LTJG, Coast Guard, Grace Rita O’Dare Kimball
Born: November 27, 1919
Died: April 19, 2009
Burial Site: SFNC, Section 8A, Site 245
Grace O’Dare (Kimball) enlisted in the US Coast Guard in 1943 and served as an officer. 1 O’Dare Kimball was born in New York City to Elizabeth and Patrick O’Dare. 1, 2 She graduated from Barnabas High School and Cornell University. 3 In September 1945, she married Clark Kimball with whom she had four children. 3, 4 She served for more than 20 years in Santa Fe with the St. Vincent Hospital Auxiliary and volunteered for the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce. 3
Images & Documents
Kimball, Grace O’Dare D1
1. “Grace Rita O’Dare Sworn into STARS,” The Herald Statesman, February 4, 1943, 11. Newspapers.com.
Kimball, Grace O’Dare P2
Grace O’Dare Kimball’s Obituary
Notes:
1. “Grace Rita O’Dare Sworn into STARS,” The Herald Statesman, February 4, 1943, 11. Newspapers.com.
2. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch.
3. “Grace O’Dare Kimball,” The Santa Fe New Mexican, May 3, 2009, C002. Newspapers.com.
4. “Mr. and Mrs. Clark Craig, Sr.” The Santa Fe New Mexican, October 8, 1995, 36. Newspapers.com.
Prepared by Sue Ruth, Ph.D., Central New Mexico Community College