Lilah Mae Bell

Background

Bell, Lilah Mae was born on July 16, 1908 in Davenport, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Edwin Harry and Mabel Grace (Hitchcock) Mergy.

Education

Registered Nurse, St. Luke's Hospital, Davenport, Iowa, 1929.

Career

Staff nurse, Visiting Nurses, Davenport, 1930-1933; finance secretary, Pleasant Valley (Iowa) School District, 1949-1963.

Achievements

• Lilah Mae Bell has been listed as a noteworthy medical/surgical nurse, civic volunteer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Volunteer American Red Cross, Scott County, Iowa, 1938-1963, Putnam Museum, Davenport, since 1980, Salvation Army, Davenport, since 1983. Founder, administrator Homemaker Svc., Scott County, 1963-1977. Finance secretary Trinity Lutheran Church, Pleasant Valley,1977-.

Reviewer National Homemaker Association, New York City, 1970-1977. Board directors Meals on Wheels, since 1965, Creative Commons Cook Home for Indigent, since 1984, Pleasant Valley Farm Bureau, since 1978. Member Putnam Museum and Guild (past president), Order Eastern Star (Worthy Matron 1943).

Connections

Married Walter Samuel Bell, March 1, 1932. Children: Jerry Alan, Thomas Lee.

Father:

Edwin Harry Mergy

Mother:

Mabel Grace (Hitchcock) Mergy

Spouse:

Walter Samuel Bell

child:

Thomas Lee Bell

child:

Jerry Alan Bell