| Name |
Mary Higgins |
| Born |
26 Feb 1923 |
Melrose, Middlesex County, Massachusetts  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Group |
Descendant of Mayflower Passenger |
- Passenger or Descendant of the Mayflower
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| Group |
Mayflower - Giles Hopkins |
- Descendant of Giles Hopkins (son of Stephen) of the Mayflower
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| Group |
Mayflower - Stephen Hopkins |
- Descendant of Stephen Hopkins of the Mayflower
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| Group |
Mayflower - Thomas Rogers |
- Descendant of Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower
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| Group |
Mayflower - William Brewster |
- Descendant of William Brewster of the Mayflower
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| FamilySearch ID |
KW41-MYY |
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| Died |
11 Jun 2008 |
El Paso, El Paso County, Texas |
| Obituary |
Aft 11 Jun 2008 |
- Mary Higgins Dinsmoor was born in 1923 in Melrose, Massachusetts to Clark Freeman Higgins and Margaret Johnston Davidson Higgins.
In her growing up years, her time was divided between Beaver, Pennsylvania and Santa Monica, California. She attended Stuart Hall in Virginia, and then graduated from Stanford University in Drama. She became a protégée of Maude Adams, the first Peter Pan. Mary was an actress off Broadway. She spent a summer at Barter Theater in Virginia where she worked with Ernest Borgnine. She was asked by David Selznick to come to California for a screen test, but decided instead to get married.
She married William Bell Dinsmoor Jr. After his graduation in architecture from Columbia, they moved west, settling in El Paso in 1952.
She loved to perform and told stories to children at schools and libraries around El Paso up until December, 2007. For many years, she was "Trip the Clown", going to hospitals and charity events. She was a devout member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints where she served in many capacities, but her favorite was in directing plays. She served a mission for the Church in the London, England Temple. Her children are so blessed to have had such a wonderful mother.
Staying on this side to carry on are her four children, Margaret (Kent) Loveless, Diane (Danny) Morgan, William Bell (Liz) Dinsmoor III, and Robert (Sally) Dinsmoor. She also leaves numerous adored grandchildren.
She will be greatly missed. Funeral services, which are being arranged by Hillcrest Funeral Home-West, will be at the LDS Church on Rosemont. Viewing will be from 9 to 10, and the Service will be at 10:30. Her body's, but not her spirit's, final resting place will be at Memory Gardens of the Valley.
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| Buried |
16 Jun 2008 |
Memory Gardens of the Valley, Santa Teresa, Dona Ana County, New Mexico |
| Person ID |
I11531 |
New England Hall Families Master Tree |
| Last Modified |
18 Jan 2018 |
| Father |
Clark Freeman Higgins, b. 16 Sep 1888, Manchester, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire , d. 9 Dec 1950, Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts (Age 62 years) |
| Mother |
Margaret Johnston Davidson, b. 6 Jan 1892, New Brighton, Beaver County, Pennsylvania , d. 28 Feb 1960, El Paso, El Paso County, Texas (Age 68 years) |
| Married |
22 Apr 1920 |
Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts |
| Separation |
1927 |
| Divorced |
Abt 1930 |
| Marriage Status |
Divorced |
| Family ID |
F37955 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
1923 - 2008 (85 years)
