Background
Crain, Frances Utterback was born on December 28, 1914 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, United States. Daughter of Chelsey Chalmers and Margaret Myrtle (Henderson) Utterback.
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Of Weeds and Views
(One woman's journey...a journey covering eighty-plus year...)
One woman's journey...a journey covering eighty-plus years which took the author through prisons and hospitals and beyond. With her keen eye for seeing drama and significance in everyday events, Frances Utterback Crain provides the reader with a special viewpoint on real life things that happened to real live people.
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Frances Utterback Crain
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Frances Utterback Crain, American dietitian. Named Career Women of Year, Pilot Club of Memphis, 1955; recipient Special Services award, Salvation Army, 1983, Memphis Area Nutrition Council; Frances Crain Book Fund named in her honor MANC, 2003; Frances Utterback Crain Street named in her honor Memphis City Council, 2007.
Education
Bachelor, University of Illinois, 1935; postgraduate, Purdue University, 1945-1946.
Career
Dietetic intern, Indianapolis City Hospital, 1935-1936; therapeutic dietitian, Indianapolis City Hospital, 1936-1937; dietitian, Home Lawn Mineral Springs, Martinsville, Indiana, 1937-1938; World Pet Association project dietitian, Illinois Soldiers & Sailors Children's Home, Normal, 1939; chief dietitian, Providence Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas, 1939-1940; chief dietitian, Alexian Brothers Hospital, St. Louis, 1940-1941; dietitian, Illinois State Department Public Welfare, Springfield, 1943-1945; executive director, Memphis Dairy Council, 1947-1961; program consultant, National Dairy Council, Chicago, 1961-1968; dietitian, War on Poverty Committee, Memphis, 1968-1969; dietitian, Shelby County Hospital, Memphis, 1969-1974; dietitian, Shelby County Penal Farm, Memphis, 1969-1980; chief dietitian, Oakville Health Care Center, Memphis, 1974-1980. Dietitian feeding programs Salvation Army, 1982-1993.
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Of Weeds and Views
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Of Weeds and Views
Membership
President Memphis Chapter Quora Club International, 1954-1955, district governor, 1957-1958. Member speakers and pathological committees Memphis in May International Festival, 1983, 84, 85. Member of Memphis District Dietetic Association (president 1949-1950, editor bulletin 1958-1959), Memphis Area Nutrition Council (president 1973-1974, Tennessee Outstanding Dietitian of Year 1976), Tennessee Dietetic Association (life.
1951-1952), American Dietetic Association (life), Shelby County Retirees Organization 1987-1989.
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Married James William Crain, September 13, 1937 (divorced July 1944). Children: James Michael, Patrick Desmond.
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1935 - 1936
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1936 - 1937
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1943 - 1945
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1947 - 1961
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1961 - 1968
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1969 - 1974
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Named Career Women of Year, Pilot Club of Memphis, 1955. Recipient Special Services award, Salvation Army, 1983, Memphis Area Nutrition Council. Frances Crain Book Fund named in her honor MANC, 2003. Frances Utterback Crain Street named in her honor Memphis City Council, 2007.Named Career Women of Year, Pilot Club of Memphis, 1955. Recipient Special Services award, Salvation Army, 1983, Memphis Area Nutrition Council. Frances Crain Book Fund named in her honor MANC, 2003.
Frances Utterback Crain Street named in her honor Memphis City Council, 2007.