and charitable organizations, the Save the Children Federation was of special interest to her. During World War II, she was a nurse's aid at the Hackensack Medical Center. She passed away 24 January 1982.
§ The foregoing biographical information is a compilation of historical data as found in various writings of the era and not one particular source. § By CL Hileman
On 21 October, 1922 she married Leigh Kent Lydecker, bearing five children. Though as a wife and mother she continued to be active in church and numerous social clubs and charitable organizations, the Save the Children Federation was of special interest to her. During World War II, she was a nurse's aid at the Hackensack Medical Center. She passed away 24 January 1982.
§ The foregoing biographical information is a compilation of historical data as found in various writings of the era and not one particular source. § By CL Hileman
Dorothy Fisher Lydecker was born in Hackensack, New Jersey on 24 March 1893. She graduated from the Hackensack High School with the class of 1912. After two years of study at the Art Student's League in New York, she went to Goucher College, Baltimore, Maryland, graduating in 1918. Some of her activities at college included service on the staff of the Goucher Weekly, art editor of Donnybrook Fair, designer of costumes for the senior play, and membership on the class swimming team. After graduation, she enlisted as a canteen worker for the American Expeditionary Forces, YMCA, working in the Lederle Antitoxin Laboratory until called upon for service in December. She sailed for England 31 December 1918, and worked in canteens at Knotly Ash Camp, Liverpool, and at Gievres, France. She was discharged from service September 1919. For some time following the war she served in the Navy Club of New York City.
On 21 October, 1922 she married Leigh Kent Lydecker, bearing five children. Though as a wife and mother she continued to be active in church and numerous social clubs and charitable organizations, the Save the Children Federation was of special interest to her. During World War II, she was a nurse's aid at the Hackensack Medical Center. She passed away 24 January 1982.
§ The foregoing biographical information is a compilation of historical data as found in various writings of the era and not one particular source. § By CL Hileman
On 21 October, 1922 she married Leigh Kent Lydecker, bearing five children. Though as a wife and mother she continued to be active in church and numerous social clubs and charitable organizations, the Save the Children Federation was of special interest to her. During World War II, she was a nurse's aid at the Hackensack Medical Center. She passed away 24 January 1982.
§ The foregoing biographical information is a compilation of historical data as found in various writings of the era and not one particular source. § By CL Hileman
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