Identifier	combes076a.jpg
Title	Obituary of Mrs. Willard W. Combes
Subject	Combes, Willard Editorial cartoonists Combes, Vivian Kepler
LC Subject Headings	Combes, Vivian Kepler Obituaries
Description	Digital image of 1958 obituary newspaper clipping of Mrs. Willard W. Combes. It reads "Mrs. Willard W. Combes. From the time she entered the old Cleveland Art School as a student, where she met her future husband, Mrs. Vivian Kepler Combes maintained a vivid interest in art. She was skillful in the crafts, such as weaving, and occasionally modeled for portrait and sculpture. She modeled for the figure of the nurse in the statue of St. Luke that stands before St. Luke Hospital. Mrs. Combes was 55 when she died this morning in Huron Road Hospital. She had been ill a number of years. She was born in Akron. She left art school to enter nurses' training and for a time practiced nursing. She and her husband, Willard W., were married in England when he was studying art on a scholarship to the University of London. He is editorial cartoonist for The Press and a well-known portrait painter. Mrs. Combes was a member of the Cleveland Heights Civic Club, the PTA and Euclid Avenue Christian Church. Surviving besides her husband are her mother, Mrs. Maude Frederick of Akron; two sons, Richard W. and William K., and three grandchildren. The family home is at 1266 Oakridge Dr., Cleveland Heights. Friends may call Thursday from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at the Fairhill House of Miliard Son & Raper Funeral Home.
Creator	Cleveland Press
Location Depicted	Cleveland (Ohio)
Time Period	Post-Industrial: 1930-1959
Date Original	1958-02-04
Object Type	clippings
Size of Original	1 5/8” x8”
Digital Collection	Willard Combes Editorial Cartoon Collection
Donor	Cole, Joseph E.
Copyright	http://www.clevelandmemory.org/copyright/
Format	jpeg
Repository	Cleveland State University. Michael Schwartz Library. Special Collections.
Repository Collection	Cleveland Press
Repository Homepage	http://library.csuohio.edu/speccoll/index.html
Digital Publisher	Cleveland Memory Project
Encyclopedia of Cleveland History Entry	http://ech.case.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=CWW1
Reproduction Note	Image available for reproduction.

Obituary of Mrs. Willard W. Combes

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